Stephanie Carey joins Corvus as Editorial Director

Atlantic Books is delighted to announce the arrival of Stephanie Carey as Editorial Director at Corvus.

Carey is a creative, entrepreneurial and commercially minded editor with wide-ranging experience across crime, thriller, romance, historical and horror. She has over a decade of industry knowledge and contacts, and she brings to the imprint real expertise in both print and digital publishing. Most recently at Embla Books and Joffe Books, she has published Peter Boland, Maryann Webb and Cynthia Anderson, and has also worked in non-fiction and children’s publishing. In her new role, she’s particularly looking for fresh commercial genre fiction with enduring international appeal: hooky standout psychological thrillers, sweeping and emotional historical fiction and exciting, edgy new voices in horror.

She reports to newly promoted Group Fiction Publisher, James Roxburgh, who is acquiring a limited number of books for Corvus in quality crime, spy and grounded sci-fi, and she joins Commissioning Editor, Rachel Imrie, who is looking for excellently plotted crime/thrillers and rom-coms with smart storytelling and unique hooks. The Corvus team is assisted by Mayura Uthayakumaran.

James Roxburgh says,

‘Steph was a standout candidate from the beginning: a real expert in and advocate for commercial fiction; a creative acquiring editor with a proven track record; a respected professional with experience at traditional and digital publishing lists, indie and corporate. I think she thrives on books missed by others; she’s an incredibly smart strategic thinker and her taxonomic knowledge of the digital publishing space is going to be an asset to the house — she’s going to be a terrific publisher and a serious and important guiding voice as we begin to shape the next generation of Corvus.’

Carey says,

‘I am delighted to join Corvus after a fantastic eighteen months at Embla. It’s an incredibly exciting time for Atlantic and I can’t wait to work with the fantastic team to find and publish more brilliant books to shape the future of the list.’

Drummond Moir, MD says,

‘James is one of the best publishers in our industry. The impact he’s had on Atlantic’s literary fiction has been profound, and his new role will allow even more of our publishing to benefit from his entrepreneurial ethos, commercial and strategic acumen and peerless taste. His appointment of the brilliant Stephanie Carey is the first of what I know will be many excellent decisions that take our Corvus imprint to even greater heights.’