Dutton
Edward Payson Dutton founded a book-selling firm in Boston, in 1852 the eponymous E. P. Dutton, but it wasn't until 1864 when a branch office was set up in New York, that the company began to publish books. Its original focus was on religious titles, and the first bestseller was the two-volume Life of Christ by Frederic Farrar, published in 1874.
1885, John Macrae began working at Dutton as an office boy; he would spend fifty-nine years with the company rising in the ranks. He became President in 1923, and in 1928 he bought the publishing house and shared it with his two sons. During his tenure, E. P. Dutton published notable books such as The Proper Bostonians by Cleveland Amory, Marchette Chute's Shakespeare of London, The Conquest of Everest by John Hunt, Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan, as well as works by Lawrence Durrell, Milton Glaser, and Luigi Pirandello. The company also went on to publish books by John Irving (The World According to Garp), Peter Matthiessen, Jorge Luis Borges, Gavin Maxwell, Joyce Carol Oates, Gail Sheehy (Passages), and Mickey Spillane.
A century and a half after Dutton sold its first book, the publishing house has maintained its ability to get great books into the hands of many readers. Approximately one in every four books published by Dutton hits the New York Times bestseller list. With an eye toward a focused list of titles, Dutton currently publishes 40 hardcovers a year, roughly half fiction and half non-fiction. Dutton is currently home to many #1 New York Times bestselling authors, most notably Harlan Coben, author of Caught, Long Lost, and Hold Tight, Ken Follett, author of Fall of Giants, Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, Eckhart Tolle, author of A New Earth, and Al Franken, author of The Truth. Dutton also publishes the New York Times bestselling authors Tami Hoag, author of Secrets to the Grave and Deeper than the Dead, Linda Fairstein, author of Silent Mercy and Hell Gate, Eric Jerome Dickey, author of Pleasure and Waking with Enemies, Kelley Armstrong, author of Waking the Witch, Raymond Khoury, author of Templar Salvation, The Last Templar and The Sanctuary, John Lescroart, author of Damage, Treasure Hunt, A Plague of Secrets, Betrayal and The Suspect, John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require, and Daniel Levitin, author of This is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs.
Dutton is also home to many award-winning and critically acclaimed authors such as Diane Johnson, author of Le Divorce and Lulu in Marakech, Timothy Keller, author of The Reason for God and The Prodigal God, T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Border Lords, Iron River, The Renegades and L.A. Outlaws, and Jonathan Tropper, author of This is Where I Leave You.
Brian Tart
President and Publisher
Brian Tart joined Dutton in 1998 as Editor-in-Chief, and soon after acquired Sylvia Browne's #1 bestselling books on spirituality, Wendy Northcutt's million-copy humor franchise The Darwin Awards, and Dave Pelzer's first hardcover bestseller, the two million-copy phenomenon, A Man Named Dave. He was named Publisher in 2004 and then President in 2005. Among the authors he has acquired and edited are spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle, author of the six-million copy #1 bestseller, A New Earth, which has spent seven months at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list; Rev. Timothy Keller, whose book, The Reason for God was World Magazine's Book of the Year in 2008, "Daily Show" Contributor John Hodgman, Dan Savage, national columnist and award-winning author of The Kid and The Commitment, Darin Strauss, Jennifer Lee Carrell, author of the international bestseller, Interred with their Bones and Stephen White, New York Times bestselling author of Kill Me and Dead Time. Before joining Dutton, Mr. Tart was a Senior Editor at Bantam Books where he started his publishing career as an editorial assistant.
Christine Ball
Director of Marketing and Publicity
Christine Ball joined Dutton in October 2008 as Director of Publicity and Marketing for Dutton. Prior to that she was the Publicity Director of Crown, Crown Forum, and Shaye Areheart Books where in addition to managing the lists and staff she personally orchestrated the campaigns for the New York Times bestsellers: The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama, The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris, Look Me in the Eye by John Robison, Basic Black by Cathie Black, The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman, and Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger, among many others. Prior to Crown, She was at Henry Holt & Company and before that Goldberg McDuffie Communications. Her publicity career began with Penguin Group (USA)'s Viking Penguin.
Ben Sevier
Editor-in-Chief
Ben Sevier joined Dutton as Senior Editor in January 2007, became Executive Editor in 2009 and was appointed Editor-in-Chief in 2011. His list includes the #1 New York Times bestsellers Harlan Coben, Tami Hoag, and Lisa Gardner, as well as the bestselling and award-winning writers John Lescroart, Linda Fairstein, Raymond Khoury, T. Jefferson Parker, Meg Gardiner, and Marcus Sakey. Ben acquired and edited the debut national bestsellers The Little Book by Selden Edwards, Daemon by Daniel Suarez, One Rough Man by Brad Taylor, and The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen, as well as Jonathan Tropper's breakout New York Times bestseller This Is Where I Leave You. Prior to arriving at Dutton, Ben worked as an editor at St. Martin's Press, where he acquired and edited the acclaimed novelists Marcus Sakey, Ken Bruen, Louise Penny, Charles Finch, Paul Neilan, and Ben Rehder, among other distinguished debut novelists.
Stephen Morrow
Executive Editor
Stephen Morrow joined Dutton in 2006 as an executive editor specializing in nonfiction. He edits a wide range of science, economics, history, psychology, narrative nonfiction, and investigative journalism. His authors include award-winning writer, music producer, and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, author of the New York Times bestseller This is Your Brain on Music, economist and leading blogger Tyler Cowen author of the New York Times best-selling ebook The Great Stagnation, theoretical physicist and again leading blogger Sean Carroll, and computational neuroscientists Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, authors of A Billion Wicked Thoughts. Coming in 2012: The Moral Molecule by "vampire" economist Paul J. Zak and Soldier Dogs: The Untold Story of America's Canine Heroes by Maria Goodavage. Before coming to Dutton, Mr. Morrow founded the imprint Pi Press and the hard science list at Free Press where he began his trade publishing career.
Jill Schwartzman
Executive Editor
Jill Schwartzman joined Dutton in January 2012. Prior to this, she was a Senior Editor at Hyperion, and, before that, a Senior Editor at Random House Trade Paperbacks. Her titles have included the New York Times bestsellers Rafa by Rafael Nadal, Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch, Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander and Gotcha Capitalism by NBC reporter Bob Sullivan. Other acquisitions at Hyperion and RH include Talking with My Mouth Full by Top Chef judge and host Gail Simmons, a comic novel based on the popular Twitter feed White Girl Problems, and Brian Jay Jones’s authorized Jim Henson biography. At Dutton, she is looking to acquire platform, publicity, and voice-driven non-fiction, with a focus on pop culture, memoir, humor, music, biography, and narrative non-fiction.
Denise Roy
Senior Editor
Denise Roy joined Dutton as Senior Editor in 2009. Her list includes the bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, whose novels The Union Quilters and The Wedding Quilt were both 2011 New York Times bestsellers for Dutton. Lori Roy's debut, Bent Road, made numerous "Best Of" lists, and was named one of two "Favorite Suspense Novels" of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review. Forthcoming in 2012 is Seré Prince Halverson's debut, The Underside of Joy, which was selected as a "BEA Buzz Book" and has sold in fourteen countries around the world, as well as Melanie Thorne's debut, Hand Me Down. Additionally, Denise acquires trade-paperback original fiction for Plume. She previously worked as a Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster, where she acquired and edited National Book Award-finalist Jean Thompson, the National Book Award and NBCC-finalist Marianne Wiggins, and the Edgar-Award-winning novelist Megan Abbott.
Jessica Horvath
Associate Editor
Jessica Horvath joined Dutton as publisher's assistant in August 2007 and became an Associate Editor in 2011. Among the bestselling and critically acclaimed writers she has worked with are Stephen White, Meg Gardiner, Brian D'Amato, Jennifer Lee Carrell, and Raymond Khoury. In 2011 Jess edited Vultures' Picnic by Greg Palast and the New York Times bestsellers Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams and It Gets Better by Dan Savage and Terry Miller.
