HELEN THOMAIDES

Helen Thomaides is an assistant editor at W. W. Norton & Company, where she is actively building her list of narrative nonfiction and fiction. In nonfiction, she is open to projects across a range of genres—history, reportage, cultural criticism, memoir, science, work that spans genres—as long as they feature dynamic characters, a vivid sense of place, or a narrative-driven, fresh perspective on important social/cultural issues. In fiction, she’s drawn to literary and upmarket novels that are beautifully written and have some of those same characteristics; she also loves novels with a speculative element—and a well-crafted plot. A previous Norton editorial intern, she returned to Norton full-time in 2017, after additional internships at New Leaf Literary & Media and Folio Literary Management, and work with the digital literary studio Plympton. She grew up in New Jersey and attended Stanford University, where she studied English and Italian.