NAOMI GIBBS
Naomi Gibbs is an Executive Editor at Pantheon Books. Previously, she worked in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt trade division. She acquires literary and upmarket fiction, both American and international, as well as some select memoir, essays, and narrative nonfiction. Some of her recent and forthcoming titles include the National Book Award finalist Chain-Gang All-Stars and Friday Black by bestselling author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa, finalist for the National Book Award; How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by bestselling author Alexander Chee; Thin Skin by Jenn Shapland, finalist for the National Book Award; No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin, winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay; Land of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen, one of President Barack Obama’s favorite books of the year; and The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami, finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
I'm primarily looking for literary and upmarket fiction, as well as select creative nonfiction written with a personal voice. I'm very voice-driven and open to things that play with genre forms. Particularly drawn to work that reaches into larger cultural conversations or expands our understanding of the world around us.
SAMPLE AUTHORS OR TITLES
CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
LAND OF BIG NUMBERS, by Te-Ping Chen
HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL, by Alexander Chee
Specializes In
FICTION: Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural/Global Fiction, Short Story Collections, Humor/Satire, Historical Fiction, LGBTQIA+, Family Saga
NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues, LGBTQIA+, Memoir, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Multicultural/Global Perspectives, Women's concerns
Considers
FICTION: Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thrillers/Suspense
NONFICTION: History, Spirituality, True Crime, Travel