Olivia Taylor Smith, Senior Editor

Olivia Taylor Smith joined Simon & Schuster in 2022 as Senior Editor. Prior to joining Simon & Schuster, Olivia was the Cofounder and Executive Editor of Unnamed Press in Los Angeles. Recent publications include national bestseller Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza (Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction 2025), The Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas (one of the BBC's Best Books of 2024) and Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell (Longlisted for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize).
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Titles Olivia has acquired and are forthcoming at Simon & Schuster include Artifacts by Natalie Lemle, The Plans I Have for You by Lai Sanders, In Bloom by Liz Allan, Kinkier: a fiction anthology edited by R.O. Kwon & Bryan Washington, The Camino by Anya Niewierra (translated by Eileen Stevens), and Tomorrow’s Shadows by Noelle Michel (translated by Frank Wynne).