Lori Kusatzky (she / her), Editor, was previously at Henry Holt for three years, before joining Crown in 2023 to restart the fiction list under Amy Einhorn. Since coming to Crown, Lori has published Vanessa McCausland’s The Last Illusion of Paige White—a New York Times “Best New Thriller of 2025 (so far)”—Virginia Trench’s Our Secrets Were Safe, and the USA Today bestseller The Letter Carrier by Francesca Giannone (translated from Italian). Lori’s upcoming projects include podcaster and comedian Brooke Averick’s debut Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It and Saki Kawashiro’s The Ex-Boyfriend’s Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee (translated from Japanese). While at Henry Holt, she worked with authors Alison Espach, Liane Moriarty, and Andy Cohen, and published Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie (adapted from her Tony-winning Broadway show of the same name). She has also held positions at Abrams Artists Agency and Innovative Artists Agency. She is a PW Star Watch honoree and a University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumna.