Gillian Blake is Executive Vice President, Publisher, and Editor in Chief of Crown and Crown Currency. Previously she was Editor in Chief at Henry Holt. She acquires and edits select titles with a focus on narrative nonfiction, history, memoir, science, current events, popular culture, and biography. She has edited many prizewinning and bestselling authors, including President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama, Matthew McConaughey, Rachel Maddow, Ina Garten, Elizabeth Kolbert, Rick Atkinson, Tina Brown, Naomi Watts, Susan Cain, Senator Bernie Sanders, Dame Jacinda Ardern, Gretchen Rubin, Warren Zanes, Andy Cohen, Stephen Johnson, Ethan Kross, Ian McGuire, A. J. Jacobs, Ai Weiwei,  Jaron Lanier, Brandi Carlile, Lucinda Williams, Elton John, Rob Lowe, Adrian Nicole Leblanc, Anthony Doerr, William Boyd, and Harold Bloom.