Jean Slaughter

Editorial Assistant

Ballantine Books Bantam Delacorte/Dell

Jean Slaughter (she/her) is an Editorial Assistant to Jenny Chen and Alicia Clancy. She is drawn to literature that flips her perspective of the world on its head. This includes—but is not limited to—thrillers, romances, memoirs, speculative fiction, and upmarket literary and women’s fiction. She is passionate about pursuing titles that offer diverse, fresh perspectives within marginalized communities and underrepresented experiences. She is a recent graduate of Barnard College, where she earned a BA in English and Mathematical Sciences before joining the team in 2024. She has previously interned at KOLO Publishing and served as a writer’s assistant for YA author Sara Phoebe Miller.

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