Miriam Khanukaev

Miriam Khanukaev is an Assistant Editor at Random House, where she acquires a wide range of literary fiction, upmarket fiction, and narrative nonfiction. Across genres, Miriam is interested craft or voice driven literature with a distinct style, POV, or strong evocation of place or (sub)culture—she is especially drawn to literary fiction with surreal elements; upmarket escapist fiction that balances humor with heart; propulsive psychological family dramas that make us interrogate what it means to be human; and prose-driven nonfiction in the fields of investigative journalism, pop culture, narrative history, cultural criticism, science, and history. Miriam’s authors include Aisling Rawle, Stacey Yu, Maia Ipp, Alyssa Shelasky, Lauren Morrow, Veena Dinavahi, among others. Miriam has also steered the publications of classics in translation and backlist classics, and has commissioned introductory essays from Colm Tóibín, Sheila Heti, Josh Safdie, Glory Edim, among others. In addition to her own list, she has collaborated with bestselling authors such as Ed Yong, Jenny Odell, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Miriam is fluent in Russian, speaks Spanish, and grew up hearing the endangered Persian-Judeo language of Juhuri.