About Us
Colleen Lawrie
Editorial Director
Email: colleen.lawrie@hbgusa.com
Colleen Lawrie joined PublicAffairs in 2015. She acquires in the areas of business, politics, history, and social justice. She has published the New York Times bestsellers The Storm Before the Storm and Hero of Two Worlds by the popular history podcaster Mike Duncan, Buyer Aware by the president and CEO of Consumer Reports Marta Tellado, The New Climate War and Our Fragile Moment by renowned climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann, and For the Culture: The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who We Want to Be, by acclaimed marketer and cultural translator Dr. Marcus Collins, among others. She is an obsessive podcast consumer who loves obscure trivia and bad puns. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and son.
Emily Taber
Executive Editor
Email: emily.taber@hbgusa.com
Emily Taber joined PublicAffairs in 2024. She acquires in business and economics, with a particular interest in prescriptive business, technology, economic history, and public policy. Previously, she worked at Basic Books where she published books including The Longevity Imperative by Andrew Scott and Business on the Edge by Viva Ona Bartkus and Emily Block. She has previously worked with authors Ron Adner, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Cass Sunstein. She lives in the Boston area.