About Us & Contact

Samantha Gregory is a marketing and public relations executive with over 20 years experience working with luxury brands such as Tory Burch, Roger Vivier  and Tods. She is a graduate of Brown University and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. Her perfect day would be spent with a book and her family either on the beach or in the Santa Monica mountains.

Chelsea Grogan graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Southern Methodist University in 2015 with degrees in English Literature with Creative Writing distinction and Communication Studies. She has previously worked in commercial production, literary agency, and multimedia entertainment. Within the Zibby Media universe, she serves as the Managing Editor at Zibby Books, and the Senior Operations Manger + Podcast Producer at Zibby Audio. She currently lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, and is the proud dog mom of Ruthie Bee, also known as the Puptorious RBG.

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Kathleen Harris is a seasoned journalist, writer, editor, and ghostwriter with two decades-plus experience working for such brands at TIME, Real Simple, The Knot, and more.

Coralie Hunter has nearly two decades of experience in the New York trade publishing industry. As an editor at Knopf Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, she acquired award-winning literary fiction and worked with a multitude of New York Times bestselling writers. Following an opportunity to move to France with her family, she founded Coralie Hunter Editorial. As an independent editor, she collaborated closely on the development of books published by Little, Brown & Company, Simon & Schuster, Doubleday, and HarperCollins, among others. Previously, she also held positions at the prestigious boutique agency The Robbins Office in New York and at United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills. Coralie has a degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago. She has lived in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Denver, Seattle, and Paris and Nice, France.

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Kerry Kletter holds a degree in literature and is the critically-acclaimed author of the young adult novel The First Time She Drowned. She also has an extensive background in theater, having appeared in film, television, and onstage. She lives in Los Angeles and adores her friends, her partner David, dogs, neuroscience, funny people, Montauk, surfing, and French fries. East Coast Girls is her first adult novel.

Follow her on Twitter @kkletter and Instagram @kkletter.

Katrina Leno was born on the East Coast and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels for young adults:Sometime in Summer, Horrid, You Must Not Miss, Summer of Salt,Everything All at Once,The Lost & Found, and The Half Life of Molly Pierce. Her eighth novel (and first middle grade)The Umbrella Maker’s Son, arrives June 27, 2023. She thinks you are just lovely.

Madeleine Letellier graduated from University of California, Berkeley with her B.A. in English Literature, and attended the Columbia Publishing Course. She is a Marketing and Communications Manager at Zibby Media, with past roles including content writer at Reese’s Book Club, marketing manager at Melville House, and bookseller at Mrs. Dalloway’s. Originally from California, she now lives in Brooklyn with her cat, Finnegan. She shares her reading life on Instagram @bookishmadeleine.

Bridie Clark Loverro began her editorial career atVanity Fair after graduating from Harvard in 1999, and has since worked at Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins.  She is the author of two novels and two YA novels, published under her maiden name.  She and her husband John live in Connecticut, where she runs a shuttle service for their four kids.

Samantha Marks graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. After graduating, she completed NYU's Summer Publishing Institute. Prior to working with Zibby Media, Samantha worked in client relations & marketing for Ingram Publisher Services. She currently lives in New York City.

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Erinn McGrath is the Head of Corporate Communications at Zibby Media with past roles as a brand manager and book publicist at Little, Brown and Company and at Alfred A. Knopf. She is a graduate of Princeton University and lives in New York City. 

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Anne Messitte was formerly Executive Vice President at the Knopf/Doubleday Group and Publisher of Anchor Books and Vintage Books.

Zibby Owens is an author, award-winning podcaster, entrepreneur, and CEO. She founded Zibby Media, a privately-held media company, in 2018, with her award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. The company has grown to include a publishing house, magazine, podcast network, an education platform, a book club, and events. Zibby was celebrated as “New York’s Most Powerful Book-fluencer” by New York Magazine in 2019. She is a regular contributor to "Good Morning America" and other outlets. Her memoir Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, debuted as the #1 bestselling memoir on Amazon Kindle in June 2022. She wrote a children’s book, Princess Charming, and edited two anthologies, with a novel debuting in March 2024 titled BLANK. Zibby is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School. She lives in New York and Pacific Palisades, CA with her husband, Kyle Owens of Morning Moon Productions, and her four children. Follow her on Instagram @zibbyowens.

Ariel Palmer-Collins is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a BA in English Literature and a minor in Medieval History. She attended the 2018 Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford University and has had previous roles at Little Feminist, Little Bee Books, Audible, and Melville House. Originally from California, she now lives in New York City. She is currently working on her first novel, with assistance from her cat, Ophelia.

Sherri Puzey is a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Virginia Tech with a BA in international relations. She is the marketing director at Zibby Books, a contributing editor at Zibby Mag, and a buyer at Zibby’s Bookshop. She currently lives in Virginia with her husband and daughters. 

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Mike Rizio grew up on the East Coast and recently moved out to Santa Monica a few years ago, just a few short blocks from Zibby’s. While not at the store, Mike is an Account Director at an advertising agency bringing national campaigns to life for brands like Pepsi, Diageo and JBL. If you have any questions, you can likely find him by the “Tremble” shelf recommending the latest and greatest thrillers to customers.

Karina Saenz is a Business Manager at Zibby Media with past roles as a Director of Finance for Advertising and Media Agencies in NYC. She is a graduate of Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, where she earned her B.B.A. in Finance. Karina lives with her family in Miami, FL with frequent visits to New York City, which she called home for over 20 years before moving to the Sunshine State.

Katie Teas holds a BA in Public Relations from the University of Alabama and an MS in Publishing from New York University. She formerly worked in publicity at HarperCollins Publishers. Katie lives in New York City with her rescue dog, Stevie. 

Graça Tito is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Delaware with a BA in international relations and an MA in literature. She also attended the Columbia Publishing Course. She is the head of retreats at Zibby Media, a production associate in cover design at Zibby Books, and the assistant podcast producer at Zibby Audio. She lives in New York City. Follow her book party planning journey on Instagram: @gracasbookparties.

Diana Tramontano is a graduate of The College of William & Mary, where she competed on the Division 1 swim team, and the post-grad publishing course at Columbia University. She lives in New York City. Follow her Instagram account for book reviews and recommendations: @99livesofabookgirl.

A recovering left-brainer who enjoys balancing her passion for science & data with all things creative. Craving non-fiction? She's got you covered, but will also recommend you a heartwarming, feel good read that brings a twinkle to your eye. When not in the store, Caroline is Head of Operations & founding team member of the children's entertainment startup, Immersiva, which is devoted to creating healthier screen time for kids that moves their brains, bodies & hearts.

A writer, editor, and storyteller with over 18 years talent management experience, Elizabeth Ziemska is the author of MANDELBROT THE MAGNIFICENT (Tor/Macmillan), which The Washington Post called “a gut punch of a novella.” Her short fiction has received a Pushcart Prize, a main selection in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, and a Shirley Jackson Award nomination, among others.A screenplay she adapted from one of her short stories that became a Semifinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship is currently in development with Wild Mouse Productions (“Cracow Monsters,” Netflix March 2022).During her ten-year career as a book agent, which began in the William Morris Agency mailroom, she worked with such distinguished clients as the Stanford University Professor of Neurological Sciences Robert Sapolsky (Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers), and the Emory University Professor of Primate Behavior Frans de Waal (The Ape and the Sushi Master). Her area of expertise is editing, clarifying, shaping, and transforming the work of academic and specialized authors into prose accessible to the general reader.
After more than a decade in New York, she returned to her native Los Angeles and began working in the film and television industry. Using the skills she honed as a publishing agent, she was able to shape, nurture, and develop the careers of a vibrant list of screenwriters. Some of her clients include Semi Chellas (Mad Men), Jeff Stockwell (“A Wrinkle in Time”), and Markus & McFeely (Avengers: Endgame).After almost two decades as a literary agent, she completed an MFA in Creative Writing from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She has participated in several writing workshops, including SLS St. Petersburg, The Community of Writers, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She has edited and provided feedback on numerous novels, memoirs, short stories, and screenplays. Her own award-winning fiction and journalistic pieces have appeared in such publications as Tin House, Nimrod International Journal, Tordotcom, and Edible LA.