Daniel Harmon Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, CA

In addition to successfully negotiating with literary agencies and publishers for audio rights to a number of high-earning frontlist titles, I have also creatively sourced rights for such hidden gems as Lucille Ball’s deep backlist memoir Love, Lucy, Heather Cox Richardson’s historical treatise How the South Won the Civil War, and Esme Weijun Wang’s.

My reviews and criticism have appeared in Slate, Brooklyn Magazine, and FLOOD Magazine, where I also served as a contributing editor. My essay on The Room was published in the muti-volume set Cult Pop Culture, and Kirkus described my first book, Super Pop, as "weird, witty, and endlessly entertaining." I also contributed the essays in the book "Plotted: A.

Los Angeles, CA

Contributed book reviews, film/tv reviews, and culture commentary more generally.

As publishing director at Zest Books I significantly broadened Zest's reach by establishing a new imprint for adult readers while also honing in on several well established target areas -- including memoirs, graphic novels, and pop culture/humor books. My tenure saw Zest's annual publication count increase from six titles in 2011, to twelve in 2013, to.

San Francisco, CA

Doubled Zest's annual title output. Signed and edited the first Zest book to ever print more than 10,000 copies or achieve more than 40,000 copies in sales. Oversaw the relaunch of Zest's website. Signed all new Zest books, and supervised the core team of writers and freelance editors behind Zest's developing line of smart, funny, and provocative.

Brooklyn, NY

Pitched personal pieces and general stories for the Brokelyn.com website. Interviewed various Brooklyn venues for short features.

Transformed Praeger's pop culture list from an academic assortment of genre surveys into a provocative, relevant, and well-reviewed set of titles on America's most popular artists and phenomena. Negotiated contract terms with an increasingly high-profile collection of authors, including multiple trade authors. Contributed numerous feature articles for Pop.

New York, NY

Reviewed title lists from a wide array of publishers and agencies in the New York area, and recommended new projects for Vook adoption. Created over 100 Vook proposals with specific recommendations for image, link, and video enhancements. Assisted with early outreach efforts on twitter and facebook.

Assisted Praeger editors in transmitting final manuscripts, composing and editing catalog copy, obtaining endorsements, and performing administrative tasks. Assumed responsibility for all Praeger pop culture titles.

Composed and edited catalog copy, researched potential authors, compiled sales data, and assisted with administrative work for entire reference staff