Deborah Kaufmann Email & Phone Number

Région De New York City, États-Unis

I oversee acquisitions of literary properties for our features, TV and digital divisions.

Literary fiction, non-fiction, suspense, crime, thriller, science fiction & fantasy• Acquisition of US, international and French titles from extensive network of book agents,managers and publishing houses’ foreign rights executives.• Tracking and assessment of US, international and French book market via editors, literary scoutsand film executives worldwide.• Tracking and promotion of US, international and French books at major international publishingindustry trade… Show more Literary fiction, non-fiction, suspense, crime, thriller, science fiction & fantasy• Acquisition of US, international and French titles from extensive network of book agents,managers and publishing houses’ foreign rights executives.• Tracking and assessment of US, international and French book market via editors, literary scoutsand film executives worldwide.• Tracking and promotion of US, international and French books at major international publishingindustry trade fairs such as the Frankfurt Buchmesse, the London Book Fair, BEA (Book ExpoAmerica), Salon du Livre de Paris, Jerusalem Book Fair.• Tracking of books through international media coverage (US, UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy,Scandinavia, Israel).• Contract negotiations for major book titles.• Edits book titles from top best selling and prizewinning titles in all categories.Over the course of five years I was fortunate to work with Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai, Martin Amis, Howard Jacobson, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Jenny Offill, Claire Vaye Watkins, Donato Carrisi, Anthony Horowitz, Elizabeth Gilbert, Téa Obreht, Donna Leon, Max Brooks, Brandon Sanderson, Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and many more internationally best-selling authors. Show less

Région De Paris, France

• Created the Michel Lafon foreign acquisitions department, with an emphasis in acquiring Englishlanguage best sellers.• Acquired and edited over 100 best-selling books (including The Time Traveler’s Wife, Dexter, Walter Kirn's Up in the Air, Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom and Ann Rule's true crime titles).• Created an international network of publishing counterparts.• Designed marketing and advertising campaigns for lead titles.

Région De Paris, France

• Experience in rewriting, ghostwriting and editing of French celebrity memoirs, essays, lifestyle anddiet books, in close collaboration with prominent journalists and public figures.• Launched in 1996 an imprint editorializing on-line content, which involved assessment of material,translation, permissions and reprint rights negotiation.

Jerusalem, Israël

(Israeli daily newspaper in English & French weekly edition)1994-1995Editor, French weekly TV section.Assistant to the Editor in chief, English daily edition.

Licence, Histoire

Communications & Journalism; Jewish History