Holly Watson Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles

Holly Watson specializes in national and local publicity campaigns for adult fiction and non-fiction books, with a focus on science, health, history, food and creative non-fiction as well as on literary fiction, mystery and crime fiction. With two decades of experience working with major publishing houses including National Geographic Books, Viking Penguin Books, Liveright / W.W. Norton & Co., Akashic Books, Harper One, Oxford University Press and Cassava Republic Press, Holly has created campaigns and events for a wide range of bestselling, award-winning authors. These include Maryn McKenna, Paul Freedman, Sergio Troncoso, adrienne maree brown, Hell’s Backbone Grill, Bonnie MacBird, Jared Diamond, T.C. Boyle, Elizabeth Little, Terry McMillan, Ruth Ozeki, Michael Pollan, David Allen, Stewart O’Nan, Robert Greene, Irvine Welsh and many others.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Book Publicity Campaigns Managed: •T.C. Boyle, for campaigns including DROP CITY (A New York Times Bestseller and Nominee for the National Book Award); THE WOMEN (A New York Times Bestseller); WHEN THE KILLING'S DONE (National Bestseller) and SAN MIGUEL•Jared Diamond's COLLAPSE and THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY (both New York Times Bestsellers)•Michael Pollans'​ FOOD RULES (A New York Times Bestseller) •Manning Marable's MALCOLM X (Pulitzer Prize Winner and New York Times Bestseller) •Terry McMillan's GETTING TO HAPPY and WHO ASKED YOU? (Both National Bestsellers)•Stewart O'Nan's SONGS FOR THE MISSING; EMILY, ALONE; THE ODDS; and WEST OF SUNSET •Ruth Ozeki's MY YEAR OF MEATS (PB) and A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING (PB-National Bestseller and Winner of the LA Times Book Award in Fiction)•William T. Vollmann's LAST STORIES AND OTHER STORIES and THE DYING GRASS •Robert Greene's MASTERY (A New York Times Bestseller) •Sir Ken Robinson's FINDING YOUR ELEMENT (A New York Times Bestseller) and CREATIVE SCHOOLS •Linda Greenlaw's SEAWORTHY and LIFESAVING LESSONS •Rebecca Makkai's THE BORROWER, THE HUNDRED YEAR HOUSE, and MUSIC FOR WARTIME •A.M. Homes's MAY WE BE FORGIVEN, THE MISTRESS'S DAUGHTER and THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE•Martin Sixsmith's PHILOMENA (A New York Times Bestseller)•Elizabeth Little's DEAR DAUGHTER •John Szwed's ALAN LOMAX and BILLIE HOLIDAY •Dan Jones's THE PLANTAGENETS (A New York Times Bestseller) and WARS OF THE ROSES•Leslie Marmon Silko's THE TURQUOISE LEDGE •Lydia Davis's translation of Gustave Flaubert's MADAME BOVARY

Greater New York City Area

Successfully managed and promoted major book tour and publicity campaigns for such books as: •Garrison Keillor's LAKE WOBEGON SUMMER 1956 (A New York Times Bestseller) •Elizabeth Gilbert's THE LAST AMERICAN MAN (A National Book Award Nominee) •David Allen's GETTING THINGS DONE (A New York Times Bestseller)•William Least Heat-Moon's RIVER HORSE (PB-A New York Times Bestseller) •Susan Vreeland's GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE (A National Bestseller) and THE PASSION OF ARTEMISIA •Douglas Brinkley's WHEELS FOR THE WORLD •Daniel Ellsberg's SECRETS •Royall Tyler's translation of Murasaki Shikibu's THE TALE OF GENJI •Richard Peaver and Larissa Volokhonsky's translation of Leo Tolstoy's ANNA KARENINA

Greater New York City Area

Booked national media and coordinated book tours on such titles as: •Irvine Welsh's FILTH •Chuck Palahniuk's SURVIVOR •Michael Lewis's THE NEW NEW THING (PB) •Steven Pinker's HOW THE MIND WORKS (PB) •Daniel J. Kevles's THE BALTIMORE CASE

Greater New York City Area

Assisted two publicity managers with booking media for literary campaigns including: •The Guerrilla Girls' THE GUERRILLA GIRLS GUIDE TO WESTERN ART •Carol Shield's LARRY'S PARTY

Bachelor’S Degree, Literature College Of Creative Studies

Activities and Societies: Spectrum Literary Magazine College of Creative Studies Literature Grad Literature BA from the College.

Bachelor'S Degree, College Of Creative Studies, Literature