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Woiking from the couch with my lil buddy...
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appreciation for the subject I edit. 🌬🛩
Behind the Scenes of Riverhead: Meet Danya Kukafka!
It’s time for another BEHIND-THE-SCENES at Riverhead Books! We love introducing you to our amazing staff who do so much hard work here to get our books into the world. Today we introduce you to Danya Kukafka, an Assistant Editor who is not only an incredibly warm, lovely colleague and a brilliant editor, she is also a talented writer herself. Her debut novel Girl in Snow comes this August from Simon & Schuster. It’s an addictive, page-turning thriller about the mysterious murder of a small town golden girl; Girl in Snow already being called “suspenseful and electrifying”! Yay Danya!
Meantime, we sat down with Danya and asked her to share more of her personal story.
Where did you go to college/what was your major?
I went to New York University, where I studied fiction writing.
How did you get started in book publishing?
I started reading for a literary agency (The Book Group) while I was still in school. They would give me a manuscript every week, and I’d write a report then come in for a discussion. They always provided cookies and coffee— I knew right away that publishing was the place for me.
What are some interesting things you do as part of your job?
I love reading manuscripts before they become books, of course, but there are so many things that make being an editor at Riverhead so special. Between designing cocktails with NYC restaurants to match our books (check out the #RiverheadBar), attending screenings of major motion pictures (The Girl on the Train, anyone?) and crash-reading next year’s big book in the middle of the night, I also get to have wonderful interactions with authors I deeply admire. The most interesting aspect for me is talking to authors about the shape of their books before they’re fully formed, and helping them mold their stories into fully realized universes.
What do you look for when looking at manuscripts on submission?
I look for books that absorb me completely—that take me so far into new worlds that I forget where I am. I look for stories that have a reason to exist, an underlying fundamental purpose that screams out from the page, and says something specific and unique and affecting to the reader. This isn’t always obvious, usually more of a feeling than a strategy, and I’m still learning the art. But I think there’s an electricity to a good book, and as an editor it’s hard to find— when we do find it, it takes us over entirely and that’s the most exciting moment.
Any favorite highlight of working at Riverhead so far?
Cooking French food with Meg Wolitzer and Lauren Groff for Riverhead Table! It was a day filled with champagne and lovely company. A guitar and a Joni Mitchell songbook even made an appearance.
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