Meaghan Wagner

Meaghan Wagner is a former editor from Penguin Random House and an amazing outfielder with a strong arm and a love of clutch situations. She is, however, a terrible bowler.

In her time at G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Meaghan honed her expertise across various genres. Her career spans editing sci-fi and horror with authors like Thomas Sweterlitsch and Royce Prouty, action and thriller with Mike Maden and Matthew Palmer, general fiction featuring dynamic and funny female leads with Ellen Meister and Shari Shattuck, and narrative non-fiction with Eve Brown-Waite. She even worked with some of the biggest names at Putnam, including Ridley Pearson and Robin Cook, as well as contributing to early works by Beatriz Williams and Ingrid Thoft.

Across genres, she loves a story with a strong narrative voice, full of character and personality. With New York Book Editors, Meaghan is excited to to turn her sole editorial focus to working with authors, rather than spending her time managing interdepartmental relationships at a big publisher. Authors she’s worked with have described her as “creative and innovative,” and sensitive to their authorial styles. The solutions she presents to narrative sticking points are always well thought out and unique to your style and your story.

Meaghan's select booklist can be found below.