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From the Editors @ Doubleday: Kendra Harpster

An editor of young, edgy literary fiction on why "lad lit" failed and what it's like to work with first-time authors

By Rachel Kramer Bussel – May 10, 2005
Title: Associate editor
Age: 27
Previous publishing experience: Harpster has been with Doubleday, a division of Random House, for five-and-a-half years.

Mediabistro: Tell me about the books you work on.

Harpster: Literary fiction, including the occasional story collection. Narrative nonfiction ranging from subj...

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