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From the Editors @ Hyperion: Zareen Jaffery

A "big book nerd" grows up to be a big book nerd — for money

By Rachel Kramer Bussel – March 7, 2006

Name: Zareen Jaffery
Age: 27
Title: Associate Editor
How long have you been at Hyperion? A little over two years.
How long have you been in publishing? 3.5 years

Mediabistro: What kinds of books to do you work on/are you looking for? Conversely, what kinds of books don't you want to see at all?

Jaffery: I work on a lot of tie-ins — The Lost Chronicles, Wicked: The Grimmerie, the upcoming Desperate Housewives Cookbook, for example. I'm also working on a number of business books, like Treat Your Customers, which is a fantastic little book about the customer service ...

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