With over 35 years in publishing, Olga Vezeris is one of the most versatile and well-rounded individuals in the publishing industry, with a strong sense of what sells in the marketplace. Olga has held top editorial and subsidiary rights positions in major trade book companies, including Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, Time Life, Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books), Workman Publishing, HarperCollins, and the Bertelsmann Book Club Group. In addition to her acquisition, editing, and licensing responsibilities, her staff positions included working with various imprints inter-company to manage acquisitions of hard-cover and soft-cover titles. As a subsidiary rights director, handling both domestic and translation rights, Olga also was the editorial and rights executive pivotal in setting up the paperback list for Simon & Schuster’s British subsidiary. As well as holding staff positions, Olga has done editorial and rights consulting for such companies as Rodale and Scholastic. As a visiting lecturer for the NYU Publishing Institute, she has taught in the summer program and during the school year semesters. Olga also has been a member of the Book Industry Study Group.