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Serena Jones

Serena Jones joined Holt in 2010 after working at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and NAL. Her list is mostly narrative nonfiction, with special interests in current events, politics, biography, social justice, science, true crime, and adventure. Favorite titles include NYT bestseller Pelosi by Molly Ball, NYT Notable Book Black Wave by Kim Ghattas, Test Gods by Nicholas Schmidle, and The Book of V. by Anna Solomon, a “Good Morning America” Book Club Pick. Serena has worked with, among others, Stacey Abrams, Jimmy Carter, Ryan Grim, Michael Grunwald, Diane Guerrero, Skip Hollandsworth, Minka Kelly, Lenny Kravitz, Gretchen Morgenson, Bill O’Reilly, Virginia Sole-Smith, Tim Weiner, and Bob Woodward.

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