GET TO KNOW: Renowned Editor Neil Nyren

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Neil Nyren is the former EVP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons; and the winner of the 2017 Ellery Queen Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2025 Thriller Legend award from the International Thriller Writers.

Among the writers of crime and suspense he has edited are Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, John Sandford, C. J. Box, Robert Crais, Carl Hiaasen, Daniel Silva, Jack Higgins, Frederick Forsyth, Ken Follett, Jonathan Kellerman, Ed McBain, and Ace Atkins. In all, he has edited more than 320 New York Times bestsellers.

Television: Charles Kuralt, Bob Schieffer, Charles Osgood, Andy Rooney, Linda Ellerbee, Larry King

Public Affairs: Betty Friedan, James Baker, Maureen Dowd, Abba Eban, Harry Reid, Leah Rabin

Sports: John McEnroe, Pat Riley, Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky, Lou Piniella

Humor: Garrison Keillor, Bob and Ray, Art Buchwald, Dave Barry

Besides still editing two of his longtime authors, he now writes about crime fiction and publishing for CrimeReads, BookTrib, The Big Thrill, and The Third Degree, among others, and is a contributing writer to the MWA’s Anthony/Agatha/Macavity-winning How to Write a Mystery.

He has spoken at conferences from Maine to Florida, South Carolina to Hawaii.