Berkley is an imprint of Penguin books. It provides one of the largest array of books within the romance genre of any publisher on the market. 
Under the Berkley insignia, you’ll find authors like Meljean Brook, Nalini Singh, and Erin McCarthy who write exciting and sexy paranormals to historicals from RITA winner, Jennifer Ashley, and RITA nominee, Claudia Dain to Bestselling contemporaries from Julie Kenner and Lora Leigh. It is also the home of authors mega bestsellers Nora Roberts and Jayne Ann Krentz. Berkley takes chances with authors and so I am always excited to see what is coming next from this imprint. Cindy Hwang, Executive Editor of Berkley, sat down and gave us the scoop on what Berkley is looking for and what it is publishing this fall.
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Q: Cindy, I understand that Berkley does not give publisher spotlights at Nationals so having you share your thoughts with as an editor is a bit of a treat. What do you acquire and what are you looking for in a manuscript? Is …
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Cindy Hwang is an executive editor at Berkley Publishing Group. Her first job was as an assistant to the editor-in-chief at Berkley. Ms. Hwang is the editor for some of the best known names in romance today: Christine Feehan, Lori Foster and Emma Holly to name a few. She also edits some of my favorite paranormal authors: Eileen Wilks, Emma Holly, Erin McCarthy, Meljean Brook, and Nalini Singh. What is interesting about Ms. HWang is the diversity in her catalog. She is providing readers with everything from romantic suspense (Pamela Clare) to women’s fiction (Barbara Bretton) to steamy paranormal (Emma Holly) to western historical (Maureen McKade).
Ms. Hwang was really the inspiration for the interview with an editor series and I thought it Kismet to post her interview responses first. Thanks so much for participating, Ms. Hwang. We readers appreciate it.
Can you briefly describe what an editor does. I think that readers assume that you get to do what we all dream of doing and that is get paid to read for a living. I suspect that the truth is less romantic.
The truth definitely doesn't compare to what people see in the …
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