MICHAEL PIETSCH

Michael Pietsch is the chief executive officer of Hachette Book Group, the fourth-largest U.S. trade publisher. During a long career as an editor and publisher at Little, Brown and Company, he worked with acclaimed writers including Michael Connelly, Malcolm Gladwell, Peter Guralnick, Walter Mosley, James Patterson, Stacy Schiff, Donna Tartt, David Foster Wallace, and Malala Yousafzai. His passion for the close partnership between writers and publishers informs his work as CEO and his commitment to Poets & Writers.