Natasha Qureshi
Editor
Natasha Qureshi was Commissioning Editor at Hodderscape, Hodder & Stoughton’s SFF imprint, home of international bestsellers Frank Herbert, L.R. Lam, Isabel Ibañez, Roshani Chokshi, and Pierce Brown. Originally joining as Assistant Editor, Natasha worked with authors such as Chloe Gong, Kerri Maniscalco, Sangu Mandanna, Adalyn Grace, and Stephanie Garber. She acquired and worked with authors such as Cecy Robson, Ella Fields, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Frankie Diane Mallis, Hayley Dennings, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Lexi Ryan, Tad Williams, Paula Lafferty, Kylie Lee Baker, and Micaiah Johnson (shortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction). Natasha has also worked with popular subscription and bespoke retailers such as FairyLoot, Illumicrate, Goldsboro Books, and Broken Binding. Previously, Natasha also worked at Oxford University Press and Bloomsbury Publishing before moving to Titan Books, where she co-edited the novels of Nicole Jarvis, Matt Hill, Stark Holborn, Marian Womack, J.L. Worrad, Hannah Mathewson, A.J. Hackwith, R.L. Boyle, A.G. Slatter, Andrew Cartmel, Aliya Whiteley, Tim Major, and a CWA Dagger Award-winning anthology by Maxim Jakubowski. Natasha has a BA in English and American Studies with Creative Writing from the University of Kent and an MA in Publishing from Oxford Brookes University.
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An Experienced SFF Editor
Previously Hodder & Stoughton
Before joining The Novelry, Natasha Qureshi was the Commissioning Editor at Hodderscape, Hodder & Stoughton’s SFF imprint and home of international SFF bestsellers by Frank Herbert, L.R. Lam, Chloe Gong, Roshani Chokshi and Pierce Brown.
Initially, she joined Hodderscape as an Assistant Editor, working with authors such as Chloe Gong, Kerri Maniscalco, Sangu Mandanna, Adalyn Grace and Stephanie Garber. Soon, she was promoted to Commissioning Editor and began to acquire and work with authors such as Cecy Robson, Ella Fields, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Frankie Diane Mallis, Hayley Dennings, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Lexi Ryan, Tad Williams, Paula Lafferty, Kylie Lee Baker and Micaiah Johnson, who was shortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Natasha also has experience working with popular subscription box services and bespoke retailers such as FairyLoot, Illumicrate, Goldsboro Books, and Broken Binding to create exclusive special editions.
Prior to her work at Hodder & Stoughton, Natasha worked as part of the Titan Books fiction team, home to authors including V.E. Schwab, Paul Tremblay, Christina Henry and Charlie Jane Anders. There, she had a hand in co-editing the novels of Nicole Jarvis, Matt Hill, Stark Holborn, Marian Womack, J.L. Worrad, Hannah Mathewson, A.J. Hackwith, R.L. Boyle, A.G. Slatter, Andrew Cartmel, Aliya Whiteley, Tim Major, and an anthology of CWA Dagger Award-winning short stories by Maxim Jakubowski. Natasha is a graduate of the University of Kent and has a BA in English and American Literature with Creative Writing, as well as an MA from Oxford Brookes University in Publishing.
A ‘passionate’ editor
‘Natasha’s editorial input was instrumental in helping me find the heart of my novel. Her suggestions were both inspired, logical and transformative and I loved every minute of working with her.’—Stark Holborn, author of Ten Low
‘Brilliant. Wonderful to work with. A true gem in the publishing world.’—Cecy Robson, author of Bloodguard
‘Working with Natasha has always been such a pleasure! She’s a wonderful, passionate editor who works incredibly hard for her authors, and her years of experience with the full breadth of the genre is invaluable.’—Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
‘Natasha is a dream editor in so many ways. She is insightful: a lifelong SFF aficionada who knows the genre and market inside and out. And Natasha genuinely cares about an author’s voice and vision, bringing out the best in every work she touches with skill, empathy, enthusiasm, and imagination.’—Calah Singleton, Editor, Hodderscape
‘Natasha Qureshi has a rare combination of talent, foresight, deep-rooted passion and straight-up energy that she brings to everything she does. Her enthusiasm is contagious, in the best way. I’ve always valued her insight on edits, her empathy and finely honed instincts for characterisation, the nuance she brings to relationships between themes and real world ethics, and her ability to step back and look at the big picture as well. She’ll both get every individual adjective perfect, and make sure you’ve used the right tense to tell your story.’—George Sandison, Managing Editor, Titan Books
Natasha’s Genres
- Horror
- Romantasy
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
‘I’ve always loved storytelling, and the act of writing is one that is entirely human. We all carry an untold story within us, and it’s my job to help you write that first line, and the last.’