LIATE STEHLIK

Liate Stehlik is CEO and publisher, US trade, at HarperCollins Publishers overseeing the adult and children’s trade publishing divisions and sales in the US. She joined HarperCollins in 2005 as publisher of Avon Books. In 2018, she was appointed president and publisher of the Morrow Group, and her purview expanded to HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2023. During her time with the company, she has overseen the publication of hundreds of best-selling fiction authors and series including some of HarperCollins’s largest global franchises, such as Narnia, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Agatha Christie. Under her leadership, the Morrow Group has increased revenues 50% and profits approximately 20%, while the Children’s group has seen a more than 100% increase in profitability. Prior to joining HarperCollins, Stehlik was associate publisher at Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. She is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and has an M.A. from New York University’s Gallatin Division.