Beena Kamlani is one of the senior-most South Asians in the U.S. publishing business. Educated in India and England, she has worked in book publishing in New York City for over 20 years. She is a book editor at Viking Penguin, where she's worked for the past twelve years. She has edited a wide range of books and worked closely with many authors, including Robert Fagles, Josephine Humphreys, Bob Shacochis, Terry McMillan, Jacqueline Mitchard, Peter Sheridan, David Leavitt, and Garrison Keillor. She most recently edited Nobel laureate Saul Bellow's new book, Ravelstein. She is also an assistant professor of publishing at New York University, where she teaches a course on editing for publishing professionals. E-mail: bkamlani@penguin.com -30-

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