Annie Chagnot, an editor at Spiegel & Grau, has won the Ashmead Award, which honors the late book editor Larry Ashmead and was created "to nurture the career of a promising young editor in the field of book publishing."
The winner of the award attends the Yale Publishing Course: Leadership Strategies in Book Publishing and has access to a distinguished group of preeminent editors in the publishing community, many of whom worked with Larry Ashmead during their careers.
Speaking for the Ashmead Foundation, Sharon Bowers, a partner at Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management, said that Chagnot "impressed us all with her dedication, the significant list she has begun to build, and the enthusiasm of her colleagues for the quality of her work."
Chagnot began her publishing career as a sales assistant at Broadway Books. In 2013, she joined Spiegel & Grau. Her forthcoming books include Yellow Bird: Murder, Oil, and Justice on an American Reservation by Sierra Crane Murdoch; a memoir by essayist Mariya Karimjee; Buy the F**cking Lilies: Essays on Self-Care and Getting Better by Comedy Central executive Tara Schuster; and Below the Edge of Darkness, a memoir by marine biologist and MacArthur Fellow Dr. Edie Widder.