Effective January 1, Vintage Español and Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA are combining to become Penguin Random House Español.
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The president of the new division is Silvia Matute, who is based in Miami, Fla., and has been president of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA. Members of the Vintage Español team, including editor Alexandra Torrealba, production editor Indira Pupo, and publicity and marketing manager Michelle Domínguez, who are in New York City will work with their colleagues in Miami. Cristóbal Pera, publishing director of Vintage Español, will advise the Penguin Random House Español team throughout the transition until February of next year.
In a memo to staff about the changes, Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House U.S., commented: "We are very proud of our position as category leader in the U.S. Spanish-language publishing market, and we know the opportunity to connect our books with an even wider audience is an important one. With the publishing knowledge in Miami, the operational infrastructure of PRH U.S., and the editorial expertise coming from both groups, we have exactly the pieces we need to expand our publishing list and further grow our business. This new venture will build on and expand the existing sales and distribution partnership between our Miami and New York offices, ensuring maximum reach for all Penguin Random House Spanish publications in the U.S. In addition, Silvia and her team will continue to work closely with the Penguin Random House English-language publishers to procure rights and coordinate publications of Spanish editions."
The Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial team in Miami, which McIntosh called "the leader in Spanish-language publishing in the U.S.," has been publishing Spanish-language titles for the U.S. market since 2014, focusing on commercial nonfiction, religion, and children's books. The group also distributes titles in the U.S. from other PRH Grupo Editorial publishing houses in Latin America and Spain. Its backlist features more than 38 Nobel Prize winners and international bestsellers and authors, including Margaret Atwood, Julio Cortázar, Roald Dahl, Yuval Noah Harari, Anabel Hernández, Robert Kiyosaki, César Lozano, Javier Marías, Dr. Juan Rivera, Robin Sharma, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Jacqueline Woodson.
Founded in 1994, Vintage Español focuses on original and translated works of fiction and narrative nonfiction for the Latinx audience in the U.S. Vintage Español authors include Isabel Allende, Julia Alvarez, Roberto Bolaño, Sandra Cisneros, Paulo Coelho, Junot Díaz, Gabriel García Márquez, Stephen King, Jorge Ramos, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Erika L. Sánchez and Esmeralda Santiago.