About
Katie T. Kurtzman has over a decade of book publicity experience with top New York City-based publishing houses including Simon & Schuster, Penguin Young Readers, and Henry Holt. Most recently, she assumed a directorial role at literary powerhouse Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Active in the literary community, she is the Publicity Director for Littsburgh: Celebrating Literary Pittsburgh, and has written for Pittsburgh Magazine, Literary Hub, and Electric Literature.
Katie specializes in booking media and organizing events for a wide range of titles and genres including literary fiction, mystery, politics, cookbooks, history, memoir, and children’s books. With KTK Publicity, she develops creative and results-driven publicity campaigns focusing on media outreach and placement, and event planning. She has worked with a variety of publishers including Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, HarperCollins, Turner Publishing, Amazon Publishing, Catapult, and Restless Books.
Katie has worked with a great number of bestselling and award-winning authors such as Rick Atkinson, Sheila Heti, Governor Mike Huckabee, Bill McKibben, Nicholson Baker, Rivka Galchen, A.J. Jacobs, Congressman Barney Frank, Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, former Director of CIA Operations Jack Devine, Meg Wolitzer, Maile Meloy, Stephanie Perkins, and Oliver Jeffers. She has enjoyed many publicity adventures including playing the Atlantic City slot machines with Jackie Robinson’s daughter, dining with childhood hero Judy Blume, killing time in a green room with Beyoncé, 50 Cent commenting on her height, one-on-one time with Lois Lowry, and assisting President Jimmy Carter with his sports coat.
