Michael Pietsch is Chairman of Hachette Book Group (HBG), the U.S. division of Hachette Livre, the world’s third-largest publisher of trade and educational books. Earlier in his 45-year publishing career, as CEO of HBG, publisher at Little, Brown and Company, and in editorial positions at Crown and Scribner, Pietsch edited or published books by acclaimed writers including Martin Amis, Michael Connelly, Malcolm Gladwell, Stephenie Meyer, Walter Mosley, James Patterson, Keith Richards, J.K. Rowling, Stacy Schiff, David Sedaris, Donna Tartt, David Foster Wallace, Malala Yousafzai, and a posthumous memoir by Ernest Hemingway. He continues to edit select books, and his passion for the close partnership between writers and publishers is the foundation of his career. Michael joined PEN America’s Board in 2014, and chairs PEN’s Nominations and Governance Committee.
