Our Editors

Kendall Storey is Editor-in-chief at Catapult. She is drawn to writing that is style-forward, voice-driven, formally inventive, and emotionally visceral, and seeks works that pull at the loose threads of the contemporary. She is looking primarily for literary fiction, and is also open to artful, “evergreen” narrative nonfiction.

Her recent publications include The Coin by Yasmin Zaher, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan, winner of the Bard Fiction Prize and finalist for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award; and Theory & Practice, winner of the Stella Prize and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Previously she worked at Archipelago Books and was Co-Director of Elsewhere Editions, a nonprofit children’s press devoted to picture books in translation. She serves on the New York Public Library Young Lions Committee.

Rob Shapiro is an Associate Editor at Catapult. He specializes in literary nonfiction, emphasizing personal narratives, cultural criticism, and hybrid works. He’s seeking projects driven by obsessive research, surprising revelations, and heart. While nonfiction is his focus, he’s also interested in stylish, character-driven fiction and accomplished poetry. Prior to joining Catapult, he received an MFA from the University of Virginia and worked for the Virginia Quarterly Review and Knopf.

He’s worked on projects by Amy Tan, Kristen Radtke, Nell Zink, Russell Banks, Hari Kunzru, Nicole Sealey, Lauren Hough, and Ellyn Gaydos.

Elizabeth Pankova is an Assistant Editor at Catapult. She is interested in voice-driven novels that cast a tragicomic, melancholy, or satirical gaze at the world; as well as narrative nonfiction that blends the personal and universal by engaging with history, cultural criticism, or philosophy in an accessible way. She has assisted on titles including The Book of Ayn by Lexi Freiman and The Coin by Yasmin Zaher. Her recent acquisitions include Twice Born by Hester Kaplan, Jealousy by Sarah Haas, and The Vanishing Act by Eoin Connolly.