Shanta Small, formerly of Fairfield, is currently the Associate Director of Publicity
and Marketing at Tarcher/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, Inc.
She has worked with both adult and children's book authors, including
Judy Collins (The Seven T's), Julia Cameron (The Artist's Way), Martha
Frankel (Hats & Eyeglasses), Carl Hiaasen (Flush), Markus Zusak
(The Book Thief), and John Feinstein (Last Shot).

She currently has the pleasure of working with Australian mountaineer
Lincoln Hall, whose memoir, Dead Lucky: Left for Dead on Mount Everest,
is due out May 15th. This summer she’ll publicize singer-songwriter
Janis Ian’s much anticipated autobiography, Society’s Child. Before
joining Penguin, Shanta promoted books and authors at Random House
Children's Books, Henry Holt and Harry N. Abrams.

Join Monica and Caroline Friday April 18 from 1 to 2 (rebroadcast Monday April 21 at 8 am) to learn how major publishing companies promote their books.