His interests include art, music, film, fashion, criticism, politics, history, business, technology, and big ideas. He gravitates toward writers and creators who have a singular vision, authority, and story. A design minded editor, Stuart values the book as an object. Prior to joining Dey Street, Stuart spent eight years at Simon & Schuster where he published a range of notable bestsellers including Gucci Mane’s memoir The Autobiography of Gucci Mane, Lana Del Rey’s debut collection of poetry Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, Bobby Hall’s (Logic) #1 New York Times Bestselling novel Supermarket, and Tony Robbins’ #1 New York Times Bestseller Lifeforce. Among his other authors were David Gergen, Chris Matthews, David M. Rubenstein, Joe Coscarelli, Loretta Ross, former Congressman Will Hurd, and Senator Patrick Leahy. Stuart began at S&S as assistant editor to the late Alice Mayhew, working with Bob Woodward, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Doris Kearns Goodwin, President Jimmy Carter, and Walter Isaacson. He was raised in Kansas and is a graduate of the University of Kansas and the Columbia Publishing Course.  

Since joining, she has lead bestselling marketing campaigns for Live Wire by Kelly Ripa, Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson, Y'all Eat Yet? by Miranda Lambert, How Are You, Really? by Jenna Kutcher, and more.

Previously, Allison was at Henry Holt & Co. where she executed campaigns for New York Times bestselling authors such as Andy Cohen, Emily Ratajkowski, Stacey Abrams, Elizabeth Warren, and Jenny Lawson. Prior, she was at Riverhead, Viking, and Penguin Books, working with New York Times bestselling authors like Elizabeth Gilbert, Jojo Moyes, Tana French, and Emma Straub.

Allison has a B.A. in Communications, specializing in Advertising and Journalism, with minors in Marketing and French from Loyola University Maryland.

She’s especially drawn to memoir, hard science/the social sciences, and cultural criticism, and to prescriptive projects that seek to make the practice of wellness more accessible and inclusive. Her interests include queer narratives, literary and cerebral non-fiction, behavioral science, and journalism that explores class, race, gender, and inequity.

Prior to joining Dey Street in 2021, she was a member of the Creative Development team at HarperCollins, where she edited the New York Times bestsellers God Bless This Mess by Hannah Brown, and Nothing General About It by Maurice Benard, and the instant national bestseller IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD by Russ. There, she also published photographer Joe Greer’s memoir The Lay of the Land, Dr. Kristen Willeumier’s Biohack Your Brain, Dr. Hannah Mumby’s Elephants, Jen Robin’s Life in Jeneral, and Diane Macedo’s The Sleep Fix, among others.

Prior to joining HarperCollins in September 2022, he held editorial positions at the University Press of Mississippi and McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Along with his editorial experience, he was a copywriter for Creative Distillery, a boutique advertising agency, and a program manager for United Way of New York City. His editorial interests include pop culture, memoir, tv & film, anything lgbtq+ related, humor and history.

He is a native of Mississippi, holds a B.A. in English & Creative Writing from NYU, and is a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course.

Chelsea has worked on the #1 New York Times bestseller The Office Bffs by actresses Jenna Kutcher and Angela Kinsey, How Are You Really? by entrepreneur and podcaster Jenna Kutcher, Live Wire by morning talk show host Kelly Ripa, Electable by NBC News reporter Ali Vitali, and Love, Pamela by actress and model Pamela Anderson. Chelsea is drawn to writers with strong voices, big ideas, and intersectional perspectives. She gravitates toward progressive projects that aim to interrogate, challenge, and change the status quo. She is passionate about the Black and Latinx Experience, pop culture where it relates to social movements, foreign affairs and human rights, self-help where it relates to social psychology and community building, and anything that examines what it means to be human. Chelsea studied Political Science and African American Studies at Carleton College. She previously worked as a legal aid in immigration and family law.