Alison Fairbrother is an associate editor at Riverhead Books. She worked as a journalist in Washington, D.C., before getting her MFA at Stony Brook University. She lives in Brooklyn.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Alison Fairbrother recommends

Harmless (2026)
Miranda Shulman
"Harmless is a blistering story of desire, rivalry, and unraveling loyalties. Shulman captures the volatility and magnetism between a group of friends with wit, heat, and razor-sharp insight. I raced through this novel, from its bracingly original opening, all the way to its spine-tingling end."