Thesis will publish “urgent idea-driven nonfiction by thought leaders, journalists, and experts with a strong point of view,” starting in spring 2023 with Struggle Sessions by Nellie Bowles. The imprint will be housed under PRH’s Portfolio. “For some time now we have been drawn to books that don’t fit on a business or political imprint, such as John McWhorter’s Woke Racism or Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying’s A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century,” said Portfolio’s editor-in-chief, Niki Papadopoulos. “We’ve discovered an audience hungry for ideas that don’t fall into ideologically neat buckets and which challenge the status quo on both sides of the political aisle.”
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
