Jennifer 8. Lee
Co-Founder and CEO
A former New York Times reporter, Jennifer 8. Lee is an author, journalist and force in digital media. She is also the author of the New York Times-bestselling book, “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles” (Twelve, 2008). Jenny has been called a “conceptual scoop artist” by NPR, featured by Esquire as a “Woman We Love,” and noted by Columbia Journalism Review as one of “20 Women to Watch in Media.” She was one of the youngest full reporters ever hired at the Times. Her next book will be published by Simon & Schuster. Jenny has served as the lead judge for the Knight News Challenge, a $25-million grant program to spur news innovation. She also serves on the boards of the Nieman Foundation, the Center for Public Integrity, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Hacks/Hackers, Awesome Foundation and the Robert F. Kennedy journalism awards. She is a member of the New York Public Library Young Lions Committee. Jenny graduated with a degree in Applied Math and Economics from Harvard, where she was vice president of The Harvard Crimson. She also studied International Relations at Beijing University and has a worldly hippo named Hubba Bubba.
Heidi Pitlor
Editorial Director
Heidi Pitlor is the author of the novels The Birthdays, The Daylight Marriage, which was optioned for film, and Impersonation. A former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, she has been the series editor of The Best American Short Stories since 2007. She is the director of Heidi Pitlor Editorial, and the editorial director of the literary studio, Plympton. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Lit Hub, Ploughshares, The Huffington Post, and elsewhere. She lives outside Boston.
Shirley Wang
Assistant Editor
Shirley Wang is a writer and journalist based in Iowa City, Iowa who helps to oversee Plympton’s literary projects.
Cherline Bazile
Publishing Assistant
Cherline Bazile is a writer based in Los Angeles. She helps oversee Plympton's literary projects.
Annesha Sengupta
Publicity Assistant
Annesha Sengupta is a writer based in Richmond, Virginia who assists with Plympton’s literary projects.