Jaime Coyne

Senior Editor
#1 New York Times-bestselling, former Big 5 acquisitions editor

A graduate of Colgate University with a concentration in English literature and creative writing, Jaime began her publishing career in marketing services at Palgrave Macmillan. She went on to be an editor at St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan), where she worked on a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, both adult and YA, including Jocko Willink’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Extreme Ownership. Jaime then joined Center Street (Hachette), where she grew the imprint’s military list. She also helped AWA Studios, an independent graphic novel publisher, develop and launch their first imprint, which featured titles from top creators in an array of genres. Jaime has worked with a number of award-winning, New York Times bestselling, and high-profile authors, including Stedman Graham, Arnold Palmer, Artie Lange, Kerry Kennedy, Jason Redman, Tom Clavin, Dalton Fury, Gary Busey, John Oates, Bill Kreutzmann, Pat O’Brien, Tim Kurkjian, David Leadbetter, J. Michael Straczynski, Frank Cho, Gregg Hurwitz, Garth Ennis, Al Madrigal, and Steve Aoki. As a Senior Editor at KAA, Jaime collaborates with clients to develop and edit their projects into their strongest possible versions; a number of these books have gone on to hit the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller lists. She is passionate about helping authors realize their dreams of sharing their stories with the world.

You can learn more about Jaime on LinkedIn.

Selected Publications

Business

  • Editor, A World Better Led by Ed Manfre & Dustin Seale (McGraw-Hill, forthcoming November 2023)
  • Editor, Make Work Better by Doug Dennerline and Jamie Aitken (Skyhorse, 2023)
  • Editor, The Growth Trap by Ralph DiBugnara (Morgan James Publishing, 2022)
    • Wall Street Journal bestseller, USA Today bestseller, #1 Amazon new release
  • Editor, Overcome by Jason Redman (Center Street, 2019)
    • #1 Amazon bestseller
  • Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin (St. Martin’s Press, 2017)
    • New York Times bestseller

Self-Help/Prescriptive

  • Editor, Thriving in the Storm by Bill Murphy (Skyhorse, 2022)
    • Wall Street Journal bestseller, USA Today bestseller
  • Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink (St. Martin’s Press, 2017)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • Editor, The Big Redhead Book by Erin La Rosa (St. Martin’s Press, 2017)
  • Get the Truth by Philip Houston et al (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)
    • New York Times bestseller

Memoir

  • Editor, Giving My All by Earl Martin Phalen (Morgan James Publishing, 2023)
  • Editor, Tip of the Spear by Ryan Hendrickson (Center Street, 2020)
    • #1 Amazon new release
  • Editor, Boots in the Ashes by Cynthia Beebe (Center Street, 2020)
  • Editor, Blue by Steve Aoki (St. Martin’s Press, 2019)

    • LA Weekly book of the month

  • I Will Find You by Joe Kenda (Center Street, 2018)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • Left of Boom by Douglas Laux (St. Martin’s Press, 2017)

    • New York Timesbestseller

  • The Reaper by Nicholas Irving (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • Deal by Bill Kreutzmann (St. Martin’s Press, 2015)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • I’ll Be Back Right After This by Pat O’Brien (St. Martin’s Press, 2014)

    • New York Timesbestseller

  • Level Zero Heroes by Michael Golembesky (St. Martin’s Press, 2015)
    • New York Times bestseller

Politics

  • Trump’s Enemies by Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie (Center Street, 2018)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • Trump’s America by Newt Gingrich (Center Street, 2018)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • Liars, Leakers, and Liberals by Jeanine Pirro (Center Street, 2018)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • Stop Mass Hysteria by Michael Savage (Center Street, 2018)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope by Kerry Kennedy (Center Street, 2018)
  • The Fight by Dan Bongino (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)
    • New York Times bestseller

Sports

  • A Life Well Played by Arnold Palmer (St. Martin’s Press, 2020)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • I’m Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies by Tim Kurkjian (St. Martin’s Press, 2017)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • Endzone by John U. Bacon (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • The A Swing by David Leadbetter (St. Martin’s Press, 2015)
    • New York Times bestseller

History

  • Editor, In the Company of Heroes by James Kitfield (Center Street, 2021)
  • Editor, Wheels of Courage by David Davis (Center Street, 2020)
    • Christopher Awards winner
  • Editor, Operation Swallow by Mark Felton (Center Street, 2019)
  • Dodge City by Tom Clavin (St. Martin’s Press, 2018)

    • New York Times bestseller

  • Relentless Strike by Sean Naylor (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)

    • New York Times bestseller

Young Adult

  • Editor, Smothered by Autumn Chiklis (Wednesday Books, 2018)

    • LA Times bestseller

Graphic Novel

  • Not All Robots by Mark Russell, Mike Deodato Jr, and Lee Loughridge (Upshot Studios, 2022)
    • Eisner Award winner
  • COVID Chronicles by Ethan Sacks, Dalibor Talajic, and Lee Loughridge (Upshot Studios, 2020)

Upmarket Fiction

  • Editor, And the Whole Mountain Burned by Ray McPadden (Center Street, 2018)
    • ALA’s W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction winner