Kate Medina to Receive Center for Fiction Medal
Kate Medina will receive this the 2025 Medal for Editorial Excellence at the Center for Fiction’s Annual Awards Benefit on December 9. First awarded in 2005, the medal honors the work of an editor, publisher, or agent who, “over the course of their career, has discovered, nurtured, and championed writers of fiction in the United States,” according to the CFF.
Medina’s career in book publishing has spanned more than four decades, many of which were spent at Random House. While there, she edited and worked with such authors as Azam Ahmed, Afia Atakora, Amy Bloom, Emma Cline, Alan Drew, Jane Fonda, John Irving, Yiyun Li, Anna Quindlen, Gloria Steinem, and Evan Thomas, among others. At the end of June, Medina will retire from her position as EVP, associate publisher, and executive editorial director.
Author Anna Quindlen will present Medina with the medal. Previous recipients of the award include Kathryn Belden, VP and editor-in-chief of Scribner; Sarah McGrath, SVP and editor-in-chief of Riverhead Books; and Chris Jackson, EVP, publisher, and editor-in-chief of One World.
