Brant Rumble
Executive Editor
Brant Rumble joined Hachette Books in May 2018. He was previously at Blue Rider Press for several years, and at Scribner for a number of years before that. Brant has worked on a variety of narrative nonfiction, ranging from memoir to biography to history to humor to cultural criticism to sociological study to investigative journalism. His early editorial discoveries included Chuck Klosterman’s generational classics, Fargo Rock City and Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. Brant has since published numerous New York Times bestsellers and worked with icons such as Elvis Costello, Mike Love, Loudon Wainwright III, Steve Spurrier, Patton Oswalt, John Waters, Bill James, and Stephen King; critically acclaimed writers Douglas Coupland, John Parker, Owen King, James Hirsch, Stewart O’Nan, and Jonathan Ames; unique authors like Ken Jennings, Megan Amram, Matt Diffee, Astronaut Mike Mullane, and Gustavo Arellano; respected journalists and critics Amanda Petrusich, Geoff Edgers, Greg Kot, Nathan Rabin, David M. Ewalt, Jaime Lowe, Ken Ilgunas, and David Giffels; and veteran sportswriters Michael Weinreb, Dave Zirin, Sean Assael, and Rob Neyer; as well as The Onion, The A.V. Club, and the Ernest Hemingway Estate. At Hachette Books, Brant’s titles have included Ron Rapoport’s biography of Ernie Banks, Let’s Play Two; Dale Berra’s memoir, My Dad, Yogi; Erin Carlson’s tribute to Meryl Streep, Queen Meryl; Kevin Robbins’s The Last Stand of Payne Stewart; Pete Townshend’s novel, The Age of Anxiety; and Julie Andrews’s second memoir, Home Work. Brant lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.