Elisabeth Saake is Associate Publisher and COO of The Collective Book Studio. She oversees acquisitions, list development, and operations, helping shape the company’s publishing strategy across its growing list of children’s, lifestyle, food, and gift books. Elisabeth works closely with authors and editors to build a cohesive trade list, collaborates with Simon & Schuster as the company’s global distributor, and manages foreign rights to support international reach.

Before joining The Collective Book Studio, Elisabeth worked at Chronicle Books and at a New York literary agency. She is also the author of two humor gift books. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two sons and is a podcast devotee, compulsive bedside book stacker, and amateur garden tinkerer.