Words of Prey is the inaugural podcast from Pipeline Artists. Host Chantelle Aimée Osman (editor of Agora Books, writer of random things, former Hollywood Person) sits down to talk business, writing, life and all of the things in between with a variety of guests with a variety of backgrounds. So, dear listener, grab an adult beverage, sit back, and learn from our mistakes.
Chantelle Aimée Osman (she/her) is an acquiring editor for Lake Union Publishing. Formerly the founder and editor-in-chief of Agora Books, an award-winning imprint focusing on socially and culturally unique fiction from underrepresented voices from publisher Polis Books. A 2020 Publishers Weekly Rising Star honoree, books she has acquired have won three International Latino Book Award medals, been nominated for Edgar, Stoker, Dagger, Anthony, Strand Critics, Macavity and Lefty awards, and been featured in NPR, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Chicago Tribune, People,Oprah Daily and Entertainment Weekly, among others. She is also a professor at the LIU Brooklyn Polk School of Communication MFA in Writing and Publishing. The former editor-in-chief of RT Book Reviews Magazine and a freelance editor for over 10 years, and has been a judge for the Phoenix Film Festival, International Thriller Awards and the National Association of Hispanic Publication’s José Martí Awards. Chantelle is the author of the non-fiction series on writing The Quick and Dirty Guides To…, has published numerous works of short fiction, and served as the editor of multiple anthologies, including the acclaimed Jewish Noir, Volume 2 from PM Press. Chantelle serves as creative consultant for the reimagined Dick Tracy comic through Mad Cave Comics, The Awakened through Zestworld Comics and co-wrote The Rejects with comic veteran Alex Segura. She also serves on the Race Equity & Social Justice Committee of Pongo Poetry Project, a non-profit organization that uses personal poetry writing to heal youth who have experienced trauma and other difficult and complicated experiences; as well as serving as president of the board of Prototype Health, a non-profit organization providing high-quality, cost-effective, integrated primary health care for uninsured, underinsured, and needy individuals. Find her online at chantelleaimee.com and on Twitter @SuspenseSiren.
