About Me

Chantelle Aimée Osman (she/her) is acquisitions editor at Lake Union Publishing, and the former  editor of Agora Books, an award-winning imprint focusing on socially and culturally unique crime fiction and horror from publisher Polis Books. Since its founding in 2019, Chantelle's Agora titles  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, Oprah Daily, PopSugar, Vulture, The Chicago Tribune and Entertainment Weekly. She was named a Publishers Weekly Rising Star honoree in 2020, she is also a professor at the LIU Brooklyn Polk School of Communication MFA in Writing and Publishing, an instructor at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Authors at Large and LitReactor. 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 upcoming Jewish Noir, Volume 2 from PM Press. Chantelle serves as creative consultant for The Awakened, a graphic novel series through Zestworld Comics and co-writes Interpop's The Rejects with comic veteran Alex Segura. She hosts the Words of Prey podcast on the Pipeline Artists Network. Find her online at chantelleaimee.com and on Twitter @SuspenseSiren.

Chantelle Aimée Osman (she/her) is acquisitions editor at Lake Union Publishing and the former the editor of Agora Books, an award-winning imprint focusing on socially and culturally unique crime fiction and horror from publisher Polis Books. Since its founding in 2019, Chantelle's Agora titles 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, Oprah Daily, PopSugar, Vulture, The Chicago Tribune and Entertainment Weekly. She was named a Publishers Weekly Rising Star honoree in 2020. The former editor-in-chief of RT Book Reviews Magazine and a freelance editor for over 10 years, she is also an instructor at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Authors at Large and LitReactor. 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 has served as the editor of multiple anthologies, including the upcoming Jewish Noir, Volume 2 from PM Press. She hosts the Words of Prey podcast through the Pipeline Artists Network.

As former Head of Business Affairs and Development for production companies in Hollywood, Ms. Osman has experience in all aspects of the film industry—from dealing with agents, studios, and independent productions, to casting and editing scripts. In the past, she has greenlit projects ranging from A-list blockbusters to made-for-TV movies. She is a recurring judge for the Phoenix Film Festival screenplay competition.

Prior to working in the film industry, Ms. Osman obtained her law degree, and worked with political campaigns on the state and presidential levels. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004, she served as a federal and state lobbyist, fighting for such issues as awareness for organ donation programs, and gambling addiction prevention. Ms. Osman is a graduate of Arizona State University College of Law, holds degrees in Psychology, French and Art History, and speaks five languages. She divides her time between New York and Arizona.