Rachel Barry
US Marketing Director, New York
Rachel Barry is a children’s publishing marketing executive with more than 20 years of experience at Penguin Random House, DK, Insight Editions, and Highlights for Children. Her career has also taken her beyond publishing houses—as an independent bookstore manager, book festival director, teacher, and author—shaping the way she thinks about books and readers. Rachel joined Post Wave in 2026 as US Marketing Director.
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- A bookshop that I love: WORD in Jersey City, NJ
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A book that I love: Anything written by Lynda Barry or Sophie Blackall.
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A fun fact about me: I helped create a Star Wars holiday, Star Wars Reads, over a decade ago.