Jessica Williams, an assistant editor at William Morrow, has won the Ashmead Award, named in honor of the late Larry Ashmead and designed to nurture the career of a promising young editor in the field of book publishing. As the winner, she will attend the Yale Publishing Course July 21-26, and will also have access to an advisory committee of distinguished editors."Jessica is a rising star at HarperCollins, and Larry would have loved working with her," said Brenda Segel, HarperCollins senior v-p of rights, who spoke on behalf of the selection committee. "She is always willing to go the extra mile for her authors and has shown great drive, determination, and a terrific instinct for new voices."
A graduate of Georgetown University, Williams started her publishing career at a literary scouting agency and joined Morrow in February 2011 as an editorial assistant to v-p and executive editor David Highfill. Last September, she became an assistant editor. Among her books are the forthcoming novels The Absence of Mercy by John Burley, Further Out Than You Thought by Michaela Carter, Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson and a debut novel by Rebecca Rotert.
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