Ben Loehnen is a highly experienced editor and publishing executive, currently serving as the Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of Avid Reader Press at Simon & Schuster. With nearly two decades of experience in the industry, he has worked with a diverse range of authors and subject matter, from business and economics to science, religion, fiction, and memoir. Before co-founding Avid Reader Press, Loehnen spent eight years at Simon & Schuster, serving as an Executive Editor. Prior to that, he worked at HarperCollins and Random House. Loehnen studied Comparative Religion at Harvard College and is a native of Montana and an avid birdwatcher.