The North Star

Sanyu Dillon

President, Random House Publishing Group

Sanyu Dillon is President of the Random House Publishing Group and the first publisher ever inducted into the American Marketing Association’s Marketing Hall of Fame. In this episode, she discusses her career, the inside story about recent bestsellers like Project Hail Mary and Belle Burden’s Strangers, and what has—and hasn't—changed in how publishers market a book.

INTERVIEWED ON: July 15th, 2026

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