Altie Karp­er was the edi­to­r­i­al direc­tor of Schock­en Books/​Penguin Ran­dom House for more than twen­ty years. Authors with whom she worked include Aharon Appelfeld, Leela Cor­man, Mark Russ Fed­er­man, Kevin Henkes, Irv­ing Howe, Francine Klags­brun, Deb­o­rah Lip­stadt, Arthur Miller, Rab­bi Jonathan Sacks, Peter Sis, Rab­bi Adin Stein­saltz, Rab­bi Joseph Telushkin, Elie Wiesel, Lori Zabar, and Avi­vah Got­tlieb Zornberg.