We are an imprint with a mission and a purpose: To publish bestselling books that rise above the noise, impact the global conversation, and inspire readers to live their own deeply meaningful lives and move humanity forward. Our books will take you out beyond, into the open field of life.
We will meet you there.
Since starting Moms Demand Action, the nation’s largest grassroots organization against gun violence, Watts has helped thousands of women step off the sidelines and into their power. What most of us don’t realize is that inside all of us is a spark, waiting to be ignited. The catalyst for your life’s meaning and joy, this is often the solution to many of the world’s problems—and when properly nurtured, this spark has the potential to transform not only your life, but the world beyond.
From Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a roadmap for shattering the status quo and standing up for what’s right across our lives, our communities, and our country. Becoming a Purposeful Warrior means knowing that what affects one person affects us all. It means having zero tolerance for bullies and fighting for the truth, even when it hurts. It means navigating life with grit and grace, challenging your own assumptions, and allowing your anger to point you toward your purpose.
A book like no other, I Am Maria weaves Shriver’s hard-earned wisdom with her own deeply personal poems that grapple with identity, grief, love, loss, longing, heartbreak and healing. I Am Maria reminds readers there is strength and love on the other side of all of our hardest days, and it invites readers to write their own personal poetry—reclaiming the art as accessible to everyone and a tool to look within.
A groundbreaking, inspiring, and holistic new approach to leadership from one of the top woman C-suite executives in the nation. In Lead Like You Mean It, Laysha Ward draws on her storied career as one of the nation’s top Black female C-suite executives to show readers the answer: leading with meaning. Leading with meaning entails viewing your life and career as part of the same puzzle, acting from your purpose, making intentional choices, nurturing relationships, and championing and sustaining yourself and others.
Psychotherapists and parent coaching team Ashley Graber, LMFT, and Maria Evans, LMFT, introduce SAFER Parenting—a simple yet powerful five-step approach designed to help children ages 6-12 regulate emotions and build lasting self-esteem. Offering real-life examples and drawing on their experience working with thousands of families struggling with anxiety, they outline key practices to reduce worry both in the moment and over time.
Chasing Peace is a guide for turning emotional breakdowns into breakthroughs with the insights of modern neuroscience. It’s the story of a lifelong seeker who suffered years of escalating depression and anxiety, then discovered that the latest practices from brain science offered a path to the peace he longed for.
From bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck comes a new path to overcoming anxiety by awakening the creativity within and finding our life’s purpose. Beyond Anxiety invites us into a new way of being, one filled with greater abundance, joy, and possibility.
In The Joy You Make, award-winning Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow explores the many expressions of joy and shows readers how to find, cultivate, and share it, even during life’s most difficult times. Combining his personal experiences with research and expert interviews, Petrow asks (and answers) the question: “What if there was a way to find the joy in everything?”
The Chair and the Valley is a raw, gut-wrenching, and amazing story about healing from trauma and starting over. It is a testament to the importance of chosen family, the restorative power of nature, and the strength it takes to build a new life in the face of fear and doubt.
Deeply compassionate and revelatory, It’s Not You examines how narcissists hijack our wellbeing and offers a healing path forward. Drawing on more than 20 years of studying, teaching, and helping clients navigate the landscape of narcissism, Dr. Durvasula unpacks the oft-misunderstood personality, showing how to identify the telltale signs that you may be dealing with a narcissist and protect yourself from their toxic influence.
Once a rising star of the Republican Party, Adam Kinzinger became a traitor when he voted to impeach Donald Trump after the January 6 attacks on the Capitol. Now he shares a gripping firsthand account of the events that led to this moment, and the sacrifice required to do what is right. In Renegade, an instant New York Times bestseller, Kinzinger tells his story of faith, service, and political duty in a democracy under siege.
Named after its authors’ highly sought-after undergraduate course at Yale, Life Worth Living is a guide to defining and then creating a flourishing life, and answering one of life’s most pressing questions: how are we to live?
Writer and former model Paulina Porizkova pens a series of intimate, introspective, and enlightening essays about the complexities of womanhood at every age, pulling back the glossy magazine cover and writing from the heart.
From some of our most prominent spiritual and religious leaders, poets and thinkers, singers and writers, a book of wisdom to light our way in dark times.
Bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why “integrity”–needed now more than ever in these tumultuous times–is the key to a meaningful and joyful life.
MARIA SHRIVER, Publisher
BRIAN TART, President, Publisher, btart@penguinrandomhouse.com
MEG LEDER, Editorial Director, mleder@penguinrandomhouse.com
AMY SUN, Senior Editor, asun@penguinrandomhouse.com
NINA RODRIGUEZ-MARTY, Editor, nirodriguez-marty@penguinrandomhouse.com
The Open Field does not accept unagented submissions, proposals, manuscripts, illustrations, artwork, or submission queries at this time. This includes submission of work previously published elsewhere. We are also unable to provide draft support, translation, or ghostwriters for aspiring authors. If you would like to have your work or manuscript considered for publication by a major book publisher, we recommend that you work with an established literary agent. Each agency has manuscript submission guidelines. You may wish to refer to The Literary MarketPlace (the LMP), a reference guide that contains a listing of literary agencies. It can be found in most libraries. Another excellent source is The Writer’s Market, which you should be able to find in a local bookstore or library. You can also visit their Web site at http://www.writersdigest.com for more information.
If you are an agent submitting a proposal to The Open Field, please email TheOpenField@penguinrandomhouse.com and know it may take up to sixty days for a response. We cannot return proposals, but we will not save any proposals we do not pursue. We can only consider detailed proposals that are unique and original to the author making the submission.
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