17 Facts About Jonathan Karp

Jonathan Karp was born on April 2,1964 and is an American book editor, publisher, and writer.

Jonathan Karp was born to a Jewish family and raised in the Short Hills section of Millburn, New Jersey.

Jonathan Karp's mother worked as a schoolteacher and his father served as chairman and chief executive officer at a bank.

Jonathan Karp graduated from Brown University in 1986, where he majored in American civilization and served as president and editor of the student publication, The Brown Daily Herald.

Jonathan Karp wrote his master's thesis on Herman Wouk's novels.

Jonathan Karp wrote for The Washington Post in the mid 1980s, then worked as a reporter for The Providence Journal and the Miami Herald.

Jonathan Karp then relocated to New York City to pursue his interests in books and theatre.

Jonathan Karp joined Random House in 1989 as an editorial assistant, and by 2000 he was serving as vice president and senior editor.

Jonathan Karp worked for Random House for sixteen years, with one interruption; in 2000, he left the publisher to head producer Scott Rudin's office in New York as vice president of development.

Jonathan Karp then served as publisher and editor-in-chief of Twelve, an imprint he established within the Hachette Book Group in 2005, which publishes one book per month.

Jonathan Karp was included in Publishers Weekly 2022 list of 25 "book business change makers", or "seriously consequential individuals whose mark on the industry is indelible".

Jonathan Karp is the longtime editor of John McCain; the two collaborated with Mark Salter on Faith of My Fathers, Worth the Fighting For, Why Courage Matters, and The Restless Wave.

Jonathan Karp met composer Seth Weinstein during their two-year apprenticeship at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, in Manhattan in 1996.

In 2000, Jonathan Karp co-directed Big Kiss: An Evening of Humiliating Audition Stories with Alford, who wrote Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top.

The duo later collaborated on How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes, with Jonathan Karp writing the book and lyrics.

In May 2011, Jonathan Karp made a cameo appearance on the finale of Gossip Girl fourth season, in which he negotiates a manuscript deal with one of the show's main characters.

Jonathan Karp later appeared on the season five episodes "The Jewel of Denial" and "Father and the Bride".