ONE SIGNAL PUBLISHERS

Alessandra Bastagli

Vice President, Publisher

Alessandra Bastagli has worked in publishing for over a quarter century, both as a book editor and as an online features editor. Some of the journalists she has worked with over the years include Vanessa A. Bee, Thanassis Cambanis, Jeanne Carstensen, Kevin Fagan, Sarah Jaffe, Joseph V. Lee, Alia Malek, and Gary Younge. She has also published and is working with academics, activists and public commentators including Italian-Cuban antifascist Alba De Céspedes, Eritrean computer scientist Timnit Gebru on racism and AI, lawyer and activist Derecka Purnell on police abolition, MacArthur fellow and professor Dorothy Roberts on her parents’ interracial marriage, Marxist philosopher Kohei Saito on degrowth, Ghanaian feminist Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on sexuality and pleasure, and civil rights lawyer Chase Strangio on trans rights. She is also fluent in Italian and German and is the published translator, from German, of Jurek Becker, and from Italian, of Primo Levi.

‍Areas of Interest: Investigative Journalism, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Current Affairs, History, Biography, Science

Rola Harb

Associate Editor

Rola Harb (she/her) is drawn to ideas that challenge the literary norm and evocative storytelling that highlights the voices of those who have been traditionally underrepresented in publishing. At One Signal, she has worked with susan abulhawa on the bilingual Arabic-English Palestinian anthology Every Moment is a Life and Elena Dudum on her debut memoir, They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful, which explores the Palestinian American experience. She is also working with New Lines Magazine co-founder Ola Salem, organizer Fadi Quran who is writing a new blueprint for liberation, Karim Zidan investigating the intersection between sports and politics, and writers like Sarah Manavis, Jess McHugh, and Ellie Flynn who are exploring our current cultural revolution. She has also previously worked on, among others, the debut collection Mouth by Puloma Ghosh, the highly acclaimed The Chronicles of Doom by S.H. Fernando Jr., and the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winner We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White.

Areas of Interest: Narrative Nonfiction, Cultural Criticism, Cultural History, Memoir, Social Theory, Investigative Journalism, Literature in Translation, Literary Fiction, Speculative and Genre-Bending stories, Marginalized and Underrepresented Communities and Voices

Abby Mohr

Associate Editor

Abby Mohr joined One Signal Publishers in 2022. She is passionate about narrative nonfiction that brings untold stories to light in a creative and accessible way, whether that be in the categories of memoir, pop culture, feminism, or cultural history. Her forthcoming titles include The Pain Brokers by Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, A Whole Lotta History by Jason Lipshutz, U Up? by Hanna Kozlowska, Feeling Neglected? by Ian Cohen, Dred Scott's Daughter by Amanda Frost, Equipment for Living by Barrett Swanson, and How Much, How Little by Rachael King. She has also assisted on bestselling and critically acclaimed titles by Marisa Meltzer, Amanda Montell, Stephanie Land, Maggie Smith, and more. Abby previously worked at Basic Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group and holds a BA in English and Sociology with a minor in Film Studies from Wake Forest University. Raised just outside of Philadelphia, Abby lives in Manhattan but remains a loyal Eagles fan.

Areas of Interest: Narrative Nonfiction, Cultural Criticism, Memoir, Cultural History, Pop Culture, Music, Film, Biography