With over 25 years at Viking Penguin, St. Martin’s Press, National Geographic, and Disney, Ann Day brings major-house expertise and deep media relationships to every campaign.
Strategic, fully managed publicity campaigns — beginning before launch with outreach to trade, library, and school markets through long-tail coverage — including national television, radio, podcasts, print, and digital media.
Multi-city book tours, store events, and speaking engagements, in person and virtual, planned and executed with attention to every detail — logistics, press, and audience development.
Personalized coaching for authors and executives preparing for television, radio, podcast, and print interviews — building confidence and a compelling on-air presence.
Targeted outreach to leading podcast and digital platforms, including influencers, to build an author’s audience where readers actually spend their time.
Full pre-publication planning: positioning, press materials, media outreach, and a coordinated launch timeline designed to generate momentum on release day and beyond.
Deep expertise in corporate communications and crisis management, offering composed and strategic counsel in high-pressure moments.
From debut novelists to New York Times bestsellers, Ann has built campaigns for some of publishing’s most celebrated names.
Ann Day Communications works with publishers, literary agents, and authors to secure meaningful media coverage that builds lasting readership.
Ann Day has spent her career doing one thing exceptionally well: making books matter to audiences.
Over more than two decades, she has designed and led high-impact publicity campaigns for bestselling and award-winning authors across every genre, from children’s picture books and young adult fiction to celebrity titles, presidential memoirs, and major nonfiction. Her work has included multi-city tours, virtual campaigns, and large-scale media events that drive visibility, conversation, and sales.
Most recently, Ann served as Publicity Director at The Walt Disney Company. Prior to that, she led publicity for both adult and children’s titles at National Geographic, where her role expanded far beyond books. She oversaw media strategy, PR, and communications teams for National Geographic’s magazine portfolio, including its flagship title, as well as Kids, History, and Travel, and its broader Travel business, including National Geographic Expeditions.
Ann also spearheaded PR strategy for National Geographic’s Maps and cartography division, partnered with authors and executives on media training, and contributed to corporate communications and crisis management initiatives. Across every role, she has brought the same strategic precision to a Hollywood biography as to a New York Times bestselling health book.
Ann graduated from Lafayette College with a BA in English and Spanish. She lives outside Washington, DC with her husband and two sons.