Ellen Archer is President and Publisher of Hyperion, where she is responsible for the direction, management and performance of the publishing group. Specializing in fiction and non-fiction for adults, Hyperion has published more than 2,000 books since its inception, many of which have become national bestsellers, including 22 New York Times bestsellers in the last year.

Ms. Archer joined Hyperion in April 1999 as VP Associate Publisher. In April 2001 she was promoted to Vice President, Publisher, and in May 2005 was promoted to Senior Vice President, Publisher. In April 2008, Ms. Archer was named President. During her 10 years at Hyperion she has conceived and directed a wide variety of bestselling campaigns, including Mitch Albom’s No. 1 New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, For One More Day and Have A Little Faith; Randy Pausch’s No. 1 New York Times bestseller, The Last Lecture; Candace Bushnell’s Trading Up, and Lipstick Jungle; and Michael J. Fox’s Always Looking Up.

In 2006 Ms. Archer created Voice, an imprint of fiction and non-fiction books by and about women. National bestsellers from Voice include Candace Bushnell’s One Fifth Avenue, Katherine Howe’s The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz, The Feminine Mistake by Leslie Bennetts, and the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Cook Yourself Thin.

A 25-year publishing veteran, Ms. Archer is a board member of the Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E) and Poets and Writers Inc.; and is an advisory board member of NYU’s Masters in Publishing Program, and The Goddard Riverside Literacy committee.  She is a member of The Women’s Forum and participates in the ABC Media Networks mentoring program, working with junior executives on career development.