IVP Publicity Team
Krista Clayton
Director of Publicity
Author Interviews
Krista has been at IVP for more than twenty-five years and oversees the planning and outreach of the publicity team. She has worked in various roles in publicity throughout her time at IVP and now focuses her efforts on leading the publicity team to get the word out about our books by working with authors and media to generate ideas for interviews, articles, and other online content.
Karin DeHaven
Senior Publicist
IVP Academic
Print & Online Publicity
Karin has been at IVP for ten years and specializes in working with academic books and authors. As senior publicist Karin works to secure reviews, interviews, and excerpts in magazines, journals, and online. She holds an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and an MA in Christian Formation & Ministry from Wheaton College.
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Allie Noble
Senior Social Media Manager
Allie has been at IVP for six years, managing the brand’s social presence, promoting titles across all imprints, and coaching authors in navigating the digital sphere. Her prior experience ranges from local church ministry work to global public relations agency client strategies, and she holds a degree in Advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After only discovering a love of reading in her early 20s, Allie is making up for lost time with an impossibly long TBR list.
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Anna Tjernstrom
IVP Kids, IVP Bible Studies
Print & Online Publicity
Connecting with publications, blogs, and websites is Anna's focus for IVP’s bible studies and children's books. She provides early copies of books for review as well as customized book excerpts for website posts or articles. Anna has been with IVP since 2019 and brings years of children's ministry experience to her post. The Monster at the End of this Book was her favorite book as a child.
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Makayla Payne
Trade Books
Social Media, Print & Online Publicity
Makayla splits her time as a publicist and social media coordinator. On the publicity side, she works to secure original articles, excerpts, and published interviews in print and online media outlets. For social media, she plans campaigns, coordinates social media graphics and product shots, and shares publicity hits. Makayla has a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has been at IVP for over a year.
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Eva Pankratz
Trade Books, IVP Español
Print & Online Publicity
Responsible for print and online publicity for IVP trade books and IVP Spanish-language books, Eva connects with authors and media outlets to secure articles, excerpts, and published interviews. Besides her print and online publicity work, Eva supports the IVP publicity team with reporting, researching, and her dual English and Spanish language skills. She has loved books as long as she can remember.
