Wright, Brett

Job Title & Company Information: 

2011 – Present: Bloomsbury Children’s Books, Associate Editor

2008 – 2011: Abrams Book for Young Readers, Editorial Assistant

 More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrettWright

2014: http://metro.nyscbwi.org/news/so-your-character-walks-into-a-plot-hole-and-other-common-traps-to-avoid-in-your-ya-and-mg-manuscripts/

2013: http://misssnarksfirstvictim.blogspot.

Wells Arms, Victoria

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 – Present: Wells Arms Literary, Literary Agent

2001 – 2013: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Editor-at-Large

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/victoria-wells-arms/9/52b/362

Personal Site: http://www.wellsarms.com/#!about-us/c1k46

2015: http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/VictoriaWArms/

2014: http://www.literaryrambles.com/2014/02/agent-spotlight-victoria-wells-arms.

Thomas, Patrick

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Milkweed Editions, Managing Editor

More Information:

2015: http://milkweed.org/about-us/contact-info/patrick-thomas/

2014: http://www.fasthorseinc.com/blog/2014/05/20/qa-patrick-thomas-milkweed-editions/

2013: http://milkweed.org/blog/milkfolk/from-the-editor-e-books-vs-printed-pages/

2013: http://milkweed.org/blog/in-house/patrick-thomas-named-managing-director/

2012: http://micawbers.blogspot.

Spurlock, Donna

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Charlesbridge Publishing, Associate Director of Marketing

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/donna-spurlock/6/549/87

2015: http://www.bookweb.org/news/small-press-profile-charlesbridge-offers-diverse-list-lifelong-learning

2010: http://www.underdown.org/social-networking.htm

2001: http://www.underdown.org/spurlock.

Siegel, Mark

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: First Second, Editorial Director

More Information:

2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Siegel

2013: http://www.childrensillustrators.com/industry-insider/interviews/Mark-Siegel/id=19/

2012: http://www.tcj.com/mark-siegel-part-2/

2009: http://robot6.comicbookresources.

Brydon, Alli Shaloum

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Present: The Bright Group International, Managing Agent

2013 – 2015: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., Senior Editor

2010 – 2013: Sterling Publishing, Editor, Children’s Acquisitions

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alli-brydon/1/b82/643

Twitter: https://twitter.com/allibrydon

2011: http://chloeyelenamiller.blogspot.

Seife, Emily

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Scholastic, Editor

2011 – 2013: Scholastic, Associate Editor

2009 – 2011: Schwartz & Wade Books, Assistant Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/emily-seife/26/678/213

Twitter: https://twitter.com/e_seife

Personal Site: http://www.emilyseife.com/about/

2011: http://www.underdown.org/chchange.

Newlin, Shanta

Job Title & Company Information:

2008 – Present: Penguin Group USA, Executive Director of Publicity

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/shanta-small-newlin/2/4b5/563

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shantaroo

2014: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2014/08/shanta-newlin-marketing-and-sales-panel.html

2013: http://www.publishingtrends.

Mitchell, Emily

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Wernick & Pratt Agency, Agent

2013 – Charlesbridge Publishing, Senior Editor, Contracts Manager

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilyreads

2015: http://www.emilyreads.com/

2013: http://writersrumpus.com/2013/07/09/agent-interview-emily-mitchell/

2013: https://thewholemegillah.wordpress.

McIntyre, Tina

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present:  Hachette Book Group, Executive Director, Strategic Planning and Digital Publisher

2011 – 2014: Hachette Book Group, Executive Director, Digital Publishing and Operations

2006 – 2011: Hachette Book Group, Director of Marketing

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tina-mcintyre/4/b7b/17

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.

Doerr, Jennifer

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Yale University Press, Senior Publicist

2008 – 2011: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Director of Publicity

2006 -2008: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc,  Publicity Manager

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jen-doerr/3/b34/9a2

2014: http://blog.yupnet.

Pocius, Jenna

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: little bee books, Associate Editor

2013 – 2014: Bloomsbury USA, Assistant Editor

2012 – 2013: Freelance proofreader

2010 – 2012: Abrams Book for Young Readers, Editorial Assistant

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jenna-pocius/47/602/b88

2010: http://www.the-efa.org/members/data/resumes/pociusj.pdf

 

 

Loh, Cindy

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,  Publishing Director

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindyengloh

2015: http://www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk/html/about/a_senior_team.html

2012: http://www.publishingtrends.com/2012/06/people-roundup-june-2012/

 

Powers, Joan

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Candlewick Press, Editor-at-Large

More Information:

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/59270-joan-powers-to-head-candlewick-entertainment.html

2008: http://www.robinfriedman.com/interviews/JoanPowers.html

2004: http://www.joanpowers.com/

Abbey, Caroline

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 – Present: Random House Children’s Books, Senior Editor

2013: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Senior Editor

More Information:

2014: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1568390

2012: http://www.katemessner.com/kidlit-cares-manuscript-critique-with-caroline-abbey-of-bloomsbury/

2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxhHIjPflmM

Arms, Victoria Wells

Job Title & Company Information: 

2014 – Wells Arms Literary, Literary Agent

2013 – Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,  Editor-At-Large

More Information:

2014: http://writersrumpus.com/2014/02/04/agent-interview-victoria-wells-arms/

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/54038-in-brief-september-20.html

2008: http://www.robinfriedman.com/interviews/VictoriaWellsArms.html

Bicknell, Elizabeth

Job Title & Company Information:

1997 – Present: Candlewick Press, Editorial Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/elizabeth-bicknell/14/991/368

2013: https://diaryofabookworm.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/final-mfa-residency-the-last-days/

2012: http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763655996.art.1.pdf

1996: http://connection.ebscohost.

Paul, Chris

Job Title & Company Information:

2015- Candlewick Press, Associate Publisher & Creative Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chris-paul/8/40a/384

2014: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2014/02/15/candlewick-press-somerville-roll-with-newbery-medal-win-and-other-successes/zW0VEPggdLmhUpjaiQQKjI/story.html

2013: http://www.theaoi.com/awards/judge-details.php?id=80

Zantop, Ashley Andersen

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 - Capstone, Chief Content Officer

More Information: 

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/55621-capstone-to-publish-picture-books-for-the-trade.html

2012: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleycandersenzantop

2011: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/ashley-andersen-zantop-joins-capstone_b26413

 

Healy, Nick

Job Title & Company Information:

2005 – Present:  Capstone, Editorial Director (Non-Fiction)

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/nick-healy/1/968/a7b

2013: http://32books32days.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/day-31-nick-healys-short-story-collection-it-takes-you-over/

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/55621-capstone-to-publish-picture-books-for-the-trade.

Tauber, Lisa

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Random House, Editor

2013 – Chronicle Books, Editorial Assistant

More Information:

2013: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/author/lisa-tauber/

2013: http://www.thebolditalic.com/users/lisat15

2013: http://theuniquecamp.com/lisa-tauber/

Skea, Kelsey

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Amazon, Editorial Leader, Amazon Children’s Publishing

2010 – 2013: Disney Book Group, Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kelsey-skea/0/101/20

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelseyskea

2013: http://www.apub.com/editor-detail?id=A1I7TFXKDRQDZL

2013: http://www.jacketflap.com/kelsey-skea/214082

 

Thomas, Rich

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Disney Publishing Wordwide, Associate Publisher

More Information:

2014: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rich-thomas-jr/4/749/77b

2012: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mighty-avengers-rich-thomas/1106435246?ean=9781423148418&isbn=9781423148418

 

Manlove, Melissa

Job Title & Company Information:

2004 – Present: Chronicle Books, Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/melissa-manlove/6/390/ab

2013: http://www.katemessner.com/behind-the-scenes-with-bossyfish-interview-with-editor-melissa-manlove/

2012: http://www.rmcscbwi.org/Interview_with_Melissa_Manlove.pdf

2012: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/author/melissa-manlove/

2011: http://dorinewhite.blogspot.

Kirsten, Naomi

Job Title & Company Information:

2008 – Present: Chronicle Books, Editor

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/naomi-kirsten/2b/657/953

2015: https://twitter.com/naomi_kirsten

2012: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/2012/01/06/on-my-nightstand-associate-editor-naomi-kirsten/

2012: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/author/naomi-kirsten/

2011: http://jennyleeyoung.blogspot.

Norman, Taylor

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Chronicle Books, Editorial Assistant

More Information:

2013: http://dorinewhite.blogspot.com/2013/05/taylor-norman-editor-chronicle-books.html?showComment=1369855530671

2013: http://chinookupdate.blogspot.com/2013/04/conference-sneak-peek-taylor-norman.html

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/taylor-norman/39/645/1ba

2012: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/author/taylor-norman/

Richardson, Ariel

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Chronicle Books, Editorial Assistant

More Information:

2012: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/author/ariel-richardson/

2012: http://www.darcypattison.com/editors/meet-editors-2012/

2010: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/44273-drinks-community-and-mockingjay.html

Inteli, Nancy

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: HarperCollins Publishers, Editorial Director

2011 – 2013: Disney Publishing Worldwide, Global Editorial Director

More Information: 

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/nancy-inteli/6/9a0/903

2015: http://corporate.harpercollins.

Onder, Catherine

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – present: Bloomsbury Children Books, Editorial Director

2010 – 2013: Disney-Hyperion, Senior Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/58642-continuing-the-changes-at-bloomsbury-children-s-books.html

2012: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/editor-answers-questions/

2010: http://anitanolan.wordpress.

Yoskowitz, Lisa

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Little Brown BFYR, Executive Editor

2011 – 2014: Disney-Hyperion,  Editor

More Information:

2015: http://theblabbermouthblog.com/2015/02/09/quick-questions-an-interview-with-executive-editor-lisa-yoskowitz/

2013: http://m.guidebook.com/guide/6156/poi/571889/

2011: http://tamarairelandstone.com/home-at-hyperion/

2010: http://kathytemean.wordpress.

Ellwood, Nancy

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: DK Publishing, Editorial Director

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/nancy-ellwood/1/735/908

2015: http://www.dk.com/us1/education/index.html

2014: http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/62061-dk-enters-the-teen-market-with-nonfiction-line.html

2009: http://www.goodreads.

Pocock, Doug

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 - Abrams and Chronicle Books LTD, Managing Director

2011 – Egmont USA, Executive VP

More Information:

2013: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/dougpocock1

2011: http://randomactsofreading.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/a-visit-from-our-friends-at-egmont-usa/

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/49415-job-moves-november-8-2011.html

Markiet, Antonia Q.

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Harpercollins Children’s Books, Senior Executive Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/antonia-markiet/4/267/944

2009: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/8214-new-edition-and-content-for-light-in-the-attic.html

Brosnan, Rosemary

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Harper Collins Children’s Books, Editorial Director

1999 – 2013: Harpercollins Children’s Books, Executive Editor

More Information:

2013: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/02/rosemary-brosnan-what-hooks-me-with.html

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rosemary-brosnan/5/29/3b4

Mays, Tamar

Job Title & Company Information:

2005- present:  Harpercollins Children’s Books, Senior Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tamar-mays/5/462/30b

2012: http://lowerfairfieldwriters.blogspot.com/2012/03/agent-event-at-ct-press-club.html

Sevier, Sarah

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Harpercollins Children’s Books,  Editor

More Information:

2011: http://readforrelief.blogspot.com/2011/09/day-4-item-12-editor-10-page-critique.html

2011: http://literaryprograms.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/a-little-room-to-write-leaves-a-big-impression-on-ninth-grade-students-editors-2/

Katz, Susan

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Katz has retired after 28 years with HarperCollins

2015 – HarperCollins Children’s Books, President & Publisher

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/susanrkatz

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/susan-katz/3/95/b18

2015: http://www.scbwi.org/susan-katz-announces-retirement-from-harpercollins/

 

2012: http://litstack.

Jackson, Kate Morgan

Job Title & Company Information:

1991 – Present:  Harpercollins Children’s Books, Senior VP, Associate Publisher, & Editor-in-Chief

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kate-jackson/3/aa4/845

2015: https://twitter.com/framedcooks

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/52943-gaiman-signs-multi-book-deal-with-harpercollins.

Modugno, Maria

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Harpercollins Children’s Books, VP & Editorial Director

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/maria-modugno/5/74/450

2013: http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/34664/Maria_Modugno/index.aspx

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/54595-modugno-joining-random-house.html

2012: http://robsanderswrites.

Davis, Dawn

Job Title & Company Information:

2001 – Present: Harpercollins Children’s Books, VP & Publisher, Amistad

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/davis-dawn/4/8aa/529

2013: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/simon-schusters-poaches-harpercollins-editor-dawn-davis-for-new-atria-imprint/

2010: http://www.publishersweekly.

Linker, David

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Harpercollins Children’s Books, Executive Editor

More Information:

2015: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/academy-award-nominated-actress-abigail-180000073.html

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davelinker

2013: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/harpercollins-acquires-first-official-book-from-global-superstar-cody-simpson-193308341.html

Sussman, Erica

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Harpercollins Children’s Books, Executive Editor

More Information:

2012: http://amygarveywrites.blogspot.com/2012/02/erica-sussman-is-morning-person.html

2010: http://kierstenwrites.blogspot.com/2010/03/q-with-erica-sussman-editor.html

2009: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/erica-sussman-editor-harpercollins/

 

Landis, Sarah

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

2011 – 2014: Harpercollins Children’s Books, Senior Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/65489-rights-report-week-of-february-2-2015.html

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/46316-people-week-of-2-28-2011.html

 

Barley, Sarah Dotts

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – MacMillion: Flatiron Books, Senior Editor

2013 – Harpercollins Children’s Books,  Editor

More Information: 

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahdottsbarley

2013: http://julietruekingsley.com/2013/04/30/interview-with-the-fabulous-sarah-dotts-barley-harpercollins/

2012: http://aseraserburns.wordpress.

Balzer, Alessandra

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Balzer + Bray Harpercollins Children’s Books, VP & Co-Publisher

More Information:

2014: http://harpercollins.tumblr.com/post/58932720005/q-a-with-alessandra-balzer-co-publisher

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alessandra-balzer/7/189/943

2012: http://apocalypsies.blogspot.com/2012/02/5-questions-for-alessandra-balzer-co.html

 

 

Abrams, Rachel

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – present: Self-employed Editorial Consultant

2011 – 2013: Harpercollins Children’s Books,  Associate Editor

More Information:

2011: http://www.cbcbooks.org/ecc/2011/11/november-2011/

2010: http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/how-to-wow-an-editor-with-your-book/

Bray, Donna

Job Title & Company Information:

2008 – present: Balzer + Bray Harpercollins Children’s Books, VP & Co-Publisher

More Information:

2013: http://www.donnabrayzakreski.com/

2010: http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2010/11/interview-with-editor-donna-bray/

2008: http://www.robinfriedman.com/interviews/DonnaBray.html

Rens, Kristin Daly

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – present: Balzer + Bray Harpercollins Children’s Books, Executive Editor

2002 – 2014: HarperCollins Publisher, Editor

More Information:

2014: http://jeffgarvinbooks.com/2014/07/09/harpercollins-jeff-garvin-symptoms-of-being-human-book-deal-announcement/

2012: http://cjredwine.blogspot.com/2012/02/interview-with-editor-kristin-daly-rens.html

2011: http://www.

Brown, Jordan

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Balzer + Bray Harpercollins Children’s Books and Walden Pond Press, Executive Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.stackedbooks.org/2015/04/on-curiosity-guest-post-by-jordan-brown.html

2014: http://www.pragmaticmom.com/2014/04/meet-editor-behind-the-real-boy/

2012:  http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2012/08/editor-panel-jordan-brown.html

2011: http://www.theresabook.

Sargent, Sara

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Present: HarperCollins Publisers, Executive Editor

2014 – 2015: Simon Pulse/Simon and Schuster, Editor

2009 – 2014: Balzer + Bray Harpercollins Children’s Books, Associate Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarasargent

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sara_sargent

Personal Site: http://sarasargent.wordpress.com/

2014: http://www.

Grove, Karen

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Entangled Publishing, Editorial Director/Senior Editor
2008 – Present: Freelance Editor of MG/YA Fiction
Present: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Consulting Editor

2013 – Harcourt Children’s Books, Contributing  Editor

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenvansleetgrove

2015: http://karengrove.com/about-me/

2015: https://twitter.

Nuchi, Adah

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – present: Harcourt Children’s Books, Editorial Associate

More Information:

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/56168-children-s-job-moves-february-2013.html

2013: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/tab3.aspx?EventID=1108084

2013: http://vonnacarter.com/wordpress/?page_id=6213

 

Platt, Cynthia

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Houghton Mifflin Books For Children, Contributing Editor

More Information: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cynthiaplatt

Personal Site: http://scribblinginthegarret.com/

2013: http://thelittlecrookedcottage.blogspot.com/2013/11/loved-to-pieces-with-cynthia-platt_18.html

2010: http://www.wheelers.co.nz/books/9780547131061-happy-thanksgiving-curious-george/

Glauber, Pamela

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Freelance Editor, Proofreader, and Copyeditor

2006 – 2012: Holiday House Books For Young People, Editor

More Information: 

2014: http://www.1st5pageswritingworkshop.com/2014/10/november-first-five-pages-begins-1112014.html

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pamela-kelly-glauber/20/284/a71

2012: http://m.guidebook.com/guide/1710/poi/226568/

2012: https://www.youtube.

Low, Jason

Job Title & Company Information:

2004 – present:  Lee & Low Books, Publisher

More Information: 

2015: http://blog.leeandlow.com/about/

2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ8Sa9vMKzU

2014: http://www.slj.com/2014/05/sponsored/jason-low-talks-diversity-with-betsy-bird-slj-conversations/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasontlow

2010: http://nathaliemvondo.wordpress.

Hazel, Emily

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Lee & Low Books, Associate Editor

More Information: 

2013: http://www.sparkandecho.org/in-the-wake-of-the-storm_emily-ruth-hazel/

2012: http://www.sparkandecho.org/word-of-mouth-emily-ruth-hazel/

2011: http://nathaliemvondo.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/monday-interview-award-winning-author-educator-feminist-activist-zetta-elliott-phd/

Ross, Whitney

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Tor Books, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/whitney-ross/13/866/36

Twitter: https://twitter.com/whitney_ross

2013: http://www.tor.com/author/whitney-ross/

2012: http://www.honestlyya.com/2012/05/editor-interview-with-whitney-ross-of.html

Pusey, Alyssa Mito

Job Title & Company Information:

1997 – Present: Charlesbridge Publishing, Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alyssa-pusey/89/12/a58

2015: http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/120014617438/industry-qa-with-alyssa-mito-pusey

2013: http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2013/02/alyssa-woman-wonder.html

2013: http://charlesbridge.blogspot.com/2013/12/an-interview-with-editor.html

Rodgers, Mary

Job Title & Company Information:

1999 – 2013: Lerner Publishing Group,  Editor-In-Chief

More Information: 

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rodgers-mary/16/832/bba

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/55399-lerner-publishing-promotes-stockland-closes-nyc-office.html

2010: http://nathaliemvondo.wordpress.

Burrell, Carol

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Freelancer

2013 – 2014: Abrams Publishing, Senior Editor

2007 – 2012: Lerner Publishing Group, Editorial Director, Graphic Universe

More Information: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/carol-burrell/0/1a3/a66

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/55090-lerner-s-carol-burrell-to-move-to-abrams-comicarts.

Tingley, Megan

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Little Brown Books For Young Readers, Executive Vice President and Publisher

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/megan-tingley/13/11b/88

2015: https://www.hachettebookgroup.biz/about-hbg/bios/megan-tingley/

2012: http://youngtopublishing.com/2012/11/publishing-profiles-megan-tingley/

2011: http://bigthink.

Smith, Andrew

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Little Brown Books For Young Readers, SVP & Deputy Publisher, Executive Director

More Information: 

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/65888-little-brown-in-deal-with-lego.html

2013: http://www.licensemag.

Ling, Alvina

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Little Brown Books For Young Readers, Editor-in-Chief

2013 – Little Brown Books For Young Readers, Editorial Director

More Information: 

2015: https://twitter.com/planetalvina

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/65606-meet-the-editor-alvina-ling.html

2014: https://www.kirkusreviews.

Stein, Erin

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Imprint (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group), Publisher

2009 – 2014: Little Brown Books For Young Readers,  Editorial Director

More Information: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/erin-stein/1/10b/143

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/66631-erin-stein-making-an-imprint-at-macmillan.html

2014: http://www.adweek.

Rich, Susan

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Little Brown Books and Company,  Editor-at-Large

1997 – 2009: HarperCollins Children’s Books, Executive Editor

More Information: 

LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/susan-rich/41/25/84b

Twitter: https://twitter.com/susanmrich

2013: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/plunging-dark-suan-rich/

2013: http://garlickbooks.blogspot.

O’Malley, Janine

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015 - Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers, Senior Editor

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/janine_omalley

2015: http://www.mackidsbooks.com/staff/

2014: http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2014/03/editor-interview-with-janine-omalley.html#.VckLNkW1v_4

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.

Szabla, Liz

Job Title & Company Information:

2006 – Present: Feiwel and Friends, Editor-in-Chief

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/liz-szabla/7/952/31

2015: http://feiwelandfriends.typepad.com/feiwel_and_friends/meet_the_staff/

2012: http://scbwimidsouth2012.blogspot.com/2012/09/liz-szabla-how-to-keep-editor-reading.html

2012: http://scbwimidsouth2012.blogspot.com/2012/09/revision-as-reconstructive-surgery-by.html

Jacobs, Katherine

Job Title & Company Information:

2007 – Present:  Roaring Brook Press, Editor

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/kjacobsedits

2013: http://c-c-hall.com/2013/01/28/editor-katherine-jacobs-answers-your-writing-questions/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/katherine-jacobs/42/43a/277

2011: http://smack-dab-in-the-middle.blogspot.com/2011/09/interview-with-editor-katherine-jacobs.html

2011: http://www.

Chang, Susan

Job Title & Company Information:

2010 – Present: Tor Books,  Senior Editor

More Information:

Tor Publishing: http://www.tor.com/2010/04/23/meet-tor-books-30-years-old/

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/62125-book-deals-week-of-may-5-2014.html

2013: http://5writers5novels5months.com/tag/susan-chang/

2013: http://everyonewhosanyone.com/edus2.

Cooper, Karen

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Merit Press Books,   Publisher

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karen-cooper/9/80b/a34

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/56124-jacquelyn-mitchard-s-new-venture-has-merit.html

2012: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.

Mitchard, Jacquelyn

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Merit Press Books,  Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelynmitchard

2015: http://jacquelynmitchard.com/biography/

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/56124-jacquelyn-mitchard-s-new-venture-has-merit.html

2012: http://www.fwmedia.com/press-room/meritpress

 

Landwehr, Kathy

Jobs Title & Company Information:

2015: Peachtree Publishers, Associate Publisher

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kathy-landwehr/7/151/1b3

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/56561-peachtree-launches-early-chapter-series.html

Loja, Jennifer (Haller)

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Penguin Books for Young Readers, VP & Associate Publisher

2004 – 2009: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Books, VP/Associate Publisher

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jen-loja/2/430/815

2013: http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/john-green-penguin-has-emerged-as-the-most-effective-publishing-house-in-ya/72537

2009: http://www.publishersweekly.

Monfried, Lucia

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Dial Books for Young Readers, Senior Editor

More Information:

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/61518-jean-craighead-george-s-children-complete-her-final-novel.html

2014: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2014/08/lucia-monfried-dinah-stevenson-editors.html

2012: http://www.jacketflap.com/lucia-monfried/97952

2007: http://www.zoominfo.

Friedberg, Stacey

Job Title & Company Information:

July 2013 – Present: Dial Books for Young Readers, Assistant Editor

July 2011- 2013: Dial Books for Young Readers, Editorial Assistant

More Information:

2014: http://boskoneblog.com/2014/12/29/mini-interviews-ya-extravaganza/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stacey-friedberg/17/471/255

2012: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Stacey-Friedberg/1555052663

2009: https://twitter.

Klausmeier, Jesse

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Chronicle Books, Children’s Book Author

2011 – 2012:  Dial Books for Young Readers, Assistant Editor

More Information:

2014: http://picturebooking.com/010-jesse-klausmeier-open-this-little-book/

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/55750-author-jesse-klausmeier-on-her-childhood-sketch-turned-published-book.

Meltzer, Steve

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Dutton Children’s Books/Dial Books for Young Readers/Celebra Children’s Books, Executive Managing Editor, Associate Publisher

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-meltzer/50/bb/491

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stevepenguin

2012: http://www.tinanicholscouryblog.com/2012/08/editor-steve-.html

2012: http://www.tinanicholscouryblog.

Montanino, Liza Kaplan

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Penguin Group (Philomel Books), Editor

2012 – 2013: Dutton Children’s Books, Assistant Editor

More Information:

2014: https://valerierlawson.wordpress.com/tag/liza-kaplan/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/liza-kaplan-montanino/15/4b1/80

2013: https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventId=1245517

Zhang, Sarah

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013: Boyds Mills Press, Assistant Editor

2012: Grosset & Dunlap/PSS, Editorial Assistant

 More Information: 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-zhang/17/97b/6a8

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/57033-children-s-job-moves-april-2013.html

 

Hamessley London, Jordan

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015 – Present: Adaptive Books, Editorial Director

2013 – 2015: Egmont, Editor

2010 – 2013: Grosset & Dunlap/PSS,  Associate Editor

 More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/thejordache

2014: http://www.publishingcrawl.com/author/thejordache/

2013: http://kidlitnetwork.com/2013/01/14/interview-jordan-hamessley-editor-extraordinaire/

2013: http://www.

O’Connor, Jane

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Grosset & Dunlap/PSS!, VP & Editor-at-Large

More Information:

2014: http://readahead.org/volunteer-of-the-month-qa-with-jane-o-connor/

2014: http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/61389-who-will-be-grosset-s-100th-who-was.html

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/50860-q-a-with-jane-o-connor.

Fabiny, Sarah

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 - Grosset & Dunlap/PSS!, Editor-in-Chief Licenses & Series

More Information:

2015: http://www.penguin.com/author/view/books/sarah-fabiny/244355

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-fabiny/1/b78/461

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/56933-changes-and-trends-in-children-s-and-ya-publishing-an-abpa-panel.

Fedor, Ashley

Job Title & Company Information: 

Aug 2014 – Present: The Juilliard School, Projects Administrator, Curriculum and Productions, Vocal Arts

Sept 2013 – Aug 2014: MeeGenius Inc., Editor and Director of Content

Aug 2008 – Aug 2013: Penguin Group (Puffin), Associate Editor

June 2006 – Aug 2008: Penguin Group, Executive Assistant to the President

 More Information:

2015: https://twitter.

Davies, Jocelyn

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: HarperCollins  Editor

Jocelyn Davies is also a published author, her books include: “A Beautiful Dark” and “A Fractured Light”.

More Information: 

Books: http://jocelyndavies.com/?page_id=30

2013: http://ruccl.org/mentors_2013.html

2013: http://jocelyndavies.com/

2011: http://gonewiththewords.

Gates, Tracy

Job Title & Company Information:

2001 – Present: Viking Children’s Books, Editorial Director

1992 – 2001: Random House, Senior Editor

More Information: 

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tracy-gates/7b/b05/39b

2011: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-voice-divya-srinivasan-on-little.html

Cardenas, Joanna

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Penguin Random House, Viking Children’s Books, Associate Editor

2011 – 2014: Viking Children’s Books, Assistant Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joanna-cardenas/30/64/116

2012: http://vonnacarter.com/wordpress/?page_id=8318

 

Sales, Leila

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Present: Penguin Group USA, Editor

2012 – 2014: Penguin Group USA, Associate Editor

2010 – 2011: Penguin Group USA, Assistant Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/leila-sales/49/2b/46b

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leilasalesbooks

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/prettytothink/books-i-edited/

Personal Site: http://leilasales.

Burke, Michele

Job Title & Company Information:

2006 – Present:  Alfred A. Knopf Crown Books for Young Readers, Editor

More Information:

Zoominfo: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Michele-Burke/767318760

2012: http://www.ellenjackson.net/editors_a_to_c_89771.htm

2012: http://www.scbwiflorida.com/bios.htm

Harrison, Katherine

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Alfred A. Knopf Crown Books for Young Readers, Assistant Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/katherine-harrison/15/711/367

2013: http://randomactsofreading.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/editors-corner-katherine-harrison-and-author-liesl-shurtliff-talk-about-rump/

Horowitz, Beverly

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, VP & Publisher

More Information:

2015: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2015/02/beverly-horowitz-editors-panel.html

2014: http://www.xojane.com/entertainment/harriet-the-spy-beverly-horowitz

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/beverly-horowitz/7/607/79

2012: http://randomactsofreading.wordpress.

Featherstone, Hannah

Job Title & Company Information: 

Present: Freelance children’s book editor

Present: Golden Egg Academy, Picture Book Mentor

2013 – David Fickling Books, Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.goldeneggacademy.co.uk/the-team/hannah-featherstone/

2015: https://twitter.com/feathershan

2013: http://www.thenovelreviewer.

Bui, Françoise

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: self-employed Editor/Translator

1995 – 2013: Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers,  Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/francoise-bui/70/59a/b2

2013: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/01/pre-ny13scbwi-interview-with-francoise.html

2010: http://thewholemegillah.wordpress.

Poploff, Michelle

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Random House, VP Children’s Books

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michelle-poploff/5/621/986

2013: http://authorlauragolden.blogspot.com/2013/08/2013-scbwi-wik-fall-conference-blog.html

2011: http://scbwimidsouth2011.blogspot.com/2011/09/michelle-poploff-write-place-at-right.html

2011: http://randomactsofreading.wordpress.

Muldrow, Diane

Job Title & Company Information:

1999 – Present: Golden Books Young Readers Group,  Editorial Director

 More Information:

2015: http://dianemuldrow.com/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/diane-muldrow/4/4a3/34a

2010: http://debbieohi.com/mentees/2010/10/18/an-interview-with-diane-muldrow-childrens-book-author-and-ed.html

Loggia, Wendy

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, Executive Editor

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/wendyloggia

2012: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2012/01/wendy-loggia.html

2010: https://amyknichols.wordpress.com/tag/wendy-loggia/

2010: http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/get-published-sell-my-work/how-to-break-into-the-ya-market

Marino, Krista

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, Executive Editor

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/krista-marino/100/922/b60

2015: https://twitter.com/kristamarino

2014: https://www.scbwi.org/event-43rd-annual-summer-conference-in-los-angeles/faculty/

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/56287-book-deals-week-of-march-11-2013.

Short, Rebecca

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, Assistant Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rebecca-short/10/5ba/996

2013: http://www.cbcbooks.org/ecc/2013/07/rebecca-short-assistant-editor-at-delacorterandom-house-childrens-books/

2012: http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/1350/rebecca-short/

2011: http://aaronstarmer.

Vitola, Krista

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Random House, Associate Editor

2010 – 2013: Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, Assistant Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/krista-vitola/9/33/928

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kvitola

2012: http://www.darcypattison.com/editors/meet-editors-2012/

2011: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/publishing-industry-changes-7/

Angelilli, Chris

Job Title & Company Information:

2008 – Present: Golden Books Young Readers Group,  VP, Editor-in-Chief, Executive Director

 More Information:

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/51127-nickelodeon-heads-to-random-house.html

2012: http://kidscreen.com/2012/03/20/random-house-gets-nick-master-publishing-rights/

 

Shealy, Dennis

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Golden Books Young Readers Group,   Editorial Director, Golden Inspirational & Media Tie-ins

 More Information:

2013: http://www.randomhouse.com/book/196322/im-a-t-rex-by-dennis-shealy

2012: http://www.randomhousekids.com/authors-illustrators/detail/372?page=2#.UaoCbdL7JAY

2012: http://www.jacketflap.com/dennis-shealy/37810

Jennifer Arena

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Freelance: Kane Press, MacMillan, Editor

2001 – 2013 - Golden Books Young Readers Group/Random House, Editorial Director, Chapter Books, Middle  Grade, & YA

 More Information:

2015: http://www.jenarenabooks.com/about/

2015: http://jillcorcoranliteraryagency.com/jen-arena/

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arenajennifer

2011: http://jillcorcoran.blogspot.

Hooke, R. Schuyler

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Freelance editorial, writing, cataloging, etc.

2000 – 2013: Golden Books Young Readers Group,  Senior Editor

 More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-schuyler-hooke/89/866/5a3

2015: http://www.randomhousekids.com/authors-illustrators/detail/6#.VbgZ3UJViko

2011: http://events.r20.constantcontact.

Lamb, Wendy

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Wendy Lamb Books, VP & Publishing Director

 More Information:

2013: http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/58272444771/wendy-lamb-how-i-got-into-publishing

2011: http://randomactsofreading.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/a-conversation-with-editor-wendy-lamb/

Scrimizzi, Marlo

Job Title & Comp:any Information:

2015 – Present: Running Press Kids, Associate Editor

2010 – 2015: Running Press Kids, Assistant Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marlo-scrimizzi/15/455/7b1

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mjscrimz

2014: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/young-editors-and-agents-gather-to-build-new-networks/

Klein, Cheryl

Job Title & Company Information:

2000 – Present:  Arthur A. Levine Books,  Senior Editor

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/chavelaque

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/cheryl-klein-wk/3/71a/6a6

2013: http://cherylklein.com/

2013: http://chavelaque.blogspot.com/

Eberly, Chelsea

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Random House Books for Young Readers, Editor

2013:  Golden Books Young Readers Group,  Associate  Editor

 More Information: 

2015: http://chelseaeberly.com/

2015: https://twitter.com/chelseberly

2014: http://niagararetreatandconference.com/new-platform-portfolio-critique/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chelsea-eberly/a/326/943

 

Schwartz, Anne

Job Title & Company Information:

2005 – Present: Schwartz & Wade, VP & Publisher

 More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/anne-schwartz/4/780/285

2013: https://lenorelook.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/random-house-take-our-children-to-work-day/

2011: http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=2156

 

Pitts, Stephanie

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Schwartz & Wade,  Assistant Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stephanie-pitts/26/164/884

2013: https://travelingthroughthemist.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/tips-from-editors/

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/47957-young-publishers-undeterred-by-industry-uncertainty.html

http://www.highlightsfoundation.

Berger, Ellie

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Trade Publishing at Scholastic Inc., President

Ellie Berger has been working at Scholastic since 1985. She has held many roles at the company from Managing Editor to President.

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ellie-berger/7/821/187

2014: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/scholastic-promotes-ellie-berger-to-president-trade-publishing-58469902.

Salane, Jeffrey

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present:  Cartwheel Books, Senior Editor

More Information: 

2015: http://jeffreysalane.com/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/salane-jeffrey/7/308/a42

2013: http://www.yabookscentral.com/component/jreviews/tag/author/jeffrey-salane?order=editor_rating&criteria=2

Kendall, Grace

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Editor

2007 – 2014:  Blue Sky Press, Associate Editor

More Information: 

2014: http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/101782310933/industry-qa-with-editor-grace-kendall

2013: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/grace-kendall/70/360/a54

 

Rau, Adam

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015 – Graphix,  Assistant Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/adam-rau/b/b97/5b1

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/56349-scholastic-grabs-new-graphic-novels-from-gownley-sturm-widjaja-maihack.html

di Capua, Michael

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015 – Michael di Capua Books, Publisher

More Information:

2013: http://www.jacketflap.com/michael-di-capua-books-publisher-4682

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/54040-on-cat-paws-feiffer-and-di-capua-dance-back-to-fsg.html

Jackson, Richard

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Books For Young Readers), Editorial Director

More Information:

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/atheneum/our-team

2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st6ByN089bg

2014: http://www.hbook.com/author/rjackson/

 

Fabre, Emily

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 - Margaret K. McElderry Books, Assistant Editor

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/emily-fabre/b/165/b52

2012: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/margaret-k-mcelderry-books

2011: http://www.cbcbooks.org/ecc/2011/09/margaret-k-mcelderry-books/

Dorfman, Debra

Job Title & Company Information: 

2008 – Present: Scholastic Press,  VP & Publisher

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/debra-dorfman/9/846/2b6

2014: http://www.cbcbooks.org/scholastic-to-publish-new-book-series-with-major-league-baseball-player-ryan-howard/#.VcPErZ1Viko

2011: http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/five-publishers-give-an-industry-wide-picture/

 

Anastas, Mara

Job Title & Company Information: 

2014 – Present: Aladdin Books and Simon Pulse, Publisher

2008 – 2014: Aladdin Books, Simon Pulse, Little Simon, and Simon Spotlight imprints of the Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, VP & Deputy Publisher

More Information:

2014: http://www.cbcbooks.org/mara-anastas-named-publisher-of-aladdin-books-simon-pulse/#.VWZyS89Viko

2013: http://www.linkedin.

Simpson, Fiona

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Aladdin, Editorial Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/fiona-simpson/3/28a/3b8

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fiona715s

2012: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/aladdin/team#fiona

2009: http://anitanolan.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/fiona-simpson-joins-aladdin-ss-as-editorial-director/

Nagel, Karen

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Aladdin, Senior Editor

2008 – 2011: Blue Apple Books, Senior Editor

2005 – 2008: HarperCollins, Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karen-nagel/15/aa1/7a5

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/aladdin/team#karen

2012: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/visitkit/karen-nagel-author-visit-kit

Berger, Annie

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: HarperCollin’s Publishers, Associate Editor

2011 – 2014: Simon & Schuster’s Aladdin Imprint, Editorial Assistant

More Information:

LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/pub/annie-berger/31/271/164

MSWishlist: http://www.mswishlist.com/profile/editor/EditorALB

2014: http://yatopia.blogspot.com/2014/04/editopia-annie-berger-associate-editor.

Dlouhy, Caitlyn

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, Editorial Director

1998 – 2015: Atheneum Books For Young Readers

More Information:

2015: http://www.cbcbooks.org/atheneum-books-for-young-readers-to-launch-new-imprint-caitlyn-dlouhy-books/#.VcO-CJ1Viko

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/66429-caitlyn-dlouhy-gets-imprint-at-atheneum.html

2012: http://www.

Tripathi, Namrata

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Dial Books for Young Readers, Editorial Director

2008 -2014 - Atheneum Books For Young Readers, Executive Editor

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tweetpathi

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/namrata-tripathi/1/925/30

2014: http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/job-moves-at-quirk-books-atavist-books-penguin-young-readers-group/82807?red=as

2013: http://www.leewind.

Ledbetter, Emma

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 -2015 - Atheneum Books For Young Readers, Associate Editor

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/brdnjamforemma

2014: https://aseraserburns.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/chatting-with-emma-ledbetter/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/in/emmaledbetter

2012: http://taralazar.com/2012/11/04/piboidmo-day-3-emma-ledbetter/

2012: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/atheneum/our-team

Penfold, Alexandra

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Upstart Crow Literary, Literary Agent

2010 – 2012: Paula Wiseman Books, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn

Twitter: @agentpenfold

2015: http://www.seriouseats.com/user/profile/BrooklynBrownie

2015: http://www.upstartcrowliterary.com/agent/alexandra-penfold/

2013: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/02/alexandra-penfold-sparkly-new-agent-at.html

 

Klonsky, Jennifer

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: HarperCollins, Editorial Director

2000 – 2012: Simon Pulse, Editorial Director

More Information:

2014: http://the-new-boom.com/2014/07/16/meet-jennifer-klonsky-executive-editor-at-harpercollins-childrens-books/

2013: http://harpercollins.tumblr.com/post/55791393652/qa-with-jennifer-klonsky-editorial-director-at

2013: http://www.linkedin.

Ciminera, Siobhan

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Simon & Schuster, Editorial Director

2007 – 2014: Simon & Schuster, Editor/Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/siobhan-ciminera/3/537/947

2012: http://www.jacketflap.com/siobhan-ciminera/143972

2012: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Siobhan-Ciminera/1221803431

Echeverria, Jessica

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present, Lee & Low Books, Editor

2012 – 2014: Lee & Low Books, Associate Editor

2011 – 2012: Hachette Book Group, Assistant Editor

2011:  Simon Spotlight, Editorial Assistant

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jessica-echeverria/8/283/836

2012: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Jessica-Echeverria/1306580138

Fitzhenry, Sharon

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, CEO

2013 - Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director

More Information:

2013: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/sharonfitzhenry

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/53439-fitzhenry-whiteside-acquires-whitecap-books.html

Rissi, Anica

Job Title & Company Information:

2002 – Present: Writer

2012 – 2015: HarperCollins Publishers, Executive Editor

2007 – 2012: Simon Pulse, Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anica

Twitter: https://twitter.com/anicarissi

2013: http://storycollider.org/podcast/2013-02-03

2011: http://lydiasharp.blogspot.com/2011/08/writing-publishing-tips-tricks-from.

Pollert-Morgan, Annette

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Sourcebooks Fire, Editorial Manager

2008 – 2013: Simon Pulse, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/annette-pollert-morgan/22/642/6b0

Twitter: https://twitter.com/annettepollert

2014: http://redsofaliterary.com/2014/11/19/the-red-sofa-chats-annette-pollert/

2011: http://www.andreahurst.

Strother, Michael

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Simon Pulse, Associate Editor

2011 – 2013: Simon Pulse, Editorial Assistant

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-strother/1b/5a4/545

Tumblr: http://cupcakeandy.tumblr.com/

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/simon-pulse/team

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.

Sargent, Kara

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Present: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Executive Editorial Director

2005 – 2014: Simon Spotlight, Editorial Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kara-mcmahon-sargent/10/a68/3a2

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/65140-children-s-job-moves-december-2014.html

2013: http://publishingperspectives.

Tan, Sheri

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Freelance editor

2012 – 2015: Epigram Books, Editor

1997 – 2011: Simon & Schuster, Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sheri-tan/66/4bb/326

2013: https://mummumstheword.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/conversations-on-the-high-chair-10-epigram-editor-sheri-tan-and-her-gem-of-a-statement/

2000: http://www.publishersweekly.

Shapiro, Sheryl

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Annick Press, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/sheryl-shapiro/58/245/bbb

2013: http://annickpressblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/searching-for-right-illustrator.html

2013:http://www.openbookontario.com/news/blog_alert_tea_time_annick_press_posts_about_finding_right_illustrator_medieval_history_book

2012:http://www.annickpress.

Harkin, Christie

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Clockwise Press, Consultant Publisher
2014 – Present: Christie Harkin, Editor/Communications Consultant
2014 – Present: ChiZine Publications, Consultant Publisher, ChiTeen

2013 – 2014: James Lorimer & Company, Associate Publisher

2008 – 2013 : Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Publisher

More Information:

2015: http://www.christieharkin.com/

2013: http://editoriania.

Maclachlan, Sarah

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: House of Anansi Press, Publisher & Publisher; Groundwood Books, President

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-maclachlan/71/241/a46

2015: http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/anansis-sarah-maclachlan-among-publishers-chosen-for-inaugural-scottish-fellowship-program/

2011: http://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/authors/2011/maclachlan.php

2010: http://www.youtube.

Wangersky, Russell

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 - Tuckamore Books/Creative Book Publishing, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director

More Information:

2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Wangersky

2012: http://www.wordfest.com/2012/russell-wangersky/

2012: http://www.russellwangersky.com/

Savoff, Dimiter

Job Title & Company Information:

2010 – Present: Simply Read Books, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director

More Information:

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/51882-notes-from-the-north-may.html

2012: http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=1183342732&targetid=profile

2010: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jeunesse/summary/v002/2.1.scott.

George, Kallie

Job Title & Company Information:

2015- Simply Read Books, Commissioning Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/podcast/2015/06/14/sunday-june-14/

2013: http://www.kalliegeorge.com/bio.html

2012: http://www.cwc2004.org/mentorbios/kallie_george.html

2012: http://foliolit.com/author-page/kallie-george/

2011: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2011/09/author-illustrator-interview-kallie.html

Patakis, Stephanos

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Patakis Publishers, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director

More Information:

2014: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/publisher-stephanos-patakis-responds-novelist-takis-theodoropoulos-listens-photo-144959949.html

2014: http://www.ekathimerini.com/157546/article/ekathimerini/community/greek-writers-object-to-lifting-of-book-price-controls

2011: http://lapasiongriega.blogspot.

Butalia, Urvashi

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Young Zubaan, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director

More Information:

2013:http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/jEGOb5320WMOVI1boGOfGN/Urvashi-Butalia–Childless-naturally.html

2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urvashi_Butalia

2011: http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Interview-Urvashi-Butalia

2011: http://zubaanbooks.wordpress.

Roy, Anita

Job Title & Company Information:

2003 – Present: Young Zubaan, Senior Editor & Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/anita-roy/a/974/b53

Personal Site: http://anitaroy.net/

2015: http://theshiftseries.com/anita-roy/

2013: https://theseagullschool.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/a-peek-at-the-editors-desk-with-urvashi-butalia-and-anita-roy/

Greenfield, Ilan

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Gefen Publishing House Ltd, Owner

More Information:

2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=649MtJOyOwQ

2013: https://www.stlbeacon.org/#!/content/29097/israeli_settler_greenfield_013013

2012: http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=493451449&targetid=profile

2010: http://www.pr.com/press-release/234860

Greenspan, Shari Dash

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Flashlight Press, Editor and Founder

2013 - Urim Publications, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director

More Information:

2015: http://www.flashlightpress.com/submissionguidelines.html

2012: http://dottienderle.blogspot.com/2012/01/spotlight-on-flashlight.html

2010: http://flashlightpress.wordpress.

Dato’ Ng Tieh Chuan

Job Title & Company Information:

2010 – Present: MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director

More Information:

2013:http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfilesymbol=AMKH.KL&officerId=1747765

2012: http://www.mphonline.com/news/findoutmore.aspx?TyVal=10

2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUx9NdotxkU

Daniel, Patrick

Job Title & Company Information:

2007 – Present: Singapore Press Holdings, Editor in Chief

More Information:

2014: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/editor-chief-patrick-daniel-corrects-mumbrellas-reportin

2013: http://www.wan-ifra.org/events/speakers/patrick-daniel-0

2013: http://www.sutd.edu.sg/board_of_trustees_patrick_daniel.aspx

2011:http://www.asiaone.

Plessis, Miemie du

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Lapa, Publisher

More Information:

2012: http://lapa.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/06/15/lapa-uitgewers-se-toekomsplanne-onthul-plus-hoofkarakter-soektog-met-leon-van-nierop/

2012: http://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/people/miemie-du-plessis/

2012: http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=602

2008: http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/leesbehoeftes-van-die-kind

Cilliers, Steven

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Oxford University Press South Africa, Managing Director

2010 – 2013: Maskew Miller Longman Publishers, Managing Director

More Information:

Oxford University: http://www.oxford.co.za/page/about-us/contact-us/index#.VW-Dpc9Viko

2013: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/steve-cilliers/4/521/2b1

Seo, Ginee

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Chronicle Books, Children’s Publishing Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ginee-seo/2b/3b8/60

2014: http://www.hbook.com/author/gseo/#_

2013: http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2127#m22167

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/46570-seo-named-children-s-publishing-director-at-chronicle.

Wigg, Jacqui

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Pearson Education South Africa, Efficacy Research Manager

2012 – 2013: Oxford University Press, Publishing Manager

2010 – 2012: Oxford University Press, Publisher

2008 – 2010: Oxford University Press, Commissioning Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/jacqui-wigg/3b/519/460

Cooper, Michelle

Job Title & Company Information:

2001 – Present: Tafelberg Publishing, Commissioning Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/michelle-cooper/27/110/484

2010: http://alexsmith.bookslive.co.za/blog/2010/10/09/the-art-of-the-illustrator-evolution-of-a-nearly-graphic-novel-agency-blue/

Duquette, Brett

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Sterling Publishing, Editor

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brettduquette

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brett-duquette/34/86b/164

2014: https://valerierlawson.wordpress.com/tag/brett-duquette/

2013: http://www.lindseymcdivitt.com/2013/05/31/writing-tips-from-the-scbwi-conference/

Collins, Paul

Job Title & Company Information: 

2008 – Present: Ford Street Publishing, Founder and Publisher

More Information:

2014: http://fancyclopedia.wikidot.com/ford-street-publishing

2013: http://www.darkmatterfanzine.com/dmf/paul-collins/

2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BCIx_pRc30

2009: http://www.persnicketysnark.com/2009/05/interview-paul-collins-ford-st.html

2009: http://weloveya.wordpress.

Manners, Rochelle

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Wombat Books, Publisher

More Information:

2013: http://au.linkedin.com/pub/rochelle-manners/4a/267/b12

2012: http://romanceaustralia.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/conference-spotlight-rochelle-manners/

2012: http://www.buyaustralianbooks.com.au/articles/rochellemanners/self-publishing/

 

Francis, Donna

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Creative Book Publishing, Editor/Marketing Manager

2013 - Tuckamore Books/Creative Book Publishing, Commissioning Editor

More Information:

2013: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/donna-francis/12/405/b92

2013: https://manintheredsuit.wordpress.com/tag/donna-francis/

2012: http://www.thetelegram.

Marshall, Julia

Job Title & Company Information:

2005 – Present: Gecko Press, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director/ Commissioning Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/julia-marshall/1/a87/5a

Twitter: https://twitter.com/julia_gecko

2015: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/small-business/65932233/Gecko-Press-publisher-Julia-Marshall-maintains-nimble-approach

2014: https://booksellersnz.wordpress.

Morris, Terry

Job Title & Company Information:

2005 – Present: Pan MacMillan South Africa, Publisher/Managing & Editorial Director

More Information:

2013: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/terry-morris/5/668/311

2013: http://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2013/09/19/monthly-workshop-reportback-with-publisher-terry-morris/

2011: http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2011/12/19/what-im-reading-terry-morris/

2008: http://mg.co.

Wessels, Eloise

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Media24 Books, Managing Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/eloise-wessels/a/a48/8b8

2013: http://whoswho.co.za/eloise-wessels-3099

2012: http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/10/17/20112012-sanlam-prize-for-youth-literature-winners/

2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2C5Q7Z6ABU

Watson, Christina

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Via Afrika Publishers, CEO

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/christina-watson/4/515/425

2015: http://africabusiness.com/2015/06/26/exclusive-interview-with-christina-watson-ceo-of-via-afrika/

2014: http://www.fin24.com/Tech/Companies/Via-Afrika-CEO-on-global-innovator-list-20141119

2012: http://www.zoominfo.

Young, Danielle

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 - Margaret K. McElderry Books, Editorial Assistant

More Information:

2012: http://houstonscbwi.org/index.php/en/component/contact/contact/13-annual-conference-speakers/18-danielle-young

2012: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/margaret-k-mcelderry-books

Ferguson, Margaret

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Margaret Ferguson Books,  Associate Publisher & Executive Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.mackidsbooks.com/staff/

2014: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/06/peter_sis_and_his_editor_margaret_ferguson_discuss_the_pilot_and_the_little.html

2012: http://www.ranker.

Porter, Neal

Job Title & Company Information:

2001- Present: Roaring Brook Press, Editorial Director, Neal Porter Books

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/neal-porter/6/606/161

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nporterbooks

2014: http://www.hbook.com/2014/03/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/interview-neal-porter/

2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Porter

2012: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.

Rao, Lisa

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Simon Spotlight, Editor

2007 – 2011: Simon Spotlight, Associate Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lisa-rao/3/1b3/485

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/simon-spotlight

2012: http://www.scbwiepa.org/archive.html

Lamichhane Sherman, Priyanka

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – National Geographic Children’s Books,  Senior Editor

More Information:

2014: http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/bridalparty/real-weddings/real-wedding-edwin-and-priyanka.php#.VcECjDBViko

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/priyanka-lamichhane/18/9b7/875

2012:http://books.google.com.ph/books/about/National_Geographic_Kids_United_States_A.html?id=Ulgv9Vd_usMC&redir_esc=y

 

Barton, Beth

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Simon & Schuster, Editor

2011 – 2014: Simon & Schuster, Associate Editor

2008 – 2011: Simon & Schuster, Assistant Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/beth-barton/1/61b/123

2011: https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/publishing-industry-kudos/

McNally, Barb

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Sleeping Bear Press, Senior Editor

More Information:

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/64620-rights-report-week-of-november-3-2014.html

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/58396-a-different-kind-of-dog-run-leads-to-a-book-deal.html

Green, Michael

Job Title & Company Information: 

2003 – Present: Philomel Books, President & Publisher

 More Information:

2015:http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/yr/philomel.html

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-green/8/5a8/811

2011: http://publishingperspectives.com/2011/10/between-shades-of-gray-international-bestseller/

Hayes, Regina

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 -Viking Children’s Books, editor-at-large

More Information: 

2013:http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/yr/viking.html

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/regina-hayes/35/622/22a

2012: http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/53092-wright-to-head-viking-children-s.html

Smith, Kelly

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Has left publishing.

2013 – 2014: Scholastic, Senior Editor

2013 – Sterling Children’s Books, Senior Editor

More Information:

2013/2014: http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm

2013: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/scholastic-makes-spate-of-new-hires-and-promotions-in-trade-publishing-and-communications/

2011: http://www.darcypattison.

Brydon, Alli Shaloum

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Present: The Bright Group International, Managing Agent

2013 – 2015:  Sterling Children’s Books, Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alli-brydon/1/b82/643

2013: http://womanmotherwriter.blogspot.com/2013/01/crossover-post-alli-shaloum-brydon.html

2011: http://chloeyelenamiller.blogspot.com/2011/08/guest-blog-post-by-alli-shaloum-brydon.

Adams, Wesley

Job Title & Company Information:

1987 – Present: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers, Executive Director

More Information:

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/56933-changes-and-trends-in-children-s-and-ya-publishing-an-abpa-panel.html

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/wesley-adams/16/4b0/170

2013: http://www.writerscafe.

Sabia, Mary Ann

Job title & Company Information:

2015 – Charlesbridge Publishing, Executive VP & Associate Publisher

More Information:

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/63510-charlesbridge-goes-for-the-silver.html

2013: http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/57239-indie-booksellers-meet-indie-publishing-necba-at-charlesbridge.html

2013: http://www.

Eagan, Cindy

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Weinstein/Perseus, Awesomeness Ink, Editor

2013 – Little Brown Books For Young Readers,  Executive Editorial Director

More Information: 

2015: http://nypost.com/2015/02/10/harvey-weinstein-thinks-hes-found-the-latest-young-adult-hit/

2014: http://streamdaily.tv/2014/10/14/awesomenesstv-gets-into-the-book-business/

Boughton, Simon

Job Title & Company Information:

2002 – Present: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers, Publisher

More Information:

2012:http://www.childrenswritersworkshop.com/pages/profiles/interviews/2012/editor.html

2012:http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/california-writers-seminar-whole-manuscript-critique/

Brown, Connie

Job Title & Company Information:

2007 – Present: Charlesbridge Publishing, Managing Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/connie-brown/11/79b/705

2013: http://www.lead411.com/Connie_Brown_8810137.html

2007: http://charlesbridge.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html

LeRoy, Yolanda Scott

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 –  Charlesbridge Publishing, Editorial Director

More Information:

2014: http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/83718174576/lesson-learned

2013: http://www.yatedo.com/p/Yolanda+Scott/normal/4c2f42e14cf0a5c30a95f487b7bcf043

2013: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/02/yolanda-scott-editorial-director.html

2012: http://www.mitaliblog.com/2012/10/today-im-grateful-for-old-fashioned.

Bliven, Julie (Ham)

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Charlesbridge Publishing, Associate Editor/Contracts Manager

More Information:

2015: https://valerierlawson.wordpress.com/tag/alyson-heller/

2015: https://twitter.com/julie_bliven

2013 : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/julie-ham/48/7a5/b32

2013: http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/58272495485/an-ongoing-question-an-ongoing-discussion

2013: http://www.imyourneighborbooks.

Shumate, Leslie

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Little Brown BFYR/Hachette Book Group, Assistant Editor

2011 – 2014: Little Brown Books For Young Readers/Hachette Book Group,  Editorial Assistant

More Information: 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/leslie-shumate/15/719/183

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/62319-job-moves-may-16-2014.html

2013: http://dogwoodliterary.

Bewley, Elizabeth

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Young Readers, Executive Editor

2013 – 2014:  Little, Brown Books For Young Readers,  Senior Editor

More Information: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/elizabeth-bewley/11/548/a45

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/61661-job-moves-april-1-2014.html

Richardson, Julia

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Group, Editorial Director, Paperbacks

More Information:

2013: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/houghton-mifflin-harcourt-svp-on-reorganization-of-childrens-division/

2011: http://katiekacvinskybooks.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/interview-with-my-editor-julia-richardson/

2008: http://gumbowriters.blogspot.com/2008/12/julia-richardson-editorial-director-of.

Stevenson, Dinah

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Clarion Books, VP & Publisher

More Information:

2014: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2014/08/lucia-monfried-dinah-stevenson-editors.html

2012: http://www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/flotsam-essay.html

2010: http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/may-the-four-cs-be-with-you-an-editors-strategies-for-hard-times/

2010: http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.

Giblin, James Cross

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Retired

1989:  Clarion Books, Contributing Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.hbook.com/2013/05/talks-with-roger/james-cross-giblin-talks-with-roger/

2013: http://www.hmhco.com/bookstore/authors/James-Giblin/2232903

2013: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4363.James_Cross_Giblin

 

 

Buckley, Virginia

Job Title & Company Information:

1997 – Present: Clarion Books, Contributing Editor

More Information:

Book Market: http://www.bookmarket.com/childrens-c.htm

2013: http://www.jacketflap.com/virginia-buckley/176347

2011: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Virginia-Buckley/42770258

1997: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9709254706/virginia-buckley-goes-clarion

Tibbott, Julie

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Harcourt Children’s Books, Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/julie-tibbott/2/17a/671

2015: https://ginadamico.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/interview-with-my-editor-julie-tibbott-author-of-members-only-plus-giveaway/

2012: http://ginadamico.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/interview-with-the-editor-julie-tibbott-of-houghton-mifflin-harcourt/

2010: http://www.

O’Neill, Molly

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Storybird Inc., Head of Editorial

2007 – 2013: Katherine Tegen Books, Editor

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/molly_oneill

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/molly-o-neill/84/b66/8a1

2014: http://taralazar.com/2014/10/30/pre-pibo-day-5-molly-oneill-looks-at-the-world-with-new-eyes/

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.

Symonds, Laurel

Job Title & Company Information:

Left HarperCollins as of August 21, 2015

2010 – Present: Katherine Tegen Books, Assistant Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/laurelsymonds

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurelSymonds

2011: https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/how-i-got-my-first-job-with-laurel-symonds-10

2008: http://www.hamilton.

Siniscalchi, Viana

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins), Assistant Editor

2011 – 2013: Balzer + Bray (Harpercollins), Editorial Assistant

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/viana-siniscalchi/38/a49/a89

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vsiniscalchi

2012: http://apocalypsies.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html

Shumway Liu, Sarah

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Bloomsbubry USA, Senior Editor

2008 – 2014: Katherine Tegen Books (an imprint of HarperCollins), Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahshumway

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahshum

2009: http://dorinewhite.blogspot.com/2009/05/sarah-shumway-senior-editor-katherine.html

Gabel, Claudia

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Katherine Tegen Books (an imprint of HarperCollins), Senior Executive Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/claudia-gabel/12/146/ba7

2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Gabel

2013: http://www.claudiagabel.com/

2009: https://twitter.com/claudiagabel

Tegen, Katherine

Job Title & Company Information:

2003 – Present: Katherine Tegen Books, VP & Publisher

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/katherine-tegen/12/2a2/3a7

Twitter: https://twitter.com/katherinetegen

2014: http://www.pageturnersblog.com/2014/04/exclusive-interview-with-katherine.html

2013: http://jennybent.blogspot.com/2013/09/an-interview-with-jill-davis-executive.html

2012: http://www.harpercollins.

Hoppe, Anne

Job Title & Company Information:

2013: Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Book Group), Senior Executive Editor

2012: Katherine Tegen Books (An Imprint of HarperCollins), Executive Editor

More Information:

2014: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/q-a-with-editor-anne-hoppe-about-ivan-the-remarkable-true-story-of-the-shopping-mall-gorilla/

2012: http://www.linkedin.

Weiner, Samantha

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Abrams Book for Young Readers, Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/samantha-weiner/24/aaa/3b8

2015: http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/blog/interview_shea_serrano

2013: http://www.fastcompany.com/3014888/what-makes-a-great-tumblr-a-great-book

Howard, Elise

Job Title & Company Information: 

2011 – Present: Algonquin Books For Young Readers, Publisher & Editor

1999 – 2011: HarperCollins Children’s Division, SVP and Associate Publisher

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisehoward

2013: https://bookpeopleteens.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/tpc-interviews-elise-howard-editor-and-publisher-of-algonquin-books-for-young-readers/

2013: http://www.

Wayshack, Deborah Noyes

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Candlewick Press, Editor-at-Large

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeborahNoyes

Personal Site : http://deborahnoyes.com

2013: https://vimeo.com/52030742

2012: http://www.scbwiflorida.com/summer2012/summer2012-bios.html

2006:http://www.childrenswritersworkshop.com/pages/profiles/interviews/2006/wayshak.html

 

Jones, Amy

Job Title & Company Information:

2012- Present: Harlequin Teen, Director Young Adult Product

More Information:

2013: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/amy-jones/45/554/838

2012: http://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2012/05/people-harlequin-reorganizes-marketing-channels-into-single-digital-unit/

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/46185-harlequin-teen-tells-and-sells-a-modern-fairy-tale.

Wilson, Natashya

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Harlequin Teen,  Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/natashya-wilson/5/14/a6a

2014: http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2014/01/Serial-Interview-Natashya-Wilson.html#.VdpMY861v_4

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/promotionalss/article/63788-hqn-teen-turns-five.html

2013: http://ingridsundberg.

Anastas, Margaret

Job Title & Company Information:

2001 – Present: Harpercollins Children’s Books, Editorial Director

More Information:

2013:http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/20877/Margaret_Anastas/index.aspx

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/margaret-anastas/5/0/694

2013: http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/books/Mommys-Best-Kisses/?isbn13=9780061241307&tctid=100

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.

Sutherland, Kari

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Freelance editor

2013– Harpercollins Children’s Books,  Editor

More Information: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karisutherland

2013: http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-menagerie-by-tui-t-sutherland-and.html

2011:http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/33975/Kari_H_Sutherland/index.aspx

Mihalick, Martha

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Greenwillow Books, Senior Editor

2011 – 2013: Greenwillow Books, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martha-mihalick/69/3a/442

2012: http://chavelaque.blogspot.com/2012/01/editorial-palavering-martha-mihalick.html

2012: http://marthamihalick.com/about/

2011: http://redsofaliterary.

Parliman, Emily

Job Title & Company Information: 

2014 – Present: Random House, Listening Library Assistant Acquisitions Editor

2012 – 2014:- Algonquin Books For Young Readers, Assistant Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/emily-parliman/20/386/4ba

2015: http://www.booksontape.com/pets-get-bot-celebrates-seuss-personal-stories-photos/

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.

Schrank, Ben

Job Title & Company Information:

2006 – Present: Razorbill, President & Publisher

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ben-schrank/5/708/266

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bdschrank

2015: http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/razorbill/

2013: http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/24212/wants-and-needs.html

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/55439-q-a-with-ben-schrank.

Heltzel, Anne

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Abrams, Editor

2013 -Razorbill, Associate  Editor

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneheltzel

2015: https://twitter.com/anneheltzel

2014:  https://soundcloud.com/abramsbooks/behind-the-editors-desk-with

2013: http://anneheltzel.com/

2009: http://eablogsohmy.livejournal.com/5257.html

 

Levinson, Gillian

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Random House, Children’s Paperback Publishing Manager

2014: Razorbill, Editor

More Information:

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/65140-children-s-job-moves-december-2014.html

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gillianlevinson

2013: http://blog.bookcountry.com/gillian-levinson-razorbill/

2011: http://www.

Peskin, Joy

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers, VP & Editorial Director

More Information:

2012: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/joy-peskin-jumps-to-fsg-books-for-young-readers_b45095

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/interviews/10711504/interview-frances-foster

2010: http://throwingupwords.wordpress.

Levin, Kendra

Job Title & Company Information:

2005 – Present: Viking Children’s Books, Senior Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.penguinusablog.com/from-the-editors-desk-kendra-levin-senior-editor-at-viking-childrens-books-on-dove-arising-by-karen-bao/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kendra-levin/57/315/273

2013: http://www.kendracoaching.com/

2013: http://www.middlegradeninja.

Yung, Cecilia

Job Title & Company Information:

1994 – Present: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Nancy Paulsen Books, Art Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/cecilia-yung/1b/a46/34

2011: http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Cecilia-Yung

2010: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2010/07/pat-cummings-cecilia-yung-illustrator.html

 

Rossano, Shauna (Fay)

Job Title & Company Information:

2012-Present: Penguin Young Readers Group (G.P. Putnam’s Sons), Associate Editor

2009-2012 -G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Assistant Editor

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/shaunalfay

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/shauna-rossano/5/80a/454

2012: http://www.kristavandolzer.com/2012/09/from-submission-to-offer-with-shauna.html

2009: http://kathytemean.wordpress.

Paulsen, Nancy

Job Title & Company Information:

1994 – Present: Penguin Group, Nancy Paulsen Books, Publisher

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nancy-rose-paulsen/25/814/39b

2015: http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/nancypaulsenbooks/

2015: https://www.readingrainbow.com/site/blog/2015/03/05/books-power-make-world-kinder-place-conversation-publisher-nancy-paulsen/

2014: http://www.penguinusablog.

Fry, Sonali

Job Title & Company Information:

June 2014 – Present: little bee books / Bonnier Publishing, Editorial Director

April 2014 – June 2014: Little Simon, Editor-in-Chief

2005 – 2014: Little Simon, Editorial Director

More Information:

2015: http://www.bonnierpublishing.co.uk/people/

2015: https://twitter.com/sonalifry

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sonali-fry/32/2aa/86b

2013: http://publishingperspectives.

November, Sharyn

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 -Puffin Books, Editorial Director of Firebird

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sharyn-november/4/847/4a6

2014: http://www.penguinusablog.com/from-the-editors-desk-sharyn-november-senior-editor-at-viking-childrens-books-on-althea-and-oliver-by-cristina-moracho/

2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharyn_November

2013:http://www.firebirdbooks.com/who.html

2013:http://www.sharyn.

Besser, Jennifer

Job Title & Company Information:

2010 – Present: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, VP & Publisher

More Information:

2015: http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/gpputnamssonsbooksforyoungread/

2014: http://www.penguinusablog.com/from-the-editors-desk-jennifer-besser-vp-publisher-of-g-p-putnams-sons-books-for-young-readers-on-pennyroyal-academy-by-m-a-larson/

2013: http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/yr/putnam.

Lewin, Arianne

Job Title & Company Information:

2010 – Present: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Executive Editor

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/ariannelewin

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/arianne-lewin/87/607/695

2012: http://suzanne-young.blogspot.com/2012/07/scbwi-2012-summer-conference-la-pre.html

2012: http://www.leewind.org/2012/01/ari-lewin-ny12scbwi-team-blog-pre.html

2011: http://christinafarley.blogspot.

Barney, Stacey

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Senior Editor

More Information:

2014: http://www.penguinusablog.com/from-the-editors-desk-stacey-barney-senior-editor-at-g-p-putnams-sons-books-for-young-readers-on-the-paper-cowboy-by-kristin-levine/

2012: http://reynoldsluke.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-we-could-be-interview-with-editor.html

2010: http://www.theundercoverbooklover.com/2010/01/interview-with-editor-of-putnam.

Evans, Claire

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 - Dial Books for Young Readers (Penguin Group), Assistant Editor

 More Information:

2015: http://cevans77.tumblr.com/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/claire-evans/19/23b/a69

2013: http://valerierlawson.wordpress.com/tag/claire-evans/

Alexander, Heather

Job Title & Company Information: 

2014 – Present: Pippin Properties, Agent

2013 – 2014: Penguin Random House, Associate Editor

2010 – 2013: Dial Books for Young Readers, Assistant Editor

 More Information:

2014: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/new-literary-agent-alert-heather-alexander-of-pippin-properties

2013: http://www.linkedin.

Harwell, Andrew

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015 – Harpercollins Children’s Books,  Editor

 More Information:

2015: http://www.andrewharwell.com/#/about/

2013: http://redsofaliterary.com/2013/10/01/the-red-sofa-chats-andrew-harwell/

2012: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2012/05/editor-interview-andrew-harwell-of.html

2010: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2010/04/editorial-assistant-interview-andrew.html

Malcom, Lily

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015 - Dial Books for Young Readers,Executive Art Director & Associate Publisher

 More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/lil_design?lang=en

2014: http://cocoastomp.blogspot.com/2014/01/scbwi-team-blog-exclusive-interview_28.html

2014: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2014/02/art-director-lily-malcom-seven.html

2013: http://www.zoominfo.

Tuller, Tamra

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Freelance editor

2012 – 2015: Chronicle Books, Editor

2009 – 2012: Penguin Group, Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tamra-tuller/40/161/867

2014: https://vimeo.com/93112287

2014: http://beth-kephart.blogspot.com/2014/06/my-conversation-about-making-of-books.html

2011: http://beth-kephart.blogspot.

Adair, Kaylan

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Candlewick Press, Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2013/01/meet-kaylan-adair-middle-grade-editor-extraordinaire/

2011: http://www.theresabook.com/2011/02/editor-interview-andrea-tompa-and-kaylan-adair-from-candlewick-press/

2009: http://faeriality.blogspot.com/2009/11/marvelous-marketer-kaylan-adair.html

2009: http://scbwimidsouth2009.blogspot.

Fletcher, Kate

Job Title & Company Information:

2003 – Present: Candlewick Press, Senior Editor

More Information:

2013: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kate-fletcher/66/296/944

2013: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/02/kate-fletcher-from-candlewick.html

2012: http://www.tinanicholscouryblog.com/2012/08/kate-fletcher-candlewick.html

 

 

Armstrong, Anne Moore

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: The Bright Group Int., US Creative Agent

2001 – 2013: Candlewick Press, Art Resource Associate

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/anne-moore-armstrong/4/161/226

Twitter: https://twitter.com/childbookart

2014: http://brightgroupinternational.com/bright-represents/anne-moore-armstrong-appointed-creative-collaborative-agent

2011: http://danastickylove.blogspot.

Braithwaite, Jill

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: sparkhouse, Director of Product Development

2012 – 2014: Red Line Editorial, Product Development Director

2004 – 2012: Capstone Publishing, Product Planning Manager

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jill-braithwaite/7/289/440

2013: http://pubmn.com/2013/03/04/meet-jill-braithwaite/

2010: http://connection.ebscohost.

Scheina, Julie

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Julie Scheina Editorial Services, Editor and Owner

2006 – 2013: Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/julie-scheina/70/729/192

Twitter: https://twitter.com/juliescheina

Personal Site: http://www.juliescheina.com/

2013: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/02/julie-scheina-senior-editor-little-brown.

Garrison, Jessica Dandino

Job Title & Company Information: 

Present:  Dial Books for Young Readers, Editor

 More Information:

2014: http://www.leewind.org/2014/11/editor-jessica-dandino-garrison.html

2011: http://alicebeesley.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/workshop-with-jessica-garrison/

2011: http://erinshakespear.blogspot.com/2011/03/name-dropping-jessica-garrison-carol.html

2010: http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.

Gillner, Tim

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Boyds Mills Press, Art Director

More Information:

2011: http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/fw-bios/tim-gillner

2011: http://www.manta.com/g/mmj9rks/tim-gillner

2009: http://princesstomato.wordpress.com/tag/tim-gillner/

Lee Donovan, Mary

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Candlewick Press, Editorial Director

1999 – 2013: Candlewick Press, Executive Director

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/mary-lee-donovan/14/a49/328

2014: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2014/08/editors-panel-mary-lee-donovan-julie.html

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.

Tompa, Andrea

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Candlewick Press, Senior Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ccs.2013.0079

2011: http://verbthis.wordpress.com/tag/andrea-tompa/

2011: http://www.thebooklantern.co.uk/2011/04/other-side-of-book-interview-with.html

2011: http://www.theresabook.com/2011/02/editor-interview-andrea-tompa-and-kaylan-adair-from-candlewick-press/

Cash, Mary

Job Title & Company Information:

2004 – Present: Holiday House Inc, VP & Editor In Chief

More Information:

Zoominfo: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Mary-Cash/95018625

2013: http://www.hbook.com/2013/03/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/jack-and-jill-be-nimble-an-interview-with-mary-cash-and-jason-low/

2012: http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/12/27/childrens-literary-salon-retrospect-independent-publishing

 

Hershberger, Katy

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 – Present: Simon and Schuster, Associate Director of Publicity

2011 – 2013: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Children’s Publicity Manager

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/katy-hershberger/13/46b/0

2015: http://www.litpick.com/author/simon-schusterkaty-hershberger

McClure, Wendy

Job Title & Company Information: 

1997 – Present: Albert Whitman & Co, Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendymcclure

2014: http://redsofaliterary.com/2014/01/16/the-red-sofa-chats-wendy-mcclure/

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/60543-q-a-with-wendy-mcclure.html

2013: http://www.goodreads.

Bayuk, Michelle

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015 – Present: Quarto Publishing Group USA, Associate Director, Children’s Group Publishing USA, Publicity and Social Media

2013 -2015: Egmont USA, Associate Director of Sales and Marketing

2009 – 2013:  Albert Whitman & Co, Director Of Marketing

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bayuk

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.

Nagler, Michelle

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 – Present: Random House Children’s Books, Associate Publishing Director

2013: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Editorial Director

More Information:

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/57806-nagler-moves-to-random-house.html

2012: http://tsl.pomona.edu/articles/2012/3/9/lifeandstyle/2654-michelle-nagler-la-prep

2009:http://www.darcypattison.

Boyles, Andy

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Freelance Science Writer and Editor

1994 – 2014: Boyds Mills Press, Science Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.deixismagazine.org/author/andyboyles/

2011: http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/content/andy-boyles

2011: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andy-boyles/4/657/783

Cantor Abrams, Stacy

Job Title & Company Information: 

2011 – Present: Entangled Publishing, LLC, Executive Editorial Director

2002 – 2011: Walker & Company, Editor

More Information:

2011: http://www.entangledpublishing.com/the-team/

2010: http://summerfriend.blogspot.com/2010/09/walker-editor-stacy-cantor-talks-about.html

2010: http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2010/09/walker-editor-stacy-cantor-talks-about-covers/

2009: http://kathytemean.wordpress.

Castellani, Mary Kate

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 – Present: Bloomsbury Children’s Books, Senior Editor

2006 – 2013: Walker Books for Young Readers,  Editor

More Information:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mkcastellani 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/mary-kate-castellani/9/91/9b7 

2009: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/getting-to-know-marykate-castellani-walker-bfyr/

van Doren, Liz

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Highlights for Children and Boyds Mills Press, Editorial Director, Book Publishing

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/liz-van-doren/5/47b/350

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizvandoren

2015: http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/1405/elizabeth-van-doren/

2012: https://www.amherst.edu/alumni/learn/bookclub/pastfeatures/april2012/interview

2011: http://www.workman.

Yoder, Carolyn

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Boyds Mills Press, Calkins Creek American History Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/114/carolyn-p-yoder/

2009: https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/carolyn-yoder-editor-calkins-creek-books/

2008: http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/22-20questions.html

Joy Dallanegra-Sanger

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: American Booksellers Association, Senior Program Officer

2009 – 2011:  Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc, (Macmillan)  SVP Director of Marketing

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joy-dallanegra-sanger/16/327/67a

2014: http://www.bincfoundation.org/what-i-learned-from-booksellers/

2011: http://news.bookweb.

Beckerman, Chad

Job Title & Company Information: 

2006 – Present:  ABRAMS Kids and AbramsComic Arts, Creative Director

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/chad-beckerman/5/b6/b08

2012: http://www.childrensillustrators.com/industry-insider/interviews/Chad-Beckerman/id=39/

2011: http://wpascbwi.blogspot.com/2011/07/interview-with-abrams-creative-director.html

2009: http://100scopenotes.

Wells, Jason

Job Title & Company Information: 

2002 – Present: Abrams Book for Young Readers, Executive Director of Publicity and Marketing

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-wells/4/268/4a1

Twitter: https://twitter.com/abramsjasonpub

2014: https://soundcloud.com/wq4dradio/abrams-books-jason-wells-discusses-how-he-will-be-participating-in-the-childrens-nf-conference

2011: http://smack-dab-in-the-middle.blogspot.

Lehrman, Maggie

Job Title & Company Information: 

Present: Author

2014 – Abrams Book for Young Readers, Senior Editor

 More Information:

2015: http://www.maggielehrman.com/

2013: http://whatwason.com/2013/10/10/maggie-lehrman-what-was-on-her/

2011: http://eaglecreekwg.wordpress.com/tag/maggie-lehrman/

2011: http://www.sudipta.com/writersresources/maggielehrman.html

2010: http://classof2k10.livejournal.com/28033.

Collins, Patrick

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Creative Director

More Information:

2013: https://scbwinymetro.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/2013-illustrators-boot-camp-creating-characters/#more-169

2013: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/02/patrick-collins-creative-director-at.html

2009: http://mdpictureit.wordpress.

Trepp, Liz Waniewski

Job Title & Company Information: 

2001 – Present: Dial Books for Young Readers, Executive Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/liz-waniewski-trepp/20/28a/b02

2013: http://www.cbcbooks.org/author/liz-waniewski/

2013: http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/58272435574/liz-waniewski-how-i-got-into-publishing

2011: http://www.sudipta.com/index_files/Page2451.htm

2011: http://www.zoominfo.

Harrison, Kate

Job Title & Company Information: 

2008 – Present:  Dial Books for Young Readers, Senior Editor

 More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kate-harrison/14/542/b74

2010: http://www.childrenswritersworkshop.com/pages/profiles/interviews/2010/harrison.html

2009: http://solvangsherrie.blogspot.com/2009/05/editor-spotlight-on-kate-harrison.html

 

Geist, Ken

Job Title & Company Information: 

2014 – Present: 0-5 Scholastic Trade Division, VP, Publisher

2013 – Orchard Books, Editorial Director

 More Information:

2015: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/books-by/ken-geist#cart/cleanup

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ken-geist/26/17b/856

2013: http://us.macmillan.com/author/kengeist

2010: http://www.publishersweekly.

Wade, Lee

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Schwartz & Wade, VP & Publisher

 More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leeawade

2013: http://www.childrensillustrators.com/industry-insider/interviews/Lee-Wade/id=53/

2012: http://illustrationfriday.com/2012/12/childrens-illustrators-interview-with-lee-wade/

2011: http://www.padgadget.com/2011/01/28/how-rocket-learned-to-read-an-ipad-reading-app-for-kids/

 

Saylor, David

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 – Graphix,  VP, Associate Publisher, & Creative Director

More Information:

2013: http://www.childrensillustrators.com/industry-insider/interviews/David-Saylor/id=3/

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/56349-scholastic-grabs-new-graphic-novels-from-gownley-sturm-widjaja-maihack.html

2011: http://www.childrensillustrators.

Dawson, Kathy

Job Title & Company Information: 

2012 – Present: Kathy Dawson Books, Penguin Young Readers Imprint, Vice President and Publisher

2009 – 2012: Dial Books for Young Readers, Associate Publisher & Editorial Director

 More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kathy-dawson/4/631/73a

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.

Hunt, Jennifer

Job Title & Company Information: 

Experienced Creative Development Executive (Children’s Media)

2011- 2013: Dial Books for Young Readers, VP of Acquisitions and Development

2002 – 2011: Hachette Book Group, Editorial Director

 More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenbaileyhunt1

2013: http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm

2011: http://www.mediabistro.

Conescu, Nancy

Job Title & Company Information: 

2010 – Present: Dial Books for Young Readers, Executive Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyconescu

2012: http://janekohuth.blogspot.com/2012/05/interview-with-nancy-conescu-executive.html

2011: http://www.prlog.org/11693982-penguin-sees-hearts-the-penguin-groups-dial-childrens-buys-world-rights-for-boy-sees-hearts-book.html

 

 

Loehr, Mallory

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Random House & Golden Books for Young Readers, VP and Publishing Director

 More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mallory-loehr/b/296/a82

2011: http://www.spoke.com/info/p2JTj3N/MalloryLoehr

2010: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=17929

Klimo, Kate

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Random House/Golden Books Young Readers Group, VP & Publisher

 More Information:

2015: http://www.kateklimo.com/

2015: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/authors/kate-klimo/#about

2011: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbs_press_tour/5733292929/

2011: http://texassweethearts.blogspot.com/2011/03/featured-sweetheart-kate-klimo.html

Mercado, Nancy

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Scholastic Press, Editorial Director

2007 – 2013:  Roaring Brook Press, Executive Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancymercado

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nanmercado

2015: http://theblabbermouthblog.com/2015/03/09/quick-questions-interview-with-scholastic-editorial-director-nancy-mercado/

2013: https://anitanolan.wordpress.

Goldsmith, Cathy

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 - Golden Books Young Readers Group, VP, Associate Publishing Director & Art Director

 More Information:

2015: http://www.vulture.com/2015/07/dr-seuss-what-pet-should-i-get.html

2014: http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2014/12/3-questions-and-3-sentence-starters.html

2014: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/08/29/meet-the-woman-who-worked-with-dr-seuss/

Kilgras, Heidi

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Golden Books Young Readers Group, Editorial Director, Picture Books & Beginning Readers

 More Information:

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/57862-an-anniversary-and-a-rebranding-for-richard-scarry.html

2012: http://www.jacketflap.com/heidi-kilgras/60671

2011:http://www.habitat.

Thomas, Jim

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Freelance Children’s Book Editor

2007 – 2013, Random House, Editorial Director

 More Information:

Personal site: http://jimthomaseditor.com/

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-thomas/17/211/b88

2012: http://randomactsofreading.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/an-author-joins-us-rachel-hartman-tells-us-all-about-seraphina-and-more/

2009: http://classof2k9.

Rosen, Roger

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – The Rosen Publishing Group, CEO

More Information:

2014: http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2014/04/04/interview-with-roger-rosen-on-embracing-technology-selectively-and-holistically/

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/64477-roger-rosen-buys-enslow-publishing.html

2013:http://www.rosenpublishing.com/index.

Corey, Robin

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Robin Corey Books, VP & Publishing Director

 More Information:

Book List: http://www.yabookscentral.com/component/jreviews/tag/publisher/robin-corey-books?criteria=2

2013: http://coreyrobin.com/

2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Robin

2011: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.

Cheng, Lisa

Job Title & Comp:any Information:

2010 – Present: Running Press Book Publishers, Senior Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lisa-cheng/4/393/250

2012: http://okra-scbwi-louisiana.blogspot.com/2012/03/lisa-cheng-editor-at-running-press-kids.html

2011: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/lisa-cheng-and-zackary-clark/

 

Kaiser, Cecily

Job Title & Company Information: 

2014 – Present: Phaidon Press, Publishing Director

2010 – 2014:  Abrams Book for Young Readers, Publishing Director

 More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/cecily-kaiser/27/699/473

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/63573-phaidon-broadens-children-s-publishing-program.html

 

 

Moran, Josalyn

Job Title & Company Information: 

2012 – Present: Freelance publisher

2010 – 2012:  Albert Whitman & Co, VP, Publishing

2009 – 2010: Chronicle Books, Publishing Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/josalyn-moran/12/34b/491

2010: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/43094-moran-leaving-chronicle-for-albert-whitman–company.html

Ostby, Kristin

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015: Simon & Schuster, Editor

2013 - Albert Whitman & Co,  Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinostby

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kristinostby

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/bfyr/our-team

2015: http://jennybent.blogspot.com/2015/05/interview-with-s-senior-editor-kristin.html

2014: http://www.wifyr.

Deas, Rich

Job Title & Company Information:

2006 – Present: Feiwel and Friends, Macmillan, Creative Director

More Information:

Website: https://about.me/deasrich

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rich-deas/7/8b7/33a

2011: http://juliehalpern.blogspot.com/2011/03/interview-with-cover-god-rich-deas.html

 

 

 

Wheeler, Noa

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Freelance Editor

2005 – 2015: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/noa-wheeler/b9/3a/333

2011: http://www.yahighway.com/2011/05/publishing-interviews-noa-wheeler.html

2010: http://dorinewhite.blogspot.com/2010/09/noa-wheeler-editor.html

2009: http://kathytemean.wordpress.

Perez, Monica

Job Title & Company Information:

2005 – Present: Houghton Mifflin Books For Children, Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/monica-perez/a/a78/108

2013: http://coloringbetween.blogspot.com/2013/05/writing-illustrating-publishing-diverse.html

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/57336-diversity-on-the-page-behind-the-pencil-and-in-the-office.

Magram, Linda

Job Title & Company Information:

2002 – Present: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, VP, Director of Marketing, Children’s Books

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/linda-magram/7/5a5/734

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/56097-back-in-the-day.html

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.

Feiwel, Jean

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Feiwel and Friends, Senior VP & Publisher

More Information:

2015: http://www.heraldextra.com/momclick/parenting/tonight-show-host-jimmy-fallon-writes-new-children-s-book/article_3b7d1d06-c183-5ba0-91b9-984cf8ffc68d.html

2015: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/skokie/lifestyles/ct-evr-go-summer-of-swoon-tl-0514-20150514-story.html

2014: http://www.nytimes.

Rider, Ann

Job Title & Company Information:

2015–Houghton Mifflin Books For Children, Executive Editor

More Information:

2010: http://www.startribune.com/shedding-light-on-the-night/105066284/

2010: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/42074-the-art-of-mentoring.html

 

 

 

Groban, Betsy

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books For Young Readers, Senior VP & Publisher

More Information:

2014: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2014/06/27/make-way-for-boston-major-player-publishing-and-marketing-books-for-children-and-young-adult-readers/zmrRCu4FMHBWDZwHKkYjMI/story.html#

2013: http://shs69.com/user/122

2013: http://www.digitalbookworld.

Mary Wilcox

Job Title & Company Information:

2005 – Present: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, VP and Editor in Chief

2001 – 2005: Harper Festival (HarperCollins), Editorial Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/mary-wilcox/87/329/68b

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/56454-reorg-for-hmh-kids.html

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.

Raymo, Margaret

Job Title & Company Information:

2010 – Present: Houghton Mifflin Books For Children, Senior Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/margaret-raymo/4b/a4/b52

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/47302-bea-show-daily-2011-buzzing-the-younger-set.html

2011: http://news.bookweb.

O’Sullivan, Kate

Job Title & Company Information:

2010 – Present: Houghton Mifflin Books For Children, Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn

2012: http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/241/kate-osullivan/

2012: http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/interview-with-kate-o%E2%80%99sullivan-executive-editor-at-houghton-mifflin-books-for-children/

 

 

 

Larson, Jeannette

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Harcourt Children’s Books, Senior VP & Editorial Director

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeannette-larson/1/264/8a4

2015: http://www.glooart.com/jeannette-larson-shares-7-essential-ingredients-great-picture-book/

2014: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2014/02/jeannette-larson-writing-picture-books.html

2013: http://m.guidebook.

Simonsen, Reka

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Atheneum Books, Executive Editor

2013: Harcourt Children’s Books, Executive Editor

More Information:

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/atheneum/our-team

2014: http://www.publishingtrends.com/2014/03/people-roundup-march-2014-2/

2010: http://anitanolan.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/reka-simonsen-moving-to-hmh-childrens/

2008: http://www.robinfriedman.

McFerrin, Samantha

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Disney Publishing Worldwide, Executive Editor

2003 – Present: Harcourt Children’s Books, Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/samantha-mcferrin/ab/a18/286

2012: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2012/01/samantha-mcferrin-picture-books.html

2010: http://lowerfairfieldwriters.blogspot.com/2010/03/editor-evenings-with-samantha-mcferrin.

Lewis, Kevin

Job Title & Company Information:

2000 – Present: Disney-Hyperion, Executive Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-lewis/9/49a/7b4

2011: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2011/02/16/day-16-kevin-lewis/

2010: http://anitanolan.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/1670/

 

 

 

 

Meehan, Emily

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Disney Publishing Worldwide, Editorial Director

2010 – 2012: Disney Publishing Worldwide, Executive Editor

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sourskittle

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/emily-thomas-meehan/7/811/a02

2013: http://videos.huffingtonpost.com/editor-emily-meehan-talks-about-hush-hush-499871499

2013: http://headdeskforwriters.blogspot.

Ranger, Abby

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: HarperCollins Children’s, Senior Editor

2012: Disney-Hyperion, Editor

More Information:

Twitter: @ranger_abby

2012: https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/childrens-publishing-industry-changes/

2010: http://lowerfairfieldwriters.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-editors-evening-april-15-with-abby.

Trimmer, Christian

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Simon & Schuster Books, Senior Editor

2000 – 2013: Disney-Hyperion, Senior Editor

More Information:

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/bfyr/our-team

2013: http://www.cbcbooks.org/ecc/2013/04/christian-trimmer-senior-editor-at-disney-hyperion/

2013: http://fivescribes.blogspot.com/2013/01/interview-with-disney-hyperion-sr.html

2012: http://mindyalyse.

Kurtzman, Nellie

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: HarperCollins, Director, Integrated Marketing

2014 – Present: Kid & The Wolf, Executive Producer, Co-Founder

2012 – 2014: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, VP, Marketing

2005 – 2012: Disney-Hyperion, Director Of Marketing

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/nellie-kurtzman/5/450/7ba

2014: http://publishingtrendsetter.

Fickling, David

Job Title & Company Information: 

Present: David Fickling Books (Scholastic), Publisher

2013 – 2015: David Fickling Books, Publisher

2013: David Fickling Books (Random House), Publisher

 More Information:

2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSekWYpciSo

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/66258-david-fickling-books-joins-scholastic.html

2013: http://www.

Pearson, Bella

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 – Present: Freelance children’s book editor

2009 – 2013: David Fickling Books, Editorial Director

2005 – 2009: David Fickling Books, Senior Editor

2001 – 2005: David Fickling Books, Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/bella-pearson/26/989/302

2015: http://www.goldeneggacademy.co.

Benjamin, Robin

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Freelance Writing and Editorial Services, Senior Editor

2006 – 2012: Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books, Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/robin-benjamin/6/151/460

2013: http://pinterest.com/robinbenjamin/

2011: http://kathytemean.wordpress.

Brigham, Marilyn

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Amazon Children’s Publishing, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/marilyn-brigham/9/355/6b6

2011: http://rickischultz.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/pointers-from-the-pros-editor-marilyn-brigham-offers-insight-into-the-editors-eye/

2009: http://terrypierce.blogspot.com/2009/11/mini-view-marilyn-mark-brigham.

Kroupa, Melanie

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Freelance editor, books for Children and YA

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/melanie-kroupa/1a/754/766

2014: http://www.tinanicholscouryblog.com/2014/01/the-poem-that-will-not-end-blog-tour-editor-melanie-kroupa.html

2012: http://www.wordsintoprint.org/melanie.html

2009: http://www.publishersweekly.

Buerkle, Brian

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Public Relations Manager, PJ Library

2013 – Present: b-square marketing, Marketing Consultant

2012 – 2013: Macmillan, Director of Marketing, Associate Publisher

2005 – 2012: Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books, Senior Marketing Manager

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbuerkle

2015: https://www.

Murphy, Suzanne

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: HarperCollins, President and Publisher

2010 – 2015: Disney Book Group, VP & Publisher

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tismurphy

2015: http://corporate.harpercollins.com/us/press-releases/440/HarperCollins%20Publishers%20Announces%20Changes%20to%20Leadership%20at%20HarperCollins%20Children%E2%80%99s%20Books

2010: http://www.publishersweekly.

Gordon, Peter

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., Puzzle Editor

More Information:

2010: http://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2010/01/interview-with-peter-gordon.html

2010: http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/literally/#more-22805

2009: http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/ring/

 

Hinkel, Nancy

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Has left publishing

2015 – Alfred A. Knopf Crown Books for Young Readers, VP & Publishing Director

More Information:

2015: http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm

2012: http://www.women-running-together.com/nancyhinkel.html

2011: http://www.tadwilliams.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=10711

 

 

 

Buck, Bethany

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Greenburg Associates, Agent

2010 – 2014: Aladdin, VP & Publisher

More Information:

2014: http://greenburger.com/agent/bethany-buck/

2012: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/simon-pulse

2012: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/aladdin

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.

Clarke, Erin

Job Title & Company Information:

1998 – Present: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/erin-clarke/60/5ba/30a

2013: http://www.middlegradeninja.com/2013/01/7-questions-for-editor-erin-clarke.html

2012: http://www.robinfriedman.com/interviews/ErinClarke.html

Agis, Robert

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: eAudio, Executive Director

2011 – 2012: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-agis/10/254/8b3

2011:http://www.yatedo.com/p/Robert+Agis/normal/2766232e2e1252f11127d76cdc6e3a2a

2010: http://www.colleenrowankosinski.com/2010/10/19/paying-it-forward-2010/

 

Abrams, Liesa

Job Title & Company Information:

2006 – Present: Simon & Schuster Children’s Books, Aladdin Imprint, Pulse Imprint, Editorial Director

More Information:

2014: http://theblabbermouthblog.com/2014/11/17/quick-questions-an-interview-with-editor-liesa-abrams/

2013: http://writeoncon.com/2012/08/live-event-with-editor-liesa-abrams-and-literary-agent-jen-rofe/

2012: http://www.mediabistro.com/Liesa-Abrams-instr427.

Heller, Alyson

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Aladdin, Editor

2008 – 2012:  Aladdin, Assistant Editor

More Information:

2015: https://valerierlawson.wordpress.com/tag/alyson-heller/

2015: https://twitter.com/editoralysonh

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alyson-heller/3/5a3/60

2013: http://www.wifyr.com/blog/2013/03/26/interview-allyson-heller/

2010: http://taralazar.wordpress.

Siscoe, Nancy

Job Title & Company Information:

1996 – Present: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, Senior Executive Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/nancy-siscoe/10/b43/59

Twitter: https://twitter.com/siscoe_nancy

2013: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/02/nancy-siscoe-senior-executive-editor_2.html

2013: https://randomactsofreading.wordpress.

Slattery, Joan

Job Title & Company Information:

Present company and title unknown.

2010: Pippin Properties, Agent

1990 – 2010: Alfred A. Knopf Crown Books for Young Readers, Senior Executive Editor

More Information:

2011: http://www.kristavandolzer.com/2011/01/interview-with-agent-joan-slattery.html

2011: http://www.middlegradeninja.com/2011/03/7-questions-for-literary-agent-joan.html

2011: http://www.pippinproperties.

Frey, Michelle

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Alfred A. Knopf Crown Books for Young Readers, Executive Editor

More Information:

2012: http://doubleshotofwhimsy.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/interview-with-inheritance-series-editor-michelle-frey/

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/49368-behind-a-bestseller-a-look-into-the-inner-workings-of-the-inheritance-cycle.html

2008: http://english.fsu.

Wortche, Allison

Job Title & Company Information:

2004 – Present: Alfred A. Knopf Crown Books for Young Readers, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/allison-wortche/6/801/1ab

2013: http://randomactsofreading.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/editors-corner-allison-wortche-talks-to-author-jane-nickerson/

 

 

Bongiolatti, Courtney

Job Title & Company Information:

There is a strong indication that Courtney Bongiolatti has left the publishing industry, her clients taken on by Julie Maguire.

Until 2012: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Editor

More Information:

2012: http://shelbybach.com/basically-dear-readers-im-still-alive-and-so-is-the-book/

2010: http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.

Bromley, Lizzy

Job Title & Company Information:

2010 – Present:  Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Executive Art Director

More Information:

2013: http://www.wovenmyst.com/2013/02/25/cover-artist-interview-lizzy-bromley/

2011: http://novelnovice.com/2011/04/19/exclusive-qa-with-the-wither-cover-designer-part-2/

 

 

Jaffery, Zareen

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Executive Editor

More Information:

2014: http://storyandchai.com/qa-zareen-jaffery-simon-schuster-part-i/

2014: http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/79873260676/zareen-jaffery-how-i-got-into-publishing

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/zareen-jaffery/10/347/416

2013: http://togatherinc.tumblr.

Cooper, Alexandra

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: HarperCollins Publishers, Executive Editor

2000 – 2013:  Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alexandra-cooper/a0/661/395

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/56671-children-s-job-moves-march-2013.html

2013: http://www.absolutewrite.

Colletti, Ariel

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Fragome, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, Assistant Paralegal I

2008 – 2013: Atheneum Books For Young Readers, Associate Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ariel-colletti/69/26/aa2

2012: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/this-editor-wants-to-fall-in-love/

2011: http://kathytemean.wordpress.

Wolfe, Navah

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: SAGA Press,  Editor

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/navahw

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/sagapress/team

2014: https://mswlparagraph.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/navah-wolfe-saga-presssimon-schuster/

2013: http://www.cbcbooks.org/ecc/2013/06/navah-wolfe-associate-editor-at-simon-and-schuster-books-for-young-readers/

2011: http://magick4terri.livejournal.

Young, Dani

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Has left publishing and is now a Recruiting Specialist with Google.

2010 – 2014:  Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Associate Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/danielle-dani-young/14/68a/514

2011: http://anitanolan.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/simonschuster-announces-new-hires-and-promotions/

 

 

 

 

Linn, Laurent

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Art Director

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/laurentlinn

2015: http://www.laurentlinn.com/

2015: http://www.scbwi.org/members-public/laurent-linn

2009: http://shirleysillustrations.blogspot.com/2009/10/laurent-linn-art-director-simon-and.html

2010: http://www.tinanicholscouryblog.

Crichton, Paul

Job Title & Company Information:

Mr. Crichton stepped down starting in June of 2014 to consider his next step in life. It is uncertain, at this moment, whether he will go back to publishing.

2005-2014: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, VP & Director Of Publicity

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-crichton/6/a4/782

Contact Publicity: http://www.simonandschuster.

Mack, Tracy

Job Title & Company Information: 

1992 – Present: Scholastic Press, Executive Editor-at-Large

 More Information:

2015: http://oomscholasticblog.com/post/conversation-executive-editor-tracy-mack-and-paige-britt-debut-author-lost-track-time

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tracy-mack/19/645/3a4

2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UNOqIJyOHg

2013: http://www.scholastic.

Sandell, Lisa Ann

Job Title & Company Information: 

2000 – Present: Scholastic Press, Executive Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lisa-sandell/2/15a/97b

Personal Site: http://www.lisaannsandell.com/

2015: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/lisa-ann-sandell

2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Ann_Sandell

2011: http://cuppajolie.blogspot.com/2011/01/scbwi-team-blog-pre-confernece.

Griffiths, Rachel

Job Title & Company Information: 

2003 – Present: Scholastic Press, Senior Editor

 More Information:

2014: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/20wu2f/iama_childrens_book_editor_want_to_know_how_to/

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rachel-griffiths/5/9a5/577

2013: http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/scholastic-acquires-two-spencer-quinn-middle-grade-dog-detective-books-bestselling-aut

 

Schutz, Samantha

Job Title & Company Information: 

2014 – Present: Scholastic Press, Associate Publisher, Licensing and Nonfiction

2012 – 2014: Scholastic Press, Editorial Director, Licensing

2011 – 2012: Scholastic Press, Executive Editor, Licensing

2009 – 2011: Grosset & Dunlap, Senior Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/samantha-schutz/40/142/888

Personal Site: http://www.samanthaschutz.

Barnhart, Ben

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Sierra Nevada College, Faculty Mentor

2013 – Present: Medtronic, Proofreader, Editor

2012 – Present: Freelancer, Editorial Consultant

2011 – 2012: Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable, President

2001 – 2011: Milkweed Editions, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ben-barnhart/a/a40/624

2011: http://minnesota.publicradio.

Levithan, David

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015 – Scholastic Press, VP & Executive Editorial Director, Fiction, Multimedia Publishing, & Push

 More Information:

2015: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/books-by/david-levithan#cart/cleanup

2014: http://news.yahoo.com/writer-david-levithan-lgbt-books-young-120410661.html

2013: http://www.davidlevithan.com/

2013: http://en.wikipedia.

Parisi, Elizabeth

Job Title & Company Information: 

2015 – Scholastic Press, Creative Director

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/elizabeth-parisi/98/27a/78b

2015: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2015/02/creating-cover-art-with-elizabeth-parisi.html

2015: http://cocoastomp.blogspot.com/2015/01/scbwi-team-blog-exclusive-elizabeth.html

2012: http://www.nydailynews.

Baines, Rebecca

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: National Geographic Society, Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rebecca-baines/41/460/530

2013: http://dougwead.wordpress.com/tag/rebecca-baines/

2011: http://bookseedstudio.wordpress.com/about-this-site-writer/

Hsu, Connie

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press, Senior Editor

2011 – 2014 – Little Brown Books For Young Readers, Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.mackidsbooks.com/staff/

2015: http://dogwoodliterary.com/2015/06/16/interview-with-connie-hsu-senior-editor-macmillan-roaring-brook-press/

2015: https://www.linkedin.

Florie, Christine

Job Title & Company Information:

Jan. 2001 – Present: Freelance Editorial Services

2005-Aug 2012: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, Executive Editor

2001 – April 2005: Scholastic, Editor

1993 – 2001: M.E. Sharpe, Editor

1987 – 1991: Pergamon Press, Production Supervisor

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/christine-florie/8/455/b2

2005: http://www.scholastic.

Emmett, Jennifer

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: National Geographic, VP, Content, Education and Children’s Media

2013 – National Geographic Children’s Books, Editorial Director

More Information:

2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbKovhledFM

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/62093-nonfiction-common-core-and-more-an-abpa-panel.html

2013: http://www.

Olesin, Kate

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: National Geographic Society, Editor
2012 – 2014: Associate Editor
2011 – 2012: Assistant Editor
2009 – 2011: Editorial Assistant

 

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kateolesin

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kateolesin

2014: http://www.carpejuvenis.

Amper, Julie

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Holiday House Inc, Senior Editor

More Information:

2012: http://www.tinanicholscouryblog.com/2012/08/editor-julie-amper-all-the-worlds-a-stage.html

2011: http://thewholemegillah.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/two-in-one-notebook-special-your-friend-in-fashion-abby-shapiro-by-amy-axelrod/

 

Frank, Sylvie

Job Title & Company Information:

May 2014 – Present: Paula Wiseman Books / Simon & Schuster, Editor
January 2013 –  May 2014: Paula Wiseman Books / Simon & Schuster, Associate Editor
August 2012 – January 2013: Holiday House Books for Young People, Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sylvie-frank/46/95b/96a

2013:  https://aseraserburns.wordpress.

Ehrlich, Hannah

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Lee & Low Books, Director of Marketing and Publicity

2011- 2013: Lee & Low Books, Marketing Manager

More Information:

2015: http://ideas.demco.com/blog/diverse-summer-reading-lists/

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/hannah-ehrlich/4/178/479

2015: http://flavorwire.

Whitman, Stacy

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Tu Books (Lee & Low Books), Publisher

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stacylwhitman

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacywhitman

2015: https://www.leeandlow.com/imprints/3/articles/cindy-pon-on-reading-beyond-reality

2011: http://slwhitman.livejournal.com/

2010: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2010/03/editor-interiew-stacy-whitman-of-tu.

Karre, Andrew

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Dutton Books (Penguin Random House), Executive Editor

2008 – 2015: Carolrohda Books (Lerner Publishing Group), Editorial Director

More Information:

2015: http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/06/andrew-karre-executive-editor-of-dutton.html#.VbxQkjBViko

2015: http://carolrhoda.blogspot.com/

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.

Hinz, Carol

Job Title & Company Information:

2003 – Present:  Lerner Publishing Group, Editorial Director, Millbrook Press

More Information:

2015: https://www.lernerbooks.com/About-Lerner/Pages/Millbrook-Press.aspx

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/carol-hinz/4/776/48

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/55414-lerner-names-karre-hinz-interim-directors-of-graphic-universe.html

2011: http://www.

Sullivan, Kate

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Delacorte Press (Random House), Senior Editor

2011 – 2014: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kate-sullivan/84/246/642

Twitter: https://twitter.com/katert0t

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/51011-deals-week-of-march-12-2012.html

2011: http://www.knockknock.

Santopolo, Jill

Job Title & Company Information: 

2009 – Present: Philomel Books, Executive Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jill-santopolo/9a/17/28a

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillsantopolo

Personal Site: http://www.jillsantopolo.com/

2011: http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/alumniprofile/jill-santopolo-cc-02

2011: http://smack-dab-in-the-middle.blogspot.

Steurer, Kiffin

Job Title & Company Information: 

2011- Present: Philomel Books (Penguin Group), Associate Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kiffin-steurer/10/890/bab

2012: http://curtincorner.blogspot.com/2012/12/glimpse-behind-curtain.html

2008: http://taralazar.com/2008/10/23/biggest-mistakes-new-writers-make/

Fadlalla, Michelle

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Atheneum Books For Young Readers, VP Director of Education & Library Marketing

2009 – 2014: Antheneum Books For Young Readers (Simon & Schuster), Director of Marketing, Education & Library

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/michelle-fadlalla-leo/9/300/492

2013: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/books/bullying-becomes-hot-and-profitable-topic-for-publishers.

Johnston, Allyn

Job Title & Company Information:

2015:  Beach Lane Books, VP & Publisher

More Information:

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/66204-marla-frazee-and-allyn-johnston-collaboration-thrives-after-15-years-children-s-institute-2015.html

2013: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2013/08/editors-panel-on-hits-and-evergreens.html

2012: http://imprints.simonandschuster.

Welch, Andrea

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Beach Lane Books,  Senior Editor

More Information:

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/beach-lane-books

2012: http://dorinewhite.blogspot.com/2012/05/get-to-know-andrea-welch-editor.html

2012: http://chinookupdate.blogspot.com/2012/04/first-pages-rubin-pfeffer-and-andrea.html

2012: http://chinookupdate.blogspot.com/2012/04/andrea-welch-making-your-picture-book.

Garfield, Valerie

Job Title & Company Information:

Present:  -Little Simon, Executive VP & Publisher For Novelity & Licensed Publishing

2000 – 2005: Sesame Workshop, Publishing Director

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/valerie-garfield/51/b29/a8

2013: http://publishingperspectives.com/2013/06/how-ss-dreams-up-home-grown-series-for-younger-readers/

2010: http://imprints.simonandschuster.

Burke, Lori

Job Title & Company Information: 

2008 – Present: Grosset & Dunlap/PSS, Executive Director of Licensing Acquisitions and Media

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=76280612&trk=miniprofile-name-link

2012: http://summit.kidscreen.com/2012/speakers.html?a=652741

2009: http://www.publishingtrends.com/2009/01/book-view-january-2009/

 

Bobco, Ann

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Atheneum Books For Young Readers, McElderry Books, Beach Lane Books, Executive Art Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ann-bobco/4a/945/596

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/obituaries/article/46277-remembering-margaret-mcelderry.html

 

 

 

Adler, Eve

Job Title & Company Information: 

2011 – Present: Grosset & Dunlap/PSS, Senior Editor

 More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/eve-adler/a/b7a/252

2011: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/summer-networking-dinner-with-editor-info/

2010: http://www.ruccl.org/council_members.html

2010: http://mackidsbooks.com/whats-on-my-desk-associate-editor-eve-adler-shares-hers/

 

Bobowicz, Pamela

Job Title & Company Information: 

Present: Grosset & Dunlap/PSS, Penguin Young Readers Group, Editor

 More Information:

Mediabistro: http://www.mediabistro.com/Pamela-Bobowicz-instr822.html

2015: http://www.randomhousekids.com/authors-illustrators/detail/1063#.VWe80M9Viko

2013: http://www.jacketflap.com/pamela-bobowicz/252262

2013: http://www.randomhouse.

Rimas, Ruta

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Atheneum Books, Margaret K McElderry Books,  Editor

More Information:

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/margaret-k-mcelderry-books/our-team

2013: http://metro.nyscbwi.org/news/inspired-by-reality-world-building-with-ruta-rimas/

2012: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/tab3.aspx?EventID=1033118

2012: http://daybydaywriter.wordpress.

Rettino, Lucille

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Simon and Schuster, VP, Director of Marketing Children’s Division

2006 – 2012: Simon and Schuster, Marketing Director, Children’s Publishing Division

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lucille-rettino/4/583/44a

2012: http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/promotions-at-simon-schuster-childrens-publishing-division-marketing-team/48409

2011: http://www.

Valois, Rob

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 – Present: Penguin Group, Executive Editor

2008 – 2013: Grosset & Dunlap/PSS, Executive Editor

 More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rob-valois/0/939/5b1

2013: http://www.jacketflap.com/rob-valois/132154

2011: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/yr/minisites/clonewars/excerpt_qa_villains.html

Strauss-Gabel, Julie

Job Title & Company Information: 

2011- Present: Dutton Children’s Books, VP & Publisher

 More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jsgabel

Tumblr: http://jsgabel.tumblr.com/

2015: http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/duttonchildrensbooks/

2015: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/business/media/the-barbed-pen-behind-the-best-sellers-of-young-adult-fiction.html?_r=0

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.

Sedita, Francesco

Job Title & Company Information: 

2008 – Present: Penguin Group USA/Grosset & Dunlap, President & Publisher

 More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/francesco-sedita/5/90/8b6

Personal Site: http://www.francescosedita.com/

2015: http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/grossetdunlap/

2013: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/francesco-sedita

2012: ://gallatin.nyu.

Bader, Bonnie

Job Title & Company Information: 

2013 – Present: Penquin Young Reader’s, Group, Editor In Chief

2001 – 2013: Penguin Group USA/Grosset & Dunlap, Editor In Chief

 More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bonnie-bader/a/5a9/33a

2012: http://www.jacketflap.com/bonnie-bader/18013

2011: http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Bonnie-Bader

2010: http://cuppajolie.blogspot.

Kettner, Christine

Job Title & Company Information:

2008 – Present: – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Art Director

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/christine-kettner/8/38/8a9

2013: http://annamarras.com/tag/christine-kettner/

2012: http://abackwardsstory.blogspot.com/2012/04/designer-interview-giveaway-christine.html

2010: http://sergioruzzier.blogspot.com/2010/12/christine-kettners-picture-book-list.html

 

Naughton, Diane

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Harpercollins Children’s Books, VP Of Integrated Marketing

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/diane-naughton/4/abb/408

2015: http://corporate.harpercollins.com/us/press-releases/431/HarperCollins%20Teams%20with%20Twitter%20to%20Promote%20Insurgent%20Movie%20Tie-in%20Edition

2012: http://www.digitalbookworld.

Roston, Sandee

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Present: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Consultant, Marketing and Communications Bootcamp

2005 – 2015: HarperCollins Publishers, Executive Director of Publicity, Integrated Marketing

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeeroston

2015: http://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2015/01/people-etc-icm-represent-crichton/

2015: http://www.journalism.columbia.

Polvino, Lynne

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Clarion Books, Editor

More Information:

2014: https://scbwinymetro.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/creating-picture-books-in-a-challenging-and-changing-market/#more-123

2013: http://metro.nyscbwi.org/news/creating-picture-books-in-a-challenging-and-changing-market/

2010: http://dorinewhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/lynne-polvino-editor.html

2010: http://www.tinanicholscouryblog.

Nayeri, Daniel

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Workman Publishing, Director of Children’s Publishing

2012 – 2013: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Digital Editorial Director

2009 – 2012: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielnayeri

Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielnayeri

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.

Donalty, Alison

Job Title & Company Information:

1994 – Present: Harpercollins Children’s Books, Executive Art Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alison-donalty/9/16b/a07

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alisondonalty

2002: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20021028/29156-a-new-day-for-design.html

Fitzsimmons, Barbara

Job Title & Company Information:

1989 – Present: Harpercollins Children’s Books, VP & Creative Director

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/barbara-fitzsimmons/5/71/91b

2012: http://harpercollins.tumblr.com/post/35704821694/q-a-with-barbara-fitzsimmons-vp-creative-director

2011: http://www.zoominfo.com/company/HarperCollins-60228746

Jacobs, Farrin

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Poppy (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), Editorial Director

2013 – Harpercollins Children’s Books, Executive Editor

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/farrinj

2012: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2012/08/editors-panel-elise-howard-and-farrin.html

2009: http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/07/young-adult-appreciation-month-editors-talk.html

Rago, Martha

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Present: Penguin Random House, Creative Director

2003 – 2015: Harpercollins Children’s Books, Associate Creative Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/martha-rago/5/2a/446

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/65219-rago-moves-from-harper-to-random-house.html

2015: http://www.scbwi.

Lalicki, Barbara

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Retired

2013- Harpercollins Children’s Books, Senior VP & Editorial Director

More Information:

2015: https://twitter.com/ancienteditor

2014: https://456abra.wordpress.com/

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/55394-lalicki-to-retire-from-harpercollins.html

 

Yeh, Phoebe

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Crown Books for Young Readers (Random House), VP, Publisher

1996 – 2013: Harpercollins Children’s Books, Editorial Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/phoebe-yeh/4/b01/402

2013: http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1427#m11828

2013: http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/60469424380/industry-qa-with-editor-phoebe-yeh

2013: http://www.

Weikum, Tara

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: HarperCollins Children’s Books, VP and Editorial Director

2009 – 2013: Harpercollins Children’s Books, Editorial Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tara-weikum/5/25/150

2012: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2012/01/tara-weikum-young-adult-fiction.html

2012: http://kourtneyheintz.wordpress.

Gyory, Andrew

Job Title & Company Information:

2005 – Present: Facts On File, Executive Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andy-gyory/18/902/77b

2012: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-08/opinion/ct-perspec-0408-facts-20120408_1_encyclopedias-encyclopaedia-britannica-historia-naturalis

2011: http://picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/item.php?item_id=213

2011: http://www.spoke.

Yancey, Lea

Job Title & Company Information:

Lea Yancey no longer works in Publishing, but in Individual and Family Services in California.

2013 – Present: First 5 Alameda County, Administrative Associate, Training

2009 – 2013: Chronicle Books, Children’s Marketing Coordinator

More Information:

2011: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/author/lea-yancey/

 

Sherman, Dina

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Disney-Hyperion Books, School & Library Marketing Director

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dina-sherman/6/604/26a

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dina_at_disney

2014: http://blog.netgalley.com/we-continue-to-hear-first-hand-from-publishers-how/

2011: http://www.earlyword.com/publisher-contacts-library-marketing-childrens/

Levine, Jennifer

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Sprout (NBC Universal), VP, Communications

2000 – 2013: Disney Book Group, VP, Global Communications

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferlevinepr

2015: https://www.nbcumv.com/executive/jennifer-levine/bios_read_more?division=1

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.

Barry, Rachel (Kempster)

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: DK Publishing, VP, Marketing and Publicity

2010 – 2014: DK Publishing, Director of Marketing and Publicity

More Information:

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/65318-dk-launches-online-encyclopedia-for-kids.html

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkempster

2012: http://www.today.

Law, Elizabeth

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Freelance editorial Consultant and Book Doctor

2007 – 2013: Egmont USA, VP & Publisher

More Information:

2015: http://www.elawreads.com/

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/elizabeth-law/9/856/542

2013: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/55515-cascardi-joins-egmont-usa-law-to-leave-company.

Griffin, Regina

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Current title and employer unknown

2008 – 2015:  Egmont USA, Executive  Editor

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/regina-griffin/10/891/119

2011: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/tag/executive-editor-regina-griffin/

2009: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/regina-griffin-egmontusa/

2008: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.

Ferguson, Greg

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Full Fathom Five, Editorial Director

2009-2013: Egmont USA, Editor

More Information:

2015: http://fullfathomfive.com/employee-bios/

2015: https://eiseverywhere.com/ereg/popups/speakerdetails.php?eventid=90839&speakerid=218753

2015: https://twitter.com/editorferg

2014: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/sports/basketball/shaquille-oneal-has-his-hands-full-as-a-pitchman.

Rock, Victoria

Job Title & Company Information:

1987 – Present: Chronicle Books, Founding Children’s Book Publisher, Editor-at-Large

More Information:

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/61178-more-than-a-decade-later-a-peek-a-who-follow-up.html

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/victoria-rock/5/394/201

2011: http://dorinewhite.blogspot.com/2011/09/victoria-rock-editor-at-chronicle-books.html

Lauber, Kim

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Random House Children’s Books, Director of Marketing

2011 – 2013: Chronicle Books, Associate Director, Children’s Marketing and Publicity

More Information:

2015: https://eiseverywhere.com/ereg/popups/speakerdetails.php?eventid=90839&speakerid=215470

2015: http://www.publishingtrends.

Weiss, Alison S.

Job Title & Company Information:

2015 – Present: Skyhorse Publishing, Editor

2013 – 2015: Egmont USA, Associate Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com

2013: http://www.fizzygrrl.com/fizzy-fangirling-an-interview-with-alison-weiss/

2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmxRtmoB1rQ

2011: http://writeonteens.blogspot.com/2011/02/ask-editor-alison-weiss.html

2010: http://myramcentire.

Chipponeri, Kelli

Job Title & Company Information:

2010 – Present: Children’s at Chronicle Books, Executive Director

More Information:

LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kelli-chipponeri/9/a54/108

2013: http://www.csuchico.edu/alumni/distinguished/hfa/list.shtml

2011: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/author/kelli-chipponeri/

2010: http://anitanolan.wordpress.

Easton, Emily

Job Title & Company Information: 

2014 – Present: Penguin Random House/Crown Books for Young Readers, Executive Editor

2012 – 2014: Walker Books for Young Readers, Publishing Director

More Information:

2015: http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/gathering-boosts-non-fiction-kids-books-1.1351202?page=all

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/67168-nonfiction-conference-continues-to-grow.

Lotz, Karen

Job Title & Company Information:

1999 – Present: Candlewick Press, President & Publisher, and Joint Managing Director of Walker Books

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/karen-lotz/24/948/318

2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TKtjQPdiKM

2013: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/candlewicks-karen-lotz-on-the-future-of-illustrated-books-in-a-digital-era-video/

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.

Nobles, Kristen

Job Title & Company Information:

2011 – Present: Candlewick Press, Art Director

More Information:

2015: http://www.childrensillustrators.com/industry-insider/interviews/Kristen-Nobles/id=45/

2011: http://rickischultz.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/pointers-from-the-pros-art-director-kristen-nobles-talks-picture-books/

 

 

Ahern, Tom

Job Title & Company Information:

2007 – Present: Capstone, CEO

2007 – Present: Coughlan Companies, CEO

More Information:

2013: http://blog.maupinhouse.com/2013/01/capstone-acquires-maupin-house.html

2012: http://www.capstonepub.com/content/ABOUTUS_LEADERSHIP

2011: http://www.txla.org/tom-ahern

Rivers, Randi

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: Fallon Health, Imaging Specialist

2000 – 2012: Charlesbridge Publishing, Editor

More Information:

2012: http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm

2012: http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=111408621&privcapId=109320385&previousCapId=109320385&previousTitle=Charlesbridge%2520Publishing,%2520Inc.

 

 

Quinlin, Margaret

Jobs Title & Company Information:

  Present: Peachtree Publishers, President and Publisher

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mmquinlin

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/53002-what-common-core-means-for-publishers.html

Weisberg, Don

Job Title & Company Information:

Present: Penguin Young Readers Group, President

More Information:

2015: http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=99717102&privcapId=2038040&previousCapId=2038040&previousTitle=Penguin%2520Group%2520%28USA%29%2520Inc.

2013: http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/aboutus/bio-weisberg.html

 

 

Segal, Joyce

Job Title & Company Information:

Joyce Segal died at the age of 82 on April 16th of 2012.

2012: Pippin Press, Senior Editor

More Information:

2012: http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/149005075_Joyce_Segal__nee_Cohen___82.html

2012: http://www.jacketflap.com/pippin-press-publisher-8566

 

Anderson, Jon

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Executive VP and Publisher

More Information:

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/63102-global-publishing-leaders-2014-simon-schuster.html

2013: http://www.simonandschuster.biz/corporate/executives

2013: http://www.simonandschuster.biz/corporate/executive-bios

2012: http://www.

Gilbert, Frances

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: Random House, Golden Books, Double Day, Editorial Director, Associate Publishing Director

2000 – 2012: Sterling Publishing, Acquisitions Editor; Children’s Editorial Director; Publisher

 More Information:

2013: http://www.francesgilbert.com/

2013: http://www.middlegradeninja.com/2013/05/7-questions-for-editor-frances-gilbert.html

2011: http://books.google.com.

Benton, Lori

Job Title & Company Information: 

2011 – Present: Scholastic Press, VP & Group Publisher

 More Information:

2015: http://loribenton.blogspot.com/

2013: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/scholastic-promotes-lori-benton-to-vp-publisher_b16629

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/45146-benton-named-scholastic-trade-publisher.html

2010: http://mediaroom.

Slager, Daniel

Job Title & Company Information:

2007 – Present: Milkweed Editions, Publisher & CEO

More Information:

2013: http://milkweed.org/about-us/contact-info/daniel-slager/

2012: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/51596-the-maturing-of-milkweed.html

2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xaBqADxMKc

Bellows, Melina Gerosa

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: National Geographic Society, Chief Creative Officer, Books, Kids And Family,

More Information:

2013: http://www.tech4pub.com/2013/04/24/melina-bellows-nat-geo-kids-from-struggling-division-to-largest-income-generator/

2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ILWki821k

2010: http://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/experts/melina-bellows/detail

Chanda, Justin

Job Title & Company Information:

2009 – Present: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, VP, Publisher’s Children Trade Imprints

More Information:

2015: http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/atheneum/our-team

2011: http://dorinewhite.blogspot.com/2011/04/justin-chanda-simon-schuster.html

 

 

 

Ketchersid, Sarah

Job Title & Company Information:

2011- Present: Candlewick Press, Executive Editor

More Information:

2015: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/65345-candlewick-partners-with-italian-publisher-minibombo.html

2015: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Sarah-Ketchersid/140492821

2015: https://twitter.com/sarahkedits

2011: http://sherriepetersenbooks.

Godwin, Laura

Job Title & Company Information:

2013 – Present: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, VP & Publisher

More Information:

2014: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/63912-draw-what-you-know.html

2013: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Laura-Godwin/1685185

2012: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2012/08/editor-panel-laura-godwin.html

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.

Lurie, Stephanie Owens

Job Title & Company Information:

2015: Disney-Hyperion, Editor at large

2008 – 2015: Disney Publishing Worldwide, Associate Publisher and Editorial Director

More Information:

2015: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephlurie

2015: https://twitter.com/solurie

2010: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2010/08/stephanie-owens-lurie-view-from-top.html

2010: http://bookgal77.wordpress.

van Straaten, Tracy

Job Title & Company Information: 

2007 – Present: Scholastic Press, VP, Trade Publicity

More Information:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tvs_557

2015: http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/taxonomy/term/396

2012: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2012/01/ny12scbwi-pre-conference-interview-with_04.html

2011: http://www.bookbusinessmag.

Feresten, Nancy Laties

Job Title & Company Information:

2014 – Present: National Geographic Society, Senior VP, Education & Children’s Media

2012 – 2014: National Geographic Children’s Books,  Senior VP, Kids Publishing & Media

More Information:

2015: LinkedIn

2012: http://kidscreen.com/tag/nancy-laties-feresten/

2011: http://blog.book-fair.com/2011/09/29/everythink-nancy-feresten/

2010: https://daybydaywriter.

Hughes, Heather

Job Title & Company Information:

1996 – Present:  Sleeping Bear Press, Publisher

More Information:

2013: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/heather-hughes/23/a47/913

2012: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2012/03/publisher-interview-heather-c-hughes-on.html

2012: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Heather-Hughes/10275735

2011: http://www.publishersweekly.

Bisson, Michelle

Job Title & Company Information:

2012 – Present: U.S. Libraries at Capstone Publishers, Editorial Manager

2010 – 2012:  Marshall Cavendish Corporation, Senior Editor

More Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/michelle-bisson/1/851/434

http://www.jacketflap.com/marshall-cavendish-benchmark-publisher-4534

2009: http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Explained-Michelle-Bisson/dp/0761430261

 

Van Metre, Susan

Job Title and Company:

2010 – Present: Abrams Book for Young Readers, Senior VP & Publisher

Interviews:

2011: http://blog.abramsbooks.com/author/svanmetre/

2010: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/42751-van-metre-named-publisher-at-abrams.html

2009: http://cwdesigner.blogspot.com/2009/04/susan-van-metre-was-sitting-in-stacks.html