The Monster List of Childen’s Book Editor Interviews, Blogs, and More

LAST UPDATED ON May 25, 2009. For the latest information, please visit the Children’s Book Publisher Directory

Do you have a massive case of web-head–a medical condition caused by prolonged surfing of the Internet? Do symptoms include dizziness? Blurred vision? And a sudden loss of ability to Google?

Look no more. I have a cure. I’ve done a lot of the work for you and compiled it here. As I find more interviews and blogs, I’ll add to the list.

Don’t know what to do with this information? Read post, [step six – find an editor ->step six – find an editor] from my crash course.

PLEASE NOTE: Do not hold me responsible for misspelling of names or location of the editors. Editors change publishers often (and sometimes they get hitched and change their names). Subscribe to Publisher Weekly’s Children’s Bookshelf newsletter or visit Vista for updates on promotions and moves. I do my best to keep this current and accurate, but if you have corrections, please leave a comment. Thanks!

ALSO DO NOT ASSUME AN EDITOR’S PRESENCE ON THIS LIST MEANS HE/SHE ACCEPTS UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS. LOOK UP THE PUBLISHER’S GUIDELINES FOR THAT INFO.

I DO NOT AUTHORIZE OR CONDONE SPAMMING EDITORS.

Anonymous or Multiple Editors

Victoria Wells Arms (Bloomsbury)

Shannon Barefield (Former Carolrhoda editor)

Stacey Barney (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

Sheila Barry (Kids Can Press)

  • http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/04/editor-interview-sheila-barry-on-kids.html  (added 1/22/09)

Robin Benjamin (Marshall Cavendish)

Donna Bray (Hyperion)

Rosemary Brosnan (HarperCollins)

Kent Brown (Boyds Mills Press)

Virginia Buckley (Clarion)

Michele Burke

Stacy Cantor (Walker)

Suzanne Carnell (Macmillan)

Karen Chaplin (Puffin)

Erin Clarke (Knopf)

Melanie Cecka (Bloomsbury)

Nancy Conescu (Little, Brown)

Alexandra Cooper (Simon & Schuster BFYR)

Margery Cuyler (Cavendish)

Kristin Daly (HarperCollins)

Jessica Dandino (Dial)

Rebecca Davis (former Greenwillow editor)

Caitlyn Dlouhy (Atheneum)

Kimberly Duncan-Mooney (Barefoot Books)

Emma Dryden (Margaret K. McEld erry and Atheneum)

Eden Edwards (no longer with Houghton Mifflin)

Ranya Fattouh (Scholastic Press)

Evelyn Fazio (WestSide)

  • Cynsations ’08 http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/09/publisher-interview-evelyn-fazio-on.html

Lisa Findlay (no longer with Random House)

Carol Fisher Saller (former Cricket editor)

Catherine Frank

Jennifer Frantz-Fox (Bebop)

Aimee Friedman (Scholastic)

Cecile Goyette (Dial)

Lisa Graff (FSG)

  • Cynsations http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/09/author-editor-interview-lisa-graff.html (01/22/09)

Betsy Groban (Houghton Mifflin)

Judye Groner (Kar Ben)

  • http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/04/editor-interview-judye-groner-on-kar.html (added 01/22/09)

Miriam Hees (Blooming Tree Press)

  • http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/08/publisher-update-miriam-hees-of.html (added 01/22/09)

Sarah Hughes (Puffin)

Amy Hsu (former Little, Brown editor)

Allyn Johnston (Beach Lane Books)

Andrew Karre (Carolrhoda)

Cheryl Klein (Arthur A. Levine)

Susan Kochan (Putnam)

Summer Dawn Laurie (no longer with Tricycle)

  • Ms. Laurie now provides freelance editorial (development/critique) services for children’s book
    authors. She may be reached at sdledits AT comcast DOT net. (added 09/21/2007)

Yolanda Leroy (Charlesbrige)

Arthur A. Levine (Arthur A. Levine)

Arianne Lewin (Hyperion)

Courtenay Lewis (Philomel)

Alvina Ling (Little, Brown)

Kira Lynn (Kane Miller)

  • http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/05/publisher-interview-kira-lynn-on.html (added 01/22/09)

Grace Maccarone (Cartwheel)

Krista Marino (Delacorte)

Samantha McFerrin (Harcourt)

Steve Meltzer (Dutton)

Nancy Mercado (Dial)

Emily Mitchell (Charlesbridge)

Laura Morgan (Enslow)

Meredith Mundy Wasinger (Sterling)

Janine O’Malley (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Judy O’Malley (Charlesbridge)

Stephanie Owens Lurie (Hyperion)

Susan Pearson (Chronicle)

Alexandra Penfold (Paula Wiseman/S&S)

Kristen Pettit (Razorbill)

Joan Powers (Candlewick)

Victoria Rock (Chronicle)

Julie Romeis (Chronicle)

John Rudolph (Putnam)

Jill Santopolo (HarperCollins / Laura Geringer)

Kate Seaver (Berkley JAM)

Samantha Schutz (Aladdin Paperbacks)

Ben Schrank (Razorbill)

Sarah Sevier (HarperCollins)

Reka Simonsen (Henry Holt)

Phoebe Sorkin (no longer with Little, Brown)

Tim Travaglini (Putnam)

Namrata Tripathi (S&S)

  • SCBWI Asilomar Conference 2007 bio blurb ’07 (Added 1/6/07)

Susan Van Metre (Abrams)

Deborah Vetter (Cricket Books)

Liz Waniewski (Dial)

Deborah Noyes Wayshak

Tara Weikum (HarperCollins)

Jennifer Weiss (former Aladdin Paperbacks editor)

Stacy Whitman (former Mirrorstone editor)

Jennifer Wingertzahn (Clarion)

5 thoughts on “The Monster List of Childen’s Book Editor Interviews, Blogs, and More

  1. hahaha! If you find anything broken, let me know. I’m too tired to click everything. 🙂 That goes for everyone else looking at this list. Help me!

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