Kidlit Editors

HarlequinTEEN

It's About the Books You Want. All the news about Harlequin TEEN books from Senior Editor Natashya Wilson and Amy from Harlequin Digital.
6,997 followers |

Elizabeth Law

Elizabeth Law is a children's and YA book fanatic and publisher of Egmont USA. Running for Governor in 2014 on the Dessert is 2 Damn Fattening platform
6,924 followers |

Molly O'Neill

Children's & Young Adult book editor at HarperCollins Publishers. Occasional travel writer. Collector of words and art and stories.
6,321 followers |

Nancy Mercado

Editor of middle grade & teen books @ Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan Children's Group. Talking here about editing, design, books I love, & some other stuff.
6,053 followers |

Alvina Ling

Editorial Director at Little, Brown Bks for Young Readers. Editor of picture books, MG, and YA. (Note: My tweets are my own, not my company's)
5,523 followers |

Cheryl Klein

I'm an editor at Scholastic, a writer at home, & a reader everywhere. My book SECOND SIGHT is out now! All opinions here are solely my own, not my company's.
5,254 followers |

Martha Mihalick

Children's book editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
4,811 followers |

Anica Mrose Rissi

Executive Editor at Simon Pulse, a YA imprint of Simon & Schuster. Also: I like ice cream.
3,266 followers |

Harold Underdown

Children's book editor, owner of The Purple Crayon web site, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books
3,135 followers |

Alexandra Bracken

Howdy! I work in children's publishing & write YA. My latest, THE DARKEST MINDS (Hyperion), will pub in December 2012 :)
3,133 followers |

Dan Franklin

Digital Publisher at the Random House Group UK
3,073 followers |

Sarah Shumway Liu

children's and teen fiction editor at HarperCollins, plus a bunch of other things
2,973 followers |

Stacy Whitman

Editorial director of Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books. http://www.leeandlow.com/p/tu.mhtml
2,609 followers |

JJ

JJ is an avid skydiver, an editorial assistant at St. Martin's Press, and an aspiring writer. Just another Starving Young Publishing Professional in NYC.
2,587 followers |

Kristin Daly Rens

Children's book editor, Balzer + Bray. I read. I edit. I watch bad television. I read some more.
2,488 followers |

Kate Sullivan

young adult editor, YA enthusiast, former nerdy child, now merely geeky adult. Lifelong struggle: keeping inappropriate jokes in my head.
2,269 followers |

Donna Bray

Co-Publisher, Balzer + Bray, children's book imprint at HarperCollins, est. 2008.
2,262 followers |

andrewkarre

I am the editorial director of Carolrhoda Books, Carolrhoda Lab & Darby Creek, imprints of the Lerner Publishing Group. I publish books for kids & teens.
2,230 followers |

Hannah Sheppard

Editor of Young Adult and crossover fiction at Headline. I might also occasionally tweet about growing veg and knitting.
2,015 followers |

Caroline Abbey

I am an editor at Bloomsbury Children's Books. I love milkshakes, smiling, and learning random facts about any and everything.
1,865 followers |

Emma D Dryden

Founder & Principal of drydenbks llc, a children's book editorial and publishing consulting firm
1,787 followers |

Brian Farrey-Latz

I'm the editor for Flux, the young adult imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide.
1,726 followers |

Michele Wells

Senior editor at Penguin/DK with experience in adult nonfiction, children's, and YA publishing. Co-Chair, @FirstBookBklyn. (But my tweets are my own.)
1,650 followers |

Claudia Gabel

Author of YA mash-up novel ROMEO & JULIET & VAMPIRES and the IN OR OUT series; Senior Editor at Katherine Tegen Books; and happy-go-lucky person
1,626 followers |

Daniel Ehrenhaft

Editorial Director, Soho Teen. Co-author, AMERICAPEDIA. Longtime YA and tween fan/participant. Tiger Beat’s guitarist.
1,620 followers |

Sara Sargent

Assistant Editor of YA, middle grade at Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins Children's Books. Chair of the Young to Publishing Group @YoungToPub. All books, all day.
1,523 followers |

Jordan Hamessley

Nerdy children's book editor at @GrossetPSS, focusing on middle grade/chapter book horror & SF. Former musical theatre performer. Current musical theatre nerd.
1,438 followers |

Nancy Paulsen

publish kid's books at Penguin, reads HELLO, listens to Zappa
1,392 followers |

Ruta Rimas

Like a vampire slayer but with words. Also, I like science.
1,225 followers |

Jennifer Klonsky

I'm the Editorial Director of Simon Pulse, a teen imprint of S&S Children's. I am insanely in touch with my inner 14-year-old.
1,190 followers |

Jordan Brown

Part-time children's book editor, part-time time traveler.
1,187 followers |

Jasmine Richards

Writer by night. Editor at OUP by day. BOOK OF WONDERS [MG] Harper Collins, Jan 2012. Writing as JD Sharpe, OLIVER TWISTED [YA] Egmont, Feb 2012.
1,090 followers |

Erica Sussman

I like books. And dogs.
1,043 followers |

Jennifer Arena

I'm an editorial director of kids books at Random House BFYR by day and kids book writer by night.
1,040 followers |

T.S. Ferguson

Associate Editor at Harlequin Teen & Mira Books, genre nerd, gay man, and Netflix-aholic. My tweets do not reflect the opinions of my employer.
963 followers |

Jill Santopolo

Penguin Children's Book Editor. Scholastic Children's Book Writer. New School University and McDaniel College Adjunct Professor. Twitter Neophyte.
927 followers |

Noa Wheeler

Editrix (for kids!) @ HoltBYR. Curious nerd. Voracious reader. Manhattan biker. Experimental cook/baker. Inadvertent absurdist. Tiny observer of enormous world.
828 followers |

Sarah Hazelton

I'm interested in things. Living the #rockstarfreelancelifestyle. Opinions are my own. (I follow/unfollow at will depending on interests & time.)
811 followers |

Melissa Manlove

Editor, Chronicle Books. Bookseller, Storyteller Bookstore
793 followers |

Kate Angelella

EditorK works w/tons of talented and sparkly authors who write books that you CAN'T put DOWN. She also writes YA on her own and w/her husband: @kandjrangelella.
681 followers |

Mary Kate Castellani

Editor at Walker Books for Young Readers; I like to bake, sing out loud, and plan home improvement projects for a house I may or may not someday own.
675 followers |

Brenda Bowen

Literary agent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. Reader, writer, former publisher. Redhead.
624 followers |

Maggie Lehrman

Senior Editor at Amulet Books and Abrams Books for Young Readers. MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Love people, books, things. Etc.
618 followers |

Daniel Nayeri

Writer, Editor at Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Author of STRAW HOUSE, WOOD HOUSE, BRICK HOUSE, BLOW. Likes gaming, pastry chefing.
576 followers |

Christy Webster

Editor of children's books, from Maine. I also like: TV, art, comics, food, blogs, video games, feminism, my cat, my couch, my handsome guy.
559 followers |

Christina Rodriguez

Assistant editor at Little, Brown, native NYer, cilantro-hater, little rascal. Tweets are my own.
525 followers |

Julie Scheina

Children's & YA editor, coffee enthusiast, book nerd.
483 followers |

Jill Schwartzman

I work at Hyperion. I edit books.
478 followers |

Venetia Gosling

Fiction Editorial Director @ S+S Kids UK. My name is an anagram of Ageing Novelist. And probably lots of other less appropriate things.
478 followers |

Danielle D

Freelance editor. Newly published poet. Target shopping maven. Holder of a highly sought BA in Literature. Pee Shy.
435 followers |

emma young

Professional truffle oil quaffer & Senior Fiction Editor at Macmillan Children's Books. All opinions my own. G'wan... tell me about your favourite book.
429 followers |

Alexandra Pringle

Editor-in-Chief of Bloomsbury Publishing. Lives on a houseboat. Organizes literary events at the Chelsea Arts Club. Patron of Index-on-Censorship.
381 followers |

Shana Corey

I'm an Executive Editor at Random House Kids Books and I write girl power picture books. My next book, HERE COME THE GIRL SCOUTS! will be out in January 2012!
334 followers |

Jenna Johnson

Senior Editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
326 followers |

Maurice Lyon

Children's Editorial Director at Frances Lincoln, father of 15-year-old boy, husband of nursery headteacher, allotment gardener, armchair sailor, from NZ
318 followers |

Buried Editor

Editor and Publisher
306 followers |

Jane Griffiths

Children's fiction editor at S&S UK/rubbish TV addict/known karaoke microphone hog/enjoys a nice cup of tea. Thoughts tweeted are my own.
292 followers |

Nick Lake

Editorial Director at HC Children's books. Author. Never both at the same time.
263 followers |

Liz Encarnacion

Teen & children's book editor, author & 'showrunner,' @PhillySpells programming director, TV addict, procrastinator, and so on.
253 followers |

Connie Hsu

243 followers |

Kelly Hurst

Editorial director, mum, doesn't get out much. All opinions my own but likely to be incoherent due to sleep deprivation.
225 followers |

Megan M. Nicolay

book editor by day (@WorkmanPub), craft author by night, with a penchant for music, spontaneous dance parties, fresh mangoes, sharp scissors and other awesome.
220 followers |

Namrata Tripathi

Children's book editor, New York City resident, and professional alien.
163 followers |

Krestyna Lypen

master of letters; editor of children's books
148 followers |

Christie Harkin

Children's Book Editor at Fitzhenry & Whiteside and general kidlit junkie. Often found lurking at hockey arenas or ball diamonds with my kids.
138 followers |

Naomi Pottesman

Book geek. Jew-girl. Children's book editor in non-spare time at Hodder Children's Books. Loves a good piece of knitwear.
131 followers |

Samantha McFerrin

Editor at Harcourt Children's Books. Lover of stories and illustration. Mama of two boys.
130 followers |

Stella P

Editor, Fiction Publisher at Egmont UK, book fan and all-round cybergoyle.
127 followers |

Tanya Anderson

Kids' book editor, author & packager; Ed. Dir. at Darby Creek Publishing until its sale to Lerner.Speak at writers' conferences. Owner of School Street Media.
123 followers |

Parul Bavishi

Children's editor at RHCB. Most recently into Game of Thrones and Martha Tilston. Beginner surfer. Any opinions expressed are my own.
119 followers |

Rosemary Brosnan

Editor at HarperCollins Children's Books/Harper Teen, former child, neat freak, happy mom
108 followers |

Katherine Harrison

Tenacious and tireless children's book editor by day. Sleeping children's book editor by night. (Knopf BFYR)
99 followers |

Adrienne Mason

Author of more than 25 books for adults and children; write short, snappy text for interpretive centres; make a mean fish stew.
94 followers |

Annie Stone

Assistant Editor at HarperCollins Children's. Harvard 2010. Avid reader. Singer. Food lover. Goofball.
87 followers |

tashmarcelle

Senior editor for Harlequin TEEN. Avid reader, horseback rider and chocolate eater.
67 followers |

Pamela Ruffo

humble servant of the publishing industry, concert addict, YA editor
65 followers |

Kathy Dawson

Associate Publisher & Editorial Director for Fiction at Dial Books for Young Readers
46 followers |

Katie Cunningham

I'm a children's book editor at Candlewick Press.
45 followers |

Savannah Ashour

Fly on wall. Digital Editor @WorkmanPub.
42 followers |

Krista Marino

38 followers |

Mary Lee Donovan

Executive Editor, Candlewick Press, Somerville, Mass. Co-founder of Kindling Words, A Retreat for Children's Book Professionals. Writer.
25 followers |

Rachel Abrams

Associate Editor at HarperCollins Children's books, reader, amateur painter, Philadelphia sports fan.
24 followers |

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