Editorial Assistant, Graphix/ScholasticBooks have ruled my life since birth. I can’t remember a time that I wasn’t carrying either a novel or a journal in hand. There’s a picture of me at my sister’s high school graduation, holding Goblet of Fire, which I was re-reading for the millionth time during the ceremony. This image about... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Erin Siu, Editorial Assistant at Square Fish, Macmillan Children’s Publishing GroupI started out writing book reviews. My first online review was for The Lying Game by Sara Shepard in 2010. I was 14 years old and obsessed with young adult contemporary fiction. I devoured books by Janette Rallison, Lauren Barnholdt, and Sarah Mlynowski; contemporary... Continue Reading →
VP & Publisher of Crown Books for Young Readers, Random House Children’s BooksSenior Year. Second Semester. It started with a Children’s Literature class I took with Jane Yolen. I admit, I hadn’t read any children’s books…since middle school, seventh grade, back in my day. And I had definitely never heard of Natalie Babbitt and Steven... Continue Reading →
“Child, what are you going to do with that degree?”I was full of pride on the day I graduated college—until Grandma Lynell asked me that simple question. You would think that someone with a nearly perfect GPA and two graduate school acceptance letters would know exactly how to respond. My goal was to become a... Continue Reading →
Like many children of Asian immigrants, I grew up believing there are only two paths you can take in life: pursue medicine, or pursue law. It never occurred to me as a kid that I could follow anything other than the path my parents so carefully laid out for me: college close to home, stable... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Shifa Kapadwala, Publicity Assistant at Simon & Schuster Children’s Books I’m from a South Asian immigrant family. For my traditional parents, a woman’s ultimate end goal should be getting married and taking care of a family. It’s no surprise that I don’t share this exclusive view, and I credit reading with helping me... Continue Reading →
By Cassandra Pelham, Senior Editor at ScholasticI was a sophomore English major at Spelman College, spending the afternoon in the Office of Career Planning and Development. I had started to get anxious about not knowing what I’d do after graduation, and needed to find an internship for that summer. People often asked me why I... Continue Reading →
Associate Publicist at HarperCollins Children’s BooksLet’s get this out of the way first.Yes, I work in publishing.Yes, my name really IS Booki.Sometimes I joke that I got hired because of my name. Who knows, that might be kind of true.To be honest, I didn’t plan on working in publishing. Actually, I didn’t plan on studying... Continue Reading →
Senior Editorial Manager for the Teens & BookBeat Scholastic Reading ClubsI didn’t realize publishing was an actual career until I was a few years into college. Growing up, my mom had been clear that I was the one who would be a doctor (with my brother the lawyer and my sister the accountant*). It should... Continue Reading →
Assistant Editor at Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersTo tell you how I got into publishing, I could start by mentioning that my mother always had a book in her hand, and taught me to do the same—or that I spent most of my time lost in books like One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte.... Continue Reading →
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