Book Winners – Kudos – Industry Changes

BOOK WINNERS:

Angie Quantrell won SOMETHING WILD by Molly Ruttan

Carrie Karnes Fannin won LUNA’S GREEN PET by Kirsten Pendreigh

Winners please send your addresses: Kathy.Temean(@) hotmail.com

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KUDOS:

Author of the forthcoming PEW! The Stinky and Legen-Dairy Gift from Colonel Thomas S. Meacham Cathy Stefanec Ogren’s LITTLE RED CHAIR, when a girl scooches into the fluffy tufts of the Little Red Chair, it’s love at first “sit,” but after the chair is lost in a move, fate reunites them in a special way, illustrated by Alexandra Thompson, to Barb McNally at Sleeping Bear Press, for publication in the fall of 2024, by Victoria Selvaggio at Storm Literary Agency for the author, and by Hannah Mann at Writers House for the illustrator (world).

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Author of PIGLETTE and WHEN PB MET J Katelyn Aronson’s CLOVIS SUSPECTS A SNEAK, a cozy winter sequel to CLOVIS KEEPS HIS COOL, in which Clovis grows more and more suspicious of everyone he knows as items in his shop mysteriously go missing, illustrated by Benji Williams, to Kayla Tostevin at Page Street Kids, for publication in fall 2024, by Christa Heschke at McIntosh & Otis for the author, and by Jodie Perry at Shannon Associates for the illustrator.

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Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos’s THE DOOMSDAY ARCHIVES, the first in a spooky trilogy pitched as Goosebumps meets Stranger Things, following three horror fans who obsessively document the creepy tales of their hometown in a Wiki until they stumble upon a dangerous collection of occult relics that proves their town’s urban legends—and monsters—are very real, to Tiffany Liao at Zando Children’s, in a good deal, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in January 2024, by Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency and Josh Adams at Adams Literary (world).

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Lisa Katzenberger’s THANK YOU, LIBRARY, a celebration of the wonders of the library, told from the perspective of young patrons, illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr, to Kelly Barrales-Saylor at Explore, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2024, by Wendi Gu at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates for the author, and by Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency for the illustrator (world).

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RANDOM HOUSE CHILDRENS:

Bria Alston has been promoted to publishing associate.

SIMON & SCHUSTER:

Ian Straus will join Simon & Schuster as editor beginning on March 13. He was previously at Little, Brown, where he helped launch the Spark imprint.

PENGUIN PRESS:

Mia Council has been promoted to editor at Penguin Press.

SOURCEBOOKS:

Ivan Taurisano has been promoted to assistant editor at Sourcebooks Wonderland

Sarah Brody has joined as associate art director.

ORBIT:

Stephanie Lippitt Clark has joined as editor.

SCHOLASTIC:

Jennifer Thompson has been promoted to associate editor.

Sarah Brody has joined as associate art director.

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CONGRATUATIONS EVERYONE!

Talk tomorrow,

Kathy