Book Winners – Kudos – Industry Changes

BOOK WINNERS:

Andrea R Huelsenbeck won KINDESS ROCKS by Sheryl Webster

beautifulbrokenlove13 won IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE by Dianne White

Danielle Hammele won HOPE IS A HOP by Katrina Moore

Winners, please send in your addresses. Thank you!

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KUDOS:

CONGRATULATIONS, Darlene: NCTE Notable Verse Novel Winner Darlene Beck Jacobson’s MY OWN KIND OF BRAVE, pitched as Chris Baron’s THE MAGICAL IMPERFECT meets Erin Entrada Kelly’s HELLO UNIVERSE, featuring a 10-year-old boy who struggles to communicate as he navigates the constant fears and worries that stop him from doing so many things and wrestles with the feelings that come when a parent is hospitalized, to Sunita Apte at Reycraft, for publication in spring 2026, by Liza Fleissig at Liza Royce Agency (world).

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CONGRATULATIONS, Katie and Kevin: Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang’s DRAGON FORCE: INFINITY’S SECRET, a fantasy in which a group of heart-bonded humans and dragons must protect the world from dangerous magical creatures to Dainese Santos at Simon & Schuster Children’s, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2025, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media on behalf of Claire Wilson at RCW Literary (NA).

INDUSTRY CHANGES:

LITTLE, BROWN CHILDREN’S:

Jessica Anderson has been promoted to senior editor.

Ruqayyah Daud has been promoted to editor.

Lauren Kisare has been promoted to assistant editor.

Crystal Castro has been promoted to assistant editor.

Jenny Kimura has been promoted to associate art director.

Patrick Hulse is promoted to designer.

TOR PUBLISHING GROUP:

Miriam Weinberg has been promoted to executive editor.

Troix Jackson has been promoted  to assistant editor.

Dianna Vega has been promoted to assistant editor

RUNNING PRESS:

Randall Lotowycz has been promoted to senior editor.

Britny Perilli has been promoted to editor.

Maria Riillo has been promoted to associate editor.

Katie Benezra has been promoted to art director at Black Dog & Leventhal.

Talk tomorrow,

Kathy