Celebrating (S)KIN being named a National Book Award Finalist this week -- congratulations to @ibizoboi.bsky.social! nationalbook.org/2025-national-book-awards-finalists-announced/

Excited to see (S)KIN by @ibizoboi.bsky.social has been selected for the National Book Award longlist! It's wonderful to see a book I was so honored to work on recognized in this way, especially one meaningful to me personally as a lover of fantasy. I'm thrilled it will find a wider audience!

I was fortunate to be able to join the BROWNSTONE creators to celebrate this year's Printz Award at #alaac25 -- so proud of this creative team, @samuelteer.bsky.social, @marjulia.bsky.social, and @ashantifortson.com; art director, Mary Claire Cruz, and original editor, Erika Turner (in absentia)!

Continuing to mark my ten-year anniversary in children's publishing! (I joined the industry ten years from last October, but this March marks ten years working full time.) From ten great books that marked milestones in my journey, here are this week's -- stay tuned through the end of the month! 🧵

Ten years ago, I joined the children's publishing industry! My anniversary was October, but this March marks ten years that I've been working full time in editorial. To celebrate, I'll be posting about ten great books that marked milestones in my journey -- stay tuned through the end of the month! 🧵

Each year, at the #ALAYMA (the Oscars of kidlit), the Printz Award is given for the best YA. Today, for the first time in my career, a book I worked on won! BROWNSTONE is the 2025 Printz winner, and I'm proud to share this honor with all the hands that made this graphic novel. #booksky

I was fortunate to work with Nikki Giovanni on her picture book, A LIBRARY, to meet the poet whose words reached me as a child, and to put her work in front of young readers discovering her legacy for the first time. Rest in Power, Nikki. This world is richer for your life and poorer for your loss.

Vampires Never Get Old is an INDIE BESTSELLER! Congratulations to @zlikeinzorro, @nataliecparker, all of the contributors, the teams at @ImprintReads and @FierceReads, and every indie bookseller who made this possible. I'm so happy!

Announcement: Next week, I'm starting a new job as Senior Editor at the Versify imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt!

I acquired a graphic novel -- and it's a visual history of role-playing games! Having fun working on SIDE QUEST with @oheysteenz and @SamuelSattin.

ICYMI, @zlikeinzorro and @nataliecparker revealed the cover of their anthology Vampires Never Get Old, coming to a bookshelf near you on September 22nd!

The news is out! I'm SO excited about these books. (And I'm very glad @ElleOnWords can finally talk about this deal!)

A Halloween announcement: My first Imprint/Macmillan acquisition is VAMPIRES NEVER GET OLD, a diverse YA vampire anthology edited by @zlikeinzorro and @nataliecparker!

I can finally share the news: before I left Scholastic, I acquired my first book! Look out for Take The Mic, edited by kindred soul @BCMorrow. So grateful to @beth_phelan and @louisefury for making this happen. And thank you, @kaitfeldmann, for adopting this project of my heart!