Do you have burning questions about publishing? Win a 30-minute AMA call with Paige Terlip, literary agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency! You can talk about the current publishing landscape, your querying process, your book ideas, etc. The time is yours to use as you'd like, so ask Paige anything!

Paige Terlip has worked at Andrea Brown Literary Agency since 2017 and comes to agenting with a background in marketing, design, and freelance editorial. She has an MA in Children's Literature and an MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons University. If she's not reading, you'll find her training for a long distance open water swim, re-watching the Great British Baking Show, or hiking with her Husky-Shepherd mix.

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Win a 30-minute video call with Namrata Tripathi, founder and publisher of Kokila (PRH). Ask any questions you have about the children's book industry or strategize your next career steps with publishing veteran!

Namrata Tripathi is founder, president & publisher of Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House. She edits and publishes books across all formats for readers 0-18.

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Win a 30-minute phone call with Brian Geffen, Executive Editor at Macmillan Children's/Henry Holt Books for Young Readers! Brian will answer your burning questions on all things editorial and the publishing industry.

Brian Geffen is an Executive Editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. He has worked with wonderful creators such as Remy Lai, Dhonielle Clayton, Nick Brooks, Katy Rose Pool, Christian McKay Heidicker, and Dan Gemeinhart. Born and raised in Queens, New York, Brian is a fan of traveling, eating all the things, late '90s hip hop, and learning foreign languages.

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Win a 30-minute ask me anything phone or video chat with Alvina Ling, VP and Editor-in-Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers! Alvina will answer your questions about your work in progress or the publishing industry.

Alvina Ling is VP and Editor-in-Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers where she has worked since 1999. She edits children's books for all ages, including A Big Mooncake for Little Star and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin, Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier, The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer, The Wild Robot by Peter Brown, Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes, Troublemaker by John Cho, The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan, and The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. Alvina co-hosts the podcast Book Friends Forever with author Grace Lin and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two cats.

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Win a 30-minute Zoom AMA with Brendan Kiely, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of five YA books! Brendan will answer your questions about the writing, publication, or behind-the-scenes stories of any of his books.

Brendan Kiely is the New York Times bestselling author of four YA novels including All American Boys (with Jason Reynolds). His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages, received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award, the Walter Dean Myers Award, and was twice selected as one of the American Library Association's Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults. His most recent book, The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege, was a School Library Journal, Bank Street, and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year.

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Win 15 to 20-minute Zoom AMA call with Sarah Younger, Executive Agent at the Nancy Yost Literary Agency! You can ask Sarah anything about publishing-from your query letter, your book, or the industry at large-or you can talk about puppies, kittens, and horses. It's an anything chat! Please note that Sarah works primarily with Adult Commercial Fiction.

Sarah Younger is an Executive Agent at the Nancy Yost Literary Agency. She joined the NYLA Team in the fall of 2011 and has since cultivated a diverse and talented list of authors, including a variety of commercial fiction and select non-fiction titles.

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Let's demystify the publishing industry and strategize about paths to success as a content creator or publishing insider! Win a 30-minute call with Porscha Burke, during which she will offer insights to help you along your path, seasoned by her 20 years of service in book publishing, supporting C-suite executives and working closely with legends like Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison as well as contemporary voices like Candice Marie Benbow and Styles P. Bring your questions about getting into the publishing industry, writing a book proposal, or publishing in genres unfairly dubbed as "niche", and your hopes for support and solidarity along your journey!

Preference for adult nonfiction.

Porscha Burke is Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy and Senior Editor-at-Large at Random House & Crown Publishing Groups. A twenty-year veteran at Random House, Porscha has served as Maya Angelou's editor and spearheaded new editions of Toni Morrison's acquisition, The Black Book, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. A Queens, NY native and child of hip-hop culture, Porscha received her MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College, where she currently teaches book proposal writing.

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Win a 30-minute video call with Nathalie Le Du, Publisher at Odd Dot! Nathalie will help develop your nonfiction book concept and answer any of your questions about the publishing industry.

Nonfiction writers/concepts preferred.

In 2017, Nathalie Le Du co-founded Odd Dot within Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, driven by the mission to craft joyous books that empower young readers and feed their natural curiosity. As Publisher, Nathalie leads a creative team of book-makers, who leverage the power of play to produce unique bestsellers like the Antiquarian Sticker Book series, Outdoor School Field Guides, and World of Eric Carle: Brown Bear and Friends. Before establishing an imprint at Macmillan, Nathalie was at the helm and in the pages of such notable brands as Kumon Workbooks, Brain Quest, Star Wars Workbooks, and the Big Fat Notebook series.

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Win a 45-minute publicity consultation with Molly Ellis, VP of Publicity at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group! Molly will offer guidance and insights on the ever-evolving world of children's and YA publicity and provide answers/feedback on any specific questions you have about this area.

Open to all genres.

Molly Ellis is Vice President, Executive Director of Publicity at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, and is responsible for oversight of Publicity and School & Library marketing across all of MCPG's imprints. Molly has more than a decade's experience executing successful campaigns for children's and adult titles, working with authors including Leigh Bardugo, Lady Gaga, Senator Bernie Sanders, Eric Carle, and the archbishop Desmond Tutu. A Maryland native, Molly now resides in Queens, New York.

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Win a 60-minute video chat AMA with 20+ year industry veteran Jenne Abramowitz! You can chat about anything, including querying best practices, demystifying the publishing process, strategies for career building, the market landscape, and more.

Jenne Abramowitz is the Editorial Director of Sourcebooks' Fire, Young Readers, and Jabberwocky imprints, and oversees fiction for all ages. As an editor, Jenne has been lucky to work with a diverse list of talented authors including Varian Johnson, Debbi Michiko Florence, Aaron Blabey, Kate Messner, Ash Van Otterloo, Booki Vivat, Stephanie Kuehn, Jess Keating, Kevin Sherry, and Keith Calabrese, among many others. Jenne is a member of the Brooklyn Book Festival's children's and YA programming committee, a cat lover, surprisingly good roller-skater, and lifelong Murder, She Wrote enthusiast.

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Win a 30-minute ask me anything call with Miriam Moore-Keish, author and Content Strategist at Capstone. Miriam will answer any of your questions about publishing!

Miriam Moore-Keish is a writer and publisher from Atlanta, GA. She received her MPhil in Education and Critical Approaches to Children's Literature from the University of Cambridge and has since written and edited books for all ages, consulted on manuscripts, developed anti-bias preschool curricula, taught creative writing classes, guest lectured, and engaged in general bookwormery. Miriam currently publishes children's books at Capstone Publishers in Minneapolis, MN where they don't (but she does) sweeten their tea.

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Win an AMA video chat with librarian Melanie C. Duncan! Melanie will answer any questions you have about libraries, book reviewing, library programs, and how to get your work into libraries. Topics also include her diagnoses of depression, anxiety, and ADHD, all of which were discovered at various points in her adult life to help #EndTheStigma against openly discussing mental health.

Melanie C. Duncan graduated with a Master's in Library Science and has worked in public libraries since 1993 as a reference librarian, branch manager, and cataloger. She has reviewed titles for Library Journal (Romance Reviewer of the Year, 2019), Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, and other publications (1993-2022), and served on the Georgia Peach Award for Teen Readers and the Georgia Children's Book Award committees.

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Win a 30-minute ask-me-anything video call with Kate Meltzer, senior editor at Roaring Brook Press! Kate will answer your questions about the publishing industry and process.

Kate Meltzer is a senior editor at Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of the Macmillan Children's Publishing group, where she edits books for all ages by creators such as Olympic Gold-Medalist Abby Wambach, New York Times bestseller Marie Lu, and National Book Award finalist Katherine Marsh. According to IMDb, she's also an actress known for The Last Five Years (though she thinks her featured extra role as "Handelman Twin #1" barely counts).

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Win a behind-the-scenes 30-minute AMA with Teresa Robeson, the APALA Picture Book Award-winning author of Queen of Physics. Teresa will answer any of your questions about her books and the publishing industry! She will also offer a signed copy of Who is Tibet's Exiled Leader? The 14th Dalai Lama to the winner (if located in the U.S. or Canada).

Teresa Ho Robeson is an Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Picture Book Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction books on science, nature, and her own culture, as exemplified by her debut Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (illus. Rebecca Huang) to the upcoming Clouds in Space: Nebulae, Stardust, and Us (MIT Kids/Candlewick; illus. Diana Rezina), Who Smashed Hollywood Barriers with Gung Fu?: Bruce Lee (Penguin Workshop; illus. Ryan Inzana), and Clear and Bright: The Ching Ming Festival (Astra; illus. William Low).

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Win an exclusive 30-minute Zoom conversation with Ha Dinh, author of Where Wildflowers Grow, The Jade Bracelet, and The Moon Lantern. Ha will offer behind-the-scenes insights on her books and publishing journey from the classroom to publication.

Ha Dinh is a children's book author and educator with 16 years of teaching experience in the primary grades. She is the founder of Happy Days in First Grade Blog and Teaching Resources. Her debut picture, Where Wildflowers Grow, was published in 2023 by Waterbrook & Multnomah/Penguin Random House.

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Win a 45-minute Zoom call for a tarot reading and AMA with Clare Edge, author of the MG fantasy series Accidental Demons and the YA fantasy romance I Put a Spell on You (both forthcoming from Harper). First Clare will pull some cards to help get clarity and insights into your WIP (or any other creative project you're feeling stuck on) and then you'll have a chance to ask any questions you might have!

Clare Edge is an author (and witch) who was raised in the Rocky Mountains. Their novels Accidental Demons and I Put a Spell on You are forthcoming from Harper. They have too many degrees, too few cats, and often too much or too little blood sugar.

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Win a 30-minute Zoom call with Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby and Goliath. Tochi will offer insights on the creative process of his novels and a behind-the scenes look at the development of his upcoming essay collection!

Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of Riot Baby, Goliath, and the War Girls and Beasts Made of Night series. An award-winning author and essayist, he is the author of the upcoming essay collection, Is This a Race Book?.

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Win a 30-minute call with bestselling author Dana Alison Levy! You will have the chance to ask Dana anything publishing and writing related. She will answer your questions on writing, querying, working with an agent, getting published, and more!

Dana Alison Levy is the author of bestselling and critically acclaimed books for kids and teens, including the Family Fletcher books and It Wasn't Me. Her books have garnered multiple starred reviews, been named to several "best books of the year" lists, and have been Junior Library Guild Selections. Some of them have also been banned. Dana was last seen reading banned books with her family in New England.

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Win a 30-minute phone call with Chelsea Villareal, Senior Program Manager at WNDB and an experienced marketing publishing professional! Chelsea will answer any of your questions about book marketing. Shop your book ideas, ask marketing best practice questions, and more!

Chelsea P. Villareal (she/her) is a Mexican-American media strategist from PDX. She holds a BUPA in Political Science and Media Studies from Portland State University and a Master's in Communication and Education from Columbia University. Her passions focus on participatory cultures, civic imagination, speculative storytelling, and intersectional Latinx identity representation-across all media. As Program and Partnership Manager at WNDB, Chelsea manages the Rise Up and Internship Grant Program.

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Win a 30-minute phone with Angela Dominguez, New York Times bestselling illustrator of Just Help! and author of the popular Stella Diaz series! Angela will give you insight into her published work and share her tips about getting published.

Angela Dominguez is the author and illustrator of several books for children and a two-time Pura Belpre Illustration Honoree. Her most notable work includes Just Help! written by Sonia Sotomayor, the popular Stella Diaz series, and many bilingual picture books.

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