Have a passion for children’s literature? Interested in learning more? Join the YPA on Wednesday, November 18 at 8–9PM EDT/5–6PM PDT for a moderated Q&A with children’s literature professionals Rachel Stark, senior editor at LB Ink, an imprint of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Levine Querido Vice President and Director of Marketing & Publicity Antonio Gonzalez Cerna.
To secure a spot and get your questions in early, RSVP now with the link below. We look forward to seeing you!
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/QR7oC9E_Tf-UYaNOgiOLLg
Learn more about our panelists below!
Rachel Stark is a senior editor at LB Ink, an imprint of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. In their fifteen years in publishing, they’ve worked for LB Ink, Disney Hyperion, First Second, Scholastic, and more, and edited scores of bestselling and award-winning books, including Newbery Honor winner Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow; Body Count and Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley, John Patrick Green’s massively bestselling InvestiGators series; Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks’s NYT bestselling Pumpkinheads; Jen Wang’s AAPI Award-winning Stargazing; and more. In partnership with Disney Hyperion and Kugali Limited, they also spearheaded Kugali Ink, a new graphic novel imprint dedicated to African storytelling by African creators. At LB Ink, Rachel acquires and edits middle grade and young adult graphic novels for all ages, as well as select novels for teens and middle grade readers, and prioritizes projects in which upmarket writing and art meets irresistibly high-concept plots.
Antonio Gonzalez Cerna is Vice President and Director of Marketing & Publicity at Levine Querido. Over more than 20 years, he’s built marketing and social media strategies for publishers like Hachette, Penguin, and Scholastic, and for nonprofits like the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Lambda Literary. He’s a longtime advocate for diversity and inclusion, and a founding member of Latinx in Publishing. Ask him about graphic novels, graffiti, and guacamole.