Children's Books 2015: Report From The Front Lines gets underway with, left to right:
Stephanie Owens Lurie, Associate Publisher, Disney-Hyperion
Laura Godwin, Vice President and Publisher, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Beverly Horowitz, Vice President and Publisher, Delacorte Press
and
Justin Chanda, Vice President and Publisher, S&S Books for Young Readers
The long view:
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| Lin introduces the panel! |
Close-ups from right before the panel began...
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| Stephanie Lurie (left) and Laura Godwin (right) |
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| Beverly Horowitz (left) and Justin Chanda (right) |
Stephanie Lurie is the associate publisher of Disney-Hyperion, an imprint that publishes approximately eighty titles a year, for preschoolers through young adults. Stephanie manages a team of eighteen people and also edits picture books and novels.
In our interview, I asked Stephanie to tell us what she's most looking forward to hearing from her fellow panelists on the Saturday morning Keynote Editors' panel, "Children's Books 2015: Report from the Front Lines." Her fellow panlists will be Justin Chanda (Simon & Schuster), Laura Godwin (Henry Holt) and Beverly Horowitz (Delacorte)!
We also discussed writers writing for more than one age category, diversity as a reflection of modern life, and Stephanie shared some surprising advice. (We even find out her favorite ice cream flavor!)
Check out
the full interview here.
And to find out more about the upcoming SCBWI Winter Conference in New York City, February 6-8, 2015,
you can find out all the details and register here.Illustrate and Write On,Lee
Stephanie Owens Lurie is Editorial Director of Disney Hyperion.
In an entertaining talk, Stephanie mentioned that she got her start in publishing when she was very young--ten years-old. After the formative years with Harriet the Spy, Stephanie wrote her own book at the age of ten about worms and love. :-)
When she got a bit older, she thought a job helping people with their ideas sounded like a dream. After interning, Stephanie has worked with many fabulous houses, and currently is the Editorial Director of Disney Hyperion.
There are two imprints at Disney--Disney Press: tie ins with Disney movies, TV and characters. And then Disney Hyperion: non-Disney related content from Preschool to YA. At Hyperion they are very author focused. Melissa De la Cruz, Ally Carter, Rick Riordan and Mo Willems are among their writers and illustrators.
Publishing about 100 books a year, at least 75 % are original content and 25% are reprints. 80% is commercial.
What would you say to a martian about the climate of the children book market? Big books are bigger than ever.Harry Potter and Twilight have opened doors. So many levels of books are doing really well, especially in YA. She has theories as to what shrunk the picture book market. But she thinks that the digital book could possibly mean the rebirth of the picture book.
-Suzanne
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