Neal Porter
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Neal Porter is an American
children's book editor
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He is the founder of Neal Porter books, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, which is itself a division of the Macmillan publishing group
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After a brief stint in the college textbook department of St. Martin’s Press he moved into trade publishing, in 1977, where he held marketing positions at Avon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Atheneum and Scribners. In 1985 he became Editorial Director of Aladdin Books at Macmillan and in 1987 he moved to London to become Joint Managing Director of Walker Books in London. He returned to the United States in 1989 as Vice President and Publisher of Macmillan Children’s Books and subsequently held executive positions at Orchard Books and Dorling Kindersley. In 2000 he decided to step away from administration and focus exclusively on editing books. That year he helped to found Roaring Brook Press, where he is currently Editorial Director of Neal Porter Books, and a leading voice in children's publishing.
Authors and illustrators he has edited include Ed Young
, Laura Vaccaro Seeger
, Ted Lewin
, Rebecca and Ed Emberley
, Amy Tan
, Philip and Erin Stead, Chitra Divakaruni, Nick Bruel, Wendell Minor, Ross MacDonald, and Doris Orgel. Books he has edited have won numerous citations including the Caldecott Medal, two Caldecott Honors, two Theodore Geisel Honors, two Seibert Honors for Nonfiction, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Sugarman Award for Biography, ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults, and more than 30 ALA Notable Book Citations.
Books edited by Porter have earned dozens of awards and commendations, including:
Neal Porter resides in New York City
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children's book editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
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He is the founder of Neal Porter books, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, which is itself a division of the Macmillan publishing group
Macmillan Publishers (United States)
Macmillan Publishers USA, also known as Macmillan Publishing, is a privately held American publishing company owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than 30 others....
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After a brief stint in the college textbook department of St. Martin’s Press he moved into trade publishing, in 1977, where he held marketing positions at Avon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Atheneum and Scribners. In 1985 he became Editorial Director of Aladdin Books at Macmillan and in 1987 he moved to London to become Joint Managing Director of Walker Books in London. He returned to the United States in 1989 as Vice President and Publisher of Macmillan Children’s Books and subsequently held executive positions at Orchard Books and Dorling Kindersley. In 2000 he decided to step away from administration and focus exclusively on editing books. That year he helped to found Roaring Brook Press, where he is currently Editorial Director of Neal Porter Books, and a leading voice in children's publishing.
Authors and illustrators he has edited include Ed Young
Ed Young
Ed Young may refer to:* Ed Young , Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator* Homer Edwin Young, known as Ed Young, pastor of Second Baptist Church , a megachurch...
, Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Laura Vaccaro Seeger is an American author and artist of children's books.Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and the recipient of a 2008 Caldecott Honor, a 2008 Geisel Honor, a 2007 New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and the 2007 Boston Globe-Horn...
, Ted Lewin
Ted lewin
Ted Lewin is an author/illustrator of children's books. Lewin and his wife Betsy Reilly drew on their travels to exotic places such as the Amazon River, Botswana, Egypt, Lapland, the Sahara Desert, and India when collaborating on their many books...
, Rebecca and Ed Emberley
Ed Emberley
Edward Randolph Emberley is an American artist and illustrator.- Biography :Emberley studied art at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston , from which he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and illustration...
, Amy Tan
Amy Tan
Amy Tan is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships. Her most well-known work is The Joy Luck Club, which has been translated into 35 languages...
, Philip and Erin Stead, Chitra Divakaruni, Nick Bruel, Wendell Minor, Ross MacDonald, and Doris Orgel. Books he has edited have won numerous citations including the Caldecott Medal, two Caldecott Honors, two Theodore Geisel Honors, two Seibert Honors for Nonfiction, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Sugarman Award for Biography, ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults, and more than 30 ALA Notable Book Citations.
Books edited by Porter have earned dozens of awards and commendations, including:
- The Caldecott Award, 2010
- The Sibert MedalSibert MedalThe Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award established by the Association for Library Service to Children in 2001 with support from Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc., is awarded annually to the author and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the...
Honor, 2010 - ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2010
- The Caldecott Honor, 2008
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book, 2009
- New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2007,
- ALA Notable Book, 2009
- Booklist Editor's Choice, 2008
- Publishers Weekly Best Book, 2008
- New York Public LibraryNew York Public LibraryThe New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
Best Book, 2008 - ALA Notable Book, 2008
- Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of 2007
- Oppenheim Platinum Award, 2008
- ALA Notable Book, 2008
- Boston Globe-Horn Book AwardBoston Globe-Horn Book AwardThe Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards were first presented by The Boston Globe and Horn Book Magazine in 1967. They are among the most prestigious honors in the United States in the field of children’s and young adult literature...
Winner for Best Picture Book, 2007 - Kirkus Best Book, 2007
- Publishers Weekly Best Book, 2007
- New York Public LibraryNew York Public LibraryThe New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
Best Book, 2007 - ALA Notable Book, 2007
- Child Magazine Best Book, 2006
- Nick Jr./Family Magazine Best Book, 2006
- Booklist Editor's Choice, 2007
- Kirkus Best Book, 2006
- ALA Notable Book, 2006
- Child Magazine Best Book, 2005
- IRA Children's Choice Best Book, 2006
- ALA Notable Book, 2005
- Child Magazine Best Book, 2004
- New York Public Library Best Book, 2004
- ALA Notable Book, 2004
- Child Magazine Best Book of 2003
- New York Public Library Best Book, 2003
- NBC Today Show Best Book for Gift Giving, 2003
Neal Porter resides in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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