Neal Porter

Neal Porter is an American children's book editor. He is the founder of Neal Porter books,^[1] an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, which is itself a division of the Macmillan publishing group.

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.^[2]

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:

• The Caldecott Award, 2010
• The Sibert Medal 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 Library 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 Award Winner for Best Picture Book, 2007
• Kirkus Best Book, 2007
• Publishers Weekly Best Book, 2007
• New York Public Library 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.

References

1. ^ http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2010/03/scbwi-bologna-2010-editor-interview.html
2. ^ http://www.editors-sa.org.au/?q=keynotes

External links

• Society of Editors keynote announcement
• Bologna Children's Book Fair 2010 presenters

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