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Carol Hinz
Millbrook Press + Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishing Group
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About
Carol Hinz is an editorial director at Carolrhoda Books and Millbrook Press, both imprints of Lerner Publishing Group. She has worked in children's publishing for many years and oversees a list focused on picture books, nonfiction, and middle grade titles. She is a respected editor rather than a literary agent in the traditional sense.
Currently Looking For
My favorites include… The Girl Who Drew Butterflies by Joyce Sidman This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdős by Deborah Heiligman, illustrated by LeUyen Pham Dreamers by Yuyi Morales Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Submission Guidelines
Accepts manuscripts/nonfiction proposals from agents via email only. Unagented authors can submit during open calls (announced on blog) or at conferences. Does not accept MG/YA novels. Picture books should skew toward older/sophisticated end, not toddler/preschool-focused.
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