#081: Publisher Natalie Doherty — The Magic of Writing for Children, Market Trends, Behind the Scenes of Publishing, Children’s Book Categories, Social Media
Natalie Doherty, HarperCollin’s Children’s Publishing Director on what she looks for when acquiring books, the case against writing toward market trends, different categories of children’s books, and what makes a magical children’s book.
London Writers' Salon · Natalie Doherty, Matthew Trinetti, Parul Bavishi
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Natalie Doherty, Children’s Publishing Director at HarperCollins, on what she looks for when acquiring books, the case against writing toward market trends, different categories of children’s books, and what makes a magical children’s book.
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ABOUT NATALIE DOHERTY
Natalie Doherty is Fiction Publishing Director at HarperCollins Children’s Books, where she joined the team in May 2023 and is now working to build a brilliant new list of talent. She was previously an editor at Penguin Random House Children’s, working with a list of award-winning and bestselling authors including Tom Fletcher, Robin Stevens, R J Palacio, Tamzin Merchant and Nazneen Ahmed Pathak.
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RESOURCES & LINKS
- HarperCollins Children’s Books
- Writers’ & Artist’s Yearbook
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- Murder Most Unladylike Series by Robin Stevens
- Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
- Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart
- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
- Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw
- The Last Life of Lori Mills by Max Boucherat
- The Last Bear, The Lost Whale and Finding Bear by Hannah Gold
- Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw
- The Suitcase Kid and The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
- The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness
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