Flamingo Team Archives - Penguin Books

Claire Tattersfield, Associate Editor

Claire Tattersfield — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:07:15 +0000

Claire Tattersfield is an associate editor at Viking Children’s Books and Flamingo Books. She began her career at Penguin Young Readers in 2019 after graduating from the University of Vermont with a degree in political science and global studies and a minor in Spanish. She supports Flamingo and Viking with picture books and a dash of young adult and middle grade. When she is not working she can be found playing with her formerly feral cat named Antonio Banderas, calling her friends to come pick her up because she accidentally walked ten miles too far, watering her plants (of which she has too many), or writing the occasional picture book.

Her books at Flamingo include Lauren Glattly and Rob Sayegh Jr.’s Proper Badger Would Never!, Dudolf’s Piggle the Pig, and Brittany Pomales and Andrew Joyner’s It Started with a P, with many other silly titles to come.

Follow her on social media @clairetatters.

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Cheryl Eissing, Editor

Cheryl Eissing — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 20:17:29 +0000

Cheryl Eissing, editor at Flamingo Books, joined Penguin Random House in 2017 as assistant editor at Philomel Books before attaining her current role in 2023. She holds a BA in English from Rutgers University. Cheryl mainly edits picture books, with some middle grade and young adult, and is specifically interested in stories that cause giggles, give comfort, and expose their readers to experiences and perspectives they haven’t seen before.

Cheryl is the editor of the New York Times bestsellers Cupig: the Valentine’s Day Pig (written by Claire Tattersfield; illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr.), The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo (written by Elaine Bickell; illustrated by Raymond McGrath), When I Talk to God, I Talk About You (written by Chrissy Metz & Bradley Collins; illustrated by Lisa Fields), the USA Today bestselling Pages & Co. series by Anna James. Cheryl is also the editor of Counting to Bananas and B is for Bananas (written by Carrie Tillotson; illustrated by Estrela Lourenço), A Family Looks Like Love (written by Kaitlyn Wells; illustrated by Sawyer Cloud) How to Get Your Octopus to School (written by Becky Scharnhorst; illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett), A Book for Bear (written by Ellen Ramsey; illustrated by MacKenzie Haley), Hopefully the Scarecrow (written by Michelle Houts; illustrated by Sara Palacios), I Am Not the Easter Bunny (by T. L. McBeth), Who You Will Be (written by Taylor Rouanzion; illustrated by Stacey Chomiak), and When You Love a Book (written by Kaz Windness; illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee) . She is also the editor of the YA novel Not Dead Enough (by Tyffany D. Neiheiser). Cheryl is always looking for commercial and silly yet profound picture books and stories that entertain, educate, and inspire young readers. When she is not editing books, Cheryl can be found befriending dogs on the streets of Jersey City, watching horror movies, or searching for the perfect lychee martini. Follow her on Twitter @cheryl_eissing.

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Margaret Anastas, Vice President & Publisher

Cheryl Eissing — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:58:19 +0000

Margaret Anastas is the Vice President & Publisher of Flamingo Books. Before she joined Penguin Young Readers, Margaret worked at HarperCollins Children’s Books for 17 years where she acquired Fancy Nancy, Pete the Cat, The Bad Seed series, and Hoda Kotb’s bestselling picture books I’ve Loved You Since Forever and You Are My Happy.

At Flamingo, her new acquisitions include a new picture book series by Fancy Nancy creator Jane O’Connor called Good Job, George (illustrated by Andrew Joyner), and a picture book by bookfluencer Zibby Owens called Princess Charming (illustrated by Holly Hatam), as well as Reese Witherspoon and Xindi Yan’s Busy Betty. When Margaret isn’t editing books, she can be found on the beach at the Jersey Shore or on her Peloton searching for that perfect ride.

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