Katie Fehrenbaker, Author at Penguin Books

Elizabeth Lynch, Senior Editor

Katie Fehrenbaker — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:13:30 +0000

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Mariam Syed, Editorial Assistant

Katie Fehrenbaker — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:15:58 +0000

Prior to joining PRH in 2024, Mariam interned at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group (MCPG). She also worked as a freelance proofreader with a focus on children’s literature, including graphic novels, picture books, middle-grade, and YA novels. She then became a children’s librarian, where she developed her passion for finding and sharing engaging and empowering stories for young readers.

Mariam holds a BS in Communication from Boston University and a Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). When not working, she enjoys discovering new coffee shops, reading a book from her ever-growing TBR list, and being supervised by her two cats.

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Caitlin O’Connell, Associate Editor

Katie Fehrenbaker — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:57:04 +0000

Caitlin O’Connell is the Associate Editor on the licensing team currently editing titles for Sonic the Hedgehog, Roald Dahl, SpongeBob, Garfield, and more. She is also the editor for a series of picture book biographies under the Who HQ brand and is open to select original middle grade and YA projects. When she is not editing, she is probably hanging out with her cats, working on a sewing project, and thinking entirely too much about Doctor Who.

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Alex Wolfe, Associate Editor

Katie Fehrenbaker — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:49:50 +0000

Alex Wolfe is an associate editor who works on picture books, middle grade, graphic novels, and everything in between. She is particularly passionate about fiction that emphasizes humor, strong female characters, distinctive artwork, joyful stories, and anything weird, whimsical, and absurd! When not editing, you can usually find her listening to a comedy podcast, watching musical theater, or drinking copious amounts of coffee.

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Alex Wolfe, Associate Editor

Katie Fehrenbaker — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 19:06:23 +0000

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Celina Sun, Associate Editor

Katie Fehrenbaker — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 19:05:48 +0000

Celina Sun is an associate editor at Penguin Workshop, where she works on picture books through YA, including graphic novels. She looks to champion joyful, escapist stories by underrepresented voices that capture all the tender and thorny emotions of growing up, falling in love, and navigating evolving relationships with friends, family, and oneself.

She’s especially drawn to voice-y, character-driven commercial middle grade and YA in the contemporary realistic and fantasy spaces, as well as picture books and graphic novels that take full advantage of their format. She’d love to see fresh takes on beloved tropes, irresistible characters, and sparkly, propulsive writing.

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Olivia Luchini, Assistant Editor

Katie Fehrenbaker — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:48:08 +0000

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Gabriela Taboas Zayas, Associate Editor, Brands & Licenses

Katie Fehrenbaker — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:43:31 +0000

Gabriela Taboas is an Associate Editor who works on editing brands and licensed titles including Bluey, The Night Before, Holly Horror, Godzilla, Ford, and many more. She is interested in acquiring middle grade, YA novels, and graphic novels from marginalized voices, particularly stories that are horror, contemporary fantasy, and thrillers.

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Casey Nugent, Assistant Director, Publishing, Brands and Licenses

Katie Fehrenbaker — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:41:31 +0000

Casey Nugent is the Senior Publishing Manager for Brands and Licenses. In her role, she acts as the point person for the licensing team, and is the primary contact for licensors as they work with PYR. She works as the liaison between the licensor’s teams and the internal PYR teams across a number of divisions, including marketing, publicity, sales, subrights and more. Casey graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing. In her time at Penguin Young Readers, she’s assisted in the acquisition of a number of licenses, including Bluey, Godzilla, TIME for Kids, and Ford, and grown Penguin’s lists with existing licenses like Sonic the Hedgehog, Disney, Peanuts, and Strawberry Shortcake. She’s also worked on multiple New York Times Bestselling titles, and across hit brands like the Who HQ series and Mad Libs.

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Tyiana Combs, Associate Editor

Katie Fehrenbaker — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 19:26:47 +0000

Tyiana is an associate editor who works on picture books, leveled readers, middle grade titles and YA. She has a specific interest in character-driven narratives that focus on telling various stories of people of color, with an emphasis on Black fantasy tales, Black contemporary and romance works and historical fiction projects. Overall, she hopes to publish books that children will carry throughout their entire lives to ensure readers feel seen, heard, and represented at every stage of life.

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