Fiction, YA

I’ve been obsessed with books for as long as I can remember and wanted to make books as soon as I discovered it was a career option! After interning a few places and graduating with degrees in English Lit and Humanities from Michigan State University, I attended the Denver Publishing Institute which confirmed that yes, publishing is definitely for me. After DPI I got my first book-related job at HarperCollins Christian Publishing.

On the kids’ side, I love Lemony Snicket, Gail Carson Levine, Kate Klise, Truly Devious, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, and basically every single DK Eyewitness book I’ve ever encountered. On the adult side, I’m a big fan of Tana French, Ruth Ware, Sally Rooney, and Colson Whitehead.

Advocating for a book at every stage before and after publication and making sure everyone—colleagues in-house, eventual readers of the book, and even the author—understands how special and awesome the book is.

The fact that our books can have an impact on kids’ lives always makes my heart skip a beat. There are also few things more thrilling than seeing the hard work that goes into the publishing process come together into a finished book in a reader’s hand.

Every bookshelf I own is majorly overflowing, so there’s at least one stack of books on pretty much every flat surface in my home at this point. My audiobook collection on Libro.fm and hold list on Libby are also constantly expanding.

Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Books & Mortar in Grand Rapids, and Brilliant Books in Traverse City are at the top of my list because they’re so cozy and perfect (and because I’m a die-hard Michigander). Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, Parnassus Books in Nashville, and the Daunt Books on Marylebone High Street in London are three more that I daydream about constantly.

Hiking, listening to NPR, watching British panel shows, playing with my dog, and slowly mastering the ukulele

Shelf Awareness, Publisher’s Lunch, PW Daily

emma.hintzen@sourcebooks.com