TASSY JUDGES
2001-2020
This list of judges is an appreciation of the expertise that has been generously offered by more than 150 top professionals to the Tassy Walden Award in its first twenty years. These judges may have moved from the publishing house or agency listed under their names—or they may be altogether retired from the industry—but the list illuminates the quality of the judging we gratefully rely on.
TASSY AGENTS
Stephanie Abou
Global Lit Management
Tracey Adams
Adams Literary
Victoria Wells Arms
Wells Arms Literary
Stephen Barr
Writers House
Mela Bolinao
MB Artists
Brenda Bowen
Sanford J. Greenburger Assoc.
Jennifer Carlson
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner
Andrea Cascardi
Transatlantic Literary
Susan Cohen
Writers House
Nadia Cormier
Firebrand
Merial Cornell
Cornell & McCarthy
Erzsi Deàk
Hen & Ink, A Literary Studio
Adriana Dominguez
Full Circle Lit
Jennie Dunham
Dunham Literary
Jeff Dwyer
Dwyer & O'Grady
Liza Fleissig
Liza Royce Agency
Stephen Fraser
Jennifer DeChiara Literary
Nicole Geiger
Full Circle Literary
Mollie Glick
Foundry Literary
Adria Goetz
Martin Lit. Management
Kelly Going
Curtis Brown
Barry Goldblatt
Barry Goldblatt Agency
Clelia Gore
Martin Literary & Media Management
Karen Grencik
Red Fox Literary
Katie Grimm
Don Congdon
Regina Griffin
Egmont USA
Kirsten Hall
Catbird Agency
Carrie Hannigan
HSG Agency
Elizabeth Harding
Curtis Brown
Susan Hawk
The Bent Agency
Alyssa Eisner Henkin
Trident Media
Blair Hewes
Dunham Literary
Julie Just
Janklow & Nesbit
Taylor Martindale Kean
Full Circle Literary
Jennie Kendrick
Red Fox Literary
Theresa Kietlinski
The Prospect Agency
Jennifer Laughran
Andrea Brown Literary
Tricia Lawrence
Erin Murphy Agency
Tracy Marchini
BookEnds Literary
Jim McCarthy
Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret
Holly McGhee
Pippin Properties
Emily Mitchell
Wernick & Pratt Agency
Lori Nowicki
Painted Words
Rachel Orr
Prospect Agency
Ammi-Joan Paquette
Erin Murphy Literary Agency
Lara Perkins
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Jenna Pocius
Red Fox Literary
Marian Reiner
Marian Reiner Literary
Eileen Robinson
(Independent Consultant: Book Works)
Rebecca Sherman
Writers House
Danielle Smith
Foreward Literary
Shadra Strickland
Painted Words
Scott Treimel
Scott Treimel Agency
Christina Tugeau
CATugeau Artist Agency
Nicole Tugeau
Tugeau 2, Inc.
Harold Underdown
(Independent Consultant)
Emily Van Beek
Folio Literary Management
Anna Webman
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Marcia Wernick
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Wernick & Pratt Agency
TASSY EDITORS & ART DIRECTORS
Victoria Wells Arms
Bloomsbury
Jenny Bak
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown
Alessandra Balzer
Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins
Stacey Barney
Penguin
Chad Beckerman
Abrams
Simon Boughton
W.W. Norton & Co.
Donna Bray
Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins
Tamar Brazis
Abrams
Deborah Brodie
Roaring Brook Press
Nicki Carmack
Peachtree Publishing
Mary Kate Castellani
Bloomsbury
Giuseppe Castellano
Penguin
Melanie Cecka
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Justin Chanda
Simon & Schuster
Erin Clarke
Alfred A. Knopf
Michele Coppola
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin
Dutton
Jody Corbett
Scholastic
Denise Cronin
Viking
Jill Davis
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins
Trisha deGuzman
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Kelly Delaney
Random House
Kate DePalma
Barefoot Books
Mary Lee Donovan
Candlewick Press
Mariellen Eaton
Tilbury House, Publishers
Alyssa Eisner
Simon & Schuster
Sylvie Frank
Paula Wiseman Book/ S & S
Stephen Fraser
HarperCollins
Michelle Frey
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Brian Geffen
Henry Holt/Macmillan
Tim Gillner
Boyds Mills Press
Cecile Goyette
Alfred A. Knopf Books
Dial Books
Regina Griffin
Egmont USA
Julie Ham (Bliven)
Charlesbridge
Anahid Hamparian
Marshall Cavendish
Connie Hsu
Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan
Deirdre E. Jones
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Loraine Joyner
Peachtree Publishing
Cheryl Klein
Arthur A. Levine Books
Jennifer Klonsky
Aladdin/ Simon & Schuster
Liz Kossnar
Simon & Schuster
Bob Kosturko
Houghton Mifflin
Elizabeth Law
Viking/Penguin
Emma Ledbetter
Beach Lane/ Simon & Schuster
Alvina Ling
Little, Brown
Laurent Linn
Simon & Schuster
Stephanie Lurie
Dutton
Lily Malcom
Dial Books
Donna Mark
Bloomsbury
Holly McGhee
Pippin Properties
Caroline Meckler
Wendy Lamb Books/Random House
Nancy Mercado
Dial Books
Roaring Brook Press
Wendy McClure
Albert Whitman
Annette-Pollert Morgan
Bloomsbury YA
Kristen Nobles
Candlewick Press
Janine O'Malley
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Judy O'Malley
Charlesbridge
Christy Ottaviano
C. Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt
Monica Perez
Charlesbridge TEEN
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Scholastic
Neal Porter
Roaring Brook Press
Martha Rago
HarperCollins
Margaret Raymo
Houghton Mifflin
Ariel Richardson
Chronicle Books
Ann Rider
Houghton Mifflin
Lauren Rille
Simon & Schuster
Julie Romeis
Chronicle Books
Abigail Samoun
Tricycle Press
Elizabeth Schonhorst
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Emily Seife
Schwartz & Wade/Random House
Rebecca Short
Delacorte
Sarah Shumway
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins
Andrea Spooner
Little, Brown
Dinah Stevenson
Clarion Books
Sue Tarsky
Albert Whitman & Company
Elizabeth Tingue
Penguin
Andrea Tompa
Candlewick Press
Andrea Welch
Beach Lane Books
Stacy Whitman
Lee and Low
Phoebe Yeh
Crown
Cecilia Yung
G. P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random House
