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Shoreline Alliance
Arts
The Tassy Walden Awards
for New Voices in Children's Literature
Image © Deborah Freedman, adapted from her book This House, Once, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017
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TASSY JUDGES
2001-2023
This list of judges is an appreciation of the expertise that has been generously offered by nearly 150 top professionals to the Tassy Walden Award in its first twenty-two 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
anjanette barr
dunham literary
Stephen Barr
Writers House
Mela Bolinao
MB Artists
Brenda Bowen
Sanford J. Greenburger Assoc.
Jennifer Carlson
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner
Andrea Cascardi
Transatlantic Literary
Minju Chang
Bookstop Literary
Susan Cohen
Writers House
Nadia Cormier
Firebrand
Merial Cornell
Cornell & McCarthy
Erzsi Deàk
Hen & Ink, A Literary Studio
tina doffing
astound us, inc.
Victoria doherty-munro
writers house
Adriana Dominguez
Full Circle Lit
Jennie Dunham
Dunham Literary
Jeff Dwyer
Dwyer & O'Grady
Liza Fleissig
Liza Royce Agency
Stephen Fraser
Jennifer DeChiara Literary
ALEX GEHRINGER
THE BRIGHT AGENCY/US
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
Janine le
janine le literary
gina maccoby
maccoby literary
Tracy Marchini
BookEnds Literary
Jim McCarthy
Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret
Holly McGhee
Pippin Properties
james mcgowan
bookends literary
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
rebecca podos
rees literary
april jones prince
studio goodwin sturges
Marian Reiner
Marian Reiner Literary
Eileen Robinson
(Independent Consultant)
Book Works
Victoria Selvaggio
Storm Literary Agency
Rebecca Sherman
Writers House
Danielle Smith
Foreward Literary
Shadra Strickland
Painted Words
judy sue goodwin sturges
studio goodwin sturges
Scott Treimel
Scott Treimel Agency
Christina Tugeau
CAT Agency
Nicole Tugeau
Tugeau 2, Inc.
Harold Underdown
(Independent Consultant)
Emily Van Beek
Folio Literary Management
Charlotte Wenger
Prospect Agency
Anna Webman
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Marcia Wernick
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Wernick & Pratt Agency
Essie White
Storm Literary Agency
TASSY EDITORS & ART DIRECTORS
foyinsi adegbonmire
feiwel & friends/macmillan
Victoria Wells Arms
Bloomsbury
adela pons atencio
peachtree publishing
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
Amy Cloud
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers
rachael cole
schwartz & wade books/random house studio
Michele Coppola
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin
Dutton
Jody Corbett
Scholastic
Denise Cronin
Viking
Jill Davis
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins
Trisha deGuzman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers
Kelly Delaney
Random House
Kate DePalma
Barefoot Books
Mary Lee Donovan
Candlewick Press
virginia duncan
greenwillow books
Mariellen Eaton
Tilbury House, Publishers
Alyssa Eisner
Simon & Schuster
Emily C. Feinberg
Roaring Book Press
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
rebecca glazer
the creative company
Cecile Goyette
Alfred A. Knopf Books
Dial Books
Melissa greenberg
cameron kids
Regina Griffin
Egmont USA
Barbara Grzeslo
Boyds Mills & Kane
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
Mary kole
independent editor
Liz KossnarSimon & 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
Caroline Meckler
Wendy Lamb Books
Random House
Nancy Mercado
Dial Books
Roaring Brook Press
Wendy McClure
Albert Whitman
meghan mccullough
inkyard press/harpercollins
Annette-Pollert Morgan
Bloomsbury YA
Kristen Nobles
Candlewick Press
Taylor Norman
Chronicle Books
amy novesky
cameron kids
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
Emily settle
feiwel & friends
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
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