Sally Morgridge

Senior Editor at Holiday House Publishing, Inc.
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Experience

    • United States
    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Editor
      • Nov 2020 - Present

      Acquiring picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and YA fiction.Recent Highlights:-OWL AND PENGUIN by Vikram Madan (Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, JLG Selection)-THE PLACES WE SLEEP by Caroline Brooks DuBois (Fall Indie Next Selection, Indies Introduce Selection SLJ Starred Review, NCTE Notable Book)-MURDER FOR THE MODERN GIRL by Kendall Kulper (Shelf Awareness Starred Review, BCCB Starred Review, Rise: Feminist Book Project Honor)-HOME BASE by Nikki Tate, illustrated by Katie Kath (ALA Notable Book, Chicago Public Libraries Best Book, Kirkus Starred Review, PW Starred Review)

    • Editor
      • Mar 2017 - Nov 2020

      Highlights:-KINGDOM OF ASH AND BRIARS by Hannah West (Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year)-THE APPLE TART OF HOPE by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald (People Magazine Best Children’s Book of the Year)-ELIZA BING IS (NOT) A BIG, FAT QUITTER by Carmella Van Vleet (Christopher Award winner and Junior Library Guild selection)-MIDDLE SCHOOL BITES by Emmy-nominated SpongeBob writer Steven Banks, illustrated by Mark Fearing.

    • United States
    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Production Editor
      • May 2016 - Mar 2017

      - Copyedited, proofread, and fact-checked picture books, middle-grade, and YA fiction, including Sarah J. Maas’s New York Times bestselling THRONE OF GLASS series and E.D. Baker’s THE FROG PRINCESS series - Coordinated approximately 15 books per season from manuscript stage to bound book - Served as a liaison between the editorial, design, and production departments - Copyedited, proofread, and fact-checked picture books, middle-grade, and YA fiction, including Sarah J. Maas’s New York Times bestselling THRONE OF GLASS series and E.D. Baker’s THE FROG PRINCESS series - Coordinated approximately 15 books per season from manuscript stage to bound book - Served as a liaison between the editorial, design, and production departments

    • United States
    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate Editor
      • May 2015 - May 2016

      - Acquired picture books, middle grade, and YA fiction, approximately 5 books per season- Produced catalog copy, one-sheets, and other promotional material for 30-40 titles per year- Pitched titles at sales conferences as well as presentations to Junior Library Guild and Scholastic Book Clubs- Supervised production schedule and online database for current and upcoming seasons

    • Assistant Editor
      • Dec 2013 - May 2015

      - Acquired and edited middle-grade and young adult fiction- Edited two Junior Library Guild selections- Supervised production schedule for current and upcoming seasons- Managed editorial intern- Produced catalog copy, one-sheets, and other promotional material for 30-40 titles per year- Pitched titles at sales conferences as well as presentations to Junior Library Guild and Scholastic Book Clubs

    • Editorial Assistant
      • Aug 2012 - Dec 2013

      -Co-edited original picture books and novels with Senior Editor-Independently edited picture books and novels imported from foreign publishers-Supervised production schedule for upcoming seasons-Read submissions and wrote reader’s reports on weekly deadlines-Produced catalog copy, one-sheets, and other promotional material for 30-40 titles per year

    • Administrative Assistant
      • Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

      -Provided administrative support to President and VP of Sales-Coordinated distribution of book samples, promotional images, and catalogs-Prepared and filed copyright applications-Managed office phone and general inquiry email account

    • United Kingdom
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Marketing Intern
      • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

    • Intern
      • Dec 2009 - Jan 2010

Education

  • Carleton College
    Bachelor's Degree, English
    2007 - 2011
  • Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
    Publishing
    2011 - 2011

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