Katie Cunningham has been named publisher of Nosy Crow. She was most recently senior v-p, editorial, and associate publisher at Candlewick Press before stepping away from that role in late 2024.
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Cunningham is known, Nosy Crow said, for "identifying, developing, and championing extraordinary debut works that reflect children's experiences, such as Jessica Love's picture book Julián Is a Mermaid, which received a Stonewall Book Award and has become a classic of gender representation; Rescue and Jessica, which received the Schneider Family Book Award; and Gather, a debut novel set in rural Vermont that was named a 2023 National Book Award finalist, received the 2024 Kirkus Prize, and was a Michael L. Printz Award finalist."
Cunningham has also acquired and edited books by author-illustrator Matt Tavares, including Growing Up Pedro, the annual holiday bestseller Dasher, and the graphic novel Hoops; poet Charles R. Smith Jr.'s Sports Royalty series; and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's children's book What Color Is My World, which won an NAACP Image Award.
Founded in the U.K. in 2010, children's publisher Nosy Crow established operations in the U.S. in 2022 with John Mendelson as president. It published 34 books on its debut list in 2023 and has expanded rapidly since then and will publish 100 books in the U.S. this year.
Mendelson said, "I don't think it's an overstatement to say that Katie is a visionary leader and an extraordinary editorial talent. Even more than these attributes, she is a consummate teammate, and I am so excited to work alongside her as we continue to support our current publishing output and begin in earnest the process of originating books here in North America."
Kate Wilson, group CEO of Nosy Crow, said, "We've been gratified to see the growth of Nosy Crow in the U.S. Katie Cunningham's strong editorial vision will enable her to further shape the list and to cultivate new, homegrown authors as she lends her own perspective to the quality, representation, and environmental integrity that Nosy Crow books are known for around the world."
Cunningham said, "As a longtime admirer of Nosy Crow, I was delighted, though not at all surprised, to see Nosy Crow take off on a running start in the U.S. under John Mendelson's leadership. I'm thrilled to join Jennifer [B. Greene], Allison [Hunter Hill], Sofie [Jones], John, Kate, and all of the committed, creative, and hardworking team to create books that will speak to children read after read--because every child deserves a favorite book."