Kathy Dawson

Current

• Associate Publisher at Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group USA

Past

• Editorial Director, fiction (Harcourt Children's Books) at Houghton MIfflin Harcourt
• Associate Editorial Director at Harcourt Children's Books
• Executive Editor at G. P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers

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Education

• Hamilton College

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Industry

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Websites

• My Company

Kathy Dawson’s Experience

• Associate Publisher

  Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group USA

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Edit middle-grade and young adult novels, as well as a small number of picture books; work with editors and publisher to shape the fiction list.

• Editorial Director, fiction (Harcourt Children's Books)

  Houghton MIfflin Harcourt

  (Public Company; Publishing industry)

  January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year )

  Direct the children's fiction list at Harcourt Children's Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

• Associate Editorial Director

  Harcourt Children's Books

  (Public Company; Publishing industry)

  June 2005 — April 2008 (2 years 11 months)

• Executive Editor

  G. P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  April 2002 — April 2005 (3 years 1 month)

  Acquire & edit children's books for all ages, focusing on middle-grade and young adult fiction.

Kathy Dawson’s Education

• Hamilton College

  1984 — 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Pentagon Society

Additional Information

Kathy Dawson’s Websites:

• My Company

Kathy Dawson’s Honors:

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (Newbery Honor, New York Times Bestseller)
Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going (Printz Honor)
Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Coulumbus (Newbery Honor)
Graceling by Kristin Cashore (New York Times Bestseller)
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (New York Times Bestseller)

Kathy Dawson’s Contact Settings

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