Erinn Pascal (she/her/hers) is a #1 New York Times bestselling editor. Presently, she is the Senior Editor for Children’s Books at Andrews McMeel.
Erinn is passionate about creating books for “distracted readers,” and she is particularly interested in uplifting creators, brands, and their authentic visions.
Her list includes:
- Board books (will be open to new submissions soon!)
- Picture books (will be open to new submissions soon!)
- Craft & activity
- Novelty
- Chapter books
- Early readers
- Beginner comics
- Middle-grade graphic novels
- Middle-grade fiction
- Middle-grade nonfiction
- Licensed cookbooks
- YA graphic novels
- Tarot decks
- & more!
Erinn is particularly looking for fun, funny, vibrant, and uplifting stories.
She is also extremely passionate about mentoring marginalized authors and creators in the book publishing world. She is always open to having conversations with BIPOC, disabled, LGBQT+, neurodiverse, and low-income creatives about breaking through that barrier.
A SELECTION OF ERINN’S LIST:
Erinn graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Writing, Literature & Publishing and a Minor in Marketing Communications.
In Erinn’s professional career, she has held editorial positions at Scholastic, Disney, Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Barefoot Books. She is also a freelance author and writes under the pseudonyms Cala Spinner and Lana Crespin.
You can find a (constantly evolving) list of books that Erinn has edited here, as well as a smattering of books that she has written here.
Fun facts about me:
When she’s not editing, Erinn can be found:
- Taking her poodle mix, Obi, to the West Hollywood dog park
- Fiercely defending the Star Wars prequels
- “Vegan”-izing family Colombian and Ashkenazi Jewish recipes
- Collecting Pokémon cards (she refuses to call them “vintage”)
- Doing Pilates (badly)
- Getting lost (and spending way too much money) at comic con artist alleys
- Browsing the local farmer’s market for fresh veggies (baby cauliflower is her favorite)
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/submissions/
Erinn only accepts agented submissions in her email unless specifically requested. Please do NOT send Erinn a submission unless you are an agent. If you are not agented, please use the form located here.
Guidelines & Details
Fiction:
BIPOC Literature, Children's, Graphic Novel, Humor, Middle Grade, Picture Books, Young Adult
Non-Fiction:
Cookbooks, Crafts/DIY, Humor, Illustrated, Pop Culture, Relationships and family, Wellness
Favorite sub-genres:
#ownvoices, Action-Adventure, Activism, African Diaspora, Asian Diaspora, Author-Illustrators, BIPOC, Children's, Children's Nonfiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction, Classic retellings with BIPOC characters, Commercial MG, Commercial YA, Contemporary YA, Contemporary Young Adult, Cozy Fantasy, Cozy Mystery, Diaspora Narratives, Disability, Diverse Protagonists, Diversity, Fairytale Retellings, Female Friendships, First Person, Florida history, Funny MG, Gaming, Geek Culture, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels (for all ages), Humor, Humor YA, Illustrated, Illustrated/Gift, Illustration (for all ages), Illustrator, Illustrators, Illustrators and Author/Illustrators, Immigrant Experiences, Immigrant Voices, Inspirational/Gift, Intersectionality, LGBTQ+, Latinx stories, Layered Family Stories with multiple narrators, Literary MG, Literary Middle Grade, Lyrical picture book, MG, MG Action Adventure, MG Fantasy, MG Nonfiction, MG Sci-Fi, MG adventure, MG contemporary, MG mystery, MG/YA, Magic Realism, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health, Middle Grade, Middle Grade Adventure, Middle Grade Contemporary, Middle Grade Fantasy, Middle Grade Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Horror, Middle Grade Humor, Middle Grade Mystery, Middle grade magical realism, Minority Voices, Mothers and Daughters, Multicultural, Multiple POV, Muslim, Neurodiversity, Nonfiction Picture Books, Novels in Verse, Own Voices, POC, Picture Book, Picture book non-fiction, Pop Culture, Retellings, Self-help for kids, Self-help for teens, Slice of life, Social Issues, Social Justice, Strategy books for kids, Strategy books for teens, Strong Females, Underrepresented Voices, YA, YA Contemporary, YA Crossover, YA Mystery, YA Nonfiction, YA memoir, YA/MG graphic novel, Young Adult, Young Adult Narrative Non-Fiction (Both Contemporary and Historical Narrative Non-Fiction), Young Adult Non-Fiction, action-packed graphic novels, activity books, award-winners!, children's diversity, children's graphic novels, comics, coming of age, commercial, commercial middle grade, contemporary MG, contemporary middle grade, cook book, creatures, diasporic, diverse, diverse and own voices, diverse heroines, diverse voices, family stories, fiction and non-fiction picture books, found family, friendship, friendship stories, immigration, invisible disability, middle grade non-fiction, narrative non-fiction YA/MG, nonfiction, picture books, queer narratives, quirky, realistic fiction, spooky mg, stories that don't fit neatly into a genre, thoughtful graphic novels, visible disability, weird fiction, whimsical
I’d like the next…
My favorites include…
- Movies:
- K-Pop Demon Hunters
- Star Wars
- Lilo & Stitch
- anything Studio Ghibli
- Gran Turismo
- TV shows:
- Pantheon (talk to me about this anytime)
- Game of Thrones (if season 8 had a rewrite)
- Star Wars TV shows, especially:
- The Acolyte
- The Mandalorian
- Skeleton Crew (Soooo good! Who else is watching?)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (A nostalgia grab but I am not mad)
- The Good Place
- Nobody Wants This
- Kim’s Convenience
- Schitt’s Creek
- Avatar the Last Airbender
- The Expanse
- Lost in Space
- Video games:
- Pokémon
- Neopets (d’oh!)
- Harvest Moon
- Fortnite, but only if she gets to be Sabrina Carpenter
- Animal Crossing
- Pikmin
- Books not already mentioned:
- Ready Player One
- Anything written by Samantha Irby
- Howl’s Moving Castle
- The Tea Dragon Society
- Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
- Nevermoor
- Sèance Tea Party
