Allison Hunter Hill

I am Senior Editor at Nosy Crow US with a focus on children’s novelty, board books, and picture books (fiction and nonfiction). Please note that Nosy Crow US publishes for the 0-12 age range and is currently only accepting agented submissions.

It’s been my privilege to edit picture books, middle grade, poetry, and young adult books by many beloved, best-selling authors and illustrators for over a decade as an editor at Candlewick Press, Page Street Kids, Starry Forest Books, Nosy Crow, and more.

I hold an MA in Children’s Literature and an MS in Library & Information Science. Before working in publishing I spent a decade working in public libraries and I’m a second-generation librarian (a fact my father says I’m legally obligated to mention).

What I’m personally looking for:

• Strong school and library read-alouds
• A sense of humor or mischief (tending toward subtle, wry, dark, or clever)
• Diverse voices, particularly disability
• Stories about homes and houses
• Nature-filled stories about gardens, forests, flowers, and trees
• Narrative nonfiction picture books
• Lyrical writing
• Folk and fairy tales, new or retold

Please do not send me sad animal stories. I am not the right editor.