Sharyn November is the Editorial Director of Firebird,
which is a mainly paperback imprint publishing fantasy
and science fiction for teenagers. She is also Senior
Editor for Puffin Books and Viking Children's Books. She
acquires and edits fiction and nonfiction, primarily for
teenagers.
Her Puffin credits include four Newbery Honor books, one
National Book Award medalist (and seven finalists), and two
Printz Honor books. Her many authors have included the late
Lloyd Alexander (who was also her godfather), Laurie Halse
Anderson, John Barnes, T.C. Boyle, Andrew Chaikin, Pamela
Dean, Charles de Lint, Sarah Dessen, Carol Emshwiller,
Nancy Farmer, Alison Goodman, Hiromi Goto, Elizabeth Hand,
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Diana Wynne Jones, Graham Joyce,
Patrice Kindl, Ellen Klages, Nancy Kress, Kelly Link, Pat
Murphy, Nnedi Okorafor, Meredith Ann Pierce, Sara Ryan,
Delia Sherman, Sharon Shinn, Megan Whalen Turner,
Elizabeth Wein, and the editorial team of Ellen Datlow and
Terri Windling.
She was named a 2004 and 2005 World Fantasy Award Finalist
in the Professional category-in 2004 for Firebird Books, in
2005 for editing. Firebirds Rising was a 2007 Finalist in
the Anthology category.
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