Sharyn November is an American writer and an editor of books for children and teenagers. Until March 2016 she was Senior Editor for Viking Children's Books and Editorial Director of

Firebird Books Firebird Books (launched January 2002) is an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., publishing mainly paperback reprint editions of science fiction and fantasy for teenagers and adults. It was created by Sharyn November, one of the few children's ...

, which is a mainly paperback (reprint) imprint publishing

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

and

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

for teenagers and adults.

Biography

November was born in New York. She graduated from

Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Lawrence College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York. The college models its approach to education after the Supervision system, Oxford/Cambridge system of one-on-one student-faculty tutorials. Sara ...

after studying poetry; at 21 she was awarded a scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. She has been published in several magazines. After working as a secretary, she became an editor, starting her career at Penguin in 1990 at

Puffin Books Puffin Books is a longstanding children's imprint of the British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s, it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world. The imprint now belongs t ...

as an associate editor. She became Senior Editor there, responsible for acquiring reprint rights, as well as Senior Editor at Viking Children's Books, responsible for editing hardcover fiction and non-fiction. She is one of the few children's book editors who works directly with teenagers; their love of

speculative fiction Speculative fiction is a term that has been used with a variety of (sometimes contradictory) meanings. The broadest interpretation is as a category of fiction encompassing genres with elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, na ...

was the seed of her founding Firebird Books, which launched in January 2002. She has been a member of the board of the United States Board on Books for Young People and the

National Council of Teachers of English The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is a United States professional organization dedicated to "improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. Since 1911, NCTE has provided a forum ...

’s Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, as well as a member of several committees of the

American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with 49,727 members a ...

. She was named a 2004 and 2005

World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy literature, fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year a ...

Finalist in the Professional category—in 2004 for Firebird Books, in 2005 for editing. ''Firebirds Rising'' was a 2007 Finalist in the Anthology category. In March 2016 Viking announced that November's position was to be eliminated.

Bibliography

* '' Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (editor) (2003) * ''Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy'' (editor) (2006) * ''Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction'' (editor) (2009)

References

External links

Personal Site
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