Speaker Profile
President and Publisher •HarperCollins Children's Books About Susan Katz joined Harper & Row in 1987 as Publisher of the College Division and a member of the Executive Committee. In 1996, Katz made the transition from educational to trade publishing and became President of the Children’s Division, which is her current position. She has more than doubled the revenues of the division and has published more children’s New York Times bestsellers than any other publisher. She has had the honor of working with such authors and illustrators as Eric Carle, Kiera Cass, Neil Gaiman, Robin Preiss Glasser, Daniel Handler, Kevin Henkes, Kadir Nelson, Jane O’Connor, Lauren Oliver, Veronica Roth, Maurice Sendak, Sara Shepard, and Shel Silverstein. |