Inkyard Press publishes smart, engaging Middle Grade and YA fiction across a variety of genres, from realistic contemporary to epic fantasy. We are passionate about publishing diverse voices and giving our readers a chance to see themselves and each other in our books, with grateful acknowledgment to the work of Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop on the importance of “windows” and “mirrors” in literature.
MEET THE EDITORS
Meghan Maria McCullough (She/Her)
Editor
Meghan Maria McCullough is an Editor at Inkyard Press. She grew up on Artemis Fowl, Meg Cabot, and John Green, and is on the hunt for Middle Grade and Young Adult novels across genres that achieve the universal through the incredibly specific. She is passionate about stories that give young readers from marginalized backgrounds a chance to see themselves reflected on the page. Meghan was previously an Associate Editor at Levine Querido, and has also worked at Scholastic, and in marketing at Penguin Random House. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from The New School. When she isn't editing, you can find her walking the Williamsburg Bridge while jamming out to Blink-182.
Claire Stetzer (She/Her)
Editor
Claire Stetzer fell in love with children’s books at her first job in high school—a bookseller at her local indie in a suburb of Pittsburgh. After working at Sterling Publishing and Bloomsbury Children’s Books, she joined the Inkyard Press team in March 2021, where she acquires and edits middle grade series and YA fiction across genres. Her list includes authors Alechia Dow, Ann Liang, Eric Smith, Kylie Lee Baker, Rex Ogle, Susan Lee, Tashie Bhuiyan. She is always looking for stories from diverse authors (in all meanings of the word) and is particularly eager to find middle grade with memorable voice and YA romance, thriller, fantasy, and speculative/magical realism.
Olivia Valcarce (She/Her)
Editor
Editor Olivia Valcarce joined Inkyard Press in 2022 after nearly seven years at Scholastic. She loves collaborating with authors on commercial, plot-forward books with fresh, surprising writing; fully realized characters who reflect today’s world; and plenty of kid-appeal. She is a graduate of Hamilton College, where she studied sociology, math, and creative writing. That remains a pretty representative cross section of her interests, along with reading tarot, cooking, and getting to the beach whenever possible. Originally from Massachusetts, she now lives in Brooklyn.
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