Amy Sklansky – Editor
Amy E. Sklansky has been an author and editor of children’s books for over 25 years. She has published 11 original books, including picture books (nonfiction and fiction), poetry collections, and board books.
In addition, Amy has written more than 50 books under her pen name, Amy Edgar, or as a ghost writer.
While simultaneously beginning her writing career, Amy spent five years as an editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books in New York, followed by five years as an editor for the book illustration agency, Studio Goodwin Sturges, in Boston. Since 2013, Amy has served as a Mentor in the Children’s Literature Fellows program at Stony Brook University with a focus on developing picture book writers.
Amy has visited close to 100 elementary schools and libraries in person or virtually. Sometimes she dresses in a chef costume and uses a giant cooking pot to show children how to “Cook a Book.”
In her free time, Amy enjoys knitting. She wrote a pattern for a whimsical, No.2 Pencil Scarf.
Genres Lauren specialises in
Fiction:
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Picture books |
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Children’s |
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Amy’s published books
Out Of This World
Out Of This World: Poems and Facts About Space
A Bankstreet College of Education “2013 Best Books of the Year”
Skeleton Bones & Goblin Groans
Skeleton Bones & Goblin GroansThese Little Piggies
These Little Piggies: Go To The Beach
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