Nicole Fiorica – Editor

A passion of books is what got me into publishing, but helping authors find their voice and allowing their stories to shine is the real reason I love what I do. As an editor of stories for children and teens, I work on fantasy, contemporary, romance, mystery/thrillers, picture book fiction and nonfiction, and more.

My early years in publishing included internships at Penguin Random House, W. W. Norton, and Macmillan/St. Martin's Press, where I worked across age categories and genres to bring incredible stories out into the world, and it's also during this time that I realized my passion for children's books! I started at Margaret K. McElderry Books at Simon & Schuster in 2017 and never looked back. During this time, I worked with New York Times bestselling authors including Cassandra Clare, Margaret Rogerson, Amanda Foody, and F.T. Lukens, and have edited bestselling titles including New York Times and USA Today bestsellers THE WAY I AM NOW by Amber Smith and NOODLE AND THE NO BONES DAY by Jonathan Graziano and Dan Tavis; and critically acclaimed titles including A CONSUMING FIRE by Laura E. Weymouth, I KILLED ZOE SPANOS by Kit Frick, and A STONE IS A STORY by Leslie Barnard Booth and Marc Martin.

I'd love to help make your story the best it can be, and offer editorial assessments, developmental edits, and query reviews.