Rachael Stein – Editor

I love working with children's book writers at all stages of the writing and publishing process, including agented and unagented writers who are pursuing traditional and self publishing. I provide editorial assessments/manuscript critiques, developmental editing, and line editing for picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and YA.

Hello Prosper is an educational organization that provides resources for young people to learn about the historical influence of Asian women and teens around the world. I project managed their flagship project, a YA nonfiction book and worked with the founder and contributing team to develop the book's content; oversaw the contributing team's writing assignments and workload; and copyedited and proofread the book to get it print-ready.

Acquire and edit children's books for all age levels - picture books, board books, chapter books, middle grade, young adult, and nonfiction. Titles I've worked on include MARTIN MCLEAN, MIDDLE SCHOOL QUEEN by Alyssa Zaczek, which received a starred Kirkus review and is a Winter 2019-2020 Indie Next pick; QUEEN OF PHYSICS by Teresa Robeson, illustrated by Rebecca Huang, which received a starred Booklist review; and the third and fourth titles in the Sam Wu chapter book series by Katie and Kevin Tsang.

Co-teach courses on writing picture books and writing middle grade/chapter books. Provide feedback and guidance to students through one-on-one sessions as well as group webinars. At least three students I've taught have received book deals for projects they started in the course.