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Critique from Senior Editor Cheryl Klein at Arthur A. Levine, Scholastic

The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your fiction middle grade or young adult novel.

Cheryl Klein (art by Dan Santat)

The Darer: Cheryl Klein is the senior editor at Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic. Among the titles she has edited are A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce, winner of the inaugural William C. Morris Award for a YA debut novel; Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi, translated by Cathy Hirano, winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for a book in translation; Millicent Min, Girl Genius, and four other novels by Lisa Yee; and Marcelo in the Real World, by Francisco X. Stork. She also served as the continuity editor for the last three books of the Harry Potter series. Please visit her editorial website at www.cherylklein.com.

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ill Corcoran is an Associate Agent at Herman Agency representing Chapter Book, Middle Grade and Young Adult authors. Jill is a huge fan of humor. If you can make her laugh or crack a smile, you are her kind of writer. Even in a serious literary book, there is room for humor. Jill prefers realistic and paranormal to high fantasy. A commercial hook with a literary bent. Some of her favorite books are Frindle, Stargirl, Speak, Stuck in Neutral, How I Live Now, Millicent Min, Good Enough, Seeing Emily, Things Left Unsaid, Flipped and Because of Winn Dixie.For more about Jill Corcoran please see the Herman Agency website and Jill’s blog.