Surrey International Writers' Conference

2007 Speakers List > Detail about Presenter

2007 Presenters (Authors, Agents, Editors & Producers)

Kaylan Adair, Editor

Kaylan Adair is an associate editor at Candlewick Press, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She works with such authors and illustrators as Mark London Williams, Valeri Gorbachev, Lisa Moser, Jill Murphy, and Lucy Cousins (of Maisy fame). While her interests run the gamut from picture books to young adult, she is particularly keen to add more middle grade and young adult titles to her list. Kaylan is looking for strong, original voices and compelling, engrossing stories.

Workshop(s)

From Pictures to Juvenile Novels – What’s Selling to Children & Their Parents (workshop) A panel of editors and agents discuss the ins and outs of the market for Children’s books in 2007.

Editor vs Agent: Who You Gonna Call? (workshop) Your manuscript is done. Now what? This group of experienced editors and agents can tell you what you need to know about taking your manuscript from finished – to sold.