Editors' Panel: Laura Godwin and Francesco Sedita
Laura Godwin is vice president and publisher of Godwin Books, an imprint at Macmillan. She was the publisher of Henry Holt Children's Books for 20 years, and has been with Macmillan for more than 25 years. Her authors and illustrators include: Mike Curato, T.L. McBeth, Kenard Pak, Margarita Engle, Nikki Giovanni, Karen Katz, Peter McCarty, Eric Carla, and Misa Saburi. She and Francesco Sedita were among the six editors on a panel informally called Six Editors, Five Questions. A long SCBWI tradition, the panel is a spot for editors to get together and share insight about the industry from their unique perspectives. Francesco Sedita is the president and publisher of Penguin Workshop at Penguin Young Readers (formerly known as Grosset & Dunlap). His authors include Ann Hood, Dolly Parton, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate Wetherhead, Giada De Laurentiis, Nancy Krulik, Lin Olver and Henry Winkler. The imprint focuses on the Who Was? series, Mad Libs, and middle grade. Francesco is also...
