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{{short description|American children's book editor}}
{{Multiple issues|notable=May 2009|refimprove=May 2009|orphan =March 2010}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}} <!-- only one accessible source is provided, the bare URL interview. It does not evidently support a general list of author/illustrators or awards/runners-up/etc, nor does it identify many specific books he edited. It may support all or most of the few biographical points. -->
'''Neal Porter''' is an [[United States|American]] [[children's book]] [[editing|editor]].
'''Neal Porter''' is an American [[children's book]] [[editing|editor]].
He is the founder of Neal Porter books,{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} an imprint of [[Roaring Brook Press]], which is itself a division of the [[Macmillan Publishers (United States)|Macmillan publishing group]].
He is the founder of Neal Porter Books,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2010/03/scbwi-bologna-2010-editor-interview.html |title=Cynsations: SCBWI Bologna 2010 Editor Interview: Neal Porter of Neal Porter Books (Roaring Brook) |website=cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708032408/http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2010/03/scbwi-bologna-2010-editor-interview.html |archive-date=2011-07-08}} </ref> an imprint of [[Holiday House]].


After a brief stint in the college textbook department of St. Martin’s Press he moved into trade publishing, in 1977, where he held marketing positions at Avon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Atheneum and Scribners. In 1985 he became Editorial Director of Aladdin Books at Macmillan and in 1987 he moved to London to become Joint Managing Director of Walker Books in London. He returned to the United States in 1989 as Vice President and Publisher of Macmillan Children’s Books and subsequently held executive positions at Orchard Books and Dorling Kindersley. In 2000 he decided to step away from administration and focus exclusively on editing books. That year he helped to found Roaring Brook Press, where he is currently Editorial Director of Neal Porter Books, and a recognized leader in children's publishing.<ref>http://www.editors-sa.org.au/?q=keynotes</ref>
After a brief stint in the college textbook department of [[St. Martin's Press]] he moved into trade publishing, in 1977, where he held marketing positions at [[Avon Books]], [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]], [[Atheneum Books|Atheneum]] and [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribners]]. In 1985 he became Editorial Director of [[Aladdin Books]] at [[Macmillan Publishers (United States)|Macmillan]], and in 1987 he moved to London to become Joint Managing Director of [[Walker Books]] in London. He returned to the United States in 1989 as Vice President and Publisher of [[Macmillan Inc.|Macmillan Children's Books]] and subsequently held executive positions at [[Orchard Books]] and [[Dorling Kindersley]] (DK). In 2000 he decided to step away from administration and focus exclusively on editing books. In 2002 at Holtzbrinck, he helped to found [[Roaring Brook Press]], where he was Editorial Director of Neal Porter Books, and a leading voice in children's publishing.<ref>[http://www.editors-sa.org.au/?q=keynotes (access denied)]</ref> In 2017, he moved the imprint to Holiday House, where he currently works.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/74313-neal-porter-moves-imprint-to-holiday-house.html|title=Neal Porter Moves Imprint to Holiday House|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en}}</ref>


Authors and illustrators he has edited include [[Ed Young]], [[Laura Vaccaro Seeger]], [[Ted Lewin]], Rebecca and [[Ed Emberley]], [[Amy Tan]], [[Chitra Divakaruni]], Nick Bruel, Wendell Minor, Ross MacDonald, and Doris Orgel. Books he has edited have won numerous citations including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, two Caldecott Honors, two Theodore Geisel Honors, a Seibert Honor for Nonfiction, the Sugarman Award for Biography, and more than 30 ALA Notable Book Citations.
Authors and illustrators he has worked with include [[Laura Vaccaro Seeger]], Philip and [[Erin Stead]], [[Mark Shulman (author)|Mark Shulman]], [[Nick Bruel]], Yuyi Morales, Jason Chin, Antoinette Portis, Sandra Jordan, Betsy and [[Ted Lewin]], Wendell Minor, and [[Matt Davies (cartoonist)|Matt Davies]].


Books he has edited have received many awards and honors, including the [[Caldecott Medal]]. four [[Caldecott honor]] medals, two [[Geisel Award|Theodore Geisel Honors]], two [[Sibert Medal|Sibert Honors]], the [[Boston Globe–Horn Book Award]], three [[Belpré Medal|Pura Belpré Awards]], the [[Coretta Scott King Award]], two Orbis Pictus Awards, the Ezra Jack Keats Award, an ALA Best Fiction<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklists/bestficya/bfya2011|title=2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults |accessdate=March 3, 2011 |publisher=American Library Association }}</ref> citation, and numerous other [[ALA Notable Books]] citations.
Books edited by Porter have earned dozens of awards and commendations, including:


In September 2015, he received a prestigious Carle Honor for his contribution to picture books.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 10th Anniversary of the Carle Honors |url=https://www.kidlit.tv/2015/10/10th-anniversary-of-the-carle-honors/ |website=KidLit TV |access-date=March 10, 2024 |date=October 13, 2015}}</ref>
*The [[Caldecott Honor]], 2008
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward/index.cfm Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book, 2009]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/books/review/London-t.html?ex=1352350800&en=2de2bb27bd944e5a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink ''New York Times'' Best Illustrated Book of 2007],
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/childrensnotable/notablechibooks/index.cfm ALA Notable Book, 2009]
*Booklist Editor's Choice, 2008
*''Publishers Weekly'' Best Book, 2008
*[[New York Public Library]] Best Book, 2008
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecbooklist/currentnotable.cfm ALA Notable Book, 2008]
*''Horn Book'' Fanfare Best Book of [[2007]]
*Oppenheim Platinum Award, 2008
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecbooklist/currentnotable.cfm ALA Notable Book, 2008]
*''[[Boston Globe-Horn Book Award]]'' Winner for Best Picture Book, 2007
*''Kirkus'' Best Book, 2007
*''Publishers Weekly'' Best Book, 2007
*[[New York Public Library]] Best Book, 2007
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/pastchildrens/2007ncblist.cfm ALA Notable Book, 2007]
*''Child Magazine'' Best Book, 2006
*''Nick Jr./Family Magazine'' Best Book, 2006
*''Booklist'' Editor's Choice, 2007
*''Kirkus'' Best Book, 2006
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/pastchildrens/2006ncblist.cfm ALA Notable Book, 2006]
*''Child Magazine'' Best Book, 2005
*IRA Children's Choice Best Book, 2006
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/pastchildrens/2005notablechildrenbks.cfm ALA Notable Book, 2005]
*''Child Magazine'' Best Book, 2004
*New York Public Library Best Book, 2004
* [http://www.ala.org/ALSCTemplate.cfm?Section=pastchildrens&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=82195 ALA Notable Book], 2004
* ''Child Magazine'' Best Book of 2003
* New York Public Library Best Book, 2003
* NBC Today Show Best Book for Gift Giving, 2003


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the two major awards are named above
one Sugarman Award for Biography (deleted above, not listed below) and one Oppenheim Platinum Award (listed below) are not explained or linked, probably not notable
all others are runner-up Honors and book lists
links are generally broken and/or their targets do not support listing the honors here --that is, they don't list the books or don't identify Porter as editor

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Neal Porter resides in [[New York City]].
Neal Porter resides in [[New York City]].


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.editors-sa.org.au/?q=keynotes Society of Editors keynote announcement]
*[http://www.editors-sa.org.au/?q=keynotes Society of Editors keynote announcement] (access denied)
*[http://www.scbwibologna.org/presenters/editors-and-publishers.php/?q=SCBWI Bologna Children's Book Fair 2010 presenters]
*[http://www.scbwibologna.org/presenters/editors-and-publishers.php/?q=SCBWI Bologna Children's Book Fair 2010 presenters]
*[http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/search?q=neal+porter/?q= Editors Interview series]


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Latest revision as of 10:44, 31 March 2024

Neal Porter is an American children's book editor. He is the founder of Neal Porter Books,[1] an imprint of Holiday House.

After a brief stint in the college textbook department of St. Martin's Press he moved into trade publishing, in 1977, where he held marketing positions at Avon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Atheneum and Scribners. In 1985 he became Editorial Director of Aladdin Books at Macmillan, and in 1987 he moved to London to become Joint Managing Director of Walker Books in London. He returned to the United States in 1989 as Vice President and Publisher of Macmillan Children's Books and subsequently held executive positions at Orchard Books and Dorling Kindersley (DK). In 2000 he decided to step away from administration and focus exclusively on editing books. In 2002 at Holtzbrinck, he helped to found Roaring Brook Press, where he was Editorial Director of Neal Porter Books, and a leading voice in children's publishing.[2] In 2017, he moved the imprint to Holiday House, where he currently works.[3]

Authors and illustrators he has worked with include Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Philip and Erin Stead, Mark Shulman, Nick Bruel, Yuyi Morales, Jason Chin, Antoinette Portis, Sandra Jordan, Betsy and Ted Lewin, Wendell Minor, and Matt Davies.

Books he has edited have received many awards and honors, including the Caldecott Medal. four Caldecott honor medals, two Theodore Geisel Honors, two Sibert Honors, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, three Pura Belpré Awards, the Coretta Scott King Award, two Orbis Pictus Awards, the Ezra Jack Keats Award, an ALA Best Fiction[4] citation, and numerous other ALA Notable Books citations.

In September 2015, he received a prestigious Carle Honor for his contribution to picture books.[5]

Neal Porter resides in New York City.

References

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  1. ^ "Cynsations: SCBWI Bologna 2010 Editor Interview: Neal Porter of Neal Porter Books (Roaring Brook)". cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
  2. ^ (access denied)
  3. ^ "Neal Porter Moves Imprint to Holiday House". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  4. ^ "2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults". American Library Association. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  5. ^ "The 10th Anniversary of the Carle Honors". KidLit TV. October 13, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
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