Editorial Service: YA partial critique from Zareen Jaffery

Zareen Jaffrey will provide a 2-3 page editorial letter reviewing 50 pages and synopsis of a YA novel; line edits on a query letter; plus a thirty minute phone call once notes are received. To be completed within three months of receiving material.

Executive Editor Zareen Jaffery joined Kokila in January 2020, publishing books across age groups. Her growing list at Kokila includes authors Aisha Saeed, Ibram X. Kendi, Kristina Forest, and debuts by Grace K. Shim and Autumn Allen. She has acquired and edited a number of New York Times bestselling, award-winning, and critically acclaimed books over the course of her publishing career. Most recently, she was an Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers where she worked with authors including Jenny Han, Lupita Nyong’o, Mary H.K. Choi, Siobhan Vivian, Hena Khan, Lilliam Rivera, Hanna Alkaf, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, and S.K. Ali. In 2016, she co-founded Salaam Reads, an imprint at Simon & Schuster that focuses on publishing books about Muslim children and families. Prior to Simon & Schuster, Zareen worked on commercial teen fiction at HarperCollins Children’s Books and adult fiction and non-fiction at Hyperion books (Walt Disney/ABC). Zareen served for two years as a member of the Children’s Book Council (CBC) Diversity Committee, and was appointed co-chair of the Diversity within ALSC (Association for Library Services to Children) Task Force from 2016-2017. She is a graduate of New York University, and currently lives in California.

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