About

I’ve been a children’s book editor for nearly twenty-five years. I began my career as an editorial assistant at Viking Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House, just two weeks after my college graduation. I spent more than a decade at Viking, learning from some of the best editors in the business and rising through the ranks to become Executive Editor. After eleven years of working in Manhattan, the time was right to return home to New Orleans with my family. I established Catherine Frank Editorial Services in the spring of 2011 with the goal of continuing to do the work that I love.

As the editor of award-winning fiction and nonfiction children’s books ranging in format from board books to novelties and picture books to young adult fiction, I have a broad editorial perspective. Books acquired and edited by me have received honors including: nomination for the National Book Award; The Boston Globe Horn Book Award, the Golden Kite Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Award, the New York Times Best Illustrated Award, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Through Catherine Frank Editorial Services I work with authors, agents, packagers, and publishers large and small. I edit picture book texts, chapter books, nonfiction books for older readers, and middle grade and YA novels. I’m a member of the SCBWI.

In conjunction with my freelance editorial work, in 2020 I joined Peachtree Publishing as an editor at large, acquiring and editing a limited number of projects. For more information, please visit www.peachtreebooks.com/.