About the Editor

Julia McCarthy enjoys working on an omnivorous range of voice-driven books including young adult, middle grade, picture books, and graphic novels, with an equal love for fiction and nonfiction alike. Julia believes that each story has the power to engender compassion and courage within a reader and is committed to developing books that serve as a safe harbor or a call to action. She loves magical realism; fantasy that addresses contemporary issues; uplifting marginalized or underrepresented groups; non-traditional folklore; LGBTQIA+ perspectives; Indigenous voices; empowering environmentalism; novels in verse; stories of any age with a touch of clever humor, fantasy, or darkness; witches and goblins and ghosts and Halloweenish whimsy; outer space; STEAM-centric projects, and any sort of graphic novel you can imagine. If you’re a fan of puns, visit her on Twitter @thejumbles.