Anastasia Suen, Author & Developmental Editor
Anastasia Suen, (anna-STAY-zhuh SOON), is the award-winning author of 480 books for children, teens, and adults. She has written fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and prose board books, picture books, easy readers, chapter books, middle grade, young adult, and professional books for adults.
2017 Eureka! Gold Medal Winner
After teaching K/1 ESL, first grade, fifth grade, and six grade English Language Arts, Anastasia began working in children’s publishing in 1995 as literacy consultant, a developmental editor, and (ghost)writer in trade, mass market, and educational publishing while also teaching writing for children at Southern Methodist University, children’s literature in the library school at the University of North Texas, staff development for Staff Development for Educators, and writing workshops online.
Anastasia has been working a freelance developmental editor for Brown Books Kids since 1999. Other clients include:
- Abdo
- Albert Whitman
- Amicus
- Argosy
- Bearport
- Bebop Books
- Beyond Words Publishing
- Big Thought
- Big Universe
- Book Links
- Booklist
- Celebration Press
- Children’s Book Insider
- Chronicle
- Colorbridge
- Compass Media
- Crabtree Publishing
- Curriculum Associates
- DK
- HarperCollins
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Kane Miller
- Lerner
- LibrarySparks
- Mastery Education
- Modern Curriculum Press
- National Geographic School Publishing
- Once Upon A Time
- Picture Window Books
- Pomelo Books
- Quarasan Group
- QBS
- Random House
- Red Line Editorial
- Rigby
- Riverdeep
- The Rosen Publishing Group
- Rourke Educational Media
- Sadlier-Oxford
- Sandvik Publishing
- Santillana USA
- Scholastic
- Scholastic Kid Lit Kit
- Scholastic Teacher
- Scott Foresman Addison Wesley
- Six Red Marbles
- SRA
- Stone Arch Books
- Sundance
- Trillium Publishing
- Viking Children’s Books
- The Wright Group
- Writer’s Digest Books
- and numerous ghostwriting clients with nondisclosure agreements
In addition to her commissioned work, Anastasia’s writing has also been published by:
- Bloomsbury
- Charlesbridge
- Cricket Media
- HarperCollins
- Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Lee and Low Books
- National Geographic School Publishing
- Pomelo Books
- Sadlier-Oxford
- Scholastic
- Shoofly
- StarWalk Kids Media
- Viking Children’s Books
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