About

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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. Clients include:

  1. Abdo
  2. Albert Whitman
  3. Amicus
  4. Argosy
  5. Bearport
  6. Bebop Books
  7. Beyond Words Publishing
  8. Big Thought
  9. Big Universe
  10. Book Links
  11. Booklist
  12. Brown Books Publishing Group
  13. Celebration Press
  14. Children’s Book Insider
  15. Chronicle
  16. Colorbridge
  17. Compass Media
  18. Crabtree Publishing
  19. Curriculum Associates
  20. DK
  21. HarperCollins
  22. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  23. Kane Miller
  24. Lerner
  25. LibrarySparks
  26. Mastery Education
  27. Modern Curriculum Press
  28. National Geographic School Publishing
  29. Once Upon A Time
  30. Picture Window Books
  31. Pomelo Books
  32. Quarasan Group
  33. QBS
  34. Random House
  35. Red Line Editorial
  36. Rigby
  37. Riverdeep
  38. The Rosen Publishing Group
  39. Rourke Educational Media
  40. Sadlier-Oxford
  41. Sandvik Publishing
  42. Santillana USA
  43. Scholastic
  44. Scholastic Kid Lit Kit
  45. Scholastic Teacher
  46. Scott Foresman Addison Wesley
  47. Six Red Marbles
  48. SRA
  49. Stone Arch Books
  50. Sundance
  51. Trillium Publishing
  52. Viking Children’s Books
  53. The Wright Group
  54. Writer’s Digest Books
  55. and numerous ghostwriting clients with nondisclosure agreements


In addition to her commissioned work, Anastasia has also written for:

  1. Bloomsbury
  2. Charlesbridge
  3. Cricket Media
  4. HarperCollins
  5. Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
  6. Lee and Low Books
  7. National Geographic School Publishing
  8. Pomelo Books
  9. Sadlier-Oxford
  10. Shoofly
  11. StarWalk Kids Media
  12. Viking Children’s Books

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