Eden Ross Lipson, only the third person to be children's book editor of the New York Times Book Review, died yesterday. She was 66 and had pancreatic cancer.
During her 31 years as an editor at the Book Review and children's book editor from 1984 to 2005, she was "a force in bringing the enchanting but often overlooked world of children's literature to wide public awareness," as the Times put it.
Lipson is the author of The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children (Three Rivers Press). In August, Roaring Brook Press is publishing a children's book by Lipson called Applesauce Season, "about a family's tradition of making the dessert."