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The Quarto Group is launching a new children's nonfiction imprint for ages 12-plus that will specialize in "trend-driven content as well as fresh takes on classic topics across a range of areas from popular culture to graphic novels." Planned to be revealed later this year, the imprint will be launched simultaneously in the U.K., North America, and internationally.
Debbie Foy will be publisher of the imprint. Foy has been at the Quarto Group since March 2022, as publisher for Wide Eyed Editions and Ivy Kids while Georgia Buckthorn was on parental leave. (Foy is also publisher, in a job-share with Buckthorn, for Wide Eyed Editions.) As publishing director, she previously launched the Wren & Rook imprint at Hachette Children's.
Group publishing director for children's Shannon Cullen called Foy "a smart, commercial and considered publisher, which is why she is so well-respected and valued by authors and illustrators, agents and colleagues. To have a publisher of her talent and experience to launch a carefully curated imprint for the 12+ audience brings further opportunities to our trade publishing, and complements our other imprints, including Frances Lincoln Children's Books, Happy Yak, and Words & Pictures.
"To have Debbie also working alongside Georgia to grow and develop the Wide Eyed Editions list--one of the most widely acclaimed and admired imprints in illustrated children's publishing--brings even more expertise to our team, which is already bursting with commercial and creative talent."
Foy said, "The opportunity to launch a new imprint aimed at the savvy 12+ market was immediately appealing. I'm already a huge admirer of the Wide Eyed list so am delighted to continue working with the support of the awesome teams--both here in the U.K. and in the U.S. My aim is to publish a breadth of voices and illustration talent from around the world, so I look forward to speaking to agents about every opportunity."