Paula Wiseman, v-p and publisher of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, will retire at the end of the year after a long career in children's publishing, most of it at S&S, where she has overseen her eponymous imprint Paula Wiseman Books. She will continue to edit books on a freelance basis beginning in January 2025.
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Wiseman began her career in publishing as an assistant at Dial Books for Young Readers and went on to be editor-in-chief at Philomel/Putnam. In 1995, she launched the Silver Whistle imprint at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich as editorial director. Wiseman joined S&S in 2002.
As part of this transition, senior editor Catherine Laudone and assistant editor Danielle Collins will move to Beach Lane Books full time. Beginning in 2025, titles originally acquired for Paula Wiseman Books will be published under Beach Lane, which will also house the Paula Wiseman Books backlist. Future titles edited by Wiseman will be published as A Paula Wiseman Book.
"Simon & Schuster has been a world of creativity, fresh ideas and constant support for me and my team for the last 22 years," Wiseman said. "My authors and illustrators and I have thrived here, and I am grateful to all the very smart team at Simon & Schuster whom I have collaborated with from art direction to marketing and selling our books. I am looking forward to what's ahead in my new editor-at-large role."
Jon Anderson, president & publisher of the S&S Children's Division, commented: "In the 15-plus years that I've had the privilege to work with Paula, I've been in awe of her keen editorial eye, her excellent taste and her ability to work with an astonishing range of talent ranging from First Ladies to Duchesses, senators to sports legends, poets to Pulitzer Prize winners and literary legends from both the Adult and Children's publishing worlds. While I'll miss seeing Paula in the office, I'm incredibly happy that she'll be continuing to produce books for Simon & Schuster in the years ahead."