Portrait of Amy Novesky by Julia Breckenreid, copyright 2021
Amy Novesky is an author and book editor. Her award-winning picture books include IF YOU WANT TO RIDE A HORSE; GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE; CLOTH LULLABY, THE WOVEN LIFE OF LOUISE BOURGEOIS; ME, FRIDA; GEORGIA IN HAWAII; IMOGEN, THE MOTHER OF MODERNISM AND THREE BOYS; and MISTER AND LADY DAY. THE POET AND THE BEES, illustrated by Jessica Love, will follow in 2025 from Viking, and TO WANDER, thereafter. Amy is represented by Caryn Wiseman, Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Amy began making books at Chronicle Books in San Francisco. Thirty years and hundreds of books later, she has worked with authors, artists, agents, bookstores, toy companies, film studios, packagers and publishers, including ABRAMS; Cameron Kids/ Cameron + Company (LOVE IS books); Creative Editions (EGG; SEASHELL; CORAL); Disney Press; Ever After Studio; Harcourt; MoMa (ROOTS AND WINGS, co-written with artist Shahzia Sikander); National Geographic Kids; Paper Hat Press; Pink Moon Studio; Pixar; and Princeton Architectural Press. In 2016, Amy co-founded the Cameron Kids imprint for Cameron + Company with publisher Nina Gruener. Acquired by ABRAMS, New York, in 2020, Amy became Editorial Director of the award-winning imprint, and, later, Editor-at-Large. Currently, Amy is at-large.