If you're curious about what happens to a book as it moves from manuscript to printed work, this is the roundtable for you. Our experts are ready to answer all of your questions about the publishing process, how the market moves, and what editors are really looking for.
Kait has extensive experience in children's books, and would be a great person to ask about illustration, picture books, and other works for young people.
Please note: this is a Q&A opportunity and not a pitch session.
This roundtable will take place in Study Room C at West Hollywood Library.
Kait Lee Feldmann is a children’s book agent at kt literary representing illustrators.
She has been romping around children’s book publishing for the past decade, previously as an editor at HarperCollins and Scholastic. Her list as editor included award-winning books that received a Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, and Sibert Honor; the Ezra Jack Keats Award; and appearances on Best of lists for The New York Times, NPR, Kirkus, and more. Kait is hapa (mixed race Chinese/white) and is passionate about championing books by, about, and for BIPOC. In 2020 she received the CBC Diversity Outstanding Achievement Award. Kait resides in a hoarder’s paradise in Los Angeles, surrounded by books. When she’s not reading those, she can often be found playing board games, estate sale hopping, or crafting.
Learn more about Kait and the work that she does here!