Conference Sneak Peek: Tamra Tuller

After working for several years in education as an English as a Second Language instructor at Rutgers University’s Program in American Language Studies, Tamra Tuller got her publishing feet wet in the Scholastic Book Clubs, and then moved on to Scholastic’s trade division at Blue Sky Press. She was an editor at Philomel Books, primarily focused on modern, literary middle grade and young adult fiction as well as story-based picture books. She has worked with such authors as Ruta Sepetys, Kathryn Erskine, Renata Liwska, Beth Kephart, Heidi Ayarbe and Barbara Joosse. An East Coaster by birth, Tamra recently moved to San Francisco, recently settling into her new position as Children's Editor at Chronicle Books, where she is now in charge of developing their middle-grade and YA lists.