Chronicle Books makes new hires for its kids team

Rebecca Frazer and Mary Colgan have stepped into editorial roles at the publishing company.
August 15, 2024

San Francisco-based Chronicle Books has bolstered its children’s publishing group with a trio of recent hires over the past month.

Rebecca Frazer (pictured left) is on board as children’s books executive editor, with a remit to oversee licensing partnerships and bestsellers including the Tiny T. Rex series of five preschool titles by Jonathan Stutzman. Frazer previously served in senior editorial roles at Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and Disney Publishing Worldwide, where she played a key role in editorial strategy and multi-platform IPs from 2014 to 2016.

Mary Colgan (pictured right; who began her career as an intern at Chronicle in the 2000s) has returned to the company as children’s books senior editor. Her resumé includes editorial stints at Highlights for Children and Callisto Media. In her new role, she will oversee the kidlit franchise Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, featuring 20 titles penned by Sherri Duskey Rinker. It’s Chronicle’s bestselling kids series, with more than 10 million copies sold. Colgan will also oversee chapter book franchises such as The Story of Gumluck the Wizard (by Adam Rex) and the Henry series by Jenn Bailey.

And finally, the publisher has hired Linette Kim as senior manager for school/library marketing and children’s publicity. In addition to serving as senior marketing manager at New York’s Astra Books for Young Readers for the past two years, she brings experience from past roles at Bloomsbury Children’s Books and Harlequin/HarperCollins. 

Some of Chronicle’s recent kids books include That’s Not Fair by Shinsuke Yoshitake; All About U.S. by Matt Lamothe and Jenny Volvovski; Over and Under the Wetland by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal; Little Monster Says Goodnight by David Slonim; and Two Together by Brendan Wenzel.

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