HONOREES
GRAND CENTRALPUBLISHING
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HACHETTE
BOOK GROUP
CONGRATULATE
2019 PW Star
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MADDIE CALDWELL
Editor
Grand Central Publishing, New York
City
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CP’s editor-in-chief, Karen
Kosztolnyik, says that
Caldwell “knows intuitively
what projects are valued at
and has a strong perspective on the mar-
ketplace. I am impressed with her editorial acumen and publishing
instincts.” Caldwell says that she is driven by a belief in science with
room “to believe (or wanting to believe) in things I shouldn’t, like
astrology, ghosts, and chiropractors.” So when she stumbled upon
the podcast The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe she knew it would find
a readership. What she couldn’t know was that in the face of the
presidential election, it became a rallying cry for truth and ratio-
nality and won praise from Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye. She
fought hard—and won—in a competitive auction for New Yorker
staffer Becky Cooper’s upcoming true-crime book, We Keep the Dead
Close (Feb. 2020), about an unsolved 1969 murder at Harvard.
Beyond the “pull of the macabre” that she admits, Caldwell cham-
pioned the book because “it’s about finally getting justice for a crime
that was covered up by a behemoth institution, and mixes true
crime, philosophy and captivating character studies.”
EMILY DAY
Library marketing coordinator
and YA specialist
Macmillan, New York CityA
fter receiving a
master’s in chil-
dren’s literature
from Simmons
College in Boston, Day joined Macmillan in 2017 in the newly
created position of library marketing assistant and YA specialist.
At the time, the division’s two-person library-marketing team
needed more firepower—particularly in light of the increasing
number of YA titles from the Flatiron and Wednesday imprints.
“Day is incredibly adaptable, reads everything, and completes
every task with aplomb,” her manager, Talia Sherer, says. Sherer
was particularly impressed last fall, a period of transition for the
department, when Day “eagerly stepped in and handled projects
that belonged to her superior.” Not surprisingly, she was pro-
moted in April to her current position. A year ago, Day launched
the department’s Instagram account, and it now boasts more
than 800 followers. While there is some crossover with adult
titles in Day’s work, she proudly emphasizes that everything she
does—social media, webinars, presentations, conventions, and
awards submissions—is for librarians.