Rosemary Stimola

President & Founder

In more than thirty years of professional life, Rosemary Stimola has worn many hats, all of them centered on books for children and young adults.

Her first work life as a PhD linguist, teaching language and literature at the City University of New York, with a specialization in children’s literature, steeped her in the aesthetics of narrative, the power of the written word, and the nuanced partnership of word and art in the telling of story.

Her second work life, as owner of A Child’s Story, an independent bookstore of national reputation in Teaneck, NJ, educated her in the business of children’s publishing, and brought her the Lucile Micheels Pannell Award, given by the National Women’s Book Association, for bringing children and books together.

Given her experience and reputation as an educator, bookseller and literary agent, Rosemary has become one of the most sought after speakers at writer and illustrator conferences throughout the United States and abroad.

Clients

Amy Alznauer, Brian Anderson, Christy Hale, Dianna Aston, Matthew Baek, Ali Bahrampour, Peter Bakalian, Hester Bass, Ryan Begley, NC Richard, Michael D. Beil, Ben Boos, James Braithwaite, Susan Kaplan Carlton, Aimée Carter, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Suzanne Collins, Dahlia Hamza Constantine, Jim Cox, Marcia Vaughan, Suzanne Crowley, Kathryn Dennis, Liza Donnelly, Laura Dower, Julie Downing, Amanda Driscoll, Maxwell Eaton, Lisa Eickholdt, Patricia Faithfull, Kate Feiffer, Henri Flores, Jodi Lynn Anderson, Mark Gonyea, Mary GrandPre', Adam Gudeon, Soyna Owley, Ellen Hagan, Matthew Cordell, Julie Halpern, Claire Hartfield, Tracy Holczer, Polly Holyoke, Kay Honeyman, Anne Hunter, Patricia Intriago, Laura McGee Kvasnosky, Thanhhà Lại, Irene Latham, Michelle Lee, José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço, Vikram Madan, Nan Marino, Adriana Mather, James Bird, Kate Harvey McGee, Karen M. McManus, Michelle Meadows, Nicole Michels, J. Barton Mitchell, Ken Mochizuki, Sheila O'Connor, Lisa Papademetriou, Mary E. Pearson, Jane Ann Peddicord, James Ponti, Andrea Portes, Jonathan Reynolds, Celeste Lim, Caleb Roehrig, Barb Rosenstock, Marisabina Russo, Barney Saltzberg, Adam Schaefer, Lola Schaefer, Terre Seeley, Allison Shaw, Chris Sheban, Joel Silverman, Andy Snair, Philip Stead, Julie Sternberg, Geoff Stevenson, Tanya Lee Stone, Matt Tavares, Katherine Tillotson, Trudi Trueit, Elissa Turnbull, Jacqueline Véissid, Charles Waters, Renée Watson, Emerson Weber, Rowboat Watkins, Kim Whitney, Susan Wider, Bruce Wolf, Laurie Wolf, Johanna Wright, Anna Banks, The Zhou Brothers.