Andrea Hall is an Editor at Albert Whitman & Company.

She is particularly drawn to stories that have layers of meaning and diversity. Some of the titles she’s acquired include Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code, Shubh Diwali!, and Far Apart, Close in Heart. Andrea started her publishing career at Pearson Education and is a former ARA of the Central and Southern Ohio Chapter of SCBWI.

For picture books, she seeks fiction and nonfiction: nature, STEM, multiculturalism, folktales, historical, biographies, special needs topics, #ownvoices.

For chapter books and middle grade and young adult, she seeks contemporary, contemporary fantasy, magical realism, mystery, and historical fiction.