Jean E. Karl

Jean E. Karl
BornJean Edna Karl
July 29, 1927
Chicago, Illinois, US
DiedMarch 30, 2000(2000-03-30) (aged 72)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US
OccupationEditor, author
Alma materMount Union College (BA)
Period1949–c. 1999
GenreChildren's literature, science fiction
Notable worksFrom Childhood to Childhood: Children's Books and Their Creators

Jean Edna Karl (July 29, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois – March 30, 2000 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) was an American book editor who specialized in children's and science fiction titles. She founded and led the children's division and young adult and science fiction imprints at Atheneum Books, where she oversaw or edited books that won two Caldecott Medals and five Newbery Medals. One of the Newberys went to the new writer E. L. Konigsburg in 1968 for From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Jean Karl, 72; A Publisher Of Books For Children" (obituary). April 3, 2000. Eden Ross Lipson. The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  2. ^ "Karl, Jean (Edna)" Archived May 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Summer 2006. Alan Jalowitz. Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Penn State University. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  3. ^ "Birthday Bios: Jean E. Karl" Archived May 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. No date. Vicki Palmquist. Children's Literature Network. (c) 2002–2008. Retrieved 2011-10-21.