Amina Parchment-Youssef
@AminaPYoussef
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Editorial Director @PuffinBooks (Penguin Children’s) 🐧 Bookseller Editors of the Year ’24 and Rising Star ’22 📚 She/Her. All views my own.
Joined January 2012
It’s official! ✨ You’re looking at the new Editorial Director @PuffinBooks 🐧📚commissioning everything from YF to MG to YA and hungry to acquire the best books! Agents 👀🤝🏽
.@PuffinBooks has revealed three new appointments and seven promotions in the editorial teams to “continue to drive growth and create market-leading publishing across categories for new generations” ⬇️
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Surprised but honoured to be on the first @thebookseller Editors of the Year list – the best way to draw 2024 to a close! 💫
The last issue of the year is out now with our new redesign, featuring: ⭐️Editors of the Year ⭐️Books in the Media Review of the Year ⭐️Interview with Natasha Brown ⭐️Paperback & Children's March Previews ⭐️Wellbeing Spotlight Read #TheBookseller 👉 https://t.co/T2uYMNEAVs
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After holding in this secret for a year, I’m now not going to shut up about the wonder that is @CynthiaMurphyYA and her masterful new thriller Keep Your Friends Close. Watch your backs, who knows what twists and turns are hiding? Find out in Sept 2025! ☠️💎🩸@penguinplatform
.@PenguinUKBooks has acquired three new novels by YA author Cynthia Murphy in a six-figure deal 👇
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Cover Reveal! 🚨 We are thrilled to share the cover for RUN AWAY WITH ME by @JLSimmonds_, a YA coming-of-age thriller-romance coming 5th June 2025! Two teenage runaways. One vintage Mustang. A life-changing road trip. Now available for pre-order: https://t.co/iydC7EkFW6
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We thought we’d spoil you and announce our winner of #CNPKids slightly earlier than 2pm today. So drum roll please … and many congratulations to all of our shortlisted and long-listed writers and a huge thank you to EVERYONE who entered #CNPKids2024
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All Stories 2024 is open for applications and we can't wait to hear from you! Are you a picture book/young fiction writer looking to develop your work? Are you a part of an underrepresented group? Find out more and apply for our 1:1 mentorship programme: https://t.co/ANyvxESxlI
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Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Children’s UK (@PenguinUKBooks), has acquired the second YA fantasy trilogy from Molly X Chang in a “significant” six-figure pre-empt 👇
thebookseller.com
Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Children’s UK, has acquired the second YA fantasy trilogy from Molly X Chang in a “significant” six-figure pre-empt.
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‘We can’t wait for the Gods to save us. We have to save ourselves.’ Red Queen meets Iron Widow in #ToGazeUponWickedGods, this epic anti-colonial YA fantasy from debut author @mollyxchang 👉 https://t.co/aRhK10mJeT
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A very special acquisition, this one! Think high concept thriller meets queer friends to lovers romance packed with the juiciest of BookTok tropes, all set against the backdrop of an all American road trip. A dream book! 🇺🇸🚗💙 @MissJoSimmonds @saskialeach_ @PuffinBooks
Deal News! 🚨 2 book deal for J L Simmonds (@MissJoSimmonds) with Penguin Random House Children's for LGBTQ+ YA romantic thriller RUN AWAY WITH ME. Agent: Saskia Leach (@saskialeach_) Acquiring Editor: Amina Youssef (@AminaYoussef20) Read more: https://t.co/CpfAFjpgPj
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Look what's arrived! I am in love with this cover! And it's super pretty in person. Currently planning my cosy Christmas book launch party. Yes we are celebrating Christmas in October. Yes there is Only for the Holidays wrapping paper 🥳 Only for The Holidays out October 12th.
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ARE YOU READY TO JOIN THE DRAGON FORCE? As of today, you can! Huge congrats to the superstars that are @kwebberwrites and @kevtsang for the launch of their brand-new, dragon-filled, action-packed series. It’s another fiery one! 🔥🐉 @racheldenden @simonkids_UK
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The secret @TolaOkogwu and @simonkids_UK have been holding in is finally out! Your favourite superhero is back and better than ever in a brand new @WorldBookDayUK adventure! The perfect read for all to enjoy come February 2024 🌞🇳🇬💥
It’s time to power up because Onyeka is back and she will be joining the epic @WorldBookDayUK 2024 lineup in a new adventure, ONYEKA AND THE SECRET SUPERHERO #WorldBookDay
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I am delighted to launch our wonderful #CNPKids prize today -we have amazing judges & lots of resources on the site. If you are writing picture books, first chapter books, middle grade, YA or children’s fantasy this the prize for you! https://t.co/xv5oI9Ra0f
cheshirenovelprizekids.com
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Congratulations to this year's #YABookPrize winner Danielle Jawando for When Our Worlds Collided!!!🎉🌟@simonYAbooks
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Publication day is finally upon us for the perfect summer beach read as evidenced by my well-loved copy below! A highly original and super fun take on the YA thriller genre, written by an author of immense talent. You did that @NotAgainBen 🥹🥰💜 @simonYAbooks
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💜🗡️ The wait is over! The most epic and sizzling fantasy romance book of the year is out today. Discover the book taking TikTok by storm. Get your copy of #Powerless now: https://t.co/BUTuqM5wQ2
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Happy book birthday to #Powerless and author LEGEND in the making, Lauren Roberts. This is enemies-to-lovers, kiss-or-kill, morally-grey characters at its FINEST! If you haven’t got it yet, WHY NOT? 💜🖤🤍🗡️
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Some exceptional books publish today that I’m very proud to have played a part in! Congratulations Lauren Roberts, @AdamSilvera and @stewfoster1 🗡️⏱️🔦 @simonkids_UK @simonYAbooks
All The Way Down by @stewfoster1 🏴☠️ Worst Week Ever! Wednesday by @EvaJanetAmores & @MrMattCosgrove ⏰ The First to Die at the End by @AdamSilvera 🗡️ Powerless by Lauren Roberts
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"See You on Venus is the perfect combination of swoon-worthy romance and tear-jerking declarations brought to life by two unforgettable characters and their once-in-a-lifetime road trip" @simonkids_UK has signed Victoria Vinuesa's debut YA book Read here https://t.co/70FVPIB75N
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The UK may be experiencing a heatwave, but today marks six months until Christmas, and Only for the Holidays is the perfect festive romance for this year and forevermore 💖🎄❄️ @ABelloWrites @simonYAbooks
❄️ COVER REVEAL ❄️ My second YA novel Only For The Holidays! City girl Tia Solanké & country boy Quincy Parker. It's giving 👩🏾🤝👨🏿 Black love 💕 Fake Dating 🇳🇬 Nigerian rep 🚫 Toxic exes 💃🏾 A ball This cover though 😍 Caroline Garcia Out Oct 12th. https://t.co/lDLNXy2mh2
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