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We are Marble Press

Marble Press arose from a collaboration between children’s book industry professionals, parents, and successful entrepreneurs. 

Marble Press is our parent company, and it has three subsidiaries: Marble Books, which focuses on picture books, Bulooga Books, which publishes books for our youngest readers, and Taltos Books, which publishes middle-grade and young-adult materials. 

In today’s complex world, quality books, and the words and images they contain, are more valuable than ever. Our mission is to bring you books that will inspire your child, books that will challenge their imagination and ignite their curiosity. 

We wake up every morning with a mission. We want to publish books that make a difference, books that stand out because of their style and substance.  We want books that are honest and diverse, books that offer new perspectives and outside-the-box experiences. Our books will provide a wide range of learning and experiences for our readers. 

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We chose the Taltos as our logo. The Taltos is a mythical creature, one whose appearance is at first weathered and rough, but who comes to age as a creature with five legs, who wields magical powers, and can fly. Not only does the Taltos transform, but also he takes his young rider through a transformation. Like the Taltos and his young traveler, great books can change readers. We invite you to read these books with us.

EDITORS

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Michael Green

Michael Green is the former President and Publisher of Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers / Penguin Random House. 

At Philomel he helped redefine the imprint as a commercial force, acquiring and developing 30 New York Times bestselling titles, including several that went all the way to #1. He is most closely associated with The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers, the Ranger’s Apprentice novels by John Flanagan, the Otis the Tractor picture books by Loren Long, the Alex Rider spy novels by Anthony Horowitz, the sports-themed novels of Mike Lupica, and the historical fiction novels of Ruta Sepetys.

As head of Philomel, Michael worked hand in hand with some of the sharpest marketing, publicity, sales, foreign rights, and production teams in the business, broadening his experience with every aspect of a book’s journey to publication and beyond. Most recently he founded GreenHouse Editorial, a freelance editing service. Michael is married to an audiobook producer/director for Hachette Book Group and is a father to one son.

Jodi Keller editor Marble Press
Jodi Keller

Jodi Keller is a former Senior Editor from Penguin Random House with over twenty years of experience in children’s publishing, editing middle-grade and young adult fiction and fantasy.

During her time at Delacorte Press and Knopf Books for Young Readers, she was fortunate to work with National Bestselling authors Peter Benchley and Julie Schumacher, as well as on award-winning debut novels by Martin Wilson and Margo Rabb. She also edited popular fantasy series by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, and assisted on novels by acclaimed writers Philip Pullman, Jerry Spinelli, and Christopher Paul Curtis.

When Jodi is not editing YA manuscripts, she’s busy sharing her love of reading with her teenage twins. They remind her each day how the best books have the power to enlighten, transform, and inspire us.

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