After working for several years in education as an English as a
Second Language instructor at Rutgers University’s Program in American
Language Studies, Tamra Tuller got her publishing feet wet in the
Scholastic
Book Clubs, and then moved on to Scholastic’s trade division at Blue Sky
Press. She was an editor at Philomel Books, primarily focused on
modern, literary middle grade and young adult fiction as
well as story-based picture books. She has worked with such authors as
Ruta Sepetys, Kathryn Erskine, Renata Liwska, Beth Kephart, Heidi Ayarbe
and Barbara Joosse. An East Coaster by birth, Tamra recently moved to
San Francisco, recently settling into her new position as Children’s
Editor at Chronicle Books, where she is now in charge of developing
their middle-grade and YA lists.