2013 New Voices Committee Members Announced

The ABC New Voices program is run by a committee of 12 independent booksellers whose responsibility it is to pick the top middle grade and young adult debuts of the year to be featured on New Voices promotional materials [1] for both the summer and fall seasons. 

The ABC Children’s Group at ABA is pleased to announce the New Voices Committee for 2013:

• Committee Chair Becky Quiroga Curtis, Books & Books [2], Coral Gables, Florida
• Chair Emeritus Meghan Goel, BookPeople [3], Austin, Texas
• Holly Adler, Blue Marble Children’s Bookstore [4], Fort Thomas, Kentucky
• Kaley DeGoursey, RJ Julia Booksellers [5], Madison, Connecticut
• Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books [6], Tampa, Florida
• Lauren Mayer, University Book Store [7], Seattle, Washington
• Lauren Peugh, Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Book Shop [8], La Verne, California
• Christopher Rose, Andover Bookstore [9], Andover, Massachusetts
• Hannah Smith, The Doylestown Bookshop [10], Doylestown, Pennsylvania
• Angie Tally, The Country Bookshop [11], Southern Pines, North Carolina
• Kyle Warren, Boulder Book Store [12], Boulder, Colorado
• Julia Wilson, The Bookworm [13], Omaha, Nebraska

Publishers who are both ABA members and ABC Group subscribers are welcome to submit titles by debut authors for consideration by the committee to ABC Group Manager Shannon O’Connor via e-mail [14] (please include title, author, ISBN, price, format, and publishing date) .  Questions about the program should also be directed to O’Connor. 

Publishers who are unsure of their membership status should contact Member Relationship Manager Nathan Halter via e-mail [15] or at (800) 637-0037, ext. 7514.