Founded in 2014, Kathy Dawson Books is dedicated to middle-grade and YA fiction across a variety of genres.  In her more than twenty years at Penguin, Kathy Dawson has edited many bestselling award winners and her imprint will aim to continue in that tradition, publishing literary books with strong hooks and irresistible voices, with characters who live beyond the page.

She believes in celebrating the best examples of the form and strives to publish the authors who understand the craft on the deepest level, who can play with structure in unique ways, and who offer powerful voices from all walks of life—voices that have never been heard before.

That’s the mission—to publish stellar novels, with unforgettable characters, for children and teens that expand their vision of the world, provide wisdom for life, celebrate the written word, and last for generations. Books that break the mold, and the heart, and still have tons of child and teen appeal.

You’ll find reality-benders, survivor stories, unreliable narrators, speculative fiction, magical realism, humor, genre books with entry points for non-genre readers, all things apocalyptic, and brave authors in every sense of the word.