Meet two of the most important middle grade and YA editors

If you write middle grade or YA, then you should know all you can about Arthur Levine and Wendy Lamb.

[Full disclosure: I really liked reading this about Mr. Levine: “A self-professed “friendship junkie,” Levine places a high value on his relationships with authors and illustrators. “There is a certain special intimacy you have when you’re working with authors on something that is so meaningful to them,” he says.” That's the kind of relationship I prefer to have with my editors. And as for Ms. Lamb? Everyone I know named Wendy is wonderful, including a certain agent….]

Now it’s your turn for disclosure. Are either of these people your editor?