Nancy Mercado-Editor
Fri, May 01
|John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Penguin Random House
Time & Location
May 01, 2026, 10:00 AM – May 02, 2026, 5:00 PM
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Guests
About the event
ALL MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY.
Nancy Mercado began her career in the Scholastic Book Clubs in 1998 and she has held editorial positions at Penguin, Macmillan and Scholastic. Most recently she was VP and Associate Publisher at Penguin Young Readers, managing a large team of brilliant editors at Dial Books for Young Readers and Putnam Books for Young Readers and editing a select list of picture books, novels, and graphic novels. Over the years, Nancy has had the good fortune of collaborating with incredible authors such as Paul Acampora, Lexie Bean, Cecil Castellucci, Veronica Chambers, Tommy Greenwald, Diana Lopez, Jasminne Mendez, Isabel Quintero, Peter Raymundo, Gabby Rivera, Aida Salazar, Jessica Slice, Natalia Sylvester, Lauren Tarshis, Sonya Renee Taylor, Kelly Yang, Elisabet Velasquez and others. Nancy helped to establish the CBC Diversity Initiative in 2012, she has served on the Brooklyn Book Festival planning committee and the board of…
Tickets
Manuscript Review
This ticket includes a VIRTUAL 15-minute manuscript review with Nancy Mercado. Participants will receive direct feedback on their work during their scheduled session. All bookings are final and non-refundable. Please ensure to schedule you time with the reviewer using the email found in the booking confirmation page.
$125.00
+$3.13 ticket service fee
Total
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