Hello! My name is Hannah Calderazzo, and I am a published writer and experienced editor of a variety of works, as well as a lover of Jane Austen and fantasy novels. I am currently an Associate Managing Editor for Random House Children’s Books at the multinational publishing company Penguin Random House (PRH). I act as a title information and scheduling manager for licensed titles from brands and companies such as Disney, Nickelodeon, NBCUniversal, and Sesame Street.
I am also a freelance copyeditor and proofreader for Scholastic and Random House Children’s Books. As a freelancer for both houses, I have worked on over sixty titles for Scholastic and multiple projects for RHCB. These projects have ranged from Suzanne Collins’s Sunrise on the Reaping to picture books, to nonfiction and fiction titles for middle-grade readers, other YA novels, and graphic novels from multiple series in Scholastic’s Graphix imprint. Some other titles I have had the pleasure of working on include The Revenge Game by Jordyn Taylor, Haunted Holiday by Kiersten White, Love Requires Chocolate by Ravynn K. Stringfield, Not Another Banned Book by Dana Alison Levy, ·The Immortal Games by Annaliese Avery, Deer Run Home by Ann Clare LeZotte, and WWII Close Up: They Saved the Stallions by Deborah Hopkinson.
I formerly worked at Vintage Books, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, where I had the privilege of assisting with titles by authors such as Margaret Atwood, Colson Whitehead, Tommy Orange, and John Grisham. I loved working with our extraordinary backlist, handling reprint corrections and maintaining our physical library at the office. Several of my other duties included collaborating with other departments for important updates to backlist titles, like adding new introductions or postscripts; supporting our Managing Editor with data management in SAP and FileMaker, including date/price changes, title/subtitle changes, BISAC, and other metadata updates; and creating bound galley materials for physical galleys and eGalleys.
I am passionate about writing and working with books, and am always seeking to expand my experience in the fields of publishing, creative writing, and other communications. When not enjoying a novel or attempting embroidery, you can find me working on my next project.
Favorite authors: Jane Austen, Wilkie Collins, C.S. Lewis, Katherine Arden, Naomi Novik
Favorite poet: Emily Dickinson
Favorite poem: “‘Hope’ is the Thing with Feathers” by Emily Dickinson
Favorite novels: The Postcard by Anne Berest, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Persuasion by Jane Austen, The Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Favorite nonfiction: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, Hamilton by Ron Chernow, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
