The late Frances Foster, a celebrated children’s editor and publisher at Farrar Straus Giroux, will be honored at a public memorial service this month.
Greatest Generation | Consider the Source
By on June 18, 2014
Charlotte Zolotow, Margaret K. McElderry, Jean Karl, Dorothy Briley, and Frances Foster—all creators of modern books for children and teenagers—groomed many young editors. What was it that these greats had in common?
Beloved Children’s Book Editor Frances Foster Dies at 83
By on June 10, 2014
Renowned children’s book editor Frances Foster, who worked with illustrious authors including Roald Dahl, Louis Sachar, Peter Sís, died June 8 at age 83.
Mortal Fire: Bright but Lacking Heat?
By on December 3, 2013
Mortal Fire, Elizabeth Knox Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux, June 2013 Reviewed from final copy I love this book so very very much. I put it on our initial long list based on one read, and I knew there were some flaws in the pacing, but there was so much good — the world, the […]
SLJ Talks to Legendary Book Editor Frances Foster
By on October 17, 2012
School Library Journal sat down with renowned children’s book editor Frances Foster to discuss her long, illustrious career working with children’s book stars like Roald Dahl and Peter Sís, her experiences coming across the manuscripts of a fourteen-year-old Polly Horvath, and how it felt editing the Newbery-award winner Holes.
