DK CHILDREN'S
Arabella Stein, Trade Strategy Director, DK Children’s
I joined DK at the start of 2024, when rightly it took a moment to celebrate its 50th anniversary. It gave us the perfect platform from which we could reflect on our history but also bring the experience, excitement and energy with which we have always published to new areas, with our commitment to author and illustrator care central to all that we do. It means so much to us all when we see the work of our authors and illustrators – in all the formats in which we publish – come into a child or young adult’s life. Bestseller lists, prize nominations and international editions are always a joy to see and now, with our audio list, with our books – to hear...
From DK flip, authors we are incredibly proud to have brought to our new fiction list include for middle grade readers Sunday Times bestselling author Elodie Harper’s debut; following on from the publication of our first YA trilogy Rosaria’s Munda’s tiktok favourite, The Aurelian Cycle, Romina Garber joins the list with The Last Vampire – that magical and most wanted combination of a vampire novel, set in a boarding school with the lightest touch of Pride and Prejudice. For teens, The Sign of the Raven, Pippa Dunn’s first novel for which we acquired UK and Comm rights is, we confidently predict, the launch of a major new literary voice.
The Witches of Anderson House is already gripping younger readers as a highly illustrated chapter book series. Our favourite witches come out of retirement, and clinging to their broomsticks, peer into the darkness and just like magic, save the day. Finally, with thrillers inspired by myth and legend and graphic novels that bring the agony of young love to the page, we feel certain that DK flip since we launched with our first New York Times bestseller, Cornelia Funke’s The Green Kingdom is truly turning the page . . .
Illustrator wise, we are amazed, enlightened and awed by the talent and creativity of the artists on our list including Alex Willmore, Mark Chambers, Ashwin Chacko, Camelia Pham, Super Freak, and of course Chris Haughton whose iconic title The History of Information was a major global publishing moment here in the UK and multiple territories around the world.