My name is Feather (my namesake is a poem) and I love stories. As humans, everything we do—everything we are—is a story. There’s a special magic in the way we look at the world and see narrative at every turn: in who we are, in what came before, in what lies ahead. Our inheritance is an ongoing project of looking, seeing, and imagining beyond.
Right now, I work with stories as an editor at Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. I bring to this work years of training in rhetoric and composition; experience in classrooms and libraries; and intimate familiarity with trends in the U.S. children’s publishing market. Most importantly, though, I bring myself: the whole of my identities and experiences and opinions (of which there are many, ever-changing as I do), my knowledge of living in addition to my knowledge of storytelling.
If you are committed to upending stereotypes, dismantling the legacies of oppressive systems within both your art and you; and creating spaces for your communities to experience joy, curiosity, healing, and rest, then I am invested in the stories you tell. As the inimitable Toni Morrison said: “Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.” I am not here to maintain the status quo—I am here to build something better, one book at time.
Books in order of publication:
Texas, Baby! – 2022
Los Angeles, Baby! – 2022
Washington, DC, Baby! – 2022
Chicago, Baby! – 2022
The Twelve Cats of Christmas – 2022
Oak Lawn Library Friends 