Rubin Pfeffer
Rubin Pfeffer is a veteran of more than 50 years in Trade Publishing. For nearly three decades with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Pfeffer rose from designer to President of HBJ’s distinguished Trade division, working with world-renowned writers among them Alice Walker, Mark Helprin, Umberto Eco on the adult side and Virginia Hamilton, Don and Audrey Wood, and Nancy Willard in children’s. During this period, HBJ earned coveted awards including the National Book, Pulitzer, Nobel, Newbery, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King.
He went on to serve as SVP, Chief Creative Officer for Pearson, coordinating cross-company product development among Penguin and DK and the corporation’s K-12 textbook publishers. He joined Simon & Schuster as SVP, Group Publisher of S&S BFYR, Atheneum, McElderry Books and launched a successful new imprint for picture books, Beach Lane Books which won a Caldecott Honor in its first year. During his tenure, his imprints achieved impressive growth each year. He had the pleasure of introducing acclaimed adult writers to children’s publishing, including Sean Covey and the 7 Habits franchise, Frank McCourt, Mary Higgins Clark, and Paula Deen. He maximized subsidiary rights income, a highlight of which was to sell educational rights to Jon Sciezka’s Trucktown program.
Pfeffer agented with East West Literary Agency before launching Rubin Pfeffer Content in 2014. Prominent and award-winning talents he serves include Newbery medalists Kwame Alexander, Patricia MacLachlan, and Susan Cooper; Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Medalist Ekua Holmes, and National Book Award finalists Elana K. Arnold, Caren Stelson, and multi award-winning Carole Boston Weatherford. He enjoys introducing and mentoring new and emerging talents to the publishing community. He speaks at industry events and illustration college classes.
Represents
Around the World in a Bathtub
Girl Running
Daniel's Good Day
Snowman - Cold = Puddle
Prairie Days
Wonder Walkers
Snow Horses
What's New, Daniel?
When We Asked the Wind
While We're Here
The Geyser Blinked
Maudie and The Bear
Far From Fair
A Boy Called BAT
What Girls Are Made Of
BAT and the Waiting Game
Damsel
BAT and the End of Everything
What Riley Wore
Red Hood
An Ordinary Day
Starla Jean & Opal Egg
The House That Wasn't There
Just Harriet
Starla Jean Takes the Cake
Pip and Zip
All By Himself
Harriet Spies
Starla Jean Cracks the Case
The Blood Years
The Fish of Small Wishes
Harriet Tells the Truth
Untitled MG
Untitled YA
The Stuff of Stars
Sunshine
The Animals Speak
We, the Curious Ones
One Small Acorn
Our Life-Giving Earth
City of the Uncommon Thief
Cryptid Club: Bigfoot Takes the Field
Cryptid Club: A Nessie Situation
Cryptid Club: The Chupacabra Hoopla
Cryptid Club: You Don't Know Jackalope
Sylvia's Bookshop
Night Train, Night Train
O Captain, My Captain
Tiny Bird
Wilbur Wright and Lady Liberty
Breaking Waves
The Great Zombie Pumpkin Parade
Ice Bears at Ice Edge
Winter Magic
How to Pee for Girls
Fix-It-Man
Out!
Ninja Claus
The Danger Gang and Pirates of Borneo
Mixed
The Boggart Fights Back
The Word Pirates
The Shortest Day
Lion of the Sky
We Thrive
The Moon's Almost Here
Someone Like Me
Just Dance
Little Robot Alone
My Father's Words
Chicken Talk
The Hundred Year Barn
My Friend Earth
Wondrous Rex
When Grandfather Flew
Barkus, The Most Fun
The Secret
When My Life Began
My Poet
Snow Horses
Painting the Game
Dream Within a Dream
Maudie and the Bear
Smitten with Kittens
The Great Zombie Pumpkin Parade
Ice Bears at Ice Edge
Winter Magic
My Farm Year
Auma's Long Run
Persisterhood: Wangari Maathai
All the Birds in the World
All the Fish in the Seas
All the Insects in the World
All the Mammals in the World
West
When the Mapou Sings
I Bring You My Songs
The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things
The Twisted Tower of Endless Torment
The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things 3
The Quiet, Noisy Woods
Rodzilla
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights
Stonewall
Ball and Balloon
Mayor Pete
The Fighting Infantryman
Bling Blaine
Two Grooms on a Cake
Stitch by Stitch
Blood Brothers
Mother of a Movement
A Song for the Unsung
Queer and Fearless
Between You and Me
We Are a Class
Andre
Book Comes Home
Lunchtime on the Lawn
A Family of Readers
Play Proud
Sachiko
A Bowl Full of Peace
Stars of the Night
The Return of the Sword
Tripping Back Blue
Looking for Smile
Becoming Blue
The Tree That Fell
Tiny Thing
Jelly Bean and Shoe
A Huge Mistake (Nora Dinosaura)
Shanghai Sukkah
Before We Met
Feathers and Hair
Trees
If I Were a Tree
First Morning Sun
Fake Chinese Sounds
Seven Samosas
You Can Fly
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne
Schomburg
In Your Hands
How Sweet the Sound Amazing Grace
The Roots of Rap
By and By: Charles Tindley bio
Box
R E S P E C T
Beauty Mark
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Dream for a Daughter
Madam Speaker
The Faith of Elijah
Call Me Miss Hamilton
Standing in the Need of Prayer
Song for the Unsung Bayard Rustin
All Rise: Ketanji Brown Jackson
How Do You Spell Unfair
Kin
BROS
Crown of Stories
Outspoken
Crowning Glory
Whirligigs
New York, NY 10010
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