Diane Wright Landolf

Diane Wright Landolf is a freelance editor and former senior editor at Random House Children's Books, where she focused on chapter books and middle-grade novels. Her collection of middle-grade scary stories, BUMP IN THE NIGHT, is upcoming from Clarion in Summer 2026. She's published a picture book, an original early reader, and a chapter book adaptation of The Jungle Book, as well as several readers and 8x8s for licenses including Barbie and Thomas and Friends. Diane loves travel and hiking and frequently both at the same time. She is the mother of two—one grown and one almost grown—and lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, NY. Find out more at dianelandolfeditorial.com.