Erinn Pascal
Andrews McMeel
My Manuscript Wish List®
Erinn Pascal (she/her/hers) joined Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2021 as the Senior Editor for Children’s Books and Licensing Manager. Although Andrews McMeel is based in Kansas City, Missouri, Erinn lives and works in Los Angeles, California, where she manages the kids’ publishing list and licenses. She likes to say that she works on 50% licensed titles and 50% original creators’ works. She’s most interested in uplifting creators, brands, and their authentic visions, and she will passionately say that she does not work on “cookie cutter books.” Erinn edits everything from licensed cookbooks and activity to middle-grade graphic novels to poignant prose to everything in-between. She is particularly looking for fun, funny, vibrant, and uplifting stories. She is also extremely passionate about mentoring marginalized authors and creators in the book licensing world, and always open to having conversations with BIPOC, disabled, LGBQT+, neurodiverse, and low-income creatives about breaking through that barrier.
A SELECTION OF ERINN’S LIST: Matt Sprouts and the Curse of the Ten Broken Toes by Matt Eicheldinger (New York Times bestseller!); Pocket Peaches by Dora Wang; the Afro Unicorn graphic novels by April Showers; Gyro and the Argonauts by Joshua Pruett; Neopets: The Official Cookbook in collaboration with The Neopets Team; Slice of Mallow by Adam Foreman; The Stream Team by NickEh30 and E.C. Myers
A SELECTION OF LICENSES THAT ERINN HAS EDITED AT ANDREWS MCMEEL: Neopets, Kung Fu Panda 4, Despicable Me 4, Pinata Smashlings, Puss in Boots, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Ticket to Ride
PRIOR TO ANDREWS MCMEEL PUBLISHING: Erinn held editorial positions at Scholastic, Disney, Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Barefoot Books, where she worked on brands such as Harry Potter, Peppa Pig, Disney Princess, Minnie Mouse, LEGO, Curious George, and Batman. Erinn is also a freelance author and writes under the pseudonyms Cala Spinner and Lana Crespin.
You can find a (constantly evolving) list of books that Erinn has edited here, as well as a smattering of books that she has written here.
Fun facts about me:
When she’s not editing, Erinn can be found:
- Fiercely defending the Star Wars prequels
- “Vegan”-izing family Colombian and Ashkenazi Jewish recipes
- Taking her poodle mix, Obi, to the West Hollywood dog park
- Collecting Pokémon cards (she refuses to call them “vintage”)
- Doing Pilates (badly)
- Getting lost (and spending way too much money) at comic con artist alleys
- Browsing the local farmer’s market for fresh veggies (baby cauliflower is her favorite)
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/submissions/
Erinn only accepts agented submissions in her email unless specifically requested. Please do NOT send Erinn a submission unless you are an agent. If you are not agented, please use the form located here.
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
#ownvoices, Action-Adventure, Activism, Author-Illustrators, BIPOC, Children's, Children's Nonfiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction, Classic retellings with BIPOC characters, Commercial MG, Commercial YA, Contemporary YA, Contemporary Young Adult, Cozy Fantasy, Cozy Mystery, Diaspora Narratives, Disability, Diverse Protagonists, Diversity, Fairytale Retellings, Female Friendships, First Person, Florida history, Funny MG, Gaming, Geek Culture, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels (for all ages), Humor, Humor YA, Illustrated, Illustrated/Gift, Illustration (for all ages), Illustrator, Illustrators, Illustrators and Author/Illustrators, Immigrant Experiences, Immigrant Voices, Inspirational/Gift, LGBT YA, LGBTQ+, Latinx stories, Layered Family Stories with multiple narrators, MG, MG Action Adventure, MG Fantasy, MG Horror, MG Nonfiction, MG Sci-Fi, MG adventure, MG contemporary, MG mystery, MG/YA, Mental Health, Middle Grade, Middle Grade Adventure, Middle Grade Contemporary, Middle Grade Fantasy, Middle Grade Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Horror, Middle Grade Humor, Middle Grade Mystery, Middle grade magical realism, Minority Voices, Monsters, Muslim, Neurodiversity, POC, Pop Culture, Retellings, Self-help for kids, Self-help for teens, Strategy books for kids, Strategy books for teens, Tarot, YA, YA Contemporary, YA Contemporary Romance, YA Crossover, YA Mystery, YA Nonfiction, YA Rom-Coms, YA RomCom, YA Romantasy, YA fantasy/light sci-fi, YA memoir, YA rom com, YA/MG graphic novel, Young Adult, Young Adult Narrative Non-Fiction (Both Contemporary and Historical Narrative Non-Fiction), Young Adult Non-Fiction, Zombies, action-packed graphic novels, activity books, award-winners!, children's diversity, children's graphic novels, comics, coming of age, commercial, commercial middle grade, contemporary MG, contemporary middle grade, cook book, creatures, diasporic, diverse, diverse and own voices, diverse heroines, diverse voices, family stories, feminine narratives, friendship, friendship stories, ghost story, invisible disability, middle grade non-fiction, narrative non-fiction YA/MG, nonfiction, queer narratives, quirky, romantasy, spooky mg, thoughtful graphic novels
I’d like the next…
bestseller in one of these categories:
- Graphic novels for MG/YA (fun, funny, uplifting, heartfelt, marginalized author. Think: Cat & Cat Adventures, Super Boba Cafe, Hilo)
- Fiction prose for MG/YA (fun, funny, uplifting, heartfelt, marginalized author. Think: Frizzy, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Cupcake Diaries series)
- Nonfiction for MG or YA (think: happy news, or a dog poop identification kit)
- Licensed title based on a popular brand for kids & adults (particularly in video games and gaming-adjacent space
My favorites include…
- Movies:
- Star Wars
- especially the prequels (#prequelsapologist)
- Wicked
- Lilo & Stitch
- anything Studio Ghibli
- especially Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Frozen
- Star Wars
- TV shows:
- Game of Thrones (if season 8 had a rewrite)
- Star Wars TV shows, especially:
- The Acolyte
- The Mandalorian
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Nobody Wants This
- The Good Place
- Kim’s Convenience
- Schitt’s Creek
- Avatar the Last Airbender
- The Expanse
- Lost in Space
- Video Games:
- Pokémon
- Neopets (d’oh!)
- Harvest Moon
- Animal Crossing
- Pikmin
- Books Not Already Mentioned:
- Ready Player One
- Anything written by Samantha Irby
- Howl’s Moving Castle
- The Tea Dragon Society
- Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
- Nevermoor
