Kelsey Horton

As an Executive Editor at Delacorte Press, I am avidly looking for blockbusters to literary classics, with high-concept hooks and universal appeal. I gravitate towards YA book club fiction including hard-hitting contemporaries/romances, addictive mysteries/thrillers and commercial, cinematic series. In middle grade through young adult, I enjoy stories with a gut-wrenching coming-of-age story, intriguing competition, inventive retelling or speculative twist that explores timely themes. No matter the genre I am drawn to smart storytelling and I am always on the lookout for a manuscript with a strong voice that hooks you from the beginning with a surprise ending that begs to be talked about.