Ginee Seo to Leave Chronicle Books
Ginee Seo to Leave Chronicle Books Ginee Seo, executive publishing director for children’s books at San Francisco-based Chronicle Books, is leaving the company on May 5. Seo has been with Chronicle for 12 years, since being named children’s publishing director in March 2011. She plans to continue writing and editing while spending more time with her family. At Chronicle, Seo built lists across age bands, expanding the indie publisher’s YA offerings. She edited picture books including the bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site and its sequels, and Brendan Wenzel’s They All Saw a Cat and Hello Hello, a book about threatened species for which she established a partnership between Chronicle and the Wildlife Conservation Society. In a release, Chronicle credited Seo with “a substantial increase in sales growth and critical recognition, numerous New York Times bestsellers, three Caldecott Honors, Pura Belpré, Coretta Scott King, Sibert, and Geisel medals, and numerous ‘best...