About Us

Donna Cangelosi and Chana Stiefel are picture book critique partners & friends who are passionate about kids' books & love to share tidbits from their writing journey with other aspiring writers. 

​About Chana: Writer. Editor. Mom. Author of more than 20 non-fiction children’s books and dozens of magazine articles. Repped by agent John M. Cusick at Folio Literary. Chana's debut picture book, DADDY DEPOT, was published by Feiwel & Friends in 2017. Her second picture book, WAKAWAKALOCH, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2019. Chana is also working on a new book for National Geographic Kids (2018). www.chanastiefel.com
 
About Donna: Writer. Psychologist. Mom. Donna splits her time between writing for kids and working with them in her private psychology practice. Author of psychology books and children's stories and poems appearing in a variety of children's magazines. Donna's debut picture book, FRED'S BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD will be published by Page Street Kids in 2020. www.donnacangelosi.com

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