đź“š Q&A: Creating Bestselling Nonfiction Books For Kids w/ WonderLab's Erica Green (FREE)
​What are the essential components of some of the world’s most popular and bestselling nonfiction children’s books?Â
​In this Q&A, we chat with Erica Green about her book packaging company WonderLab, where she creates nonfiction books and content for organisations like National Geographic (Greeking Out), Mayo Clinic Press (Space Care: A Kid’s Guide to Surviving Space) and MIT Kids Press.
​We’ll explore:
​What she’s learned about what readers and publishers wantÂ
​A behind-the-scenes look at how the Wonderlab team brings creativity to the page to create a New York Times bestselling series
​About Erica Green
​Erica Jacobs Green has worked in book publishing for twenty-five years. Highlights of Erica’s publishing career include positions as a children’s book editor at Chronicle Books, Director of Publishing at Discovery Channel (Discovery Communications), and Vice President, Editorial Director for Kids Books at National Geographic.
​As a freelance writer and editor, her articles and short stories have appeared in anthologies, newspapers, and online. Erica has worked with award-winning authors and illustrators as well as an array of famed brands for children and adults: from Jane Goodall to Star Wars and Kwame Alexander to Williams Sonoma.
​Currently, Erica runs the Iceland Writers Retreat and Iceland Readers Retreat as well as WonderLab Group, LLC, both of which she co-founded. Originally from California, she’s spent over a decade abroad as an EFM at posts in Northern Ireland, Turkey, Russia, Iceland, and Poland. She now resides in Washington, DC.
​About WonderLabÂ
​WonderLab helps media companies stand out by creating extraordinary custom nonfiction content that excites and informs curious kids and their families. Specializing in publishing, audio, and digital content, WonderLab Group focuses on developing dynamic 360 degree content to build nonfiction brands and franchises.
​**Held immediately following our Writers’ Hour PT session, in the same room.**Â
​London Writers' Salon is a global community and membership for writers. We host Writers' Hour (a daily writing sprint), interviews and masterclasses.