Rising editorial expertise Ama Badu has been promoted to Commissioning Editor at famend publishing home Faber & Faber, marking one other main step in her steadily rising affect inside UK publishing.
Since becoming a member of Faber in 2020, Badu has change into recognized for her sharp editorial eye and dedication to inclusive storytelling, buying throughout image books, younger fiction, middle-grade, and YA. In her new function, she is going to report back to Affiliate Writer Alice Swan.
Badu’s promotion comes after a string of standout acquisitions, together with Forge and Fracture YA romantasy trilogy by Brittany N Williams, The Golden Boy’s Information to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes, and a brand new image e-book from Sumana Seeboruth, a Faber & Faber alum. Her dedication to nurturing new voices can be mirrored in her function as a choose for the FAB Prize, which champions underrepresented authors and illustrators.
Badu shared her pleasure for the brand new function, noting the evolution of the publishing panorama and her want to proceed buying “recent, enjoyable and fiercely inspiring” tales that resonate with readers. “We’ve change into bolder, extra dynamic and bold—whereas retaining hope and pleasure on the core of our ever-evolving listing. That may be a stunning factor,” she stated.
This well-earned promotion is a testomony to Badu’s affect on the business and her imaginative and prescient for a extra inclusive, imaginative, and forward-thinking future in kids’s publishing.