Laura Simeon is a Young Readers’ Editor at Kirkus Reviews and is based in Seattle, USA. She’s the former librarian and diversity coordinator at a kindergarten-grade 8 school. Laura has served on the juries of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated YA Book Prize, and the Kirkus Prize. Thanks to a grant from the Swedish Institute, Laura conducted research in Stockholm on diversity in contemporary Swedish picture books. She’s a graduate of and former selection committee co-chair for the UWC international schools, which make “education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.”
