Lerner Publishing Group Publicist Megan Ciskowski Named PW Star Watch Honoree for 2024
Minneapolis, Minnesota—Megan Ciskowski, publicist at Lerner Publishing Group™ , was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree, one of 35 honorees selected for the 2024 awards, which identify and celebrate innovators in book publishing. The group of honorees includes representatives from the Big 5 publishers, independent houses, comics publishers, literary agents, booksellers and others who influence books that get read.
This year, Publishers Weekly celebrates the 10th anniversary of Star Watch. The class of 2024 is stronger than ever and features some of the best young professionals from all corners of industry—publicists, editors, agents, booksellers, marketers, and everything in-between—bright, energetic people who will drive and change the book business in the coming years.
While this year’s honorees and finalists hail from all corners of the United States and Canada, they have, according to the people who nominated them, much in common: motivation and kindness, determination and passion, patience and integrity, and, of course, an abiding love of books.
“Megan is a delight to work with and her commitment to supporting Lerner’s authors and illustrators shines through daily,” says Lindsay Matvick, publicity director at Lerner Publishing Group. “Her capable and cheerful demeanor, can-do attitude, and keen interest in children’s publishing make her a top-notch publicist. As a graduate of Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, Megan not only understands the industry from a publishing perspective, but through the eyes of aspiring authors as well.”
Congratulations to Megan on this well-deserved honor!
For the full list of Publishers Weekly Star Watch honorees click here.
About Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly is the international news platform of the book publishing industry. Founded in 1872 and published weekly since then, the magazine boasts 1.23 million social media followers; publishes 10 e-newsletters, BookLife (a website and weekly supplement), two blogs, a mobile edition, digital editions, apps and podcasts; and features a thriving website that reaches 14 million unique visitors annually.
About Lerner Publishing Group™
Lerner Publishing Group™ creates high-quality fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. Founded in 1959, Lerner Publishing Group is one of the nation’s largest independent children’s book publishers with sixteen imprints and divisions: Carolrhoda Books®, Carolrhoda Lab®, Darby Creek™, ediciones Lerner, First Avenue Editions™, Gecko Press, Graphic Universe™, Kar-Ben Publishing®, Lerner Publications, LernerClassroom™, Lerner Digital™, Millbrook Press™, Sundance Newbridge, Twenty-First Century Books™, Zest Books™, and Lerner Publisher Services™. For more information, visit www.lernerbooks.com or call 800-328-4929.
To schedule an interview with Megan Ciskowski, please email Lindsay Matvick, publicity director at Lerner Publishing Group, at lmatvick@lernerbooks.com.