Liesa abrams biography of mahatma

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You might guess that a children’s book editor who publishes a lot of fantasy grew up loving the Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Prydain, but Fear of Flying?

Liesa Abrams, Vice President and Editor in Chief of the new Random House Children’s Books imprint Labyrinth Road, talks about how the young reader she was became the editor she is today.

Roger Sutton: Why the name Labyrinth Road?

Liesa Abrams: When I was first thinking about what to call the imprint, I was looking for a name that addressed the fact that the list would be middle-grade and YA fiction; some would be realistic, some would be fantasy.

The connecting thread is the idea that books exist as a way to safely escape and also feel seen. When I was a kid, books did both of those things. I