Bertha Mahony Miller

see main article Bertha Mahony Miller

Bertha Mahony Miller was the founding editor of Horn Book. She served in that post from 1924 to 1951.

Jennie Lindquist

Jennie D. Lindquist served as editor from 1951 to 1958. Before that, she held the title of managing editor under Bertha Mahony Miller.

Ruth Hill Viguers

Ruth Hill Viguers was the Horn Book Magazine editor from 1958 to 1967. She was known to write stories concerning social realism.

Paul Heins

Paul Heins served as editor from 1967 to 1974 and was also a noted book critic. Before his tenure as editor, Heins was a teacher at the Boston English High School. During his editorship, he created the controversial Eleanor Cameron vs. Roald Dahl segment. He was also the author of two books: one being a retelling of Snow White

Snow White

"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...

 illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

Trina Schart Hyman

Trina Schart Hyman was an American illustrator of children's books. She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends, and was the recipient of three Caldecott Honors and one Caldecott Medal....

 and the other Crosscurrents of Criticism: Horn Book Essays, 1968-1977.

Ethel Heins

Ethel L. Heins (1918-1997) was a librarian and book reviewer who served as editor from 1974 to 1985. He added the sections "A Second Look" and "Out of Print — But Look in Your Library". Heins also wrote the book The Cat and the Cook and Other Fables of Krylov. He became editor as of the Magazine's 50th Anniversary edition.

Anita Silvey

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Anita Silvey

Anita Silvey is a well-known editor and literary critic in the genre of children’s literature. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Silvey has served as Editor-in-Chief of The Horn Book Magazine and as vice-president at Houghton Mifflin where she oversaw children’s and young adult book publishing...

Anita Silvey of Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

 was editor of the magazine from 1985 to 1995, when she became the vice-president of Houghton Mifflin

Houghton Mifflin

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an educational and trade publisher in the United States. Headquartered in Boston's Back Bay, it publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults.-History:The company was...

(until 2001).