Kate Stevens has over sixteen years’ experience as an in-house book editor, most recently as an Associate Publisher at Hachette Australia, where she published a small list of emerging children’s authors and illustrators. Now based in Brisbane, Kate has been working as a freelance editor and a tutor in writing, editing and communication at UQ and QUT since early 2024. She also taught the postgraduate editing and publishing subject at UTS for three years running.
Kate attended the APA Residential Editorial Program in 2014 and the Leadership Strategies in Book Publishing course at Yale University in 2015 (funded by a grant from the Australia Council). She is particularly passionate about working with emerging children’s authors to help them develop their manuscripts and navigate the pitching and publication process.
Kate loves working with emerging children's and YA authors to help them develop their work and polish their pitch to publishers.
Kate Stevens - Editor Assessments
Assessment Categories
- Chapter Books
- Junior Fiction
- Middle Grade
- Picture Book
- YA Writing
Last day to book*
22 June
Payment plans
If you’d like to set up a payment plan, just send us a quick email at info@cyaconference.com to receive your code before booking. A 15% non-refundable deposit is required upfront for payment plans, with full payment due before your session.
Please note that each attendee can have only one payment plan.
Feedback
Kate will be providing verbal feedback with her assessments.
Important
Assessment sessions:
- are only available to conference, bootcamp and Writers at Sea Retreat attendees.
- may be booked before booking for the conference, but you must book for the conference by 15 May, or your session will be cancelled and not refunded.
- have a $25.00 administration charge should you decide to cancel before 15 May.
- are non-refundable if cancelled after 15 May unless we are able to resell the session.