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Kristin Ostby

ristin Ostby is an editor-turned-literary agent from the Midwest. After moving from Michigan to New York, Ostby began her career in publishing at Penguin Random House and rose to become a senior editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Ostby has edited Tomie), Daniel Miyares (), Jessica Lawson (), Heather Vogel Frederick (), and Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley (). She lives in Brooklyn and has two daughters.

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