Jennifer Thompson

Jennifer Thompson, Associate Editor at Scholastic says:


“Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, I left home for college to attend Penn State where I was an English major and Psychology minor. After meeting a literary agent in London during my summer abroad internship junior year I decided a career in publishing was for me. After graduating from Penn State, I went to Pace University and received my masters in Publishing. After working and interning in many areas of publishing I finally found my way to Scholastic. Some of my favorite activities include reading, traveling, going to music festivals and museums, and watching many, many shows/movies. Some of my day to day duties, not including the constant administrative work, are reading submissions, working on copy edits, and shaping & researching future projects.”


Jennifer’s SCBWI member page can be found here.


For the 2024 Critique Carousel, Jennifer will be critiquing the following: 

  • Picture book fiction
  • Picture book dummy
  • Middle grade fiction
  • YA fiction
  • Novel-in-verse