Marble Press LLC, a San Francisco-based publisher. Marble Press was formed by a collaboration between various children’s book authors and illustrators. The company secured a multi-year seven-figure funding commitment from California based venture capital. This team, headed by Susan Szecsi and Jon Collins-Black, has over five decades of business experience. In April, Michael Green, former director and publisher of Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Random House, joined Marble Press as acquisitions editor and advisor Jodi Keller is a former Senior Editor from Penguin Random House with over twenty years of experience in children’s publishing, editing middle-grade and young adult fiction and fantasy joined MP in 2023.

“Our mission is to publish books that inspire children, books that challenge their imaginations and ignite their curiosity. Our books will be diverse and honest. We are seeking books that will stand on their own by offering fresh perspectives and outside-the-box experiences,” added Szecsi.

“Starting from scratch and being guided by artistic vision, this is book publishing in its purest and most fun form,” said Green. “I am honored to be part of the Marble team and to help establish the high standards of our list.”

Marble Press published 14 books in 2024. The company plans to expand quickly from there.

“We are seeking the best authors and illustrators, both established and unknown talents,” said Collins-Black. “Our goal is to source and to develop great stories. We believe the Marble Press team has the experience and funding to compete with established brands while bringing the enthusiasm, energy, and care of a startup. The publishing industry can be a frustrating one for writers and illustrators. By providing personalized service to our writers and artists, we want the process to be fun and exciting. We believe this philosophy will bring forth the best books for our readers.”
Looking for: (see more detail on https://marblepress.com/submissions/)
- fiction picture books, narrative non-fiction picture books
- Early middle grade (6-9) graphic novels (script from authors or dummy from author-illustrators)
- Middle grade (9-12) graphic novels (script from authors or dummy from author-illustrators)
- Middle-grade novels

- Young adult graphic novels Send submissions to michael.green@marblepress.com
- Young adult novels send submissions to jodi.keller@marblepress.com

Agent submissions can be sent directly to michael.green@marblepress.com, or jodi.keller@marblepress.com
Marble Press is open for submissions from children’s book authors and illustrators. See more details about submissions on http://marblepress.com/submissions.
Marble Press is distributed by Baker & Taylor Publisher Services. Find Marble Press' catalogs on Edelweiss.

https://marblepress.com/books/

https://marblepress.com/books/

Jodi Keller at Marble Press has acquired Into the Deep Blue, a YA contemporary novel by debut author and Nicholl Fellowship winner Jennifer E. Archer, which follows human hurricane Nick and always-fine Fiona, whose mothers have both died, leaving them to work through insurmountable grief—and maybe fall for each other. The novel, which is being made into a movie starring Sabrina Carpenter, is set for fall 2024; Christa Heschke and Daniele Hunter at McIntosh & Otis brokered the deal for world English right.

Marble Press launched a new early reader/middle grade graphic novel series: The Adventures of Penguin and Panda. http://marblepress.com/penguinpanda/ The highly anticipated graphic novel series by Brenda Maier (repped by Red Fox) author of The Little Red Fort and other books) and Fanni Mezes debuted with two books simultaneously published in April 2024 and Vol 3 will be added in October 2024. MP has already committed to 5 books in the series and plans to extend it.

Sophie: Jurassic Bark (vol1) and Sophie: Frankenstein's Hound (Vol2) by the syndicated comic artist Brian Anderson (repped by Stimola) are debuting with two 224-page graphic novels for young readers (Age 8-12) in October 2024. Sophie is loosely based on the beloved online comic strip Dog Eat Doug.
“Sophie is the perfect mix of heart, humor, and hilarity!" - Lincoln Peirce, creator of Big Nate

General inquiry:
info@marblepress.com or susan.szecsi@marblepress.com

People:
Susan Szecsi Managing Director
susan.szecsi@marblepress.com

Jon Collins-Black CEO
jon.collins-black@marblepress.com

Press and Marketing
Katie Cunningham Marketing Director:
katie.cunningham@marblepress.com

publicity@marblepress.com

Acquisition:
agentsubmission@marblepress.com, susan.szecsi@marblepress.com

Michael Green
michael.green@marblepress.com,
Jodi Keller:
jodi.keller@marblepress.com