Marisa Pintado

Marisa Pintado is the publishing director for children’s and young-adult fiction at Hardie Grant Egmont in Melbourne. She has worked with a wide range of bestselling and award-winning authors including Billie B Brown author Sally Rippin, Yumi Stynes and Dolly Doctor Melissa Kang, comedian Peter Helliar, and environmentalist Tim Flannery. She is also the founder of the Ampersand Prize for debut writers, which is Australia’s leading award for unpublished writers; it has launched the careers of numerous authors including Melissa Keil and Erin Gough.

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