Megan Tingley is President and Publisher of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers which includes the imprints Christy Ottaviano Books, Jimmy Patterson Books, LB Ink, and LB Kids. In 2025, Megan launched a new adult imprint, Requited. Named one of Book Business’ 50 Top Women in Book Publishing and a Reach Out and Read Literacy Champion, Megan is the founder of Hachette’s Raising Readers initiative and serves on the National Coalition against Censorship Advisory Council.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers was founded in 1926 and will be celebrating its centennial in 2026. Led by Megan Tingley since 2006, the group has grown to include the imprints Christy Ottaviano Books, Jimmy Patterson Books, LB Ink, and LB Kids. LBYR is renowned for its diverse, award-winning list which has received multiple Caldecott Medals, Newbery Medals, and National Book Awards, among other accolades; launching the bestselling series The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, The Wild Robot by Peter Brown, Folk of the Air by Holly Black, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, and publishing seminal nonfiction by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, Michael Eric Dyson, Ibtihaj Muhammad, and Malala Yousafzai. LBYR’s distinguished list of authors includes Kwame Alexander, Sherman Alexie, Sandra Boynton, Marc Brown, Vashti Harrison, Kate McKinnon, James Patterson, and Lemony Snicket.
