Charlotte Zolotow

Who was Charlotte Zolotow?

Charlotte Zolotow was an American author, poet, editor, and publisher of many books for children.

Zolotow's work was published by more than 20 different houses. She was an editor, and later publisher, at Harper & Row, which was called Harper & Brothers when she began to work there and is now known as HarperCollins.

Among the many writers she edited are Paul Fleischman, Paul Zindel, Mary Rodgers, Robert Lipsyte, and Francesca Lia Block.

Zolotow was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She was the mother of the writer Crescent Dragonwagon and poker tournament champion Steve Zolotow. She was married to Maurice Zolotow from 1938 until their divorce in 1969. She lived in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, where she died, aged 98.