Tyiana Combs is an associate editor who works on picture books, leveled readers, middle grade titles, and YA. She began her career with an editorial internship in children’s before venturing to adult non fiction and later returning to the children’s space.
As an editor, she has a specific interest in character-driven narratives that focus on telling various stories of people of color, with an emphasis on Black fantasy tales, contemporary and romance works, and historical fiction projects.
Through her work she hopes to help bring books into the world that readers will carry throughout their entire lives, ensuring they feel seen, heard, and represented at every stage of life.
Work with Tyiana
LIVE Meetings: Meet face-to-face, from home. Choose Zoom, Google Meet, or phone, and speak for the appointed time about your query, first page, and/or first ten pages (for longer meetings). Does not include written notes, but is a chance to have an honest discussion about your work, and to ask follow-up questions. International meetings welcomed.
HYBRID is a live meeting at the appointment time, with written notes.
WRITTEN Critiques: Get detailed, thoughtful notes on your work. Comes with large-scale edits (character, world, plot, tension, concept, conflict, and similar as needed) in an editorial letter and small-scale, line-by-line notes as needed (for longer critiques, an average of three per page). Work arrives in your inbox within 24 hours of thedate on the calendar.
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