Stephanie Stein, Senior Editor at Tor/Macmillan

Stephanie Stein is a Senior Editor at Tor Books. Before joining the Tor team, she spent eleven years in marketing and editorial roles at HarperCollins Children’s Books, where she worked with acclaimed and bestselling YA and middle grade authors including Sarah Underwood, Shveta Thakrar, Ava Reid, Mark Oshiro, and Michael Leali, and was also the lead editor of Erin Hunter’s #1 bestelling Warriors series.

For her list at Tor, Stephanie is acquiring science fiction, fantasy, and fantasy romance for adult readers. She loves a smartly conceived retelling, an ornery dragon, a magical school, or a hypercompetent assassin, and she’s on the hunt for irresistibly cool magic, space opera that travels to strange new worlds and civilizations, and romance that uses speculative elements to heighten the emotional stakes and make you feel all the feels.

Member Reviews of Stephanie

Strengthens First Pages with Clear Guidance

Stephanie Stein was really helpful with positive suggestions for my first page of a YA historical fiction. She answered my questions with specific answers about character development and quickly engaging the readerís interest. I took lots of notes. Thank you for offering this venue for writers. Iím sure I will signup again!

Elyse Cregar

I had the opportunity to complete a 75 page review with Stephanie Stein. Meeting with a reputable editor in the industry was an amazing opportunity. I am very thankful for her feedback on improving pace, clarifying certain aspects of stakes and world-building, and refocusing the lens/direction of my opening pages. Ms. Stein also provided other recommendations of things I wouldnít have even considered for character development and scene transitions that I will keep in mind for writing in general.

Liz C

Thank you so much for the opportunity for feedback! This was another useful and productive session. Stephanie Stein gave me concrete, actionable feedback to implement in both my pages and query in an organized fashion. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to speak with her and my previous critique with Blair Thornburgh. Blair’s concise suggestions and Stephanie’s market knowledge and useful notes for my pages and query will help me improve my query package. Thank you for the opportunity to improve my writing with experiences with such seasoned professionals.

Jess Stork Glicoes

Balanced Feedback and Thoughtful Answers

Stephanie was great! She was patient, kind, and helpful. She gave me a great balance of voluntary information as well as answered questions. I got a lot out of our ten minutes!

Amy Van Duyn

Guides Writers Toward the Right Market

I never expected to get so much in a consult about my first page, but Stephanie gave me so much to work with. She was friendly, professional and offered valuable insight regarding the age group I should choose to market to and my main character. Absolutely worth it.

Christina Atkins

Focused, Insightful Query Feedback

Stephanie was so friendly and so helpful! She had really great suggestions to improve my query letter and helped me focus on the parts that made it shine. She also had thoughtful, insightful answers for all my questions, and her feedback really made my pitch and comps shine. I would highly recommend a consult with her – she has so many great ideas and really took the time to dig into my query.

Kate Bechard

Work with Stephanie

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.