Zareen Jaffery

Zareen Jaffery is an Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, and co-creator of Salaam Reads, a children’s book imprint dedicated to publishing books about Muslim children and families. At Simon & Schuster, she works with a number of New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed authors. She served for two years as a member of the Children’s Book Council Diversity Committee and is currently a co-chair of the Diversity Within Task Force at the Association of Library Service to Children. Prior to Simon & Schuster, Jaffery worked at HarperCollins Children’s Books and Hyperion books.