List of Horn Book Magazine editors

Bertha Mahony Miller was the founding editor of Horn Book. She served in that post from 1924 to 1951.^[1]

Jennie D. Lindquist served as editor from 1951 to 1958. Before that, she held the title of managing editor under Bertha Mahony Miller.^[1]

Ruth Hill Viguers was the editor from 1958 to 1967. She was known to write stories concerning social realism.^[1]

Paul Heins served as editor from 1967 to 1974 and was also a noted book critic. Before his tenure as editor, Heins was a teacher at the Boston English High School. During his editorship, he created the controversial Eleanor Cameron vs. Roald Dahl segment. He was also the author of two books: one being a retelling of Snow White illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman and the other Crosscurrents of Criticism: Horn Book Essays, 1968-1977.^[1]

Ethel L. Heins served as editor from 1974 to 1985. She added the sections "A Second Look" and "Out of Print — But Look in Your Library". Heins also wrote the book The Cat and the Cook and Other Fables of Krylov. She became editor as of the Magazine's 50th Anniversary edition.^[1]

Anita Silvey was editor of the magazine from 1985 to 1995, when she left to become the vice-president of Houghton Mifflin.^[1]

Roger Sutton was editor at The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books before becoming editor of The Horn Book from 1996 to 2021.^[1][2]

Elissa Gershowitz became editor in 2023.^[1]