Author Anita Silvey on the Author's Corner Segment by Total Media Network published on 2021-06-10T05:34:08Z Today on the Neil Haley Show, Author's Corner Segment, Neil will interview Author Anita Silvey. Anita Silvey is an author, editor, and literary critic in the genre of children’s literature. Born in 1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Silvey has served as Editor-in-Chief of The Horn Book Magazine and as vice-president at Houghton Mifflin where she oversaw children’s and young adult book publishing. She has also authored a number of critical books about children's literature, including 500 Great Books for Teens and The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators. In October 2010, she began publishing the Children's Book-A-Day Almanac online, a daily essay on classic and contemporary children's books Genre Learning