Mallory Loehr

Mallory Loehr was appointed President of Random House Children’s Books in 2025.

As an editor, Mallory shaped the careers of many authors, including global powerhouse Mary Pope Osborne, whom she began editing at the inception of the Magic Tree House series. She has an eye for quality children’s books and values discovering and nurturing new voices and artists, including Emily Winfield Martin and her The Wonderful Things You Will Be, which has become a contemporary classic and remains on The New York Times bestsellers list today after more than four hundred weeks.

In her thirty plus years of enthusiastic dedication to Random House Children’s Books, Mallory has led numerous editorial teams. She’s worked with them to develop strategies for growth, across trade and brand, for all ages and formats, including for Random House Books for Young Readers, Random House Studio, Crown, Doubleday, Labyrinth Road, Little Golden Books, Rodale Kids, Dr. Seuss publishing, and an extensive licensed and proprietary portfolio. Her teams and their books have received the highest accolades, from the Newbery to the Caldecott and more.