Who We Are
Claudia Zoe Bedrick, Publisher
Claudia Zoe Bedrick is the publisher, editor, and art director of Enchanted Lion Books, an award-winning, independent publisher based in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Her sense of hope is nourished every single day by the unfettered minds and creativity of children everywhere.
Eugenia Mello, Associate Art Director & Strategic Development
Eugenia Mello is an illustrator and graphic designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina currently living and drawing in NYC. She is passionate about rhythm, movement, and feelings, and uses color and shape to translate into drawing the things that are difficult to put into words. She is always hoping to get music out of her images.
Emilie Robert Wong, Associate Editor
Emilie Robert Wong is thrilled to join Enchanted Lion’s editorial team, with a special focus on translation and multimedia projects. Growing up in a French Chinese American family, she attended school in the French national education system before studying Comparative Literature and Neuroscience at Harvard College. Emilie’s favorite stories inspire wonder and realization, imagination and connection.
Lauren White, Foreign Rights Associate
Lauren White is an editor and writer, originally from Seattle, whose plays and poems have been performed in New York and internationally. Lauren has been a passionate reader since childhood and is most excited by creative and curious stories.
Lawrence Kim, Designer
Lawrence Kim is a graphic designer, musician, and filmmaker. He lives in New York and is constantly on the lookout for the best fried chicken and Sichuan spots in the city. (Photo: Lisa Corson)
Ahana Ganguly, Editorial Associate
Ahana Ganguly is an editor, writer, and multimedia artist, and they do editorial work for Enchanted Lion. They love stories and images that are very big or very small. They love stories and images that ask questions or make the world a little unfamiliar.
Nadine France Martine Pinede, Special Projects Editor
Nadine Pinede is a Haitian-American poet, author, editor, and translator of works for adults and children. In her writing and life, she relishes exploring boundaries. She now lives with her husband and their two Hoosier cats on Belgium’s linguistic border, within sight of a primeval beech forest.
Emma Vitoria, Art & Design Associate
Emma Vitoria is a Brazilian-American illustrator & designer with a love for creating images and objects that make people smile! Inspired by the diversity and vibrance of her culture and of Brooklyn, she is passionate about storytelling that is inclusive, thoughtful, and empowering.
Jonathan Yamakami, Designer
Jonathan Yamakami is a graphic designer from São Paulo. Passionate about children’s books, he has worked with independent publishers in Brazil, India and the United States. He completed his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and currently lives with his husband in Los Angeles.