Eden Ross Lipson, the former Children's Books Editor of The New York Times Book Review has died
of pancreatic cancer. She was 66.
Lipson spent 31 years as an editor at the Book Review, and she was the children's book editor from 1984 until her retirement in 2005. She was only the third person to hold that position, created in 1935, says the New York Times.
Lipson was the author of The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children (Three Rivers Press), a reference guide to 1,001 titles, ranging from picture books to young adult novels. Roaring Brook Press in August will publish a children's book by Lipson called Applesauce Season, "about a family's tradition of making the dessert."
Lipson made frequent appearances on TV and radio to talk about children's literature, and strangers often stopped her at cocktail parties asking for book recommendations for their kids.
