Pocket Kisses

Willa's interest in writing books for children has evolved from a 20+ year career in book publishing and intellectual property development including the positions of: President of Hasbro Properties Group, at Hasbro, Inc; President of Golden Books Publishing Group; President & Publisher of Simon & Schuster Children's Books Division; Vice President, Editorial Director of "Willa Perlman Books," an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Division. Willa began her publishing career at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, where she held positions in marketing, publicity, and advertising, launched the children's imprint, "Gulliver Books" and was ultimately named Director of Harcourt's Children's Trade Division.

Presently, Willa is Managing Partner and founder of Ligature Partners, Inc., a boutique executive search and consulting firm with a practice specialty in publishing, education, and media.

Pocket Kisses, published by LB Kids/Little Brown in January 2011, is Willa's first book. Her second book, Goodnight, World, illustrated by Carolyn Fischer, will be published in the summer of 2011 by Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster.

Willa received her B.A. in Psychology from Barnard College where she graduated magna cum laude. She lives in on Providence, RI's East Side with her two sons, Jonathan and Ben, her husband, Amir, and their golden retriever, Josie.