A veteran of the publishing industry since 1993, Daniel Ehrenhaft has specialized in young adult fiction as editor, author, and packager.  On the editorial side, career highlights include launching the Sourcebooks Fire imprint in 2009 and founding Soho Teen in 2011, where he published the acclaimed debuts of New York Times bestsellers Adam Silvera (MORE HAPPY THAN NOT) and Samira Ahmed (LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS).

As an author, Mr. Ehrenhaft has been an international bestseller (COUNTDOWN), winner of the 2003 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel (THE WESSEX PAPERS), and a 2012 National Book Award Judge for Young People's Literature. As a packager, he spearheaded the creation of the iconic GOSSIP GIRL and PEACHES series. Literacy and education are a lifelong passion; in addition to co-founding WAAC, he co-edited charity anthologies with children’s publishing luminaries David Levithan (21 PROMS) and Jon Scieszka (WHO DONE IT?), raising thousands of dollars for nonprofits that serve teens and children. He also taught the very first novel-writing course at 826nyc for select high school students, which resulted in NINE NOVELS BY YOUNGER AMERICANS with a foreword by Richard Powers.

Now a Senior Acquisitions Editor at Blackstone Publishing, he is expanding into fiction for older readers with an emphasis on publishing grownup debuts by bestselling YA authors; to date these include Sara Shepard, Lauren Myracle, Henry Neff, and others.