Annette began her publishing career with Little, Brown and Company in Boston, picking up an MBA from Boston University at night. She then took a field sales position in the Tri-State area, earning Rep of the Year from NAIBA before moving to HarperCollins in National Accounts. For the past 9 years, she was Director, National Accounts at Scholastic. She has worked on many top selling programs including Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Minecraft, Series of Unfortunate Events, Shel Silverstein, Marc Brown's Arthur series and the Where's Waldo titles.