Kade Dishmon

Assistant Editor, Peachtree Teen & Peachtree Publishing

Kade Dishmon (they/he) is an assistant editor at Peachtree Publishing currently acquiring middle grade and young adult fiction. Across genres, Kade is actively seeking stories with something to say—either socio-politically or about life itself. He’s drawn to work with cathartic character arcs, authentic tween and teen messiness, and a strong sense of emotional immediacy. Kade is passionate about uplifting underrepresented voices, whether those stories are gritty and unflinching or warm and hopeful.

Their most recently published acquisitions include YA folk horror AND THE TREES STARE BACK by Gigi Griffis, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award Nominee, A Kirkus Best Book of the Year, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults title, a CBC Choice, and a JLG selection; and YA dark fantasy THIS RAGING SEA by De Elizabeth, which is also available in France, the UK, Poland, and Germany.

Find Kade’s wishlist here.

For the 2026 Critique Carousel, Kade will critique:

Middle grade fiction
YA fiction
Novel-in-verse