Polo Orozco

Polo Orozco is an editor, translator, and writer based in Brooklyn, New York, originally from Jalisco, Mexico. He works as a Senior Editor at G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, where he acquires young adult, middle grade, and graphic novel projects.

As an author, Orozco wrote Día de Muertos: Una celebración de la vida (Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life, Spanish Edition), a picture book illustrated by Mirelle Ortega and published in 2024. He is also active as a translator; his credits include translating the Spanish edition of La guardiana de la libreta: Una historia de bondad desde la frontera, originally written by Stephen Briseño and illustrated by Magdalena Mora.