At Harper Children’s, Kelly Smith has been hired as senior editor, reporting to Phoebe Yeh. She was an acquisitions editor for Sterling. Additionally, Laura Arnold and Greg Ferguson have been promoted to editor, reporting to Barbara Lalicki. Fran Olson moves over to become children’s books national accounts representative for Books-A-Million, Ingram and Bookazine. Olson has been at Harper since 1986. The New York Center for Independent Publishing (NYCIP) will honor Esther Margolis, founder of Newmarket Press, with the Poor Richard Award, given “to a publisher who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of independent publishing> Megan O’Patry has […]
