At Lerner Publishing Group, Andrew Karre has been hired as editorial director of Carolrhoda Books, working out of Minneapolis. He was an acquiring editor for Llewellyn’s YA imprint Flux. In Lerner’s New York office, Carol Burrell is being promoted to editorial director of Graphic Universe, working on graphic novels with an educational appeal. The company says it plans to “enhance the identities of Carolrhoda Books and Graphic Universe by strengthening its program of publishing award-winning picture books, middle-grade fiction, graphic novels, young adult fiction, and unique nonfiction trade titles.” Karen Rice has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade & reference division […]