At Picador, David Rogers and Sam Douglas have both been promoted to editor. Sam worked at Henry Holt for two years before joining Picador in April 2006. Among his titles at Picador are Ron Rash’s Chemistry and Other Stories, a PEN Faulkner finalist, and Beth Helms’ Dervishes, a Sargent First Novel Prize finalist, as well as a broad range of fiction and nonfiction reprints.
Sarah Shumway has joined the Katherine Tegen Books imprint at Harper Children’s as senior editor, acquiring primarily middle-grade and YA fiction. She had been at Dutton Children’s.
Don Weise has been named publisher of Alyson Books. He had been an editor at Carroll & Graf most recently.
At the Simon & Schuster imprint, Leah Wasielewski has been promoted to senior publishing manager, and Nina Schwartz has been promoted to associate imprint marketing manager for the S&S imprint.