In other personnel news, Jack Palmer has been promoted to publicity and marketing manager and Molly Cavanaugh has joined as publishing assistant at The Experiment. Previously Cavanaugh worked part-time at the University of Chicago Press until her graduation from the school this past June.
Michelle Rafferty has joined Soho Press as publicist. Previously she was a publicist at Oxford University Press.
The CWA announced its shortlists for a number of categories, including:
CWA Gold Dagger:
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Snowdrops by AD Miller
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger:
Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson
Cold Rain by Craig Smith
The Good Son by Michael Gruber
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Guardian, with more shortlists
The American Advisory Committee of the Jerusalem International Book Fair will hold a memorial tribute to Zev Birger, the longtime JIBF chairman who died June 6, on Thursday, September 22, at 6 p.m. at the Random House Building, 1745 Broadway (between W. 55-W. 56 Sts.), 2nd Floor, New York, with a reception following hosted by Random House.