The National Book Awards announced its 2019 shortlists, with the winners to be named on November 20. The fiction list includes titles from Pulitzer finalists Susan Choi and Laila Lalami and Booker winner Marlon James, while the Young People’s Literature list includes previous finalists Jason Reynolds and Laura Ruby. Four out of five fiction titles are published by Penguin Random House. The complete lists: Fiction Susan Choi, Trust Exercise (Holt) Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina (One World) Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Riverhead) Laila Lalami, The Other Americans (Pantheon) Julia Phillips, Disappearing Earth (Knopf) Nonfiction Sarah M. Broom, The […]
Archives for October 2019
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Kristin Gilson joins Aladdin as editorial director. She was most recently editorial director at Puffin. Lisa Moraleda has been promoted to senior director of publicity at Simon & Schuster Children’s, Margaret K. McElderry, Atheneum, and Beach Lane. Caitlin Sweeny moves up to director of marketing at Simon Pulse, Aladdin, Little Simon, and Simon Spotlight. Anna Jarzab has been promoted to director of digital at Simon & Schuster Children’s, and Kate Bouchard to digital and social marketing coordinator. At the Simon & Schuster imprint, Emily Simonson has been promoted to assistant editor. Matthew Sciarappa has been promoted to marketing coordinator for Little Bee Books. […]
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Lexy Bloom has been named senior editor at Knopf, after many years as senior editor for Vintage/Anchor. Stephanie Hitchcock is joining Atria as senior editor. She was most recently editor at Harper and Harper Business. Alexandra Hightower has joined Little, Brown Children’s as associate editor. Previously, she was assistant editor at Delacorte. Chelcee Johns has been promoted to assistant editor at 37 Ink. At Adams Media, Julia Jacques has been promoted to editor; Mary Kate Schulte to publicist; Erin Alexander to senior designer; and Jo-Anne Duhamel to production editor. Skip Dye has been promoted to senior vice president, library sales […]
International: Companhia das Letras Acquires Zahar, Sourcebooks Expands
Companhia das Letras in Brazil announced last week that they took 100 percent control of Zahar, based in Rio de Janeiro and focused on books devoted to the human and social sciences. Luiz Schwarcz says in the announcement that founder Jorge Zahar “was a master when it came to publishing books that would stay the course…. I have had no greater honor in my life than being chosen to carry forth a legacy that changed the history of book publishing in Brazil.” Penguin Random House owns 70 percent of Companhia, and ceo Markus Dohle adds, “It’s an enormous privilege for all […]
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Wendy Lamb will step down from her role as vice president and publishing director of Wendy Lamb Books at the end of the year and become a freelance editor and creative consultant. The imprint will continue, with associate editor Dana Carey acquiring, in consultation with Melanie Nolan, vp and publisher of Knopf Children’s. Lamb will continue to edit her marquee authors. Veronica Alvarado is now associate editor at Tiller Press. Previously, she was an assistant editor at Skyhorse. Morgan Gutierrez has joined Chronicle Books as junior production developer. Previously they were production artist at Corefact Corporation. Jamie Thompson has joined […]
Walsh Leaves Behind Agenting at WME to Focus On Events
William Morris Endeavor’s head of worldwide literary, lectures, and conference divisions Jennifer Rudolph Walsh is moving into a new role at the company, focusing on the live events business she built at the agency. Walsh does so as the annual TogetherLive event she co-founded with Glennon Doyle readies its annual tour, this year to 10 cities. Walsh “has decided to move on from her agenting responsibilities and focus on building her brand partnerships and live events platform,” which includes TogetherLive, Endeavor president Mark Shapiro wrote. She will “continue working with WME, advising our books and lectures divisions and the live […]