People 6/18

Cassidy Graham has joined as editor.

Kassandra Rhoads has been promoted to senior publicist.

Maria Mann has joined as associate director of publicity and marketing. She was previously at CNN en Español, Barnes and Noble, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Fortier Public Relations, and most recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Senior copy editor Barbara Bakowski will retire on July 3.

Christine Goss has joined as an agent. She was formerly at the Purcell Agency.

Julia Kim joins as an assistant agent. She was previously an assistant editor at Dundurn Press.

UK agency Mushens Entertainment will now handle all translation rights for Azantian Literary Agency, and also partner with them to bring select titles into the UK market. It is first time that Mushens Entertainment has represented another agency’s rights.