Naomi Gibbs has been promoted to senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Richard Rhorer has been promoted to vp and deputy publisher of the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group. At Westwood Creative Artists, Meg Wheeler has been promoted to associate agent, representing writers of literary and commercial fiction as well as non-fiction. She will continue to assist Bruce Westwood and act as rights associate under WCA’s international rights director Carolyn Forde. Forthcoming An early galley for Leslie Jamison‘s collection of essays Make It Scream, Make It Burn — named for this 2013 essay in the Oxford American, and publishing in October 2019 […]
Briefs: MWA Names Grand Masters, More Best Book Lists
Awards The Mystery Writers of America named authors Linda Fairstein and Martin Cruz Smith as the 2019 Grand Masters. Marilyn Stasio, the mystery critic for the NYTBR since 1988,will receive the Raven Award for “achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing.” The Ellery Queen Award honoring “outstanding writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry will go to Linda Landrigan for her work as the editor of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Honorees will be recognized at the Edgar Awards Banquet on April 25. Best of NPR has brought back its Book Concierge, featuring 319 titles. The Oregonian chose 19 titles as the best of […]
People, Etc.
At Doubleday, Margo Shickmanter has been promoted to editor. Tara Feehan will join Harper Children’s as vp, finance and administration, moving over from the operations & technology finance team, and reporting to Suzanne Murphy. Feehan succeeds Randy Rosema who will retire in January. Shari Black has joined Harper Christian as senior director of marketing for the specialty publishing division. She previously worked in account sales and marketing for Warner Bros. Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, and Walmart. At Workman Publishing, Constance Edmonds has been promoted to promotion coordinator across all imprints. Ashley McPhee joins as promotion coordinator for the Workman imprint. She was previous a […]
YA: Abrams Cancels Graphic Novel; Lerner Acquires Zest Books
Abrams has cancelled publication of controversial graphic novel A SUICIDE BOMBER SITS IN THE LIBRARY by writer Jack Gantos and illustrator Dave McKean, which was to be released in May 2019. The decision was made “together with the book’s creators,” after the title received criticism online. Abrams said in a statement, “While the intention of the book was to help broaden a discussion about the power of literature to change lives for the better, we recognize the harm and offense felt by many at a time when stereotypes breed division, rather than discourse.” The cancellation follows posts on Twitter by Zainab […]
More 2018 Favorites, From Oprah Magazine and Hudson Booksellers
Oprah Magazine published its 15-title list of favorite books of 2018, with Lisa Halliday’s Asymmetry as the top title. (Also on the list is Barbara Kingsolver’s latest novel, available to sample in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter edition.) The other picks: An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones Clock Dance, by Anne Tyler How to Love a Jamaican, by Alexia Arthurs The Overstory, by Richard Powers Those Who Knew, by Idra Novey The Feral Detective, by Jonathan Lethem Everything Here Is Beautiful, by Mira T. Lee Lake Success, by Gary Shteyngart Educated, by Tara Westover Pretend I’m Dead, by Jen Beagin Unsheltered, […]
Best Of: NYT Notables, NYPL Picks
The New York Times Book Review posted its 100 notable books for 2018, and they will announce their 10 Best Books list on November 29. Separately, the New York Public Library introduced a new Best Books of 2018 package of their own, covering books for kids, teens and adults. (Selections include Patrick deWitt’s novel, also excerpted in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer collection and available for download.) Their adult list picks: If They Come for Us: Poems, by Fatimah Asghar French Exit, by Patrick deWitt Woman World, by Aminder Dhaliwal Barracoon, by Zora Neale Hurston Heart Berries, by Terese Marie Mailhot I’ll Be […]