Lisa Bankoff has left ICM and established her own agency, Bankoff Collaborative. She says of the move: “I grew up at ICM and had the privilege of daily working alongside some of the brightest minds in this–or any–business. What I look forward to now is the wherewithal to operate outside of a corporate culture and do an even better job of serving the interests of the many clients who have moved with me.” Knopf editor George Andreou will take over as director of the Harvard University Press in September, following the recent retirement of William P. Sisler. Andreou joined Knopf in 1990, and co-founded […]
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Ed Victor Agency Is Sold to Curtis Brown UK
Curtis Brown UK has acquired Ed Victor Ltd from his widow Carol Victor and the other shareholders. Carol Victor says in the announcement, “We are very pleased that Curtis Brown will assume the care of our distinguished clients and continue the work of servicing their back lists and looking after their future interests. I discussed this eventuality with Ed and it was his advice to turn to Curtis Brown, the oldest and most highly respected of agencies and the one he had chosen for himself, when he wrote his own book.” Curtis Brown UK joint ceo Jonny Geller says: “I […]
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Little, Brown Children’s announced a number of promotions: Jenny Choy has been promoted to associate director, school and library marketing, while Kristina Pisciotta moves up to publicity manager. Kheryn Callender is now assistant editor, Nicole Brown becomes junior designer, and Russ Busse has been promoted to associate editor, licensing, brand and media tie-ins. Timothy Cheng has been appointed to the new position of digital marketing manager, education at Penguin Random House. Previously, he was director of sales at Simon & Schuster. At Beacon Press, Rachael Marks and Will Myers have both been promoted to editor. Ursula Cary has joined Globe Pequot as executive editor of Falcon. Previously, […]
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At Picador USA, executive director of publicity James Meader will give up his additional role as publicist-at-large at Holt to focus exclusively on Picador. In addition, Molly Fessenden has been promoted to marketing associate. Molly Jaffa, currently subsidiary rights manager and literary agent at Folio Literary Management, will join Mary Anne Thompson Associates as a senior scout on March 7. Amy Nathanson Heaslip has joined the Highlights for Children retail group as managing editor. Most recently, Heaslip was executive editor at Studio Fun International. Former vice president Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden have signed with CAA for representation “across […]
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Kristen Nobles has joined Page Street Publishing as publisher to launch its new children’s book list. She spent the past 13 years at Candlewick and Walker Books Group, most recently as group art director. Co-publisher of Unbridled books Fred Ramey has launched Leaping Man, “a collaborative not-for-profit publishing and production company exploring the intersection of visual, narrative and performing arts.” The company will “seek out direct partnerships with visual, literary and performance artists to create work in a variety of media and platforms,” with the expectation that “each project will be coordinated with a limited print edition or other artifact,” sold through their website. Maria […]
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Liese Mayer will join Bloomsbury on February 27 in the newly created role of editorial director, fiction, reporting to Cindy Loh (with editor in chief Nancy Miller continuing to report to Loh as well). Mayer, who has been an editor at Scribner, says in the announcement, “I’m excited for this great opportunity to publish the sort of books I love most, books written from that space where literary and smart commercial fiction meet.” Loh says in the release: “Expanding into a bigger fiction market with Liese at the helm is a bold, fresh step — and just the first — for continued […]