Former Gourmet Magazine editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl is joining Random House as an editor-at-large (and has sold three books to the house, to be edited by Susan Kamil). Noting that she “published a wide variety of writers who explored every aspect of food, from recipes to politics to culture” at Gourmet, the announcement says she will continue to acquire and edit “established and debuting authors who are expanding our food horizons.” At HarperCollins, Christine Maddalena has been promoted to senior publicist. Founder of Questia Media Troy Williams has joined Macmillan in the new position of vp and general manager, new ventures, […]
Agency News
Agency News: Victor Launches Speakers Bureau, and More
Agent Ed Victor is launch the Ed Victor Speakers Bureau. It will be run by the agency’s Charlie Campbell, with Victor’s son Ryan Victor also participating. Victor calls it “one of those ideas that you have, and wish you had had sooner.” He tells London’s Evening Standard “There’s a great appetite from audiences to engage with authors and breathe the same air.” The paper says the new venture will book such well-known people as Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Rupert Everett, and Tina Brown. Victor tells us he has already signed to represent people who are not clients of the Ed […]
People, Etc.
Margaret Raymo has elected to take the new position of senior executive editor, at Houghton Mifflin Children’s, a “purely editorial role” that will let her focus on discovering and working with authors and illustrators. Raymo says “I’m very happy to be able to put all my energy back into creating books.” As a result, Mary Wilcox has been promoted to vp, editorial director for Houghton Mifflin Children’s, while continuing as editorial director of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s. Abrams has hired Lindy Humphreys for the new position of director, digital assets and publishing technology, to “oversee our digital initiatives and help […]
People, Etc.: Rumseld’s Book Is KNOWN, Wiley Repurchases, and More
Stephanie Gorton has joined The Overlook Press as editor. She was previously managing editor at Canongate UK. Tom Willshire has joined Overlook as national accounts manager. He was previously at Continuum. At St. Martin’s, Monique Patterson has been promoted to executive editor. At HarperCollins, May Chen has been promoted to senior editor. Also at the company, John Jusino has been promoted to director of production editorial for the Harper, Harper Business, and Collins Reference imprints. Joan Slattery is joining Pippin Properties as an agent and contracts manager. She has been at Random House for 20 years, most recently as senior […]
People, Etc.
Seth Fishman is joining The Gernert Company as a literary agent. He was most recently at Sterling Lord Literistic, where he worked since 2005. At Profile Books in the UK, Daniel Crewe has been promoted to publisher. The Guardian has an interesting interview with Random UK ceo Gail Rebuck who is careful and measured in her responses–rightfully so, since the paper strains to misconstrue the piece with the headline “How Gail Rebuck turned Tony Blair’s book into a bestseller.” (Rebuck deflects one line of questioning by replying, “We’re not going to go there. You can ask away and I’ll wander […]
People
Kobo has hired Marina Glogovac as chief marketing officer. She is the former ceo of online dating service Lavalife. Denise Little will join the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency this month. She was formerly executive editor at Tekno Books, head of Kensington”s Denise Little Presents imprint, and a buyer for Barnes & Noble. She will represent romance, paranormal, mystery, thriller, science-fiction/fantasy, non-fiction, Christian books, and horror. Eric Mullett has moved over to marketing director at Thomas Nelson Fiction (he was running marketing for their gift book division), and Katie Bond has been promoted to publicity manager. Heather Cadenhead has been hired […]