Analieze Cervantes and Jennifer Herrington have joined Harvey Klinger as associate agents, where they will focus on YA and adult fiction. They were previously at Corvisiero Literary. Karey Circosta has been promoted to publisher and chief executive officer of Ave Maria Press, starting August 31, the first woman to serve as publisher of the press…
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Stephanie Cabot has joined Susanna Lea Associates, working primarily from the New York office. She has been at The Gernert Company since 2005, and is a French-American dual national. Jenny Chen has been promoted to editor at Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press, where she will acquire crime and book club fiction. Publisher for art…
Introducing Our Buzz Books Romance Panel
Following on the success of our virtual Buzz Books Editors Panel in May, we are presenting Buzz Books Romance on July 22 at 6 pm EDT. The format will be slightly different: Select Buzz Books 2020: Romance authors will answer questions from their editors about what inspires them, what it’s like to write romance from…
Agent and A Publisher Part Ways with Author Myke Cole
Author Myke Cole’s literary agent Joshua Bilmes at Jabberwocky and one of his publishers, Angry Robot, parted ways with the author after new allegations of abuse were made against him. Cole apologized for his behavior, and reiterated an apology from 2018 — and then said he was “exiting…the public square…for the foreseeable future.” Bilmes posted:…
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Hannah Allaman has joined Delacorte as associate editor. She was previously assistant editor at Disney-Hyperion. At the University of Texas Press, Robert Devens has been promoted from assistant director to director. Since joining the press in 2013, they say Devens “led the editorial department toward greater successes in its many core areas — from the…
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At Viking/Penguin Books, Rebecca Marsh has been promoted to associate director of publicity. Shelby Meizlik has joined as executive publicist. Tricia Lawrence has been promoted to senior agent at Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Awards The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced recipients for its highest honors for excellence in the arts, including two of…