The ALA’s Carnegie Medals went to Richard Ford‘s CANADA for fiction and Timothy Egan‘s SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER for nonfiction. Nicole Russo has been hired as director, children’s marketing and publicity for Abrams Children’s, Amulet, and Appleseed. Previously she was deputy director of publicity at Simon & Schuster Children’s. In addition, Paul Colarusso has been named marketing manager for the adult trade division. Previously he was a marketing manager at the Aperture Foundation. The new Atria imprint that Dawn Davis will run will be named 37 Ink (for the 37th parallel north).
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Hothouse Tops New Indie Next Picks
Boris Kachka’s book about FSG is the No. 1 pick on the August Indie Next List — and Alexander Maksik’s novel is the sixteenth of the 28 books featured in our Spring/Summer Buzz Books sampler to be named to a bookseller’s “best of the month” list. (The new edition is packed with substantial excerpts of 40 big fall and winter books that you can enjoy right now.) Hothouse: The Art of Survival and the Survival of Art at America’s Most Celebrated Publishing House, by Boris Kachka Brewster, by Mark Slouka Snow Hunters, by Paul Yoon Babayaga, by Toby Barlow Paris Was […]
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Candice Vallimont recently joined Chronicle Books as distribution account client manager. Previously she was a product manager at Hachette New Zealand. In the UK, Laura Hassan has been named editorial director of Guardian Faber, the new nonfiction imprint created by Faber and the newspaper, effective August 5. She is currently editorial director at Vintage Classics UK. At Harlequin, Beth Attwood will join the company as managing editor coordinator, New York/Toronto on July 2. In the UK, Pippa Roscoe has been promoted to acting assistant editor, Modern/Presents; Laurie Johnson has been promoted to assistant editor; and Megan Haslam has been promoted […]
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Anna Knutson has joined Barer Literary as foreign rights director. Knutson was previously a senior literary scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates. Stephanie Kim has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as senior publicist. Previously she was public relations coordinator at Hulu. Sara Grubb has joined the Irene Goodman Literary Agency full-time to manage the agency’s audio rights. Karen Li will join OwlKids as editorial director on July 15. Previously she was a senior editor at Kids Can Press. Simone Garzella Literary Scouting has been appointed US literary scout for Massolit Forlag in Sweden and KRP in Turkey. Award-winning journalist for Rolling […]
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Beth Lamb will join Vintage/Anchor on June 19 in the newly created position of vp, associate publisher, reporting to Anne Messitte. Previously she was associate publisher, trade books at Rodale. Messitte said in the announcement that Lamb “very much shares our belief that paperback and digital publishing today require creativity, innovation, and flexible strategies, that our authors are the center of all that we do, and that successful publishing relies on a deep understanding of the marketplace and consumer interests. Recognizing the potential of a robust backlist — sensing opportunities and acting on them — is a part of Beth’s […]
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Jeff Tegge has joined Legato Publishers Group, the recently announced new distribution affiliate of Publishers Group West headed by former IPG chief Mark Suchomel, as vp, sales. Legge was formerly a colleague of Suchomel’s at IPG, where he also had the title of vp, sales. Christina Quintero has joined Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as art director for licensing. Previously she was associate art director at Grosset & Dunlap/Price Stern Sloan. The Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize is a newly launched award for the best scholarly book in military history. The prize, worth $50,000 will be awarded beginning in February 2014. The ABA announced […]