Claire Eddy has been promoted to executive editor at Tor/Forge Books. Carina Guiterman joined Simon & Schuster editor as editor. She was previously at Little, Brown. Jackson Howard was promoted to assistant editor at Farrar, Straus. Alexis Gilbert has joined Grand Central Publishing’s marketing team as assistant director of advertising. Caroline Eisenmann has been promoted to agent at Frances Goldin Literary Agency. At Hachette Book Group, Dylan Hoke has been promoted to the newly created role of senior vice president, publishing operations and strategy. Ruiko Tokunaga becomes executive director, print production. In the UK, former Ebury executive Jake Lingwood will join Octopus […]
Awards
Land’s Maid Tops February Indie Next List
The ABA named Maid by Stephanie Land its No. 1 pick for January. Sample it now in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter, along with Elizabeth McCracken’s Bowlaway and Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient, both Indie Next picks for February. The rest of the list: Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli Go Ahead in the Rain, by Hanif Abdurraqib The Collected Schizophrenias, by Esme Weijun Wang Deep Creek, by Pam Houston The Last Romantics, by Tara Conklin The Girls at 17 Swann Street, by Yara Zgheib Black Leopard, Red Wolf, by Marlon James The Current, by Tim Johnston The Age of Light, by Whitney Scharer […]
People, Etc.
Cara Bedick joins Chronicle Books as executive editor of Mark Tauber’s new imprint. She was most recently a senior editor at Touchstone. Iris Hsieh has been appointed associate director, China sales & product management, Penguin Random House International sales & marketing. She will oversee the company’s export strategies across all channels within China, reporting to Cyrus Kheradi. Samantha Simon has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as associate marketing manager for Lifestyle. She was previously digital content manager at Coaction Public Relations. Andrea Concaildi has joined Sourcebooks as marketing associate, ecommerce. At Princeton University Press, Caroline Priday becomes global promotions director and Julia Hall is promoted […]
Briefs
Ashley Collom is joining Thompson Literary Agency as literary agent January 7. She was previously an agent and the head assistant at DeFiore and Company. Brian Garfield, 79, screenwriter and author of more than 70 books, died on December 29. Garfield’s book nonfiction book The Thousand-Mile War was a Pulitzer finalist, and his book Hopscotch won an Edgar. Bookselling NYC blog Bowery Boogie reports that McNally Jackson will not be moving from its original Prince Street location after all. The site initially reported last October that the store would be moving due to a rent increase, and at the time the […]
January Bookseller Picks, and More
Amazon‘s Spotlight Pick for January is Maid by Stephanie Land (available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter edition), and their featured debut is Sugar Run by Mesha Maren. The rest of the list: The Current, by Tim Johnston The Winter of the Witch, by Katherine Arden Breaking and Entering, by Jeremy N. Smith The Paragon Hotel, by Lyndsay Faye She Lies in Wait, by Gytha Lodge An Orchestra of Minorities, by Chigozie Obioma Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely, by Andrew S. Curran The Far Field, by Madhuri Vijay Barnes & Noble‘s top fiction picks for […]
People
Senior editor Ira Silverberg is leaving Simon & Schuster at the end of the year, after a little more than 3 years with the company. Publisher Jonathan Karp calls the forthcoming HARK by Sam Lipsyte, acquired by Silverberg, something “we expect to be one of our fiction highlights in 2019.” He notes, “Ira has been an ardent champion of his authors, a keen observer of international literary talent, and valued colleague.” Forthcoming Diana Gabaldon previewed her ninth book in the Outlander series, GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE, a couple of months ago but said she was still […]