At Macmillan Children’s, Kate Avino has been promoted to assistant editor, Odd Dot; Foyinsi Adegbonmire to associate editor, Feiwel and Friends; Samia Fakih to assistant editor, First Second Books; Kiara Valdez to associate editor, First Second Books; Trisha de Guzman to editor, FSG Children’s; Allegra Green to marketing manager; Dawn Ryan to executive managing editor; and Aurora Parlagreco to associate art director. Miyako Singer has been promoted to publishing operations associate at Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press. Awards The ALA’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence were given to Deacon King Kong by James McBride and Fathoms: The World in the Whale! by Rebecca Giggs. […]
Free
People, Etc.
Taylor Maccoux has been promoted to editor for Sourcebooks Wonderland. Jennifer Gingerich has joined Nelson Books as associate publisher. She previously lead and directed content development for Ramsey Solutions. Brian Ramcharan has joined Penguin Random House Audio as a producer. He was most recently a junior producer at Simon & Schuster Audio. Sarah Gerton has been promoted to agent at Curtis Brown. Pearson announced that Michael Lynton will step down from the board at the 2021 annual meeting. Forthcoming Hunter Biden will tell his story in a memoir, BEAUTIFUL THINGS, which will be published by Gallery Books on April 6. […]
People, Etc.
Macmillan announced a restructuring of its central digital marketing team. Cristina Gilbert has been promoted to senior vice president, publishing and marketing strategy, reporting to Jon Yaged. Newly reporting to Gilbert will be Cara Chirichella, vp, digital marketing & technology and Jacob Fanning, senior director, email marketing and CRM. The evp, marketing & consumer strategy role is being eliminated, and Jeff Carroll will leave Macmillan. Hillary Scarbrough has been promoted to vp, business systems. Newly reporting to Scarbrough will be Clark Fife, senior director, metadata services. On the trade finance team, Jason Arvelo, vp, data science & analytics, will now […]
People, Etc.
Caitlyn Dlouhy has been promoted to vice president, publisher of Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, Atheneum. Leslie Tran has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as associate. She was most recently children’s editorial and design intern at Abrams Books. At Charlesbridge, Yolanda Scott has been promoted to vp and publisher. Megan Bencivenni Quinn becomes vp, director of sales and marketing. Mika Kasuga has been named editorial manager of the Modern Library, while continuing as senior publishing manager for One World, reporting to Chris Jackson. Sarah Haugen has been promoted to editor at Harper and Harper Perennial. Amanda Walker has been promoted to executive […]
New Books Publishing February 2
February kicks off with more new fiction than there are days in the month. The stellar mix includes Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler, My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee, Amy Gentry’s Bad Habits, and so many more. A broad nonfiction selection includes new titles from Adam Grant and Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain, and Amelia Pang’s intriguing expose, Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods. 29 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-february-2 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_February_/218727 16 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-february-2 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_February_/218728 New children’s and YA titles publishing in February https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-february https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_in_February/218725
People, Etc.
Elle Keck has been promoted to editor for William Morrow/Avon. Ali Herring has been promoted to literary agent at Spencerhill Associates. Dick Duane, co-owner of Pinder Lane & Garon-Brooke Agency, died January 28 of colon cancer. Acquisitions Prospect Park Books sold their assets, including 100 backlist titles and 11 forthcoming ones, to Turner Publishing. (The former was distributed by Ingram’s Consortium; the latter uses Ingram Publisher Services.) Founder Colleen Dunn Bates said, “Those of you who know me know how much effort I put into linking us all, and I’ve so valued every minute of it. But I’ve also worked my […]