Anthony LaSasso has joined Steerforth Press as publicity director. He was most recently at Sterling Publishing. Jennifer Udden has left New Leaf Literary & Media to do freelance editing. Lydia Zoells has been promoted to assistant editor at MCD/Farrar, Straus. Evelyn M. Duffy, longtime researcher for Bob Woodward, is launching a her own Washington D.C.-based editing and coaching firm for nonfiction writers in 2021. Duffy has edited and coached other journalists on their books, and worked on the drafting, reporting, editing, production and marketing for Woodward’s six books since 2007. Forthcoming Bob Woodward and Robert Costa are co-writing a book […]
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People Katherine Jacobs has joined Zonderkidz as senior acquisitions editor. She was most recently at Roaring Brook Press. Ruoxi Chen has been promoted to editor at Tom Doherty Associates. Best Of Barnes & Noble’s 2020 Book of the Year is Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s World of Wonders. Awards Raven Leilani‘s Luster won the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Camilla Townsend won the 2020 Cundill History Prize for Fifth Sun (Oxford University Press).
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Shanta Newlin has been promoted to svp, executive director publicity & corporate communications for Penguin Children’s. Sally Morgridge has been promoted to senior editor at Holiday House. Marie Oishi has been promoted to senior managing editor at Abrams Children’s. At St. Martin’s, Danielle Prielipp is promoted to assistant director of marketing; Michael Criscitelli to senior Art director, creative services group; Erik Platt to associate director of digital advertising operations, creative services group; and Dylan Helstien to associate manager, advertising operations, creative services group. At Folio Literary Management, Chiara Panzeri and Madeline Froyd have each been promoted to international rights agent. Picks […]
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Transatlantic Agency is launching an international rights adult literary division, headed by senior agent Carolyn Forde, who has been made partner. Also on the team are Evan Brown, Devon Halliday, and Laura Cameron. Pearson announced that Mike Howells will become its new Chief Strategy Officer, based in London and working with the executive team and board “to shape and execute the plan for the business.” Awards Sarah Frier‘s No Filter: The Inside Story of How Instagram Transformed Business, Celebrity and Our Culture, (Simon & Schuster) won the £30,000 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Best of New […]
People: Emily Bell Joins Zando, And More
Emily Bell will join Zando as head of editorial, starting January 4 and reporting to Molly Stern. She was previously executive editor at FSG and director of FSG originals. Bell acquire her own list, as well as hiring and leading Zando’s editorial team. Jack W. Perry has joined Astra Publishing House as director of sales & analytics. Perry will be responsible for the sales efforts of Boyds Mills & Kane; mineditionUS; and Astra House. Becky Yeager has been promoted to manager, AdPromo and marketing at Tom Doherty Associates. Imprints Welbeck Publishing Group is launching a new children’s fiction imprint, Welbeck […]
New Books Publishing December 1
A wealth of new books arrive today, including 18 fiction and 19 nonfiction titles. In fiction, highlights include a new Jane Smiley and Indie Next pick The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister, as well as one of our 2020 Romance Buzz Book selections, Denise William’s How to Fail at Flirting. Nonfiction releases include Ijeoma Oluo’s Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, a new “Badass” title from Jen Sincero, life advice from Tina Turner, and a book of David Katz’ photographs of Barack Obama. 18 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-december-1 19 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-december-1 New children’s and YA […]