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At ICM, Sloan Harris has been promoted to co-president of the agency, along with Kevin Crotty. They will oversee all agent-related and client service operations, reporting to managing director Chris Silbermann. Board member Jennifer Joel takes over Harris’s role as co-head of the publishing department alongside Esther Newberg. The company said, “Joel is one of the top agents in the publishing world, a consummate pro who has demonstrated her undeniable leadership skills as a board member. This is a natural move, as Jennifer has evolved into one of the agency’s leading voices. We couldn’t be luckier to be able to […]
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Kristin Gilson joins Aladdin as editorial director. She was most recently editorial director at Puffin. Lisa Moraleda has been promoted to senior director of publicity at Simon & Schuster Children’s, Margaret K. McElderry, Atheneum, and Beach Lane. Caitlin Sweeny moves up to director of marketing at Simon Pulse, Aladdin, Little Simon, and Simon Spotlight. Anna Jarzab has been promoted to director of digital at Simon & Schuster Children’s, and Kate Bouchard to digital and social marketing coordinator. At the Simon & Schuster imprint, Emily Simonson has been promoted to assistant editor. Matthew Sciarappa has been promoted to marketing coordinator for Little Bee Books. […]
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Lexy Bloom has been named senior editor at Knopf, after many years as senior editor for Vintage/Anchor. Stephanie Hitchcock is joining Atria as senior editor. She was most recently editor at Harper and Harper Business. Alexandra Hightower has joined Little, Brown Children’s as associate editor. Previously, she was assistant editor at Delacorte. Chelcee Johns has been promoted to assistant editor at 37 Ink. At Adams Media, Julia Jacques has been promoted to editor; Mary Kate Schulte to publicist; Erin Alexander to senior designer; and Jo-Anne Duhamel to production editor. Skip Dye has been promoted to senior vice president, library sales […]
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Wendy Lamb will step down from her role as vice president and publishing director of Wendy Lamb Books at the end of the year and become a freelance editor and creative consultant. The imprint will continue, with associate editor Dana Carey acquiring, in consultation with Melanie Nolan, vp and publisher of Knopf Children’s. Lamb will continue to edit her marquee authors. Veronica Alvarado is now associate editor at Tiller Press. Previously, she was an assistant editor at Skyhorse. Morgan Gutierrez has joined Chronicle Books as junior production developer. Previously they were production artist at Corefact Corporation. Jamie Thompson has joined […]
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Jennifer Corcoran will join Harper Children’s as senior director of publicity and events on October 21. Most recently she was senior director, communications at the cable network Universal Kids. Theresa Dooley has been promoted to publicity manager at Harper. Deborah Gershenowitz will join UNC Press as executive editor, starting November 1. She was previously senior editor for American and Latin American history at Cambridge University Press. Heather Gold has been promoted to associate editor for classics and ancient world at Yale University Press. Ella Griffiths has been promoted to the newly created role of editor of Faber’s classics, backlist, and […]