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…
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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…
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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…
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Alisse Goldsmith-Wissman has joined Independent Publishers Group as publicity manager. She was previously at InterVarsity Press. Janet Potter has been promoted to events and marketing manager at Independent Publishers Group. At Macmillan Children’s, Melissa Zar has been promoted to associate director, marketing; Johanna Kirby to senior marketing manager; and Jordin Streeter to marketing coordinator. Tim…
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Don Jacobson will join Harper Christian and Harper Collins Focus on October 7 as svp and group publisher, reporting to Mark Schoenwald, president and CEO, Harper Christian. Previously, Jacobson bought Multnomah Press, before selling it to Penguin Random House, and founded literary management agency D.C. Jacobson and Associates. Karyn Marcus has been promoted to executive…
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Cary Goldstein, executive director of publicity and senior editor at Simon & Schuster, will leave on October 4 to become head of curation at media start-up WaitWhat. Julia Prosser has been promoted to vice president and director of publicity of the Simon & Schuster imprint. At Atria, Kaitlin Olson has been promoted to editor. Melanie…