At St. Martin’s Press, Laura Clark has been promoted to associate publisher, nonfiction, reporting to Jennifer Enderlin. “What impresses me most about Laura is her passion, her can-do attitude, her breadth of knowledge in so many varied areas of non-fiction,” Enderlin said in the announcement. “She is the natural choice for this position, as we gear up for some of the most important non-fiction this house has ever published. At BookPage, Cat Acree has been promoted to deputy editor. Forthcoming Bookseller metadata has long indicated that Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes‘ forthcoming book on Hillary Clinton was headed for publication at […]
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People: Onder to Lead HMH Children’s
Catherine Onder will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s as svp and publisher on February 6, based in New York. Onder fills the position vacated when Betsy Groban left HMH last summer. Most recently she was editorial director at Bloomsbury Children’s. HMH trade president Ellen Archer says in the announcement, “She has a wealth of experience and a tremendous track record in middle reader and young adult publishing. Working with our gifted editors, she will direct and grow both our front and backlist business to new levels of excellence.” Onder comments, “I’m proud to join HMH with its rich tradition of children’s publishing of the […]
NBCC Names Award Nominees, Omits Whitehead
The National Book Critics Circle named their nominees for awards in six categories, with the winners to be named on March 16. Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing was given the John Leonard Prize for outstanding first book, and Michelle Dean is recipient of the organization’s annual citation for excellence in reviewing. Margaret Atwood was given their Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. True to quirky form, the organization’s fiction nominees overlooks on the year’s major works. Colson Whitehead’s National Book Award-winning The Underground Railroad — which smashed all records in our “book of the year” aggregated lists — was this year’s NBCC big […]
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Eric Lupfer is joining Fletcher & Company as an agent, moving over from William Morris Endeavor, where he has been for fourteen years. Lupfer specializes in non-fiction ranging from history, science, and economics, to narrative journalism and current affairs. At Trident Media Group, Alexa Stark has been promoted to literary agent, focusing primarily on literary fiction, upmarket commercial fiction, and narrative nonfiction. Mary Austin Speaker joins Milkweed Editions as art director on January 17. Franco Alvarado is leaving FW Media, where he was senior technical production specialist for three years, to launch Franco Alvarado Consulting, providing ebook development and QA, print book design, […]
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Melissa Flashman has joined Janklow & Nesbit as an agent. She was at Trident Media Group for the past 10 years. Lindsey Rose has been promoted to senior editor at Grand Central. Tiffany Liao has been promoted to editor at Razorbill. In promotions at Macmillan Children’s, Liz Szabla has been promoted to associate publisher at Feiwel and Friends. At Holt Children’s, Rachel Murray has been promoted to assistant editor, as has Jessica Anderson at Christy Ottaviano Books imprint, Claire Dorsett at Roaring Brook Press also moves up to assistant editor, and Christine Barcellona was promoted to editor at Square Fish Paperbacks. In new hires at Scholastic’s […]
People: Pallante to Head AAP, and More
Former Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante will join the Association of American Publishers on January 17 as the new president and ceo of the organization, taking over following the planned retirement of Tom Allen. She says in the announcement: “I am deeply inspired by the values of the American publishing industry. Publishers promote literature, literacy, education, and research around the world, while advocating for free speech, creating jobs, and making considerable contributions to the global marketplace. It will be a privilege to represent these interests in matters of policy, trade and business.” AAP board chair YS Chi comments, “Maria is […]