At Chronicle Books, Deanne Katz has been promoted to assistant editor, food and lifestyle. At Soho Press, Abby Koski has been promoted to senior publicist, while Rudy Martinez moves up to senior marketing manager. Stephany Daniel has joined Sourcebooks as publicist. Previously she was she was publicity and marketing coordinator at Shambhala Publications. In addition, Sabrina Hill joins as project editor. Previously she worked as a project manager at Corporate Translations, Inc. Awards The winners of this year’s Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards are Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas and Danielle Geller (nonfiction), Jamey Hatley, Ladee Hubbard, and Asako Serizawa (fiction) […]
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At Mira, Margot Mallinson has been promoted to editorial coordinator. At Random House Children’s, Hanna Lee has joined the digital marketing team as content producer after working for the company as a freelancer, and Julianne Conlon has joined the same team as associate manager. She was a social media specialist at Dealer.com. Awards Bookseller A.S. Patric won Australia’s Miles Franklin Award for his debut novel, Black Rock White City. The September Pennie’s Pick at Costco is Louise Penny‘s A Great Reckoning.
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Ben Platt will join Public Books as global coordinating editor, where he will commission articles and expand web outreach. Previously he was an editor at Basic Books. Chelsea Morgan and Kerry Johnson have both joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as production editors. Morgan was previously assistant production manager at Macmillan, while Johnson was most recently a freelance production editor. Janine Sato has joined Chronicle Books as junior production designer. Previously she was a product designer at Apple. Awards The Thurber Prize has announced its shortlist, with the winner to be named on September 26: Jason Gay, Little Victories (Doubleday) Harrison […]
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At Harper Children’s, Lindsey Karl has been promoted to the new role of assistant manager, conferences and conventions. Former director of publicity at Overlook and Quirk Books, Jack Lamplough, 59, died August 20. Most recently he had established his own agency representing authors, artists, and musicians. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
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At St. Martin’s, Lisa Senz has been promoted to vp, associate publisher, reporting to Jennifer Enderlin. Jackie Cantor will join Gallery Books as senior editor on August 29. Most recently she was executive editor at Berkley. Jessica Schmidt will join Running Press as director of marketing and publicity on September 14, working out of the Philadelphia offices. Previously she was director of sales and subsidiary rights at The Story Plant. Cara Raguz joins BlueBottleBiz as marketing coordinator. Previously she worked in the field marketing department at Nimble Storage. Awards Marilynne Robinson has won the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award […]
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At Putnam, Ashley Hewlett has been promoted to publicity manager, while Elena Hershey moves up to senior publicist. Melissa Ceraso has been named editor in mathematics and the natural sciences, and Jason Simon has been hired as senior web developer for Choice, the reviews publication from the Association of College and Research Libraries. At Glitterati Incorporated, Conor Romack has been promoted to sales & projects manager. In the UK, Simon Thorogood will move to Canongate from Headline as editorial director at the end of August, and Hannah Knowles will join the publisher as senior commissioning editor in November (she is currently at Octopus). Weston Woods Studios founder Morton […]