The Jimmy Patterson children’s imprint at Little, Brown will narrow its focus going forward, limited to publishing titles authored by or written in collaboration/partnership with James Patterson. Founded in 2015, the line’s original objective was to have about half of their titles as independently authored books, acquired by staff with Patterson’s input and oversight. Going forward, Jimmy Patterson will no longer acquire non-Patterson titles. The books already under contract will all still be published under the Jimmy Patterson name “with James Patterson’s full engagement and support,” though their publication will be overseen by Little, Brown Children’s. The company says that […]
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SVP international sales and rights at Abrams, Mary Wowk will retire on December 31. Wowk joined Abrams in March 2007 as vp sales. Her long career in publishing has included working at Houghton Mifflin, Little Brown, Simon & Schuster, Anness Publishing, and Black Dog & Leventhal. At Viking Penguin, Maya Baran has been promoted to assistant director of publicity; Kristina Fazzalaro to publicity manager; and Ciara Johnson to associate publicist. Ilana Gold has joined Workman Publishing as assistant director of publicity. She was previously at Hilsinger-Mendelson. An effort is underway to find a buyer who will save the Venice, FL […]
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Mary Krienke has been promoted to agent at Sterling Lord Literistic. Elizabeth Vogt has been promoted to associate editor at Viking Penguin. Hannah Ladds will join the Madeleine Milburn Agency as dramatic rights agent on October 5. She was most recently at David Higham Associates. Harper Children’s announced a new leadership structure at their flagship Harper imprint, with vp, director of publishing, the Harper Group Rich Thomas leading the line. VP, publishing director, Nancy Inteli will lead the picture book and programs teams and vp, publishing director Erica Sussman will lead the middle grade, teen, and IP teams. Both will […]
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Gisselda Nuñez will join HarperCollins in the new role of vp, diversity, equity, and inclusion on September 21. Nuñez will “lead and advise the company on DE&I initiatives, creating a strategy/vision that aligns with HarperCollins’s values and culture.” She was previously executive director, head of diversity strategy at Morgan Stanley. Amanda Armstrong-Frank has been promoted to the new role of director of workplace culture and diversity initiatives at Simon & Schuster. Armstrong-Frank will “advise, advocate, and act to improve workplace culture, including diverse representation at all levels,” reporting to both Jonathan Karp and the ViacomCBS office of global inclusion under […]
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Nicholas Ciani has been promoted to editor at One Signal/Atria. Sarah Rubio is joining WaterBrook and Multnomah as executive editor, reporting to Laura Barker and spearheading acquisitions for the children’s list. Most recently she was senior editor for children’s and young adult titles at Tyndale House. Bunmi Ishola also joins the company as editor, reporting to Rubio. She has worked at Kidsbooks Publishing and Sourcebooks Kids. Crystal Orazu has joined Context Literary Agency as a junior agent. Previously, she worked at the Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity at Pomona College. Britt Siess is no longer with Martin […]
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Publisher of Harper Business Hollis Heimbouch has been promoted to senior vice president. Beth Bugler has been promoted to creative director at The Experiment. At Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull, Lena Moses-Schmitt and Sarah Jean Grimm have each been promoted to senior publicity manager. Westwood Creative Artists has formed a management committee “to ensure the continued success and long term viability of the business,” comprising Jackie Kaiser, Hilary McMahon, Michael Levine, John Pearce, and Bruce Westwood. Sarah Anderson has joined VIZ Media as director, publishing sales. She was previously client publishing director at Simon & Schuster UK. Imprints Post Hill Press’s Bombardier Books […]