Lucinda Riley, 56, the bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series, died on June 11 of cancer. Jeremy Trevathan, managing director of Pan Macmillan’s adult publishing division, said, “It’s been an immense and very rare privilege to work with Lucinda. Popular fiction is often looked down on but when authors like Lucinda break through and…
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James Hornfischer, 55, Austin-based literary agent and president of Hornfischer Literary Management, died on June 2.
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At Viking Children’s Tamar Brazis has been promoted to associate publisher; Aneeka Kalia to associate editor; and Meriam Metoui to assistant editor. At Penguin Children’s, Ellice Lee has been promoted to senior art director, and Kate Renner has been promoted to associate art director. Eric Carle, 91, author and illustrator of more than 70 books for…
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Tiffany Liao joins Zando on June 9 as executive editor leading their young readers initiative. She was previously senior editor at Holt Children’s. Alisse Goldsmith-Wissman has joined Convergent as senior publicist. She was previously at Independent Publishers Group in Chicago. Caitlin Morrow has joined the Simon & Schuster special markets sales team as assistant manager….
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Co-founder of industry newsletter Subtext and co-owner of Open Book Publishing Stephanie Oda, 77, died earlier this week. Retired Bantam, BDD, and RH svp, fulfillment and trailblazing distribution and facilities leader Phyllis Mandel died Thursday, the day after her 75th birthday. The company notes: “Mandel was a large presence, professionally and personally, often underestimated and…
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Macmillan global chief operating office Andrew Weber “will depart at the end of May to take a position with another company.” He has been at Macmillan since 2013. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group ceo Stefan von Holtzbrinck says in the announcement: “Andrew has been a loyal partner to Macmillan and Holtzbrinck, with great collegiality, human warmth and…