Andrea Joyce has joined Duckworth Books to handle its North American rights sales. She was most recently rights director at Canongate. Shanna Hogan, journalist and true crime author of books including Dancing With Death and Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story, died on September 1, following a tragic accident. (She suffered brain damage after stumbling, hitting her head and falling into the family’s pool last week.) Hogan was working on a new book at the time of her death. Her editor Charles Spicer said “Shanna Hogan was an intrepid journalist, a talented writer, a natural podcast star – and an […]
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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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Jessica Regel has left Foundry Literary + Media to start her own agency, Helm Literary. Sasha White has been promoted to assistant agent at Tobias Literary Agency, seeking adult fiction, YA, political/historical non-fiction, memoirs, and world literature in translation. At the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, Kate Weiss has been promoted to programs manager. They will fill her previous role by hiring a new communication coordinator. Longtime Today Show producer Jackie Levin is leaving NBC News, Page Six reports, taking a buyout after 26 years at the network. Obituaries Pete Hamill, 85, journalist, columnist, and author of ten novels, two books of short stories, and several books of […]
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Jenna Quatraro has been promoted to senior graphic design manager at Sourcebooks. Stephen S. Power has joined ghostwriting and publishing services firm Kevin Anderson & Associates as an executive editor. Previously he was executive editor at Thomas Dunne. Angus Cargill has been promoted to publishing director at Faber & Faber. Katharine Nelson has joined Canbury Press in the new position of director of sales, marketing and publicity. She was previously director of trade marketing and publicity at Lonely Planet. Obituaries Josephine Cox, 82, author of 60 books including Her Father’s Sins and The Beachcomber, died on July 17. Accomplished cover […]
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In the UK, Muna Reyal will join Chelsea Green’s UK team as head of editorial and production. Before leaving publishing for graduate school she was a food and lifestyle publisher and editorial director at Headline Home. Awards The New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards for 2020 have been cancelled for the first time in 68 years, “due to issues related to the ongoing pandemic.” Pamela Paul and Jennifer Krauss at the NYT noted that the judging is usually conducted at the newspaper’s offices, “under staff supervision.” Those premises remained closed to all nonessential employees, and “the judging […]
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Analieze Cervantes and Jennifer Herrington have joined Harvey Klinger as associate agents, where they will focus on YA and adult fiction. They were previously at Corvisiero Literary. Karey Circosta has been promoted to publisher and chief executive officer of Ave Maria Press, starting August 31, the first woman to serve as publisher of the press in its 155-year history. She succeeds Tom Grady, who is retiring after 15 years at the publisher. Megan Dobson will join Zondervan on July 27 as vp, publisher for Zonderkidz, reporting to Laura Minchew. She was publisher for ChristianAudio, prior to which she spent 9 […]