Random House Publishing Group president and publisher Gina Centrello announced to staff Monday morning that Random House publisher Susan Kamil, 69, died on Sunday “from a sudden illness…after complications from lung cancer.” Centrello wrote: “Her loss is shattering in so many ways. Susan was a brilliant editor, who guided her beloved authors through the creative process with the greatest insight, energy, and care. As a gifted publisher for the Random House lists, her leadership and generosity of spirit has had a profound and far-reaching impact. Above all, she was a deeply committed, endlessly supportive colleague to all of us—our unwavering, […]
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Judith Haut has been promoted to evp, deputy publisher at Random House Children’s Books. Newly reporting to her is Tom Russell, vp and publisher, The Princeton Review and Sylvan. RHCB president and publisher Barbara Marcus said, “Throughout her 25-year career with RHCB, Judith has played a critical role in building and growing the division. Her passion for placing diverse and quality content into the hands of young readers and her strategic focus and understanding of the children’s industry have been key to her and our success. Judith will continue to work with me and our senior team to set long-term […]
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Maggie Lehrman has been promoted to editorial director, fiction for Abrams Children’s. At Knopf, Julianne Clancy has been promoted to assistant director of marketing. Emily Murphy moves up to marketing manager. Joanna Cárdenas has been promoted to senior editor at Kokila. Marisol Salaman has been promoted to publicist at Portfolio/Sentinel. Carla Bruce-Eddings has joined Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull as senior publicist. Cassie Mannes Murray has been promoted to assistant agent at Howland Literary. Former Melbourne University Publishing chief executive Louise Adler has joined Hachette Australia as publisher at large, acquiring books on current affairs and politics. Scouting Sanford J. Greenburger Associates is […]
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Wendi Gu has returned to Sanford J. Greenburger Associates as agent; she spent the last two years at Janklow & Nesbit as associate agent. Sarah Phair has joined SJGA as agent after 6 years at Trident Media Group, and Edward Maxwell has been promoted to agent. Jenny Stephens has been promoted to agent at Sterling Lord Literistic. Olivia Russo will join Penguin Children’s as senior director, publicity on September 3. She was formerly publicity director, Harper Children’s. Rebecca Brewer is no longer at Ace/Berkley, and can be reached at rebeccacbr@gmail.com and Brewereditorialservices.com. Phoebe Morgan will rejoin Harper UK as editorial […]
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Andrew Welham, deputy ceo of Octopus Publishing Group, will retire at the end of the year after 12 years with Hachette UK. Forthcoming Macmillan will publish Edward Snowden‘s memoir PERMANENT RECORD globally on September 17, with Metropolitan as the US imprint. “Edward Snowden decided at the age of 29 to give up his entire future for the good of his country,” Macmillan CEO John Sargent said in a statement. “He displayed enormous courage in doing so, and like him or not, his is an incredible American story. There is no doubt that the world is a better and more private […]
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At Orbit, Nivia Evans has been promoted to editor and Hillary Sames to assistant editor. Eva Zimmerman has joined Chronicle Children’s as publicist. Previously she freelanced, as Eva Zimmerman PR, and worked at the Perseus Book Group. KJ Grow has been promoted to publisher of Shambhala. Lauren Rosenthal has joined Pegasus Books as publicist. She was previously publicity and book marketing assistant at Hay House. Hachette UK coo Chris Emerson has resigned for “personal reasons” after 11 years with the company. Obituaries Russell Perreault, vp/executive director of publicity and social media at Vintage Anchor, died at his home in Connecticut […]