At Ten Speed Press, Erin Welke has been promoted to associate publicity & marketing manager while Daniel Wikey moves up to associate marketing manager. At St. Martin’s, John Nicholas has been promoted to associate marketing manager. Kait Heacock has joined The Feminist Press as publicist. She was previously publicist at The Overlook Press. At the Erin Murphy Literary Agency, Tricia Lawrence has been promoted to agent. The ABA membership officially ratified the board nominations made in February. The transition will take place at BEA (when the ABA holds its annual meeting), with Betsy Burton from The King’s English Bookshop beginning her two-year term […]
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People: Ruth Rendell Dies, and More
Ruth Rendell, 85, author of more than 60 novels under her own name as well as Barbara Vine, died May 2 from complications of a stroke suffered in January. Rendell wrote 24 Inspector Wexford novels starting with From Doon with Death (1964) as well as many standalone suspense novels, including 14 under the Barbara Vine name. Rendell’s final novel, Dark Corners, will be published by Cornerstone and Scribner in October. Michael McKenzie will join Algonquin as executive director of publicity on May 26, working out of the company’s New York offices and overseeing both adult and young readers lists. Previously […]
People: Obits for Grass, Galeano
Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass, 87, died in hospital in Lübeck, Germany. He was the author of THE TIN DRUM (1959) and other novels, in addition to being a poet, dramatist, sculptor, and the speechwriter for German chancellor Willy Brandt. Grass received his Nobel Prize in 1999. Uruguayan writer and journalist Eduardo Galeano, 74, died Monday morning in Montevideo. His published books included OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERICA (1971), MEMORY OF FIRE (1986) and most recently, CHILDREN OF THE DAYS (2012). President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle reported more than $477,000 in income according to their annual tax return, […]
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Gigi Campo has been promoted to associate editor at Avery. Liz Stein has joined Mira Books as editor. Previously she was an associate editor at Putnam. Dina Davis is now at Harlequin as assistant editor/editorial assistant working on Harlequin Historical and Love Inspired Suspense. Mark Gottlieb has been promoted to full-time agent at Trident Media Group. At the “newly aligned” Blue Rider Press/Plume group, Christina Hu has been hired as associate marketing director (she had been senior marketing manager at Atavist Books), and Wesley Salazar has been promoted to marketing associate. Liz Ridout has joined Booktrack as chief marketing officer. Previously she was vp, marketing at Kobo. In addition, […]
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Eric Myers has joined Dystel & Goderich Literary Management as an agent. Previously he was an agent at the Spieler Agency and will bring his client list with him to DGLM. Kathleen Quinlan has joined DK as assistant marketing manager. She was most recently events and marketing specialist at Media Source Inc. In addition, Kell Wilson has been promoted to marketing manager, licensing and children’s. Meghan Houser has joined Crown as assistant editor. Previously she was an editorial assistant at Knopf. In addition, Claire Potter has also been promoted to assistant editor. Bookselling Though membership rolls for the American Booksellers […]
People: Martyn Goff Dies, 10th Wimpy Kid for November, and More
Longtime administrator of the Booker Prize Prize Martyn Goff, 91, died Wednesday after a long illness. Goff, a former bookseller and the author of 18 books of his own, became administrator in 1970 and retired in 2006. Goff also served as director of the National Book League from 1970 through 1988. Current chair of the Booker Foundation Jonathan Taylor said in a statement: “Martyn was a wonderful advocate and administrator of the prize for so many years. His contribution was invaluable and under Martyn the prize grew in stature and reputation, not least because of his tireless championing of contemporary […]