Mike Nardullo will join Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency as agent and rights director. He was previously foreign rights director and agent at Foundry Literary + Media. He succeeds Elizabeth Fisher who has been with LGR for over 15 years and is leaving the industry to pursue other interests. Noah Schwartzberg has joined Portfolio as…
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Amar Deol will join Atria as editor, moving over from Simon & Schuster and reporting to editorial director Lindsay Sagnette. Cara Duckworth joins the AAP as vice president, communications, reporting to John McKay. She has been at the Recording Industry Association of America since 2007, most recently as svp, communications. In the adult books group…
People: Ward Promoted to Random House Publisher, and Desser Will Move From Knopf as RH Editor-in-Chief
Random House is promoting Andy Ward to succeed the late Susan Kamil, and in the second big change at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group this month, longtime editorial director at Knopf Robin Desser will move over to the Random House imprint as editor-in-chief in January. Newly reporting to Ward in his new role as publisher…
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Kara Watson has been promoted to executive editor at Scribner. John Meils has joined Workman Publishing as senior editor. He was most recently senior editor at Sterling Publishing. Ronnie Kutys has been promoted to manager, sales at Harper Collins. Raven Andrus has been promoted to sales support coordinator. Carol Brightman, 80, author of Writing Dangerously and…
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Seniqua Koger has joined Kensington Publishing as special markets director. Koger was most recently special markets director, retail at Hachette Book Group. Derek Warker has joined The New Press as Publicity Manager. He was previously publicist at Columbia University Press. Alicia Brooks has joined JVNLA as a literary agent. She was previously editor at Picador and…
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Marianne Velmans, publishing director at Doubleday UK, will retire in April, after 31 years with the imprint. She will be succeeded by Kirsty Dunseath who joined as publishing director in March. Transworld manager director Larry Finlay told The Bookseller, “Not only is Marianne a wonderful editor and publisher but she is also a lovely, warm,…