Dylan Julian has joined Workman as associate production editor. Previously, he was managing editorial assistant at Penguin Random House. Samantha Wekstein will join Thompson Literary Agency as agent for children’s books, young adult, and adult commercial fiction on October 7. She is currently an agent at Writers House. At Orion, Vicky Eribo will join Seven Dials…
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Longtime Barnes & Noble svp, corporate communications Mary Ellen Keating is leaving the company after 21 years “now that the company has found a new owner.” She writes in a farewell letter to booksellers, “I want to wish our new owners, Elliott Advisors, the best of success in continuing our quest, and enhancing our prospects…
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Allison Carroll has joined Audible Originals as executive editor for romance. She was previously editor at Harlequin. Molly Fletcher has been promoted to digital marketing specialist at Sourcebooks. Ruth Reichl remembers her editor Susan Kamil in the NYT, and Michelle Willens remembers her friend James Atlas in the LAT. Bookselling San Francisco’s Green Apple Books…
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Cindy Uh has joined CAA as agent. Previously, she worked at Thompson Literary Agency. CEO of BookPeople in Austin, TX Elizabeth Jordan will step down from that position, to serve as general manager of author Jenny Lawson’s forthcoming store in San Antonio, Nowhere Bookshop. Associate publisher, Penguin Children’s Jocelyn Schmidt has been promoted to executive…
People: NBF to Honor Teicher, and More
American Booksellers Association ceo Oren Teicher, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be honored with the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. Author and bookseller Ann Patchett will present the award at the National Book Awards ceremony on November 20. Marleen Reimer has joined…
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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…