Liz Parker has joined Los Angeles-based talent agency Verve, to lead the launch of a new publishing division there. Parker will represent authors as well as “helping source intellectual property for clients looking to develop.” The company said in a statement, “When she told us that her guiding principle is to ‘make unheard voices heard,’…
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At Sourcebooks, Deve McLemore has joined as purchasing manager and Leyla Parada has joined as contracts attorney. Laura Costello has been promoted to assistant editor for Sourcebooks Casablanca. Elizabeth Stranahan has been promoted to assistant editor at Crown Children’s. Mike Nardullo joins Foundry Literary + Media today as foreign rights director today. He was at Maria Campbell Associates….
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At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Becky Saikia-Wilson has been promoted to svp, trade associate publisher. Lyndsay Calusine has been promoted to lead designer on the creative services, design and promotion team. Penny Scott-Bayfield will join Bloomsbury as group finance director on July 16, taking over from Wendy Pallot, who will step down on that day. Scott-Bayfield is…
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At Workman Publishing, Page Edmunds has been promoted to executive associate publisher; Danny Cooper becomes editor; Kylie McDonald move up to senior editor, director of cookbooks; Rachael Mt. Pleasant has been promoted to editor; Megan Nicolay becomes executive editor; and Maisie Tivnan moves up to executive editor. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced a number of recent promotions in their sales department. Colleen Murphy has been promoted to…
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Libby McGuire has been named senior vice president and publisher of the Atria Publishing Group, starting April 30 and reporting to Jonathan Karp. She has been a literary agent at The Gernert Company since early 2017, and was and executive vice president and publisher of Ballantine Bantam Dell, where she worked for 16 years, until late 2015….
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Nebraska Book Company announced that chief financial officer Jay Amond has been promoted to president and ceo, succeeding Rick Bunka. Michelle Triant has been promoted to publicity manager at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. At Random House Children’s, Casey Moses has been promoted to junior designer. Former Barnes & Noble ceo Ron Boire will take over as ceo of Midwest…