At the Workman imprint, Wendy Williams has joined as senior editor, with a focus on calendars. She was most recently senior editor at Sterling Publishing. Alisha Zucker has joined the children’s editorial department as senior editor, with a focus on curriculum titles. She was most recently executive editor of early childhood mathematics at Scholastic. Roxanne Jones has joined Grand Central as a publicity manager. She was previously at Harlequin. At Harper Children’s, Sam Fox is joining as director of digital marketing. He was previously brand marketer and director at Condé Nast. At Princeton University Press, Ken Barton has joined in the […]
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At Azantian Literary Agency, T.S. Ferguson has joined as literary agent and will be open to queries beginning June 1. He was most recently an editor at Jimmy Patterson Books. Renae Moore has joined as associate agent, representing adult and YA speculative fiction and graphic novels. She was previously assistant agent at Tobias Literary Agency. At Arcadia, Lynda Zuber has joined the sales team in the newly created position of national sales manager, special markets. She most recently provided business development strategies to Minted, Tra Publishing, Vooks and Lunii. Chuck Deane has joined the sales team as business development manager, based […]
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Kendra Harpster has joined Kevin Anderson & Associates as executive editor, where she will specialize in fiction and memoir titles. She was an executive editor at Penguin Random House. Dana Grimaldi has been promoted to editor at Harlequin, acquiring for Harlequin Heartwarming and the Worldwide Mystery and Suspense program. Carly Kellerman has been promoted to associate publisher at Zondervan. Longtime Amazon executive Jeff Blackburn will return to the company on June 7 the new position of svp of global media & entertainment. All of the company’s entertainment business — including Audible, along with Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Music, Podcasts/Wondery, Games, […]
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Karen Ma has joined the Indigo sales team at Penguin Random House Canada as sales manager. Previously, she was in sales at Harper Canada. Jessica Reid has been promoted to online & digital sales representative, focusing on Amazon sales. Hatty Stiles has been named associate rights director at Amazon Publishing. Awards The Publishing Triangle Awards, honoring LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans literature, named winners. Fiebre Tropical, by Juliana Delgado Lopera (Feminist Press) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction, while 99 Erics, by Julia Serano (Switch Hitter Press) won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. A full list […]
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Rivka Holler has been promoted to marketing coordinator for Wednesday Books/St. Martin’s. Senior agent Elizabeth Bennett becomes partner at the Transatlantic Agency. Catherine Cho has launched the new agency Paper Literary. She was at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency. Forthcoming Colin Kaepernick‘s publishing company announced their first title — but it’s still not his memoir. (That was due last year, after a deal with Harper One in 2016 and another reported deal with One World in late 2017 also did not result in a published memoir.) Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future without Policing & Prisons is an […]
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At Delacorte, Kelsey Horton has been promoted to senior editor and Alison Romig has been promoted to assistant editor. Merry Sun has been promoted to editor at Portfolio. Jordan Moblo has joined Netflix in the new role of director of literary, and is expected to hire a team under him. He was co-head of the creative acquisitions department at Disney. Renée Jarvis and Kima Jones both join Triangle House Literary as agents. Jarvis was at MacKenzie Wolf Literary; Jones is the founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts. Grace Ross has joined Acast as content development manager, acquiring new and existing podcast partners. […]