Christine Edwards will join Harper Collins in the newly created role of svp, sales on December 30, reporting to Josh Marwell. She is currently vp, group sales director for Crown Publishing Group as well as vp, group sales director for Penguin Random House Audio. At Harlequin Trade, Jennifer Choi has joined as manager, subsidiary rights; she was previously at Penguin Publishing Group. Cat Clyne has joined as editor for HQN/Graydon House; she was at Sourcebooks. Samantha McVeigh has joined as publicist; she was at Kensington. In the UK, Doyel Maitra will join Hachette UK as group communications director in March […]
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Maggie Richards has been promoted to svp associate publisher at Holt. Serena Jones, promoted to editor-in-chief earlier this year, has stepped back from that position and is executive editor “to devote more time to her books and authors,” as new president and publisher Amy Einhorn looks for a new editor-in-chief. Claire Harris has been promoted to foreign rights director at Foundry Literary + Media. Luke McCord has joined Random House Children’s Books as a Production Associate. He was previously a Production Editor at Peter Lang Publishing. The American Booksellers Association’s inaugural Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards have gone to Billie Bloebaum at Third […]
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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 senior editor. He was previously senior editor at McGraw-Hill. At Random House Children’s, Megan Williams has been promoted to managing editor, operations; Elena Meuse becomes associate, publicity & corporate communications; and Kelly McGauley moves up to director, trade marketing. Alexis Banyon has joined Sourcebooks 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 at Abrams, Shannon Kelly has joined as associate editor (she was at Penguin); Jessica Wiener is senior director of marketing (she was marketing director at Holt); and Kim Lew has been promoted to senior manager of marketing. At Thomas Nelson Gift and Zondervan Gift, Jennifer Gott […]
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 are deputy publishers Tom Perry and Avideh Bashirrad, “who will work hand-in-hand with him to establish the priorities for the publishing program,” as well as Dial Press editorial director Whitney Frick and Hogarth editorial director Alexis Washam. Ward will continue to acquire and edit as […]
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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 Sweet Chaos, died on November 11. Picks GMA doesn’t seem to understand that monthly book club picks are expected at the beginning of the month. After an underwhelming launch of their Cover to Cover Book Club in October, last week they named Lisa Jewell‘s The […]