Lynn Grady left her position as publisher of Dey Street Books on Friday. Also at Harper Collins, Jace Molan has been promoted to senior director video, group executive producer, overseeing all video production across the general books and children’s groups, reporting to both Morrow Group president and publisher Liate Stehlik and children’s marketing & publicity vp Nellie Kurtzman. As a part of Picador’s restructuring, editor Elizabeth Bruce‘s position will be eliminated as of June 1. Awards Richard Ford won the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, to be presented on August 31. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said, “He […]
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Longtime Knopf editor-at-large Gary Fisketjon “was dismissed for a breach of company policy,” a spokesperson confirmed to PL. Fisketjon was initially suspended, and then dismissed following an investigation. The publisher is in the process of informing his authors and their agents. Knopf staff say they were notified earlier this week. BuzzFeed published the results of an “extensive, yearlong” investigation of author and speaker Tony Robbins that “reveals how Robbins has berated abuse victims and subjected his followers to unorthodox and potentially dangerous techniques. And former female fans and staffers have accused him of inappropriate sexual advances.” The story includes accounts […]
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Welbeck Publishing Group is starting a commercial fiction imprint, Portland Press, launching in 2020 and focusing on crime, thrillers, romance and women’s fiction. Jon Elek will be lead the line as group publisher, fiction after 10 years as an agent, most recently at United Agents. Ali Hammond has joined the publisher relations team at BookBub, as the account manager for audiobook publishers on their new audio platform, Chirp. Forthcoming A Spanish-language edition of Michael Wolff‘s just announced new book — published as Asedio: Trump en el punto de mira — will be ready on June 4 as an ebook, and […]
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Brenda Bowen will join The Book Group as senior agent, with a mission to grow the agency’s children’s business, particularly middle-grade fiction and picture books, starting July 1. She has been at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates since 2009. At Portfolio/Sentinel, Tara Gilbride was promoted to vp, director of marketing and publicity, following the departure of longtime deputy publisher and marketing director Will Weisser. Margot Stamas moves up to director of publicity; Alyssa Adler is now publicist; and Madeline Montgomery was promoted to marketing coordinator. Anna Montague has been promoted to associate editor on the creative development team at Harper Collins. Scott Hatfill […]
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Nicole Bond will join Atria Books on May 28 as vp, director of subsidiary rights, reporting to Libby McGuire. She was director, subsidiary rights working on the Grand Central, Hachette Nashville, and Hachette Books divisions. At Doubleday, Lauren Weber has been named associate director of marketing and Michael Goldsmith has been named associate director of publicity. Joy Fowlkes has joined Timbuktu Labs, publisher and packager of the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, as managing editor. She was formerly head of content at MentorBox. Craig Teicher will join The Paris Review as digital director on May 28. He has been director of […]
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Emily Krump has been promoted to executive editor at the William Morrow Group. Annie Chagnot has been promoted to senior editor at The Dial Press. Mitchell Waters joins Brandt & Hochman as a senior agent beginning May 13. He was previously at Curtis Brown. Kat Kerr has joined Donald Maass Literary Agency as agent. She was previously at Corvisiero Literary Agency. After a brief stretch at David Godwin Associates, former John Murray publishing director Eleanor Birne has moved to PEW Literary as associate agent. Hal Hlavinka has rejoined Community Bookstore in Brooklyn as event director, off-site programming. He was most recently […]