At Farrar, Straus, longtime senior vice president, director of marketing and publicity Jeff Seroy “has decided to relinquish” those responsibilities as of July 1, publisher Mitzi Angel writes, after almost 25 years. He will become svp, director of special projects, still “handling a select group of key publicity campaigns, working closely with some of FSG’s core authors on forthcoming projects,” as well as acquiring and editing books on the performing arts and spiritual health. Jonathan Galassi, president, said, “Jeff and I have collaborated closely for twenty-five years, and so much of the success of FSG’s list has been due to […]
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Angela Man has joined Orbit as associate publicist. She was previously at Diversion Books. Cassandra Fernandez has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as marketing associate. She was previously marketing assistant at Random House Children’s. Sarah Homer was promoted to assistant editor at Harper Children’s. Imprints Skyhorse will launch a crime fiction imprint, Arcade CrimeWise, starting this fall and publishing 6 to 8 titles a year, including mysteries, thrillers, noir, procedurals, and spy novels. Arcade has previously published genre fiction as part of their overall line. The OTT live trial network backed by Dan Abrams and A&E Networks Law&Crime is starting […]
Briefs: Prince Memoir Coming In October, and More
Stephen Brayda will join the Harper One Group on April 24 as art director for Harper Via, Amistad and Harper Espanol, reporting to Judith Curr. He was previously with Riverhead. Director of events at Copperfield’s Books Barbara Lane debuts a column for the San Francisco Chronicle, Chapters and Verse, where she will “discuss what I love about the literary world, often focusing on our rich Northern California scene, personalities, trends, controversies and more.” Forthcoming As agent Esther Newberg had indicated in an interview a year ago, the unfinished memoir by the late Prince Rogers Nelson will be published October 29 […]
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Michelle Brower has been named a partner at Aevitas Creative Management. Dean Smith will join Duke University Press as director starting July 1. He has been director of Cornell University Press since 2015 (and for the record is no relation to the late legendary UNC basketball coach of the same name). Smith succeeds Steve Cohn, who is retiring at the end of June. Cohn has been at Duke University Press since 1984, and has served as director since 1993. Luana Horry has been promoted to associate editor at Harper Children’s. Danielle Keir has been promoted to senior publicist at Berkley. Janine Sato has been […]
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Kathleen Doherty, vp and publisher, Tor Teen & Starscape will retire on June 14, after 34 years with Tor/Forge. Doherty joined the company in 1985 to start the special sales department, eventually launching Tor Classics, Tor Kids, and more. After she leaves, senior editors Susan Chang and Melissa Frain and editor Ali Fisher will report to Fritz Foy until a successor is named. At Arcadia Publishing, Christen Thompson rejoins the company on April 29 in the new position of director of special projects. (She is also the co-owner of the North Charleston bookstore, Itinerate Literate, which opened last year.) And […]
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Susan Dobinick has been promoted to senior editor, nonfiction at Bloomsbury Children’s. Jen Monroe has been promoted to editor at Berkley. Emma Benshoff joins Random House Children’s as associate publicist. She previously worked for Random House Publishing Group as publicity assistant. Megan McLaughlin has been promoted to associate art director for Dr. Seuss and Beginner Books. At HMH, Marina Padakis has been promoted to senior managing editor and Kristin Brodeur has been promoted to managing editor, digital formats. Stephanie Guerdan and Carolina Ortiz have both been promoted to assistant editor at Harper Children’s. Founding publisher of Tricycle Press Nicole Geiger […]