Dan Vidra has joined HarperCollins as associate director on the international sales team, managing US division sales in the open market. He replaces Alison Smith, who took over closed market sales. Vidra had a long career in international book sales, and worked for txtr and its various successor companies for the past six years. Julia Kardon has joined Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency as an agent, where she will focus on literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. She was previously an agent at Mary Evans. William LoTurco has launched LoTurco Literary, a literary agency focused on nonfiction. He was previously an agent at Aevitas Creative […]
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At JKS Communications, Sara Wigal has been promoted to senior manager; Angelle Barbazon move ups to lead publicist; and Max Lopez become new author ambassador. Hannah Robertson joins as junior publicist. Leila Siddiqui has been promoted to assistant marketing manager at Dutton. As part of the Queen’s annual birthday honors, knighthoods were given to Nobel winner Kazuo Ishiguro and historian Simon Schama, while Mary Beard was awarded a damehood “for services to the study of classical civilisations.” Anne Tyler’s new novel Clock Dance has been chosen as Barnes & Noble’s second selection for its Book Club.
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Anthony Bourdain, 61, television host and author of Kitchen Confidential, died in Strasbourg, France of apparent suicide. Bourdain launched his own imprint at Ecco Press in 2011, Anthony Bourdain Books, publishing titles including: The Prophets of Smoked Meat by Daniel Vaughn; Grand Forks by Marilyn Hagerty; L.A. Son by Roy Choi, and the forthcoming We Fed An Island by Jose Andres. Ecco president and publisher Daniel Halpern said, “I’ve known Tony as an author and friend for many years. He not only revolutionized the memoir genre with his groundbreaking and iconic work Kitchen Confidential, he supported emerging voices and chefs with his imprint […]
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Brendan Deneen is leaving Macmillan to join “multi-platform production company” Assemble Media as president of literary and IP development, still working on both publishing and film/TV: “I look forward to working with authors, agents and publishers on book ideas, and tracking the publishing world for material that would make fantastic, commercial films and television shows, while also developing original IP directly for the screen.” At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Milena Giunco has joined as publicist. She was most recently publicity coordinator at Scholastic. Ingrid Beck has joined the Crown Publishing Group as senior editor, WaterBrook and Multnomah. Previously she was acquisitions editor for […]
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Harper Children’s svp, editor-in-chief, associate publisher, Kate Morgan Jackson will leave the company June 29 to work full-time on her food writing, photography, and website Framed Cooks. Jackson joined Harper in 1991, and was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1996. Children’s division president and publisher Suzanne Murphy says, “Under Kate’s steady editorial guidance, Harper Children’s has consistently published outstanding books that have stood the test of time. She has worked with some of the most iconic authors in children’s publishing, and has helped grow the division into the successful organization it is today. Kate is a wonderful colleague and leader, and she […]
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At Penguin Random House US, Nina von Moltke has been promoted to the new position of president, director of strategic development, continuing to report to ceo Madeline McIntosh. She will “provide leadership on a wide range of topics and projects connected to our current and future content and publishing strategies, and she will work to explore new business opportunities across the market.” Newly reporting to her is Pauline James, svp, royalty operations and rights management. Random House evp, director of marketing Sanyu Dillon, will move into the new companywide role of evp, director, marketing strategy and consumer engagement, Penguin Random House, […]