Penguin Random House ceo Markus Dohle announced Thursday morning that Penguin Publishing Group president Madeline McIntosh has been made ceo of Penguin Random House US, still reporting to Dohle. “This appointment aligns our structure in the US with that of the rest of our territories,” Dohle writes. He notes that, “Over the past three and a half years, Madeline’s decisive leadership and creative instincts for compelling stories and ideas have ensured a smooth and successful transformation of the Penguin business. She is now one of the most well-rounded and experienced executives in publishing.” All of the US publishing groups will […]
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Jaime Levine will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on April 30 as senior editor focusing on acquiring psychological suspense, thrillers, and mysteries. Theresa Collier has been promoted to senior manager, publicity and marketing at Artisan Books. At Sourcebooks, Jillian Rahn has been promoted to associate art director. The Guggenheim Fellows were named for 2018, including fiction writers Rachel Cusk, Andrew Sean Greer, Lauren Groff, Jennifer Haigh, Min Jin Lee, China Miéville, and Deb Olin Unferth; nonfiction writers Nicholson Baker, Teju Cole, Robert Finch, Roxane Gay, Jane Kamensky, John Jeremiah Sullivan, and Lily Tuck; and nine poets. Acquisitions Independent Publishers Group has acquired academic book distributor […]
People: Bell to Gallery As Editorial Director
Aimee Bell will join the Gallery Books Group as vice president, editorial director, starting April 17, reporting to senior vice president and publisher Jennifer Bergstrom. Bell was the longtime deputy editor at Vanity Fair, until mid-February. Bergstrom said in the announcement: “She is an editor who has worked with some of the most ambitious, influential, and commercial authors – from Nora Ephron, Dave Eggers, and A.M. Homes to Sloane Crosley, Pippa Middleton, and Bono. Her sharp editorial instincts, creative thinking, and keen sense of what’s current in the zeitgeist make her the perfect person to lead the editorial direction of […]
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Janine Barlow and Samantha Zukergood have both been promoted to assistant editor at Thomas Dunne Books. At Dutton, Jamie Knapp has been promoted to associate director of publicity, and Becky Odell moves up to associate publicist. James Hegberg has been promoted to senior online marketing manager at Sourcebooks. At Random House Children’s books, on the licensed & proprietary brands marketing team: Krister Engstrom has been promoted to assistant director, Tara Grieco moves up to associate marketing manager, and Jena Debois is now marketing coordinator. Sarah Gaydos will join Oni Press as editorial director of licensed publishing. She has been an editor at IDW Publishing. Rebecca Vnuk has joined LibraryReads […]
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Initiatives The New York City Mayor’s Office of Entertainment and Media’s One Book, One New York program will return for a second year. In April, NYC residents will vote online to determine the title that will be read city-wide, with the winner to be announced in early May. The nominees this year each feature a different neighborhood in NYC: If Beale Street Could Talk, by James Baldwin Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan White Tears, by Hari Kunzru Behold the Dreamers, by Imbolo Mbue When I Was Puerto Rican, by Esmeralda Santiago This year’s program is a partnership with New York Magazine and Vulture (a change from last year, when […]
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Josh Zajdman has joined Picador as senior publicist. He was previously a publicist at Media Connect. Lance Fensterman has been promoted to president of Global ReedPOP. Anita Shreve, 71, author of 20 books included The Pilot’s Wife and The Weight of Water, died of cancer Thursday at home in southern New Hampshire. She had announced her illness almost a year ago,writing on Facebook: “This is a hard post to write. I have so been looking forward to going on book tour for my new novel, The Stars are Fire, and had hoped to meet many of you on my travels.” Her latest […]