Stephanie Smirnov has joined Scholastic as evp, head of global corporate communications, reporting jointly to chairman, president, and ceo Richard Robinson and chief strategy officer Iole Lucchese. Smirnov was previously managing director, brand practice at Edelman New York and ceo for the US region of DeVries Global. The Authors Guild elected Monique Truong, author of The Book of Salt and Bitter in the Mouth, as vice president. D.T. Max, author of Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story, has joined the governing council as a member. Chelsea Handler and Daniel Novack have each been named senior counsel for Penguin Random House. Publisher […]
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Macmillan announced promotions in its sales & technology division. Jennifer Gonzalez is being promoted to svp, trade sales, where she will oversee sales into traditional channels in the US for both adult and children’s trade books, including retail booksellers, wholesalers and the merchandise channel. In addition, Tom Stouras moves up to svp, online and digital sales, sales operations and analysis, and Leslie Padgett has been promoted to svp, technology. At Grand Central Publishing, Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski has been promoted to deputy director of publicity; Jordan Rubinstein to associate publicist; Amanda Pritzker to director of marketing and campaign strategy; Andrew Duncan to director of […]
People: Angel to Succeed Galassi As Farrar, Straus Publisher
Faber & Faber publisher for adult publishing Mitzi Angel, 43, will return to the US to take over as publisher and senior vice president of Farrar, Straus “later this year,” as Jonathan Galassi, 68, relinquishes that position. (The Bookseller says she will leave Faber at the end of June, but FSG tells us the exact timing of her start there is still being discussed.) Galassi will remain as president, with Angel reporting to him, and he will still acquire and edit books. Publisher of the MCD imprint Sean McDonald will still report to Galassi, too. Galassi tells the NYT, “Publishing […]
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At Touchstone, Kelsey Manning has been promoted to assistant director of marketing and Isabel DaSilva is now marketing coordinator. Sarah Murphy Mannheimer joins lecture agency The Tuesday Agency as a senior agent, in charge of overseeing corporate accounts, recruiting authors, and managing events. She was previously at the Leigh Bureau. At Hachette Book Group USA, Matt Hooban has been promoted to associate director of communications and Becky Llewellyn to communications associate. IDW Publishing chief creative officer and editor-in-chief Chris Ryall told staff he was leaving the company. Scott Gast joined the University of Chicago Press this week as editor for the life sciences. He […]
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At Bloomsbury Children’s, Erica Barmash has been promoted to senior director of marketing; Sarah Shumway moves up to executive editor; Claire Stetzer is now assistant editor; and Anna Bernard was promoted to associate publicist. Mishell Velez has been promoted to senior coordinator at Hachette Audio; Elece Green is now associate producer; and Tommy Harron moves up to producer. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Brooke Borneman has joined as senior marketing manager; she was previously senior marketing manager at Tarcher Perigee. Samantha Trovillion has joined as publicity associate. Johanna Dickson has joined Skyhorse as a senior publicist. She was most recently a publicist at Holt. Associate publisher and executive editor for Zondervan […]
People: Karp to Oversee Adult Publishing At Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Publishing Group president and publisher Jonathan Karp has been promoted to the new position of president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing, reporting to ceo Carolyn Reidy. Karp will have responsibility for all the company’s adult trade publishing, which includes Atria Books, Gallery Books, Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Touchstone and their associated sub-imprints, and he will continue as publisher of the Simon & Schuster trade imprint. (Adams Media continues to report to evp, chief marketing officer Liz Perl, however.) Reidy says in the announcement: “Jon is well suited and more than ready to take on this greater […]