Molly Ker Hawn has been appointed director of the Bent Agency UK. In Germany, Constanze Neumann takes over at Aufbau and the imprint Blumenbar as editor-in-chief for literary fiction on December, replacing Gunnar Cynybulk. She was editor-in-chief at Hoffmann & Campe until 2016, and has been working as a literary agent. At Catapult, Morgan Jerkins has been promoted to associate editor of the magazine, while Megha Majumdar moves up to associate editor for the magazine and books. It was early August when we reported that Donna Tartt had left longtime agent Amanda Urban at ICM for representation in the US and […]
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Putnam executive vice president, associate publisher and editor-in-chief Neil Nyren will retire at the end of the year after more than 33 years with the imprint. Putnam, Dutton, and Berkley President Ivan Held noted Nyren has been “a beloved presence in the mystery and thriller communities” and the most recent winner of theMystery Writers of America’s Ellery Queen Award. (Nyren’s plans include projects with MWA as well as “other initiatives within the crime fiction community.”) Held continued: “In addition to losing his presence as a lifelong representative of Red Sox Nation, we will miss his encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture, art, […]
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Maris Kreizman will leave her position as editorial director of Book of the Month club on November 30 after a little over a year with the company, to give her “full attention back to my own writing.” At William Morrow, Heidi Richter has been promoted to senior publicity director, while Anwesha Basu moves up to publicity director. In the UK, Charlie Brotherstone has opened his own literary agency, Brotherstone Creative Management. Brotherstone was at Ed Victor Ltd., representing his own clients and running the film/TV, serial and speakers departments, and a number of years at A.M. Heath. Brotherstone Creative Management will sell rights […]
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Simon & Schuster executive vice president of sales and marketing Michael Selleck will retire at the end of the year. He has been with the company since 1984. CEO Carolyn Reidy said in a statement, “Simply put, there are very few people within Simon & Schuster who possess Michael’s institutional memory and intimate working knowledge of our publishing history, our systems, operational infrastructure, and business practices and put them to such good use on a daily basis. And there are likewise few with his charisma, good sense and infectious enthusiasm…. Michael has, over the years, helped build the Simon & Schuster […]
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Radhika Jones, editorial director of the New York Times Book Review since late 2016, is expected to be named the next editor of Vanity Fair. She would succeed Graydon Carter who announced his retirement in September. Jones was deputy managing editor at Time Magazine before joining the NYT. At Abrams, Maya Bradford has been promoted to senior publicist, adult trade; Michael Kaserkie, previously with Color-X, has joined as associate production manager; and Stephanie Lee has been promoted to senior digital publishing associate for Abrams Plus. Holiday House Publishing announced that they will join the movement to downtown Manhattan in April 2018. The […]
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Chad Felix will join Grove/Atlantic as digital marketing manager. Previously he was director of library and academic marketing at Melville House. At The Experiment, Nicholas Cizek has been promoted to senior editor, while Liana Willis moves up to assistant editor. Kim-Mei Kirtland has been promoted to full agent at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. Faber & Faber digital and new business director Henry Volans is leaving the company on November 17 to work for the Foreign Office.