Alex Coumbis has joined Laurence King Publishing as a senior publicist based in New York City. Amanda Olson will join Annick Press, as marketing manager starting January 2. Previously sales manager for Harper Canada, she takes over as Brigitte Waisberg retires after 12 years at Annick Press and 37 years in publishing. Claire Caldwell has been hired as associate editor. She was at Harlequin. The just-released movie The Man Who Invented Christmas, based on the book by Les Standiford, is the first theatrical release for a project developed by Mazur / Kaplan, the nine-year-old production company pairing bookseller Mitchell Kaplan and producer […]
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People: Klonsky to Putnam Children’s
Jennifer Klonsky will join Putnam Children’s as vice president and publisher starting January 2, reporting to Jen Loja, filling the position vacated when Jennifer Besser moved to Macmillan Children’s earlier this fall. Klonsky has been editorial director at Harper Children’s. Jen Loja said in the announcement, I’m sure that her mix of publishing savvy and a terrific nose for great reads will be a perfect addition to Putnam and we look forward to many years of successful book making with her and her team here.” At Algonquin Books, Debra Linn has been promoted to director of digital marketing, while both […]
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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 […]