At Chronicle Books, Viniita Moran has been promoted to senior web manager. Alina Buevich has been promoted to designer of marketing communications. Awards The New York Public Library announced the five finalists for the Young Lions Fiction Award: Clare Beams, We Show What We have Learned (Lookout Books) Brit Bennett, The Mothers (Riverhead) Kaitlyn Greenidge, We Love You Charlie Freeman (Algonquin) Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun (Liveright) Karan Mahajan, The Association of Small Bombs (Penguin) The winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards are: Fiction: Peter Ho Davies, The Fortunes (HMH) Karan Mahajan, The Association of Small Bombs (Penguin) Nonfiction: Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures (Morrow) Poetry: Tyehimba Jess, Olio (Wave Books) […]
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Whiting Award Winners
The Whiting Awards were announced in a ceremony Wednesday evening. The ten winners of the $50,000 prize are: Fiction Jen Beagin (Pretend I’m Dead, Triquarterly Books) Kaitlyn Greenidge (We Love You, Charlie Freeman, Algonquin) Lisa Halliday (Asymmetry, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster in 2018) Tony Tulathimutte (Private Citizens, Morrow) Nonfiction Francisco Cantú (The Line Becomes a River, forthcoming from Riverhead in 2018) Poetry Simone White (Of Being Dispersed, Futurepoem) Phillip B. Williams (Thief in the Interior, Alice James Books) Drama Clarence Coo James Ijames Clare Barron In People news, Allison Devlin will join F+W Media as vp, director of sales and marketing […]
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Among the first named layoffs at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is svp, associate trade group publisher and business development Laurie Brown, who has left the company. Ingram Content Group has added Kelly Arnold as chief legal offficer (she was general counsel at U.S. Xpress Enterprises) and Deanna Steele as chief information technology officer (she was group vice president, IT – Brands at Ascena Retail Group). Nancy Sheppard has joined St. Martin’s as marketing director. Previously she was director of creative marketing services at Penguin Adult. Josh Redlich has been promoted to publicist at Random House Children’s. Laura Kaplan has returned to the […]
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Matthew Daddona has been promoted to editor at Dey Street Books. Megha Parekh has joined Amazon Publishing’s Thomas & Mercer as editor. Previously, she was editor at Grand Central Publishing. Former publishing director at Harper Collins in Australia and New Zealand Shona Martyn has joined Lingo Pictures as their book scout. Former editorial director at Harper UK Martin Redfern will join Diane Banks Associates as a nonfiction agent in April. The Books for a Better Life Awards will induct publisher Esther Margolis and authors Gretchen Rubin and Mary Higgins Clark into their Hall of Fame at their April awards ceremony. Robert B. Silvers, 87, founding […]
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Valerie Steiker will join Scribner as executive editor on April 17. Previously, she was the longtime culture editor at Vogue. Reporting to Colin Harrison and Nan Graham, she will acquire and edit fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction, and lifestyle books. Parisa Ebrahimi joins the Crown and Hogarth fiction team today as editor. She moves over from Chatto & Windus in London and reports to Lindsay Sagnette. Rebecca Marsh has joined Viking/Penguin Books as publicity manager. Previously, she was a senior publicist for Crown Archetype, Harmony, and Three Rivers Press. Forthcoming Audio Robert Caro has written and narrated an audiobook-only title, ON POWER, releasing on May 9, […]
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Hollands Diep will publish of the forthcoming books by former president Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in Dutch. At Abrams, Melanie Chang has been appointed to the new role of vice president of children’s marketing and publicity. Chang will oversee marketing and publicity for the Abrams Children’s, Amulet, and Appleseed imprints. Liz Fithian has joined as director of franchise marketing for children’s books, reporting to Melanie Chang. Previously, she was director of marketing at Macmillan. SVP and chief marketing officer Steve Tager will transition from overseeing children’s marketing and publicity to focusing on marketing and publicity for Abrams’ adult businesses, including Abrams Plus’ Noterie gift […]