Bloomsbury announced that chairman Anthony Salz will step down from his position and exit the board at the annual meeting in July, with a successor to be named later. As of March 1, managing director of IOP Publishing Steven Hall will join the company’s board and, as part of a regular rotation policy, Faber chief executive Stephen Page will leave the board after three years of service. Forthcoming Doubleday Children’s has acquired an unfinished fairy tale by Mark Twain that author Philip Stead and illustrator Erin Stead have expanded into a 152-page illustrated “storybook for all ages.” They will publish THE PURLOINING […]
Personnel
Sevier Joins GCP as Publisher
Ben Sevier will join Grand Central Publishing on February 27 as svp, publisher, reporting to Michael Pietsch. Sevier spent the past decade at Dutton, most recently as vp, publisher, and will join Hachette Book Group’s executive management board. He succeeds Jamie Raab, who is leaving the company at the end of this month. Pietsch said in the announcement: “I have admired Ben Sevier’s work for many years. He is a superb publisher of commercial fiction and nonfiction both, and combines acquisitions acumen with strong marketing, team-building, financial, and leadership skills. I know he will work excitingly with Grand Central Publishing’s […]
People, Etc.
Avideh Bashirrad has been promoted to vp, deputy publisher, fiction at Random House, reporting to Susan Kamil. Kelsey Horton has joined Delacorte Press as associate editor. Previously, she was an associate editor at Katherine Tegen Books. At Doubleday, Michael Goldsmith has been promoted to assistant director of publicity and Mark Lee moves up to associate publicist. Matthew Martin has been promoted to the new position of svp, deputy general counsel at Penguin Random House. Target‘s February Club Pick is All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda. Mystery Writers of America announced the slate of Edgar Award nominees, with the winners to be […]
People, Etc.
At St. Martin’s Press, Laura Clark has been promoted to associate publisher, nonfiction, reporting to Jennifer Enderlin. “What impresses me most about Laura is her passion, her can-do attitude, her breadth of knowledge in so many varied areas of non-fiction,” Enderlin said in the announcement. “She is the natural choice for this position, as we gear up for some of the most important non-fiction this house has ever published. At BookPage, Cat Acree has been promoted to deputy editor. Forthcoming Bookseller metadata has long indicated that Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes‘ forthcoming book on Hillary Clinton was headed for publication at […]
People: Onder to Lead HMH Children’s
Catherine Onder will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s as svp and publisher on February 6, based in New York. Onder fills the position vacated when Betsy Groban left HMH last summer. Most recently she was editorial director at Bloomsbury Children’s. HMH trade president Ellen Archer says in the announcement, “She has a wealth of experience and a tremendous track record in middle reader and young adult publishing. Working with our gifted editors, she will direct and grow both our front and backlist business to new levels of excellence.” Onder comments, “I’m proud to join HMH with its rich tradition of children’s publishing of the […]
People
Eric Lupfer is joining Fletcher & Company as an agent, moving over from William Morris Endeavor, where he has been for fourteen years. Lupfer specializes in non-fiction ranging from history, science, and economics, to narrative journalism and current affairs. At Trident Media Group, Alexa Stark has been promoted to literary agent, focusing primarily on literary fiction, upmarket commercial fiction, and narrative nonfiction. Mary Austin Speaker joins Milkweed Editions as art director on January 17. Franco Alvarado is leaving FW Media, where he was senior technical production specialist for three years, to launch Franco Alvarado Consulting, providing ebook development and QA, print book design, […]