Julie Will has been promoted to editorial director at Harper Wave. Allison Hunter will join Janklow & Nesbit as an agent on July 11. Previously she was an agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. Erin Simpson has been promoted to senior agent at the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. Patti Hughes, vp, distribution publishing and special sales at Macmillan, died June 12 of complications from cancer. Hughes spent 27 years at Macmillan, over two separate tenures. “Patti was a wonderful colleague, mentor and friend,” Macmillan president, sales Allison Lazarus said in a statement. “She was a rare individual who could focus […]
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At Beacon Press, Gayatri Patnaik has been promoted to editorial director. Lauren Hill has joined Bloomsbury USA’s adult trade department as publicist. Previously she was assistant marketing manager at Oxford University Press. Melissa Valentine has joined Sounds True as full-time acquisitions editor. Previously she was an editor at New Harbinger Publications. In addition, Caroline Pincus has been named freelance editor-at-large,. She formerly associate publisher at Red Wheel Weiser. Kobo ceo Michael Tamblyn presented at The Economist’s Canada Summit on how the ebookseller’s Canadianness helped the company forge a path to success. “It turns out that being Canadian has helped us in […]
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Erica Rand Silverman will join Stimola Literary Studio as a senior agent on July 1 after eight years at Sterling Lord Literistic. She will continue to represent children’s literature, picture books through YA, and the occasional adult nonfiction in the areas of parenting, humor and wellness. Patrick Walsh is leaving Conville & Walsh (now owned by Curtis Brown UK) to start PEW Literary Agency. Conville and Walsh will continue to represent foreign rights to Walsh’s authors, and Curtis Brown UK will continue to sell film/tv rights for the new agency. Walsh says: “I have loved working with the team at Curtis […]
People, Etc.: Enderlin Named Publisher at SMP; Cohen Gets Holt Imprint
Svp, publisher for St. Martin’s Griffin and St. Martin’s Paperbacks Jennifer Enderlin has been promoted to evp and publisher of St. Martin’s Press, effective immediately, with editorial, marketing/publicity and art reporting to her. Enderlin, who has been at SMP for 23 years, will continue her role as an editor as well, and continues to report to president and publisher Sally Richardson (and subrights will still report to Richarson, too). Richardson writes to staff: “One of the most important responsibilities I have at SMP is to ensure the company’s continued growth and line up the right people to keep it moving forward. And now […]
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At Basic, Betsy DeJesu has been promoted to publicity director. At the Crown Publishing Group, Rebecca Welbourn has been promoted to publicist for Crown, Hogarth, Tim Duggan Books, and Broadway Books, while Hannah Frail moves up to associate publicist for those imprints. In addition, Owen Haney has been promoted to associate publicist/marketer, Crown Business and Crown Forum. JL Stermer has joined New Leaf Literary & Media as an agent, representing adult non-fiction, memoir, comedy/satire, fashion, health & wellness, self-help, and pop-culture, as well as some YA, commercial, and upmarket fiction. Previously she was at UTA. Nina Post has joined Curiosity […]
Hudson to Take Over As DK CEO
DK chief executive officer John Duhigg “has decided he wishes to resign” on June 30 after more than 25 years with the company. (it was reported in April that Penguin Random House was said to be talking to investment banks about the possibility of selling DK, though the company has denied that report.) Succeeding him as ceo is Ian Hudson, who will relinquish his current roles as Penguin Random House International ceo and Penguin Random House UK deputy ceo. Hudson will continue to report to PRH ceo Markus Dohle, who underscores in his announcement that “DK will continue to be a major, […]