LaToya Rose joined Macmillan in the new role of vp, diversity, equity, and inclusion in August. She also joined the trade management committee and the diversity and inclusion steering committee, and reports to global trade coo Andrew Weber. Most recently, she was svp, director of operations and employee engagement at Burson-Marsteller. Rose says, “I believe everyone deserves to be treated fairly. My intention is to always leave something or someone better than how I found them. I want to inspire our colleagues. I want them to be hopeful and dream without feeling limited in their careers, especially those who are […]
Personnel
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Stephanie Sinclair will join CookeMcDermid as literary agent. She was at Transatlantic Literary Agency. Patrice Caldwell joins New Leaf Literary & Media as literary agent. She was at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. Parneshia Jones has been promoted to director of Northwestern University Press, effective September 21. Anne Bowman joins Chelsea Green in the new role of vp of business development and global sales. She has been head of new business (children’s rights) at Penguin Random House UK. Bowman will remain based in London and will split her time between Chelsea Green’s UK and Vermont offices. At Tom Doherty Associates, […]
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Mekisha Telfer has been promoted to editor at Roaring Brook Press. Mara Delgado-Sanchez has been promoted to assistant editor at St. Martin’s Publishing Group. Rachel Bass has been promoted to assistant editor at Tom Doherty Associates. As Venetia Butterfield takes over Cornerstone in January, Daniel Crewe will move up to publishing director for Penguin Business and Penguin Life, along with Viking Non-Fiction, reporting to Joanna Prior. Martina O’Sullivan will be promoted to publisher for Penguin Business and Penguin Life, reporting to Crewe. At Viking UK, Isabel Wall moves up to commissioning editor immediately. Veronica Park has been promoted to agent at Fuse Literary. Awards […]
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At Penguin Random House UK, Cornerstone managing director Susan Sandon and Vintage UK managing director Richard Cable (who are married) will both leave the company at the end of the year. Penguin General publisher Venetia Butterfield will take over at Cornerstone and managing director of the audiences and audio division Hannah Telfer will lead Vintage UK, starting next January. Brand and communications director Rebecca Sinclair will lead the audiences division, and group sales director Rob Waddington will add responsibility as managing director of audio. Madhulika Sikka will join Crown on October 12 as vice president and executive editor, acquiring nonfiction […]
People, Etc.: Howard to Retire from Doubleday
Gerald Howard, vice president, executive editor, Doubleday, is retiring at the end of the year, after working at the house since 1998. Publisher and editor-in-chief of Doubleday Bill Thomas, writes, “Gerry has decided to spend more time with his wonderful wife, Susanne, travel and work on his biography of the legendary editor Malcolm Cowley for Penguin Press, which, amusingly to some of us, is overdue.” Thomas adds, “‘Legendary editor’ is an appellation that applies to Gerry just as well. The range and quality of the books he has edited, published and championed over his forty-six-year career is simply breathtaking…. He […]
Briefs
People Natascha Morris joins The Tobias Literary Agency as literary agent where she will rep picture books, middle grade, and YA. She was previously a literary agent at Bookends. David Graeber, 59, anthropologist and author of Bull***t Jobs, died on September 2 in a hospital in Venice. His publisher FSG writes, “We are deeply saddened by the news of David Graeber’s untimely death. Graeber’s path-breaking scholarship and political activism were focused on imagining new forms of human freedom. The impact of his work on our intellectual life and the progress of humanity toward a more just future has been felt […]