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January 26, 2022
By Erin Somers

Crown   

Katie Berry has been promoted to assistant editor.

Michelle Giuseffi has been promoted to senior publishing manager.

Madison Jacobs has been promoted to senior publishing manager.

Knopf   

Maris Dyer has been promoted to associate editor.

Random House   

Mark McCauslin has been promoted to vice president, director, production editorial.

Luisa Francavilla has been promoted to production director.

Heather Williamson has been promoted to assistant production director.

Phil Leung has been promoted to assistant production director. 

Jane Chinn is promoted to assistant production director.

Abby Oladipo has been promoted to senior production editor.

Ashley Pierce has been promoted to production editor.

Nick Patton has been promoted to prepress associate manager.

Hannah Hunt has been promoted to prepress associate.

On the illustrated art team, Danielle Deschenes has been promoted to executive art director, gift.

Stephanie Huntwork has been promoted to executive art director, books.

Irene Ng has joined the Harmony-Rodale cover team as junior designer.

Bloomsbury Children's   

Ariana Abad has joined as associate publicist. She was previously at Riverhead.

Insight Editions   

Maria Spano joins as managing editor. She was previously at Crown.

Sadie Lowry joins as assistant editor.

Kris Holden joins as operations manager.

Tiffani Patterson joins as production associate.

Based in London, Isabel Miller joins as subsidiary rights manager and Michela Pea joins as senior foreign rights manager covering territories in Europe and Asia. Miller was previously at Macmillan Children’s and Pea was previously at Nosy Crow.

Other Press   
Alexandra Poreda has been promoted to senior editor.
CookeMcDermid   

Suzanne Brandreth and Ron Eckel have purchased the ownership stake in the agency previously held by Dean Cooke and Sally Harding. They become equal partners with Martha Webb, who continues in her ownership and management role. Cooke and Harding will remain with the company, continuing to work with their clients. They said in a release, “We could not be more proud of these two long-time employees and respected colleagues. This feels like passing the baton to family.”

Hana El Niwairi and Carolyn Buszynski will join the company in a newly created rights department.

Idea Architects   

Jennifer Chen Tran has joined as literary agent and contracts manager. She was previously an agent at Bradford Literary Agency.

Trident Media Group   

Sarah McEachern has been promoted to foreign rights agent.

Stephanie Manova has been promoted to foreign rights coordinator.

Luebbe   

The German publisher has hired Soheil Dastyari as ceo and chair of the executive board, starting March 1. In addition to managing the publishing house, he will be responsible for strategy, business development, strategic management of the subsidiaries, corporate communications and human resources. He was a longtime Bertelsmann executive, at both Gruner + Jahr and Territory, and has been a management consultant most recently.

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