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Namrata Tripathi has been promoted to president and publisher. Penguin Children’s president Jen Loja writes in the announcement, “In her time at the helm of Kokila, Namrata has doubled the size of the team as she has added wonderful creative partners that have drawn incredible talent to Kokila. Together they have brought new creators into the publishing world, built new models for our publishing culture, and set a new standard of fantastic selling titles that have changed the way we consider comps for diverse titles. This has ultimately broadened the scope of what we can and will publish in the children’s book market as a whole. “

Julia Elliott has been promoted to senior editor.

Gabriella Mongelli has joined as senior editor. She was previously editor at Putnam.

Michael Benton has joined the platform development team as business systems analyst.

Cassidy Leyendecker has joined the central marketing team as author development & backlist manager.

Bhaskaran Mani has joined as lead data engineer.
Susannah Noel has joined as production editor, managing editorial.

Offauna Goodman has been promoted to manager on the production team.

Janice Audet joins as editorial director, starting January 8. She was most recently executive editor at Basic Books.