People 10/14

Libby McGuire has been promoted to executive vice president and director of adult U.S. content coordination. She will continues to lead Atria as publisher, and will serve as a liaison between the Simon & Schuster Adult group and the company’s international units in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, along with VBK in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Calvert Morgan will join the company as senior literary agent. He was most recently executive editor at Riverhead.

Glory Anne Plata has been promoted to associate director of publicity.

Viviann Do was promoted to associate marketing manager.

Laura Mucha has joined as associate editor. She was previously assistant editor at Norton.

Gabrielle Nugent has joined as publicity manager. She was previously senior publicist at Norton.

Jessica Breen will join as executive marketing director, taking over marketing leadership for all four Nashville-based imprints: Center Street, FaithWords, Worthy, and Worthy Kids. She was most recently at Basic Books.

Alicia Kroell joins as senior editor. They were previously at Catapult.

Amber Oliver will join on November 3 as senior editor. She was previously at Bloomsbury.

Both editors will acquire for the Zando and Tin House lists.

Alli Brydon joins as children’s books publisher for North America, based in London and reporting to Peter Marley.

Sian Rips has joined as graphic novel designer. She previously worked at Harper Collins.