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October 19, 2021
By Erin Somers

Simon & Schuster   

Tim O’Connell will join as vice president, editorial director, fiction, starting November 8. He was at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group for the past 15 years.

William Morrow   

Ariana Sinclair has been promoted to assistant editor.

Context Literary   

Monica Rodriguez joins as director of brand management.

Harper Children's   

Carolina Ortiz has been promoted to editor.

Scribner   

Rebekah Jett has been promoted to associate editor.

Emily Polson has been promoted to assistant editor.

Sabrina Pyun has been promoted to assistant editor.

Penguin Publishing Group   

Jodi Witherell has joined the marketing strategy team as marketing coordinator.

Simon & Schuster Children's   

Jasmine Ye has been promoted to production editor.

Clare McGlade has been promoted to associate managing editor.

Chelsea Morgan has been promoted to associate managing editor.

Heather Palisi has been promoted to associate art director.

Brittany Fetcho has been promoted to senior designer.

The New Press   

Ishan Desai-Geller has joined as assistant editor. He was previously assistant editor at Oxford University Press.

Jessamine Cheng has joined as manager, inventory & sales operations. She was previously operations & analytics manager, PRH International Sales.

James Phelan has joined as director of development; Eranga Fernando as major gifts officer; and Danika Tablante as development associate & project manager.

In promotions: Marc Favreau has been named director of editorial programs.

Jay Gupta is editorial and academic marketing associate.

Fran Forte moves up to senior director of production.

Emily Albarillo is associate managing editor.

Sourcebooks   

Ashlyn Keil has been promoted to marketing events specialist.

Amazon Publishing   

Paige Hazzan has joined as publicity lead for Amazon Crossing, Amazon Crossing Kids, and Two Lions.

Harper Children's UK   

Ken Wilson-Max has joined as a publisher and will create his own list. He was previously co-owner and publishers at Alanna Max.

Atlantic Books UK   

Dave Woodhouse will join as sales director. He was most recently UK sales director at Faber.

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