People 10/19

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.

Ariana Sinclair has been promoted to assistant editor.

Monica Rodriguez joins as director of brand management.

Carolina Ortiz has been promoted to editor.

Rebekah Jett has been promoted to associate editor.

Emily Polson has been promoted to assistant editor.

Sabrina Pyun has been promoted to assistant editor.

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

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.

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.

Ashlyn Keil has been promoted to marketing events specialist.

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

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

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