People 11/8

Catherine Onder joins in the new role of vice president and publisher of children’s books at Sourcebooks, “charged with helping continue the tremendous growth of their children’s business.” She was most recently svp, publisher at HMH Books and Media.

Onder says in the announcement, “I deeply admire Sourcebooks’ innovative, entrepreneurial, and agile approach to publishing. They’ve achieved an extraordinary amount in children’s books since their inaugural kid’s title in 2005. I’m looking forward to working with the ingenious team and brilliant creators to build off their impressive successes and to take the list to new heights.” Editorial director Todd Stocke notes, “2021 will close as our biggest year ever in our children’s business. That’ll be up 35-plus percent over last year, which was also our largest year ever.”

Niki Papadopoulos has been promoted to vp, editor-in-chief.

Nina Rodríguez-Marty has been promoted to associate editor.

Kimberly Meilun has been promoted to assistant editor

Ryan Hayes has joined as senior designer, children’s.

Yuhong Guo has joined as senior production manager.

Karli Skelton has joined as senior designer for Ridley’s Games.

Erin Thacker has been promoted to senior production director.

Wendy Thorpe has been promoted to associate production director.

Emily Malter has been hired as associate manager, events & sales enablement.

Barbara Genetin has been hired as senior project manager.

Lauren Langston Stewart has joined as editorial manager. She was previously an editor at Harper Collins Christian publishing.

Andrea Smitko has joined the marketing and communications team as senior publicist.

Suzanne Dunbar has joined on contract as lifestyle marketing manager.