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Jennifer Brown has joined as senior editor. She was formerly director of acquisitions at Sounds True.

OUTLIVE author Peter Attia has stepped down as a contributor to CBS News after his crude emails to Jeffrey Epstein were made public. Attia joined CBS in January.

“Dr. Attia’s contributor role was newly established and had not yet meaningfully begun,” a spokesman for Attia said. “As such, he stepped back to ensure his involvement didn’t become a distraction from the important work being done at CBS. He wishes the network and its leadership well and has no further comment at this time.”

The author announced on Instagram that she has postponed publication of her next Game Changers romance, UNRIVALED, to June 1, 2027. Noting that “when good things happen, sometimes the universe hands you some worse stuff to balance it out,” Reid said she is accommodating to a worsening of her Parkinson’s disease symptoms.

The new book was originally announced in January for a scheduled September 2026 publication.

Due to inclement weather, the memorial for Chuck Adams has been postponed to Tuesday, March 17 at 5:30 PM. It will still take place at the Hachette Book Group offices, 1290 6th Ave in New York City. RSVP here.

Robert Mackwood is closing the Seventh Avenue Literary Agency. He notes, “The agency has released all clients from both current and past contracts.” Mackwood and his wife have retired to Sechelt, British Columbia, and plan to open a bed and breakfast this spring.

Saffron Dodd has been promoted to literary agent.