Head of campaigns and associate publisher Karen Duffy has been laid off from Atlantic Books as of March 31. Duffy joined Atlantic as its first publicity director in 2004, and later added an acquiring editor's role as associate publisher. She became campaigns director in 2012. She said, "I have so loved working at Atlantic these past 19 years, helping it grow from a transatlantic offshoot of Grove Atlantic Inc. into one of the pillars of Britain’s independent publishing community."