People 3/24

VP publicity for the Harper imprint Jane Beirn will retire on April 22.

Celeste Knudsen has been promoted to design manager.

Taylan Salvati will join as publicity manager. She was previously at Scholastic.

Abby Dommert will join as associate publicist. She was recently editor & marketing associate at Thornwillow Press.

Ivy Givens has been promoted to associate editor.

Cassie Hanjian has joined as director of acquisitions. She was most recently director at West Wind Literary Scouting.

Kimberly Koba has joined as director, for clients W-1 Media in Germany and Bragelonne in France. Previously, she was senior scout at Mary Anne Thompson Associates.

Kim Hooyboer joins as director of education. Hooyboer spent the last five years as store manager of Third Place Books Seward Park in Seattle, Washington.

Vanessa Kerr will join ACM UK in the newly created role of subsidiary rights firector March 28. She was previously an agent at Abner Stein.