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Nicole James has joined as a senior acquisitions editor. Previously she was an agent and founder of The James Literary Agency.

At Toon Books, Tucker Stone has joined Toon Books as executive editor and Aria Balraj has joined as assistant editor.

Octavia Saenz is now assistant editor at minedition and Hippo Park.

Paul Boccardi has joined as senior finance director.

Alexis Nowicki has joined as publicist. She  was previously at Farrar, Straus.

Director, studio production Dan Musselman will retire on April 29. The Grammy-winning audiobook producer is a 31-year veteran of the industry, producing more than 3,000 audiobook recordings in his career.

Linda Iarrera joins as district sales manager for Quebec, Eastern Canada and Ottawa. Effective May 2, Hamish Clark will join the indies sales team as district sales manager for Western Canada. Both will report to senior director, independent, library and academic sales Mary Giuliano.