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Author Christina Baker Kline and evp, chief legal officer at Penguin Random House Anke Steinecke have joined the board of directors.

The previously-announced new edition, with an introduction and retold story by Stephen King and illustrations by Maurice Sendak, will feature an audio edition read by King as well.

Berkley and Penguin Children’s are partnering to launch Berkley Crossover (branded as Berkley XO), “a boutique imprint publishing titles with crossover appeal for both adult and young adult readers.” The imprint will publish a maximum of 10 titles a year. They write in the release: “Each project will involve a custom team made up of members from both the Berkley adult and Penguin Young Readers divisions—including editorial, publicity, and marketing—assembled at the time of acquisition.”

Michelle Betters has joined as senior publicist. Betters was previously at Verso.