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Caitlin Hurst and Robyn Massey have been promoted to senior publicist.

Margaret Rosewitz has joined as reprints production controller. She was previously senior associate, content management, at Harper Collins.

Isabella Nugent has joined as senior publicist. She was previously senior publicist at Blackstone Publishing.

Laci Durham has been promoted to associate publicist and assistant marketing manager.

Gerard Mancini, vice president, executive director managing editorial & production editorial will retire in December. Mancini joined the Viking Children’s editorial team in the fall of 1985.

Executive vp Jocelyn Schmidt writes in the announcement, “During his 38 years under the Penguin umbrella, Gerard has helped shepherd to press the works of some of the most celebrated children’s book authors and illustrators, including Robert McCloskey, Barbara Cooney, Don Freeman, Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, Elizabeth Partridge, Anna Dewdney, Al Gore, Roald Dahl, Art Spiegelman, S.E. Hinton, Max Brallier, and Amanda Gorman, to name a few.”