People 7/8

Erika Imranyi has been promoted to senior editorial director at Park Row.

Susan Swinwood has been promoted to senior editorial director at Mira.

Julia Negrete has been promoted to associate editor at Harper Collins Español.

Alfredo Fee has been promoted to associate editor, Harper Via.

Gretchen Schmid has been promoted to senior marketing manager.

Elora Weil joined as senior publicity manager. She was previously a senior publicist at Knopf.

Annette Kiesow has joined as photo editor, National Geographic Kids. Most recently she was photo editor at Kiesow Photo Editing.

Tiffani Ren joins as marketing manager. Ren was previously at One World.

Sony has hired Kaz Firpo and Ryan Firpo to write the adaptation of James Patterson and Michael Crichton’s book Eruption. At the same time, however, Free Solo directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, who were originally attached to direct and co-produce, are no longer involved with the film project.

Hema Sukhram has joined as senior accountant. She was previously at Abrams.

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has been appointed a Mellon Foundation senior fellow, where she will “pursue scholarship, writing, and research projects while also serving as a strategic partner and counsel, working in collaboration with Foundation leadership and staff, advising on opportunities to support and advance libraries, archives, and other organizations in the public knowledge ecosystem.”

International Literary Properties is partnering with The University of the South to manage and act as co-steward to the works of Tennessee Williams. The partnership includes stage productions, and future film and television projects, as well as other cross-media projects. The university has managed the estate since 1996.

ILP will “continue to work with Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in London, and several imprints at Concord Theatricals for stock and amateur licensing.”