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September 14, 2022
By Katy Hershberger

Workman Kids   

Karen Halpenny joins the educational resources team as senior editor. Most recently, she was a freelance children’s editor and editorial project manager.

Karen Smith joins the trade team as editor. She was previously at Penguin Random House Children’s Books.

Molly Magnell joins as designer. She previously held internships at Facebook and 72AndSunny, before collaborating with Bao Bao Learns Chinese on a series of bilingual sound books aimed at teaching kids Mandarin.

Scribner   

Lauren Dooley has joined as marketing manager. She previously worked as assistant marketing manager at Bloomsbury.

Zachary Polendo has joined as publicist. He was previously an associate publicist at Hachette Book Group.

Amazon Publishing   

Allyson Lord Cullinan has joined as PR specialist to lead publicity for its commercial fiction imprints. She was previously publicity manager at the Random House Publishing Group.

Chelsea Green   

Rebecca Springer has joined as managing editor. She was formerly at Harper Collins.

Kirsten Drew has joined as publishing partnerships manager.

Curtis Cass joins as IT manager.

Princeton University Press   

Ceylan Akturk is promoted to senior contracts manager.

Danielle Amatucci is promoted to production associate.

Jorge Cabrera is promoted to office manager.

Lingxi Li is promoted to managing director-PUP China.

Emma Morgan is promoted to international rights manager.

Larissa Skurka is promoted to senior manager of business systems integration.

Page One Media   
Laura Di Giovine has joined as publicity manager. She was previously senior publicist at Smith publicity.
Tobias Literary Agency   
Associate agent Maria Rogers is leaving publishing to attend law school at University of Michigan.
Baker Literary Scouting   
Baker Literary Scouting has been appointed US literary scout for Bloomsbury UK.
Independent Book Publishers Association   

Angela Shanteì Johnson has joined as its diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging consulting partner for the 2022-23 fiscal year.

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