At Holt, VP, executive director of publicity Pat Eisemann is retiring from trade book publicity after 42 years, as of Friday, December 2. She began her publishing career at Random House in 1979, worked at Simon & Schuster for 27 years, followed by six years at the New York Times, before joining Holt in 2010. Caitlin O'Shaughnessy writes, "She has been an outstanding advocate for the books we have published over the years, and a wonderful advocate for her team."
