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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.”

Amanda Mulholland, Paige Lytle, and Caroline Pallotta have each been promoted to senior managing editor.

Emily Arzeno and Maxwell Smith have each been promoted to assistant managing editor.

Samantha Denneny joined as APA Style development manager.

Timothy McAdoo was promoted to APA Style manager.

Chelsea Lee was promoted to APA Style instructional lead.

Author David A. Robertson will join as editorial director of a new children’s imprint dedicated to publishing Indigenous writers and illustrators. The as-yet-unnamed PRH Canada imprint will publish fiction and non-fiction across categories and ages.