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Tom Ciavarella joins as head of public affairs and advocacy for North America. Most recently, he managed large strategic accounts for the Copyright Clearance Center.

2 Seas Agency will now handle all foreign rights sales for Astra Books for Young Reader.

Alicia Edwards joins the international sales team as international sales coordinator.

Ellen Zhang joins the Amazon sales team as coordinator, online and digital sales.

Jennifer Chen Tran has joined Folio Literary Management and Folio Junior as a literary agent. She was previously agent at Idea Architects.

Tahmeed Zaki has joined Bright UK as contracts manager. Zaki was most recently with Disney.

Humayra Ahmed joins Bright UK as contracts and royalties executive. She was most recently at Hachette.

Jenna Brown, the current UK contracts manager, is moving to Bright US in the first inter-agency transfer.