People Round Up, Mid January, 2025

PEOPLE

At Hachette VP Publisher of James Patterson books, Ned Rust is leaving Little, Brown “to pursue other opportunities.”  Samantha Smith will take over as VP, Publisher for James Patterson books, reporting to Sally Kim, President and Publisher of Little, Brown. She was most recently at Pan Macmillan as Publisher, Fiction and Nonfiction, children’s and YA.  Also at Hachette, Tiffany Porcelli has been promoted to marketing director, Grand Central Publishing. Alexandra Hernandez has been promoted to publicity manager, Balance. Laura Gonzalez has joined as associate marketing manager. She was previously senior marketing associate at Harper Amistad/Harper Via. Rachel Rodrigeuz has joined as marketing associate. She was previously a marketing assistant at Crown. At Running Press, Madeleine Shalaby has joined as associate editor.

HarperCollins’ Harlequin Publishing has restructured its trade division, moving from five to three imprints. The publisher will keep all staff and publish the same number of titles among Mira Books, Park Row Books, and Hanover Square Press, joining editorial director Peter Joseph, executive editor John Glynn, associate editor Grace Towery, and editorial assistant Eden Railsback. Mira Books will absorb Canary Street Press and Graydon House will be phased out by the end of year.   At Harlequin, senior editor April Osborn, editor Dina Davis, and editorial assistant Evan Yeong will move from Mira Books to Hanover Square. Senior editors Meredith Clark and associate editor Leah Mol will move from Mira to Park Row, joining editorial director Erika Imranyi, executive editor Annie Chagnot and editorial assistant SarahElizabeth Lee. The Mira team will now comprise editorial director Susan Swinwood, executive editor Michele Bidelspach, senior editor Melanie Fried, senior editor Cat Clyne, associate editor Sarah Rodgers, assistant editor Lynn Raposo, and editorial assistant Marina Green.

At The New York Times, Pamela Paul, longtime editor of the New York Times Book Review who moved to the Opinion section in 2022, will depart as part of downsizing being made at the section.

Barnes & Noble’s chief merchandising officer since 2020 Jackie De Leo has left the company.  In regards to queries the company has asked publishers to address Lindsay Bogard at lbogard@bn.com (associate director, commercial strategy of children’s YA books). Additionally, it was also announced that Stephanie Fryling, vice president, commercial strategy and category management has after 12 years in October to join Penguin Random House.

At Penguin Random House, Tara Gilbride will rejoin the group on January 13th as director, marketing and publicity at Crown Currency. Hilary Redmon will join Knopf as vice president, editorial director of nonfiction, starting February 14. She was most recently vice president, editorial director of nonfiction for Random House. Katelyn Hemmeke has joined Inklore as editor. She was most recently at Webtoon.

At Simon & Schuster, Alyssa Weinberg has joined as an associate marketing manager. She was formerly an assistant marketing manager at Holt. Hanna Brattesani has joined the flagship imprint in the newly created role of backlist manager. She was most recently literary agent and director of international rights at The Friedrich Agency. Bridget Thoreson has joined as director of client publishing operations. Thoreson was previously vice president of operations at Ulysses Press.  At Simon & Schuster Audio, former Polis founder and publisher Jason Pinter joined the division in November as vice president, editorial director of Simon Maverick, a new line that acquires and publishes audiobooks from self-published authors. At Simon Element, Carah Gedeon joins as a publicist. She was previously at Fortier Public Relations.

At Macmillan, Marc Resnick will continue as vice president and editorial director, now focusing on nonfiction.

At HarperCollins, Sarah Bode joined as associate director of marketing at Holt. She was previously at Penguin Random House. Andy Tan-Delli Cicchi has joined as associate editor of Holt. He was previously at Spiegel and Grau. At Dey Street, Libby Burton has joined as vice president, editorial director, overseeing acquisitions for the imprint while also building out the list for the new Harper Pop line. She was previously executive editor at Crown. At Mariner, Caroline Zancan has joined as editorial director of fiction. She was previously executive editor at Holt.

At Norton, Elizabeth Gaffin has joined as the newly-created role of client services director for the Norton Trade Group. She was previously director of Publisher Services at Artbook/D.A.P.. Andrew Gibeley has joined the trade publicity department as publicity manager. He was most recently senior publicist at Abrams Books.

At Abrams, Toni Martinez has joined as vice president, people. She will lead human resources. Previously she was at Tribune Publishing, Fuse Media and MTV Networks. Jacq Cohen has joined as marketing and publicity director, Abrams ComicArts. Juliet Dore has been promoted to editor.

Phaidon will have John Quinn join as CFO, effective January 27. Emma Tsankov has joined as social media manager.

Podium Entertainment has Andy Dodds  join as director of acquisitions. He was previously at Grand Central Publishing.

At Astra House, Susan Dobinick has been promoted to associate publisher, Astra Books for Young Readers. Liz Koehler-Crean has been promoted to associate publisher, DAW.  Joshua Starr has been promoted to senior marketing and publicity manager, DAW. Madeline Goldberg has been promoted to assistant editor, DAW. Tiffany Gonzalez has been promoted to senior marketing manager.

ARC Collective has launched a literary division. Jaidree Braddix joins as head of publishing. Jaidree was previously at Park & Fine Literary and Media.

At the University of Georgia Press, Rachel Watkins has joined as marketing and sales director. She was previously at Avid Bookshop. Former marketing and sales director Steven Wallace retired on January 3rd.

At Melville House, Cecilia Flores has joined as editor. She was most recently at Soft Skull Press. Jay Pabarue has joined as director of digital media. They were most recently at The New Press.

At Nosy Crow, Phoebe Kosman has joined as head of marketing and communications. She was formerly director of publicity at Candlewick Press, Holiday House Publishing, and Peachtree Publishing.

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In Agency News…

Theresa Park and Celeste Fine, co-founders of Park & Fine Literary and Media, and Kimberly Brower, founder of Brower Literary & Management, have partnered to form Park,Fine & Bower Literary Management.

At Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner, Eleanor Jackson and Rachel Vogel have been made partners at the agency.

At Sterling Lord Literistic, Lily Dolin has joined as associate agent. She was previously at UTA.

At Azantian Literary Agency, Mara Hollander, joins as associate agent. She was previously at Fine Print Literary Management. Carey Blankenship-Kramer joins as associate agent. She was previously at Belcastro Agency.

Franklin & Siegal has promoted Brianna Zimmerman to senior literary scout. Chanelle Norman has been promoted to literary scout, moving to the adult department from children’s and film/tv. Jasper Cerone and Ava Goodwin have joined as assistant scouts.

At Maria B. Campbell, Maggie Thompson has been promoted to director of US scouting. Leticia Vila-Sanjuan has been promoted to director of international scouting.

At Trident Media Group, Kristen Bertoloni has been promoted to associate literary agent.

At KO Media Management, Veronica Grijalva has joined as international licensing manager.

Victress Literary has promoted Alisha West to associate agent.

Andrew Brown Literary Agency has promoted Analia Cebello to associate agent.

The Good Literary Agency, co-founders Julia Kingsford and Nikesh Shukla will close at the end of March. All staff will be laid off. Rights and revenue will revert to their over 200 authors.

At The Book Group, Sara Shandler has joined as senior agent. She was previously at Alloy Entertainment.

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PROMOTIONS

At Penguin Random House, Matt Godzieba has been promoted to the newly created role of vice president, acquisitions and affiliate services. Andrew Taets has been promoted to associate marketing manager. On the preK-12 education marketing team: Lani Williams has been promoted to senior director. Colin Reublinger has been promoted to senior manager. Kaitlyn Spotts has been promoted to manager. Annabella Sherman has been promoted to associate account manager.

At Penguin Children’s, Olivia Russo has been promoted to executive director, publicity. Emily Rodriguez has been promoted to senior managing editor.  Sierra Pregosin and Karter Powell have been promoted to publicist. Krista Asadorian has been promoted to associate director, publishing office. Olivia Kwiatkowski has been promoted to senior designer, marketing. Alicia Ross has been promoted to associate manager, digital marketing at Berkley. Elise Tecco has been promoted to marketing associate at Berkley.

Loren Jaggers has been promoted to executive publicist. Amanda Maurer has been promoted to assistant editor. Gabrielle Pachon has been promoted to assistant editor. At Putnam, Katie McKee has been promoted to associate director of publicity. Jazmin Miller has been promoted to associate publicist. At Dutton, Cassidy Sachs has been promoted to senior editor. Diamond Bridges has been promoted to marketing associate at Dutton, Plume, and Tiny Reparations Books. Whitney Frick has been promoted to vice president and publisher of The Dial Press. Molly Turpin has been promoted to executive editor, Random House. Monica Rae Brown has been promoted to assistant editor, Random House. Leila Tejani has been promoted to assistant editor, Random House. Maddie Woda has been promoted to assistant editor, Hogarth.

At PRH Christian Publishing Group, Bunmi Ishola has been promoted to senior editor. Sonia Persad has been promoted to art director, illustrated products. Shauna Carlos has been promoted to publicist. Nicole Counts has been promoted to editorial director at One World, reporting to Christopher Jackson. Annie Lowell has been promoted to assistant  marketing director, brands and licensing, Random House Worlds, reporting to Daniel Wikey. At Random House Children’s, Tim Terhune has been promoted to senior production editor.

At Avery/Tarcher Perigee, Jacob Surpin has been promoted to executive editor at Avery. Lauren O’Neal has been promoted to senior editor at Tarcher Perigee. Rachel Dugan has been promoted to publicist at Avery & Tarcher Perigee. At Viking Penguin, Elizabeth Yaffe has been promoted to associate art director. Elizabeth Schaefer has been promoted to publishing director, Random House Worlds. Tom Hoeler has been promoted to editorial director, licensed fiction and special projects, Random House Worlds. Gabriella Munoz has been promoted to associate editor. Logan Balestrino has been promoted to senior manager of publishing and editorial operations at Inklore. At Pamela Dorman Books, Seema Mahanian has been promoted to executive editor.

At Macmillan, Sarah Cantin has been promoted to vice president and editorial director, fiction at St. Martin’s Publishing Group.

At HarperCollins, Julia Elliott has been promoted to executive editor of William Morrow. Cassie Jones  has been promoted to SVP/executive editor at William Morrow and editorial director of William Morrow Cookbooks. Ann Dye has been promoted to the expanded role of vice president, sales operations. At Harper Collins Children’s, John Sellers has been promoted to senior director, publicity.

Union Square & Co. has promoted Mahalaleel M. Clinton to assistant editor.

At Zando Nathalie Ramirez has been promoted to executive director, marketing & imprint partnerships. Anna Hall has been promoted to director, digital marketing. Emily Morris has been promoted to associate publicist.

At Phaidon, Ellie Levine has been promoted to global director of digital marketing.

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DULY NOTED

NYU’s Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts (PALA) is now The Center for Publishing, Writing, and Media. Associate Dean of the program, Andrea Chambers, notes: “We believe that this name more accurately reflects our mission to educate, lead, and innovate in the world of global communications for the benefit of our students and academic community.”

The BINC Foundation is raising money to support bookstores and booksellers affected by disasters, most recently the wildfires in California. They will match up to a total of $45,000. The matching funds will be provided by Dav Pilkey, Forefront Books, Ingram Content Group, Macmillan Publishers, and Mad Cave Studios, following a $10,000 match from Bookshop.org,

Michael Jacobs, formerly president and CEO of Abrams Books, and Sheridan Hay have launched Filmore Projects, which will provide “executive coaching, organizational development and board governance, structure and strategic advice for profit and non-profit enterprises in publishing and the creative arts”. They also will provide editorial development and launch a publishing and packaging imprint Galpόn Press, which will debut in fall 2025.

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EVENTS

Jan 24-27th

ALA LibLearnX

Phoenix, AZ

Jan 24- Feb  4th

Cairo International Book Fair

Cairo, Egypt

Jan 28- Feb 9th

Kolkata International Book Fair

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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People Round Up, Early January, 2025

PEOPLE

(This is a summary of moves that have taken place over the last month.)

At Simon & Schuster, Melissa Vogan has joined Simon Spotlight as senior editor. She was most recently editor and content manager at Epic for Kids. Shannon Rygg has joined the children’s digital marketing team as assistant marketing manager. She was most recently social media & digital marketing associate at Union Square & Co. (now part of Hachette). 

 

At Hachette, Michael Pietsch, former CEO and then chairman, ended his 33 year long career at the company on December 31st. Nan Rittenhouse, former publicist at Simon Element, joins Grand Central Publishing as senior publicist.

 

At Macmillan, Kaitlyn Cullen has joined as trade sales associate. Anna Skudlarek is joining Macmillan Audio as associate marketing manager of social media and advertising. She was previously a marketing associate at Algonquin Books. Heather Follette has joined as executive assistant. Sarah Vogel has joined as junior payroll associate.  

 

Penguin Random HouseMegan Evans, previously events and consumer engagement manager at Abrams Books, has joined Random House Children’s Books as marketing manager. Havilah Sciabbarrasi has joined Random House Books for Young Readers as editorial assistant. Ten Speed Press has Dena Rayess as editor, she was previously associate editor at Chronicle Books

 

At Scholastic, Doris Allen, formerly senior sales associate at HarperCollins, has joined as district sales manager. Amanda Book, formerly associate marketing manager Laurence King Publishing, has joined as young adult associate marketing manager.

 

Sourcebooks, Patience Bramlett has joined as senior production editor. Jianna Castellano has joined as marketing assistant. Tracey Bozentka has joined as national accounts manager. Kate Leboff has joined as quality assurance lead. Michelle Wozny has joined as senior production designer. Annette Mims has joined as senior marketing and publicity associate. Kate Riley has joined as a marketing and publicity assistant. Emily Janakiram has joined as publicity manager.

Feminist Press:  executive director and publisher Margot Atwell will step down in February after three years with the press. She will continue to edit select projects, and the company is conducting a nationwide search for her successor.

 

USA Today, Clare Mulroy has joined as the paper’s new book reporter.

 

As reported in December, Phaidon Press, Bob Miller became CEO of Phaidon Press and its affiliated companies  The Monacelli Press and Artspace on January 1, 2025. Until the end of July, he was president of Flatiron Books, which he founded in 2013.  He took over from Keith Fox, who announced in November that he would step down at the end of the year.

 

At Chronicle Books, Jenny Goodman Abrami returns to the company as executive director of global sales, overseeing all trade, mass market, and specialty sales teams in the US. Most recently she was VP, sales & strategy at Sasquatch Books, and associate publisher of the Little Bigfoot imprint. Abrami will report to VP of sales, Kim AndersonAmanda Weirich joins in the newly created position of director of international sales and subsidiary rights, reporting to Abrami. 

 

Carter Hasegawa, senior editor of Candlewick Press has left and can be contacted at carterhasegawa@gmail.com

Logos Press:  Stacy Masucci, formerly publisher of bioscience, translational medicine, psychology and neuroscience at Elsevier, has joined Logos as director, publisher relations & rights. Stacy can be contacted at stacy.masucci@logos.com.

 

At Big River Consulting, Meredith Baker, founder, retired effective 01/03/2025.

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In Agency News…

Trident Media Group has promoted Mark Owen Gottlieb to senior vice president; he will continue to serve as literary agent.

 

Sterling Lord Literistic, president and later chair of the agency Peter Matson has retired after six decades in publishing. He established his firm, Literistic, in 1979 and then acquired Sterling Lord Literistic in 1987.

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PROMOTIONS

Hachette has promoted Madeline Jones to senior editor at Algonquin. Jovanna Brinck has been promoted to assistant editor.  Hachette Audio has promoted Kim Sayle to senior vice president and deputy publisher. Ana Maria Allessi has been promoted to president and publisher.

 

At Penguin Random House, Todd Doughty has been promoted to senior vice president, deputy publisher, publicity and communications. In his expanded role, he will take on additional responsibilities of overseeing subrights, with Suzanne Smith. Estel Corriveau has been promoted to retail advertising associate.

 

Catherine O’Mara has been promoted to senior marketing manager at Random House Children’s Books. Megan Mitchell has been promoted to assistant marketing director. Mariana Batista has been promoted to marketing associate at Random House Children’s Books. Tara Grieco has been promoted to assistant director. Lauren Adams has been promoted to director of marketing and licensed and proprietary brands. Cleo Papadopoulos has been promoted to production associate.  

 

Erin Reilly will be promoted to VP, adult mass merchandise & distributor sales as of February 1, 2025. Her portfolio will expand to include all adult mass merchandise classes of trade, along with the four national distributor accounts.

 

Harper Group has promoted Jennifer Civiletto to senior director of backlist. Lisa Erickson has been promoted to executive director at Harper Perennial. Megan Looney has been promoted to associate director of marketing at Harper Perennial. Daniel Duval has been promoted to marketing associate.

 

Macmillan has promoted Jazz Key to sales manager for e-commerce.

 

Abrams, Diane Shaw has been promoted to vice president and creative director of the adult division. Monica Shah has been promoted to vice president of sales and sales operations. Liz Frew has been promoted to senior director of sales, international and distribution client publishers. Kathleen Spinelli has been promoted to senior director of sales, international and distribution client publishers. Shelby Ozer has been promoted to associate director, online and digital sales, distribution client publishers. Jay Salton has been promoted to manager, special markets. 

 

ReaderLink has promoted Breanna Meadows to senior account representative.

 

The New Press has promoted Julia Fink to subsidiary rights and sales associate. 

 

Catapult Book Group has promoted Vanessa Genao to assistant publicist. Tracey Danes has been promoted to associate production editor. Dan Lopez has been promoted to associate editor.

 

Association of American Publishers has promoted Isabel Rowader to director of communications. Carl Maxwell has been promoted to senior vice president of public policy.

 

Transit Books, Lizzie Davis has been promoted to the newly created position of executive editor.  

 

The Poetry Project has promoted Nicole Wallace to executive director.

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DULY NOTED

President Obama has released his “Favorite Books of 2024”  list. 

 

The Booker Prize has announced that Sarah Jessica Parker will be a judge for the 2025 Book Prize along with Ayobami Adebayo, Kiley Reid, and Chris Power.

 

President Jimmy Carter died at 100 years old on December 29th, 2024. In addition to his lifelong commitment to humanitarian pursuits, he also authored 32 books. He will be honored with a state funeral on January 9th, 2025.

 

Author, David Lodge, best known for his Booker Prize nominated novels Small World and Nice Work died today. He was 89 years old.

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EVENTS

Jan 11-19th

Cukurova Book Fair

Adana, Turkey

Jan 17-19th

Albuquerque Comic Con

Albuquerque, NM

Jan 24-27th

ALA LibLearnX

Phoenix, AZ

Jan 24- Feb  4th

Cairo International Book Fair

Cairo, Egypt

Jan 27-30th
Educational Book and Media Conference

Las Vegas, NV

Jan 28- Feb 9th

Kolkata International Book Fair

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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People Round Up, Early December, 2024

PEOPLE

At Simon & Schuster, William Scarlett, formerly deputy director of publicity at W.W. Norton & Company, has joined Simon Element as publicity director.

Erin Kibby joins Atria Books as senior marketing manager. Addie Gilligan joins Scribner as a publicist. Niamh Hoban has joined Simon & Schuster as videographer and video editor. 

 

At Hachette SVP of human resources, Andrea Weinzimer, will be leaving at the end of December after twenty years at the company.  She will be succeeded by Carrie Bloxson, SVP of culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion at HBG and Hachette UK.

 

At HarperCollins, Hannah Phillips has joined William Morrow as executive editor.  She was previously at St. Martins Press.

 

Penguin Random House: Deb Wood will join Knopf Cooks as design director. At Putnam, Ruoxi Chen has joined as executive editor. Bantam Books has named Wendy Wong as editor. 

 

Macmillan Publishers announced that former senior editor at Avid Reader Press, Julianna Haubner is joining Flatiron Books as executive editor.  

At Ingram Content Group, SVP of content acquisition international David Taylor will retire in June 2025 after 22 years with the company.

Justin Alvarez has joined as manager of consumer marketing sales. 

 

At Scholastic, Chandler Rawson, formerly digital intern at PR by the Book, has joined as field sales assistant. 

 

At ReaderLink, Anna Herling has joined as senior national account manager.

 

Adrienne Westenfeld, books and fiction editor at ‘Esquire’ magazine, has left the company and can be contacted at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com.

 

Midwest Independent Booksellers Association sees executive director Carrie Obry step down from her position. Grace Hagen will serve as interim executive direction while the board conducts a search for a replacement.

 

Hoopla Digital, Christina Faubert has joined as senior account manager of digital acquisitions.

 

University of North Carolina Press, Susan Garrett, sales director, will retire effective January 31. 

Broadleaf Books, Rachel Sammons joins as publicist and can be contacted at chollyrns@gmail.com. She was formerly trade marketing associate at Barefoot Books.

In Agency News…

At P.S. Literary Agency, Mireya Chiriboga, formerly assistant editor at HarperCollins, has joined as a literary assistant. 

 

Martin Literary Management, Alicia Brooks, formerly agent at Jean V. Nagger Agency, has joined as senior literary manager and can be contacted at alicia@martinliterarymanagement.com.

 

Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management sees Brooke Mondor join as associate agent.

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PROMOTIONS

At Simon & Schuster, Michael Andersen joins Simon & Schuster’s corporate marketing team as senior director of audience insights. He was previously the director of cultural intelligence at Simon ElementImani Seymour has been promoted to senior manager of multicultural marketing and social media. Carolyn Kelly has been promoted to editor at Avid Reader Press. Mia Robertson has been promoted to associate editor at Simon & Schuster, moving over from Gallery Books.

 

Penguin Random House: Jen Donovan, previously senior acquisitions editor of Penguin Random House Audio, has been promoted to executive acquisitions editor. Marissa Secreto has been promoted to associate marketing manager at Penguin Random House Audio. Sana Iqbal has been promoted to associate marketing manager Penguin Random House Audio. Robert Guzman has been promoted to director of marketing at Penguin Random House Audio. Juliette DeSena has been promoted to assistant director of social media at Penguin Random House Audio. Brian Laurito has been promoted to marketing and publicity associate at Penguin Random House Audio. Taylor Noel has been promoted to director of marketing for Ballantine, Bantam, and Dell.

 

At Macmillan Publishers, Chris Sergio has been promoted to SVP and creative director. Julie Will has been promoted to SVP and editor-in-chief of nonfiction at Flatiron Books

 

Scholastic, Brianna Peterson has been promoted to senior marketing operations coordinator. Julia Hines has been promoted to senior metadata coordinator. Travis Paulson has been promoted to metadata optimization coordinator.

 

ReaderLink, David Banks has been promoted to senior Microsoft Dynamics 365 finance and operations functional analyst.

 

Johns Hopkins University Press has promoted Wendy Queen to the role of  chief transformation officer.

 

University of North Carolina Press, Molly Koecher has been promoted to chief financial officer. Brock Schnoke has been promoted to digital marketing. Liz Orange Lane has been promoted to assistant sales manager. 

 

Longleaf Services, Clinton Bullock has been promoted to senior manager of operations.

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DULY NOTED

Union workers from The Strand Bookstore went on strike, Saturday, December 7th, asking for owners to pay more than minimum wage. The union and the store’s management are set to discuss contracts again on Monday, December 9th.

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EVENTS

Al Dhafra Book Festival

Dec 4-10th

Abu Dhabi, UAE

 

The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit

Dec 10th

New York, NY

 

Comic Arts LA

Dec 14-15th

Los Angeles, CA

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