People Round-Up, Mid-December 2014

PEOPLE

Meredith Greenhouse will join Perseus Book Group as VP, International Sales and Marketing. She was Senior Director of International Sales at HarperCollins.

Susan Reich will retire as President of Publishers Group West in March 2015. She has been president of the company for seven years. Perseus President and CEO David Steinberger said of her “Susan has done an exemplary job leading PGW for the last seven years. She has a well-deserved reputation as a professional of high integrity and excellent judgment who guides PGW with an endearing combination of directness and wit.”

Kelly Leonard was named Director of Digital Marketing at Regan Arts. She was previously VP, Web Strategies at Hachette Book Group. Tracy Brickman will also join Regan Arts as Publicist. She was previously Associate Publicist at Hachette.

Mark Smith has been named CEO of Bonnier Publishing Fiction in London, merging his company Zaffre Publishing with Bonnier. Previously, he was Founder and CEO of Quercus.

Simon & Schuster VP and Associate Publisher Suzanne Donahue will be leaving the company after 27 years. She can be reached at tylerhillgirl@yahoo.com.

Christopher Cosgrove is now National Account Manager, Adult and Audio at Simon & Schuster. He was previously Assistant Manager, Online Sales & Marketing at Penguin Random House.

Steve Bevis joined Bookmasters as Director of Information Technology. He was most recently Owner and Chief Consultant at Almond Group Technologies.

In children’s publishing, Andrew Karre will join Dutton Children’s as Executive Editor. Previously, he was Editorial Director at Lerner Publishing Group. . . Mary McCue joined Random House Children’s as Assistant Director of Publicity. She was most recently Senior Publicity Manager at Simon & Schuster/Gallery/Threshold. . . Rex Ogle joined Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as Senior Editor of Brand, Licensed, and Media Tie-In publishing. He was most recently Senior Editor at Scholastic.

At literary agencies, Stephen Barbara is moving to Inkwell Management from Foundry Literary + Media, bringing his 50 clients with him. . . Cindy Whittemore rejoined Alive Literary Agency as Contracts Director. She was Senior Director, Contracts at Harper Christian. . . Marietta B. Zacker was promoted to Senior Agent at Nancy Gallt Literary Agency.

Susan Murphy will join Harper Wave as Editor. Previously, she was Associate Editor at Little, Brown.

Barbara Casey is now Partner at Strategic Media Books, where she will oversee acquisitions, company operations, and book production. She will continue as President of the Barbara Casey Agency.

Kathryn Schulz will join the New Yorker as Staff Writer. She will write book reviews, web pieces, and features. Previously, she was Book Critic at New York Magazine.

Kristi Marchbanks is now Senior VP, Global Sales, Marketing, and Customer Experience at ProQuest.

Irv Myers will step down as President and CEO of New Leaf at the end of the year. He will be opening Myers Associates, a consulting business. He can be reached at irvmyers@hotmail.com.

Yelba Quinn joined Brookings Institution Press as Marketing Manager. She was previously Associate Director of Books and Electronic Products, Sales and Marketing at American Pharmacists Association.

In religious publishing, Lori Cloud joined HarperCollins Christian Publishing as VP of Marketing for W. Publishing. She was previously Executive Director of Client Services at G7 Entertainment. . . . Andrew Stoddard joined WaterBrook Multnomah as Editor. He was previously Acquisitions Editor at David C. Cook.

Darren Gillgrass joined Copyright Clearance Center as Director, Product Management, Rightsholder Products and Services. He was formerly founder of publishing consulting company Healthcare Consulting Limited.

Molly Quinn will joining Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in January as Director of Public Programming. Previously, she was Production Coordinator for Literary Programs at Symphony Space.

PROMOTIONS, Etc.

At Simon & Schuster, Liz Perl was promoted to EVP, Chief Marketing Officer. The previous EVP and Chief Digital Officer Ellie Hirschhorn will leave the company.

Lisa Thomas was promoted to SVP, Editorial Director of adult books at National Geographic Books. The position was previously held by Janet Goldstein.

At Amazon, Mikyla Bruder, previously Head of Global Marketing, was promoted to Publisher of Montlake Romance, Thomas & Mercer, Skyscape, Lake Union, 47^thNorth, Jet City Comics. Kindle Singles Editor David Blum was named Publisher of Little A and Two Lions. These changes will take effect as Daphne Durham leaves her position as Publisher of both Adult Trade and Children’s. She was with the company for 15 years.

Jackie Dinas has been promoted to Subsidiary Rights Director at Kensington. Meryl Earl retired from the position. Michelle Forde was promoted to Communications and Marketing Manager at Lyrical Press.

Penguin Random House reorganized their operations senior management. Sue Malone-Barber is SVP, Director, Publishing Operations. Kirk Bleemer is VP, Director, Production Strategy, Operations, and Vendor Management, Patty King is VP, Director, Production for the Berkley Publishing Group and VP, Strategic Production Spend Management for Penguin Random. Sue Driskill is VP, Director, Inventory Management. Chelsea Vaughn is Director, Publishing Operations Business Process and Support.

Further changes at PRH include: Clarkson Potter promoted Kate Tyler to VP, Director of Marketing and Publicity, Carly Gorga to Assistant Director of Marketing, and Anna Mintz to Assistant Director of Publicity. Additionally at Crown Publishing Group, Julie Cepler was promoted to Director of Marketing for Crown Archetype, Three Rivers Press and Harmony Books.

And at Doubleday, Melissa Danaczko was promoted to Senior Editor. Robert Bloom was promoted to Editor and will report to Jason Kaufman.

Molly Templeton was promoted to Event Director at Word Bookstores.

Tammy Faxel was named Publisher of Dreamscape Media, the digital and audiobook division of Midwest Tape. She was previously Director of Business Development. Additionally, Dreamscape VP Brad Rose was given the additional title and responsibilities of VP of Content for Hoopla Digital, the digital distribution service of the company.

Tim McKee was promoted to Director of Publishing at North Atlantic Books.

Katie Shea Boutillier was promoted to Rights Director at the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

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W.W. Norton will take over distribution of Tin House Books in July 2015. Tin House’s current distribution contract is with Publishers Group West.

The World Cookbook Fair will be part of the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2015.

Jodi Watson joined F+W, A Content + eCommerce Company as Board Member. She is President of Consumer Direct at Wolverine Worldwide.

Writers Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Maaza Mengiste joined Words without Borders as Board Members.

German digital publisher Bastei Entertainment has acquired international distribution rights for 700 titles from New York publisher MysteriousPress.com.