People Round-Up, Mid-September 2016

PEOPLE

As reported earlier, Ronald Boire is leaving his position as CEO of Barnes & Noble. Owner and founder Len Riggio will re-assume CEO functions until a successor is named.

At Bloomsbury US, Cindy Loh has been promoted to the newly-created role of VP and Publishing Director of Consumer Publishing.

Dr. Adam Black will join Macmillan Learning as Chief Learning Officer; he previously led higher-education science, global digital innovation, technology for language learning and, most recently, efficacy and research at Pearson. At Macmillan Children’s, Kristin Dulaney has joined as Executive Director of Subsidiary Rights. She was previously Director of Subsidiary Rights at Little, Brown Children’s.

Jackie Cantor is joining Gallery Books as Senior Editor; she was previously Executive Editor at Berkley. Abby Zidle will join as Associate Director of Marketing. She is currently Senior Editor at Pocket.

Jessica Schmidt will join Running Press as Director of Marketing and Publicity in mid-September; she was previously Director of Sales and Subsidiary Rights at The Story Plant and at Perseus Distribution before that.

At Chronicle Books, Kristin Norell joined as International Sales Director; she was previously VP of International Sales at World Book. Camille Geeter will join as Marketing Assistant on September 12; she previously worked as an Intern at HarperOne. Janine Sato joined as Junior Production Designer; she was most recently Product Designer at Apple. Morgan Amer will join as Trade Sales Coordinator on September 13; she was previously Assistant Manager at Ryland Peters & Small.

Susan Ruszala resigned from her position as President of NetGalley after 10 years with the company and may be reached at sruszala@gmail.com. Fran Toolan, CEO, has taken over daily operations indefinitely.

Jennifer Romanello, current VP and Director of Publicity at Simon & Schuster Children’s, will leave and join Emi Battaglia Public Relations in October where she will work as Partner.

At agencies… Peter Knapp rejoined Park Literary Group as Agent for middle grade and young adult fiction; he was previously Agent at New Leaf Literary & Media. Cathryn Summerhayes joined Curtis Brown UK, after most recently working as an agent at William Morris Endeavor. Abby Saul left Browne & Miller to launch The Lark Group, a literary agency specializing in adult commercial and literary fiction. Shana Kelly joined Einstein Literary Management as Agent, after previously working from home as a freelance editor and publishing consultant. Kimberly Brower left the Rebecca Friedman Literary Agency to start her own literary agency, Brower Literary & Management. She is joined by associate agents Jess Dallow and Aimee Ashcraft. Victoria Marini joined the Irene Goodman Literary Agency as Literary Agent with a focus on middle grade, YA, and adult fiction; she previously was an agent at Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents, Inc. / ICM Partners. At Stonesong, Melissa Edwards has joined as a Literary Agent with a focus on children’s and adult fiction and pop culture nonfiction; she previously was an agent and foreign rights manager at the Aaron Priest Literary Agency.

At Viking UK, Eleo Gordon retired from his job as Editorial Director after working for approximately 50 years at the company.

Julianne Conlon joined Random House Children’s digital marketing team as Associate Manager; she was previously Social Media Specialist at Dealer.com.

At Canongate, Simon Thorogood joined as Editorial Director; he previously worked as Publisher for non-fiction at Headline. Hannah Knowles will join as Senior Commissioning Editor in November. She is currently Commissioning Editor at Octopus.

Maris Kreizman joined the Book-of-the-Month Club as Editorial Director. Most recently, she was Publishing Outreach Lead at Kickstarter.

Emma Dries joined Ecco as Assistant Editor; she was previously Editorial Assistant at Knopf Doubleday.

Ben Platt is to join Public Books as Global Coordinating Editor; he was previously Editor at Basic Books.

Victory Matsui joined One World as Editor, after previously working freelance.

At Sourcebooks, Stefani Sloma was hired as Assistant Publicist; she was formerly the YA Librarian at Pearl Public Library in Mississippi. Stephany Daniel joined as Publicist; she was most recently Publicity and Marketing Coordinator at Shambhala Publications. Also, Sabrina Hill joins as Project Editor, after previously working as Project Manager at Corporate Translations, Inc.

Tara Sonin joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s as Digital Marketing & Publicity Specialist; she was previously Marketing Manager at Paper Lantern Lit.

Michael Spradlin joined Midwest Tape as Marketing Director; he was previously Director of Sales & Marketing at Albert Whitman.

At Abrams, Jennifer Bastien joined as Publicist; she was previously Associate Publicist at DK. Kira Egan joined as Trade Sales Representative after working as Assistant Manager and Sidelines Buyer at Bank Street Books.

Janelle DeLuise will join Little, Brown Children’s as Rights Director; she previously worked as Associate Director of International Rights at Scholastic.

Chelsea Morgan and Kerry Johnson joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as Production Editors. Morgan was most recently Assistant Production Manager at Macmillan, and Johnson was previously a freelance production editor.

Matt Wise joined Adaptive Studios as VP of Publishing and Literary Development; he was most recently Director of Publishing for Blumhouse Books.

At Choice, the reviews publication from the Association of College and Research Libraries, Melissa Ceraso joins as Editor in mathematics and natural sciences; she was most recently the Evergreen Systems Manager at Bibliomation, Inc. Jason Simon, previously the Technology and Serials Librarian at Fitchburg State University, is now Senior Web Developer.

At the University of Chicago Press, Joe D’Onofrio joined as Director of the Distribution Center. He most recently worked as Director of Supply Chain for Henry Schein.

Allison Adler joined Andrews McMeel as editor; she previously worked freelance and as an editor at Henry Holt.

At Northwestern University Press, Mike Levine left his position as acquisitions editor, held since 2007, to work as an independent provider of editorial services.

PROMOTIONS

Larry Norton was promoted to EVP and General Manager at INscribe Digital.

At St. Martin’s, Lisa Senz was promoted to VP, Associate Publisher.

At agencies…Jane Finigan was promoted to Partner at Lutyens & Rubinstein. Madelyn Burt was promoted to Junior Literary Agent, with a focus on children’s and adult fiction and select historical nonfiction.

At Pegasus Books, Katie McGuire was promoted to Assistant Editor.

Deanne Katz was promoted to Assistant Editor, food and lifestyle, at Chronicle Books.

At Mira, Margot Mallinson was promoted to Editorial Coordinator.

Rose Fox was promoted to Assistant Editor at Crown.

Hanna Lee is now the Digital Marketing Content Producer at Random House Children’s.

At Putnam, Ashley Hewlett was promoted to Publicity Manger, and Elena Hershey is now Senior Publicist. Katie Grinch was promoted to Associate Director of Publicity.

At Soho Press, Abby Koski was promoted to Senior Publicist; Rudy Martinez is now Senior Marketing Manager.

At Grand Central Publishing, Shelby Howick was promoted to Associate Publicist.

Kathryn Earle is now Managing Director of the Digital Resources Division for Bloomsbury. She was previously the Head of Visual Arts Publishing.

At Glitterati Incorporated, Conor Romack was promoted to Sales and Projects Manager.

At Harper Children’s, Lindsey Karl was promoted to Assistant Manager, Conferences and Conventions. At Harper Christian, Becky Monds was promoted to Acquisitions Editor for fiction, and Karli Jackson was promoted to Associate Acquisitions Editor.

IN MEMORIAM

Morton Schindel, founder of Weston Woods Studios, died peacefully Saturday, August 20, 2016 at age 98. Schindel began the business of turning children’s books into films.