PEOPLE
Marty Lange joins Cengage as SVP and General Manager of National Geographic Learning. He was formerly President, North America, K-12 Education and Corporate L&D at 9 Lyceum.
Stephanie Koven joins Blackstone Publishing as Head of Foreign Rights. She was previously Agent at Cullen Stanley International.
At Highlights for Children, Andy Shafran has left his position as SVP, International and Global Content Licensing. He will be advising publishing and educational tech clients.
Astra Publishing House is launching an imprint dedicated to illustrated children’s books, to be led by Jill Davis. She was most recently Executive Editor at Harper Children’s.
Louise Burke and Kate Hartson have founded All Seasons Press, a new publishing company dedicated to conservative authors outside of the mainstream. Burke, Publisher, was formerly Publisher at Threshold Editions, while Harston, Editor-in-Chief, worked previously as Editorial Director for Center Street.
DJ DeSmyter, lately Senior Marketing Manager at St. Martin’s, joins William Morrow/Avon as Associate Director, Marketing. Debbie Wickwire is retiring as Senior Acquisitions Editor at Thomas Nelson after thirty-two years in the industry. She will be succeeded in that role by Senior Editor Dawn Hollomon.
At Basic Books, Angela Messina joins as Assistant Publicity Director. She was most recently Publicity Manager at Oxford University Press. On July 2, Mike Morgenfeld will step down as Cartography Director at Avalon Travel; he will be succeeded by Kat Bennett, presently Senior Cartographer and Map Editor.
In agency news…John Schline joins Writers House as Senior Agent. He has worked previously as SVP, Corporate Director of Business Affairs at Penguin Random House. Senior Agent Geri Thoma has retired after forty-two years in the business; she joined Writers House in 2013. At Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Agency, Nicki Richesin, lately Literary Agent at Wendy Sherman Associates, joins as Agent.
Celia Lee joins Simon & Schuster Children’s as Executive Editor. Most recently she was Senior Editor at Orchard Books and Cartwheel Books. Mackenzie Hickey joins Gallery Books Group as Senior Marketing Manager, returning to the company after some time at a Colorado-based clean energy company. Kayleigh Webb, lately Publicist for Avon Books/Harper Voyager, joins Saga Press as Senior Publicist and Marketer.
Sylvie Frank joins Disney-Hyperion as Executive Editor on June 21. She was previously Senior Editor at Paula Wiseman Books.
Joy Bean joins Arctis Books USA as Lead Editor. Previously she was Senior Editor at Boyds Mills & Kane and little bee books.
Judith Newlin joins as Senior Editor at McGraw-Hill Business. She had been Editor at Springer Nature.
At Penguin Random House Audio, Brady Emerson, previously Script Development Editor at hibooks, joins as Producer. Also joining as Producers are Iris McElroy, lately Producer at Harper Audio, and Nithya Rajendran, formerly of SAG-AFTRA. Lauren Klein joins as Associate Producer. Taline Boghosian joins Random House Children’s Books as Designer; she had been Designer at Starry Forest Books. And at Putnam, Senior Editor Sara Minnich has announced her departure from the company.
At Abrams Children, Chelsea Hunter, formerly Designer at Holiday House, joins as Senior Designer.
Bev Rivero joins Beacon Press as Senior Publicist. Most recently she was Communications and Marketing Manager at the National Book Foundation.
Kerry Finnamore joins Sourcebooks as Editorial Manager, Illustration and Art Services. Previously she was Acquisitions and Contracts Manager at Cottage Door Press. Additionally, Chelsey Moler joins as Production Editor.
At Macmillan, Mindy Rosenkrantz, formerly Contracts Manager, Business Affairs at Holiday House, joins as Assistant Contracts Manager. Michelle Suter joins as Analyst, Treasury and Insurance.
At Independent Publishers Group, Frank Semancik joins as Academic and Professional Sales Representative.
At Candlewick Press, Will Reber joins as Digital Content Controller.
Katy Hershberger has joined Publishers Lunch as Reporter. She was formerly Senior YA Editor at School Library Journal.
PROMOTIONS
Eddie Gamarra is now VP, Literary Affairs, Nickelodeon and Awesomeness at ViacomCBS.
At Berrett-Koehler, Neal Maillet is now VP of Editorial, while Accalia Calip moves up to Accounting Manager and Tryn Brown becomes Marketing Manager and Copywriter.
At Simon & Schuster, Lisa Erwin has been promoted to Executive Director, Production. Samantha Lubash is now Assistant Editor at Simon Element.
Anne Heltzel has been promoted to Editorial Director, Entertainment Publishing and Content Development at Abrams.
At Macmillan: Ken Russell becomes VP, Managing Editorial, and Emily Walters becomes Senior Managing Editor. Catherine Bogin is now Senior Manager, Global Anti-Piracy. Jessica Brigman moves up to Senior National Accounts Manager for Barnes & Noble and Scholastic. Jocelyn Tiller is now Director, Finance Operations, while Nicholas Campbell becomes Senior Financial Analyst; Amy Fodera becomes Assistant Manager of Finance Operations; and Dollian Garo is now Associate of Finance Operations. Melissa Golding has been promoted to Assistant Manager, Contracts. Kaitlyn Herbert becomes Sales Coordinator; Lisa Huang, Associate, Sales Strategy; Kristin Janecek, Sales Coordinator; and Jasmine Key, Sales Coordinator for Barnes & Noble, Scholastic, Target, and Amazon. Lea Kim is now Associate Director, State, Local, and Indirect Taxes. Christine Lau is now Senior Treasury and Insurance Analyst. Alison Macke moves up to Senior Associate, Digital Marketing, Legal. Vanessa Torres Martinez becomes Associate Manager, Client Account. Walter Mazurak becomes Senior Manager, Digital Distribution. Ryan Meese has become Senior Financial Analyst. Colleen Osborne becomes Senior Lecture Agent, Macmillan Speakers Bureau. Alexandra Quill is now Academic Marketing Manager, while Amanda Rountree becomes Associate Manager, Digital Media, Library Marketing and Samantha Slavin moves up to Library Marketing Coordinator. At Macmillan Children’s, Morgan Rath has been promoted to Senior Publicist, while Katie Quinn becomes Senior Marketing Manager; Teresa Ferraiolo, Marketing Manager; and Gabriella Salpeter, Associate Marketing Manager. At Henry Holt Children’s, Mark Podesta moves up to Associate Editor.
At the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Joy Bivins has been promoted to Director, effective June 21. She succeeds Kevin Young, who departed in January to head the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In agency news…John Cusick is now SVP at Folio Literary Management.
At Random House Children’s Books, Sarah Hokanson becomes Art Director and Nicole Gastonguay becomes Associate Art Director. At Avery and Tarcher Perigee, Nina Shields moves up to Executive Editor while Lauren Appleton becomes Senior Editor and Hannah Steigmeyer becomes Associate Editor; additionally, Farin Schlussel is now Marketing Director and Roshe Anderson becomes Marketing Manager. Casey Maloney moves up to Publicity Director for Tarcher Perigee. Gaby Mongelli and Danielle Dieterich are both now Editors at Putnam. At Berkley, Dache Rogers has become Associate Publicist. At Penguin Random House Audio, Denise Lee is now Associate Producer.
Hilary Van Dusen is now Senior Executive Editor at Candlewick Press.
Julie Paulauski becomes Senior Publicity Manager at William Morrow, while Asanté Simons becomes Associate Editor for William Morrow/Avon Books. At HarperOne, Anna Paustenbach and Sydney Rogers both move up to Senior Editor. Wendy Wong is now Associate Editor at Harper Business. At Harlequin Trade Publishing, Lia Ferrone has been promoted to Publicist.
At Little, Brown Children’s, Esther Cajahuaringa has been promoted to Editor and Regan Winter has been promoted to Associate Editor.
At Workman, Constance Edmonds becomes Project Manager, Creative Services.
Miriam Vance becomes Contracts and Rights Associate at Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull Press.
Elizabeth Trout has been promoted to Assistant Editor at Kensington.
DULY NOTED
LSC Communications has renamed its books division, including Dover Publications, as Lakeside Book Company.
Penn State University Press’s Graphic Mundi imprint will be distributed to the North American comics specialty market by Diamond Comic Distributors and to the North American book market by Diamond Book Distributors. Graphic Mundi launched in Spring 2021 with COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology.
Beginning July 1, Simon & Schuster will distribute Rocketship Entertainment worldwide.
Baker & Taylor Publisher Services will sell and distribute the SPCK Group, including Lion Hudson, IVP UP, and SPCK, in the US and Canada beginning July 1.
OPPORTUNITIES
NYU Center for Publishing
Part time Program Support Position
The NYU Center for Publishing seeks a part-time publishing professional to help the Executive Director and program staff with various publishing and administrative duties. This appointment, which is renewed on a semester-by-semester basis, requires a 2.5 or 3 day a week commitment. The position will start mid-September, with some days in the office required.
The duties are wide-ranging and include consulting on industry trends and practices, suggesting courses and faculty, review of course syllabi, faculty classroom observations, and support of multiple industry events including writing and/or editing and copyediting invitations, programs, marketing materials and website; drafting invitations to potential speakers; creating agendas and presentations for meetings.
Candidate may be asked to teach at least one graduate level publishing course a year for additional compensation.
Skills Required: Ideal candidate is a recent publishing industry leader with strong industry connections, who is also interested in education and working with young people. Excellent communication, organizational, writing and copyediting skills required. This position does not include benefits.
Interested candidates should send their resume to Andrea.Chambers@nyu.edu
