PEOPLE
At Simon & Schuster, Tim O’Connell joins as VP, Editorial Director, Fiction, beginning November 8. He was previously Senior Editor at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kevin Oller, lately Assistant Manager at HarperCollins, joins as National Account Manager, Baker & Taylor. Olivia Wilson joins as Manager, National Accounts; she had been International Sales Manager at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Sasha Kobylinski joins Marysue Rucci Books as Publishing and Marketing Coordinator.
Mara Anastas has joined Open Road Integrated Media in the newly-created position of VP, Business Development and Public Relations. Previously she was Publisher, Aladdin Books and Simon Pulse. Lisa Echenthal, formerly Buyer at Barnes & Noble, joins as Business Development Manager. Lisa Quigley joins as Senior Editor, The Lineup and Murder & Mayhem. Nicole Matura joins Early Bird Books as Marketing Operations Coordinator. Ed Bambara joins as Marketing Analytics Manager; he had worked previously as Consumer Insights Manager at Canon USA.
Carolan Workman has retired as Executive Chair and President of Workman upon the completion of the company’s sale to Hachette Book Group. Jacklyn Wertman joins as Senior Digital Marketing Manager. Previously she was Digital Marketing Manager at Bridal Guide Magazine. Shae McDaniel joins Algonquin Children’s as Marketing Manager; most recently she was Digital Marketing Assistant Manager for Harper Children’s. Catherine Weening, lately Production Editor at Scholastic, joins the company as Production Editor.
Longtime Farrar, Straus & Giroux Chief Operating Officer Andrew Mandel will leave his position on December 1 after seventeen years with the company. Brian Heller has stepped down from his position as VP, Academic, Library, Wholesale & International at Macmillan, where he worked for twenty-four years. Katie Kraska joins the company as Director of Finance Projects; she was previously Director of Strategy and Analysis at Penguin Random House. Jennifer Didik returns to Macmillan as Assistant Director, Business Planning after working as Contracts and Permissions Manager at Library of America. Gayatri Dubey joins as Program Manager, Talent & Development. Jared Adler, Dawn Barley, and John Rieg have each joined as Royalty Manager. Ghada Daoud joins as Supply Chain Associate. Dylan Hamilton joins as Inside Sales Representative. Elizabeth Hubbard joins as Associate Managing Editor.
At Zando, Dennis Lee, lately VP, Finance, Strategy & Operations at HarperCollins, joins as Head of Finance and Operations. Sierra Stovall joins as Director of Rights. Previously she was Associate Director, Rights and International Sales at Sourcebooks.
Jamie Ghaffar, lately VP, HR Manager at W.W. Norton, joins as VP, Group HR Strategy for Walker Books/Candlewick Press.
At Wiley, John Kritzmacher will retire as EVP and CFO at the end of the year. He will be succeeded by Christina Van Tassell, lately CFO at Dow Jones.
At Sourcebooks, Lynn Sikora joins as Editorial Operations Director. Most recently she was VP, Marketing at Phoenix International Publications. Jiayun Yang joins as International Sales & Rights Coordinator.
James Jayo joins The Countryman Press as Senior Editor. Formerly he was Senior Editor at Penguin Books.
Nicole Passage, formerly VP and Executive Managing Editor at Open Road, joins Podium as Editorial Director.
Leslie Davisson, previously National Accounts Manager, Specialty Retail at Simon & Schuster, joins Chronicle Books as Director, Special Sales.
At The New Press, James Phelan joins as Director of Development. He was previously Managing Director at The Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD). Eranga Fernando, previously Major Gifts Officer at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, joins as Major Gifts Officer. Danika Tablante, formerly Foundation and Government Giving Associate at Roundabout Theatre Company, joins as Development Associate & Project Manager. Additionally, Jessamine Cheng, lately Operations & Analytics Manager, International Sales at Penguin Random House, joins as Manager, Inventory & Sales Operations, while Ishan Desai-Geller joins as Assistant Editor. He was most recently Assistant Editor at Oxford University Press.
Jennifer Choi joins Bloomsbury as Associate Rights Director; she was formerly Subsidiary Rights Manager at Harlequin.
In agency news…Monica Rodriguez joins Context Literary Agency as Director of Brand Management. Christina Zobel joins JABberwocky Literary Agency as Subsidiary Rights Associate. Aram Fox, of the eponymous agency, has announced that he will step down at the end of 2021; the agency will be relaunched in 2022 as Jenny La Plante.
Jodi Witherell joins Penguin Publishing Group as Marketing Coordinator. Alex Castellanos joins Berkley as Designer. Additionally, Cindy De la Cruz, formerly Associate Designer at Macmillan, joins G.P. Putnam’s Sons and Nancy Paulsen Books as Designer. At Random House Children’s, Jennifer Chung-Castillo joins as Managing Editor, Operations. She was formerly Manager, Metadata at DK.
LaToya Maitland joins Harper Children’s as Senior Manager. Previously she was Marketing Manager at Disney Publishing Worldwide. Mikayla Lawrence, formerly Assistant Production Editor at Page Street Publishing, joins as Production Editor.
At Applause and Backbeat Books, Chris Chappell, previously Senior Editor at Bergahn Books, joins as Senior Editor.
Daniela Rapp joins Mayo Clinic Press as Senior Editor, Acquisitions. She was previously Senior Editor at St. Martin’s Press.
At Disney Hyperion, Regan Winter and Kelsey Sullivan both join as Associate Editor. Winter was previously Associate Editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, while Sullivan was Assistant Editor at Disney Press.
Paige Hazzan joins as Publicity Lead at Amazon Crossing, Amazon Crossing Kids, and Two Lions.
At Scholastic, Jordin Streeter, lately Marketing Coordinator at Macmillan, joins as Associate Marketing Manager, Middle Grade. Renee Levy, lately Digital Media Planner at BrideClick, joins as Advertising Associate. Additionally, Olivia Blomstrom joins as Trade Planner, Frontlist Planning.
Gwen Cullen joins little bee books as Associate Production Manager. Previously she was Assistant Production Manager at W.W. Norton.
At Andrew McMeel Publishing, Brianna Westervelt joins as Production Editor.
At Peachtree Publishing Company, Jamie Evans joins as Production Editor.
Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones joins Graywolf Press as Publicist. She was previously Publicity Associate at Vesto PR & Books.
Writer and professor Adam Dalva has joined Words Without Borders as its new Books Editor.
Writer Andrea Long Chu joins New York Magazine on November 15 as Book Critic.
Roger Sutton, Editor-in-Chief of The Horn Book, will retire at the end of the year. A replacement is being sought.
PROMOTIONS
Mitzi Angel has become President of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, taking over from Jonathan Galassi, who becomes Chairman and Executive Editor. Jackson Howard moves up to Editor for FSG/MCD Books. At Macmillan, Mallory Grigg becomes Senior Art Director and Kevin Thomas moves up to Director, Business Operations. Dylan Dobrenis is now Associate Manager, Inventory; Diego Molano Rodriguez is now National Account Manager, Trade Sales; and Rodney Williams becomes Mailroom Supervisor. At St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Marissa Sangiacomo has been promoted to Associate Director, Marketing & Influencer Strategy. Julia Bergen is now Marketing Manager at Tom Doherty Associates. At Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Melissa Zar becomes Director of Marketing, Johanna Allen becomes Associate Director of Marketing, and Olivia Oleck moves up to Marketing Coordinator. At Macmillan Audio, Dakota Cohen has been promoted to Assistant Manager of Marketing.
At Bloomsbury USA, Adrienne Vaughan has been promoted to President. Camille Kellogg is now Editor at Bloomsbury Children’s.
Tara Parsons has been promoted to VP and Associate Publisher at Amistad, HarperCollins Español, and HarperVia. Ryan Pazdur moves up to VP and Publisher for Zondervan Reflective and Study Resources, and Katya Covrett is now Associate Publisher at Zondervan Academic. Catherine Barbosa Ross is now Senior Director, Rights at HarperCollins, and Theresa Dooley is now Senior Manager, Publicity. Katie O’Callaghan has been promoted to Senior Director of Marketing for Harper hardcover, Harper Design, and Broadside Books. At Harper One, Courtney Nobile becomes Director of Publicity and Ashley Yepsen becomes Publicity Manager. Eliza Rosenberry becomes Associate Director of Publicity for William Morrow, where Jill Zimmerman and Ariana Sinclair move up to Assistant Editor. Rakia Clark moves up to Executive Editor at Mariner. At Inkyard Press, Brittany Mitchell is now Senior Marketing Manager and Connolly Bottum is now Associate Editor. Megan Looney has been promoted to Marketing Manager for Harper Perennial and Harper Paperbacks. At Ecco, Norma Barksdale becomes Associate Editor. At Harper Children’s Children’s Books, Kim Silverton becomes Manager of Sales Forecasting and Analysis, while Megan Ilnitzki becomes Senior Editor, Carolina Ortiz moves up to Editor, Stephanie Guerdan moves up to Associate Editor, and Eva Lynch-Comer becomes Assistant Editor. Allison Weintraub moves up to Assistant Editor at Quill Tree Books.
Anna Jarzab has been promoted to Associate Publisher, Licensed, Novelty, and Branded Publishing at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, effective January 3, 2022. Amy Habayeb is now Director of Children’s Subsidiary Rights. Elizabeth Blake-Lim moves up to Director of Production and Creative Solutions; Chava Wolin becomes Associate Director of Production; and both Tatyana Rosalia and Charlton Villavelez are now Associate Production Managers. Alissa Nigro and Karen Masnica have both been promoted to Senior Marketing Manager while Jill Hacking becomes Manager, Marketing Operations and Events and Brian Murray moves up to Marketing Coordinator. Heather Palisi is now Associate Art Director and Brittany Fetcho becomes Senior Designer. Alexa Pastor is now Senior Editor; Clare McGlade and Chelsea Morgan, both Associate Managing Editor; and Jasmin Ye, Production Editor. At Little Simon, Hannah Lambert becomes Executive Editor. At Aladdin, Alyson Heller moves up to Executive Editor and Anna Parsons becomes Associate Editor. Sarah McCabe is now Senior Editor at Margaret K. McElderry Books, while Lisa Lauria is now Senior Editor at Simon Spotlight. At Atheneum, Julia McCarthy and Alex Borbolla have both been promoted to Editor.
Elsewhere in the company: Elizabeth Breeden has been promoted to Marketing Director at Simon & Schuster. Erin Kanar has been promoted to Director, Digital Operations. Cat Boyd and Brianna Scharfenberg move up to Publicity Manager. Leora Bernstein becomes National Account Manager, Airports and Costco and Stephanie Calman becomes National Account Manager, Readerlink Distribution Services. Additionally, Caroline Aaron has been promoted to Telesales Account Manager for Indies. Megan Hogan is now Editor, and Amy Guay is now Assistant Editor. Alison Forner has been promoted to Senior Art Director at Avid Reader Press. At Scribner, Jaya Miceli has been promoted to Senior Art Director. Katie Monaghan is now Deputy Director of Publicity, as well as Director of Publicity and Marketing for Stephen King. Ashley Gilliam has been promoted to Assistant Director of Marketing. Clare Mauer is now Senior Publicist. Rebekah Jett becomes Associate Editor, while Emily Polson and Sabrina Pyun move up to Assistant Editor. Michelle Chung moves up to Associate Publicist at Scribner and Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau. At Gallery, Bianca Salvant becomes Senior Marketing Manager, Anabel Jimenez becomes Assistant Marketing Manager, and Lucy Nalen moves up to Associate Publicist. Andrew Nguyen becomes Assistant Editor. At Gallery/Atria, Pamela Grant becomes Senior Art Manager while Chelsea McGuckin moves up to Senior Designer.
At Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group, Deanna McFadden becomes Executive Publishing Director.
Laura Vorhees moves up to Executive Director of Production at Open Road Integrated Media. Kaytie Norman has been promoted to Senior Editor, Early Bird Books. Kelsey McConnell is now Assistant Editor. MacKenzie Stuart moves up to Editor, The Archive. Additionally, Jake Allgeier has been promoted to Publishing Relations Manager.
At Random House Children’s, Jason Zamajtuk has been promoted to Senior Art Director, Regina Flath has been promoted to Associate Art Director, and Carol Ly moves up to Assistant Art Director. Cathy Bobak, Michelle Cunningham, and Casey Moses move up to Senior Designer. At Knopf Children’s, Marisa DiNovis becomes Editor and Gianna Lakenauth becomes Assistant Editor. Jennifer Reyes is now Publishing Manager for Random House Christian Publishing and Forum. Lillian Ball becomes Publicist at Portfolio/Sentinel.
At Sourcebooks, Jillian Rahn has been promoted to Art Director, Nonfiction. MJ Johnston becomes Editor. Ashlyn Keil is now Marketing Events Specialist. Lauren McClearn is now Level Two Business Analyst.
At Workman, Diana Griffin is now Associate Director of Publicity & Marketing and Claire Gross is now Publicist. Samantha Gil moves up to Production Editor.
In agency news…Amy Brewer, Jana Hanson, and Katie Salvo move up to Senior Agent at Metamorphosis Literary Agency. Jessica Reino becomes Senior Agent and Subsidiary Rights Assistant. Erica Christensen is now Subsidiary Rights Assistant Manager. Kristina Slater is promoted to Agent.
At The New Press, Fran Forte has been promoted to Senior Director of Production. Marc Favreau has become Director of Editorial Programs, Emily Albarillo has become Associate Managing Editor, and Jay Gupta is now Editorial and Academic Marketing Associate.
At Scholastic, Zakiya Jamal moves up to Senior Manager, Social Media. Shannon Pender becomes Associate Marketing Manager, Young Adult. Jordana Kulak becomes Publicist. Mario Chuman becomes Junior Project Manager.
Amy Macaluso is now Senior Financial Reporting and Data Analyst at Candlewick Press.
At Erewhon Books, Sarah Guan has become Senior Editor.
At Crooked Lane, Madeline Rathle has become Marketing Manager.
Rebecca Roan has moved up to Managing Editor at Highlights for Children.
At little bee books, Natalie Padberg-Bartoo has become Designer.
Gabby Leporati has been promoted to Associate Publicist at Little, Brown. At Hachette Book Group, Hannah Koerner moves up to Assistant Subrights Manager.
At Disney Hyperion, both Christine Collins and Cassidy Leyendecker have been promoted to Assistant Editor.
At Catapult Magazine, Tajja Isen is now Editor-in-Chief and Matt Ortile is now Executive Editor.
DULY NOTED
Ingram’s print-on-demand business Lightning Source is partnering with Dai Nippon Printing to bring its global POD and distribution capacities to Japan.
Independent Publishers Group has acquired UK-based United Independent Distributors. IPG will bring its ebook platform and digital printing solutions to UID’s holdings.
Additionally, IPG has added seven publishers to its Trafalgar Square Publishing and IPG Spanish divisions: Marshall Cavendish International, effective July 1; Banipal and Tablo Tales, effective November 1; Garnet Publishing Ltd., effective November 15; Editorial Ekeka, effective December 1; Major Street Publishing, effective January 1; and Antoni Bosch Editor, effective February 1.
Effective January 3, Consortium Book Sales & Distribution handles sales & distribution for three new publishers: CLASH Books, Little Island Books, and Saraband Ltd.
Princeton University Press will become the exclusive distributor of the Princeton University Art Museum’s frontlist and backlist, effective February 1, 2022, and will co-publish a selection of its titles. The Press will provide support through marketing, publicity, global sales, and distribution, while the Museum will continue to oversee scholarly content development, editorial, design, and production.
As of November 1, Jeffrey Belle has joined the Andrews McMeel Universal board. He was previously at Amazon, where he started and ran Amazon Publishing.
Rebecca Fitting, co-founder and formerly co-owner of Greenlight Bookstore, has resigned as president of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association, as well as resigning from its board. The new president is Loyalty Bookstores’ Hannah Oliver Depp, formerly NAIBA’s vice-president. Erin Mathews of Last Word Bookstore becomes vice-president, while Michael Triebwasser of Politics & Prose becomes Treasurer.
