PEOPLE
Sonali Fry joins Crown Books for Young Readers as VP and Co-Publisher while continuing to serve as Publisher for Little Golden Books and Sesame Street and Publishing Liaison for Little Tiger Group. At Random House Children’s, Jamie Yee joins as Designer/Digital Artist; she was formerly Assistant Designer at Hachette Book Group. Ray Arjune, lately Publicity Manager at Bloomsbury USA, joins Harmony & Rodale as Publicity Manager.
Kimberly Lau joins Springer Nature as VP, Consumer Media and President of Scientific American. Most recently she was EVP, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at The Atlantic.
At the newly-rebranded Union Square & Co. (the erstwhile Sterling Publishing), Amanda Englander, previously Executive Editor at Clarkson Potter, joins as Editorial Director. Jessica Firger joins as Senior Editor; formerly she was Senior Health Editor at CNN. Consultant and Editor Claire Wachtel joins as Editor-at-Large. At Union Square Kids, Daniel Denning joins as Marketing Manager and Jenny Lu, lately Publicist at Simon & Schuster, joins as Senior Publicist.
At The Rumpus, Alyson Sinclair joins as Owner and Publisher. She will continue her consulting role with Nectar Literary. Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn took over as Editor-in-Chief in September, succeeding Marisa Siegel Colleen Kolba joins as Comics Editor.
At Catapult, VP and Executive Editor Pat Strachan will retire in March. She joined the house as Founding Editor in 2014.
Amanda Pritzker joins the Harper Group as Senior Marketing Director. Previously she was Director of Marketing & Campaign Strategy at Grand Central Publishing. Kelly Roberts, most recently National Account Manager, Retail at Penguin Random House, joins HarperCollins as Divisional Sales Director.
The Atlantic is expanding its books coverage and has made three news hires: Gal Beckerman, Senior Editor, previously Editor at The New York Times Book Review; Maya Chung, Associate Editor, previously Editor at The New York Review of Books; and Emma Sarappo, Associate Editor, previously Arts Editor at Washington City Paper.
Kevin Callahan joins Abrams as Senior Marketing Director. Previously he was Director, Marketing Operations and Backlist Strategy at Other Press. At Abrams Children’s, Erum Khan joins as Editor, Entertainment and Licensed Publishing. She was formerly Editor at Callisto Media.
Ashley Mitchell, lately Associate Marketing Director at William Morrow, joins Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing as Director of Digital and Social Marketing. Samantha McVeigh joins as Publicist; she was formerly Publicist at Harlequin.
At Independent Publishers Group, Candysse Miller joins as Publicity Director. Previously she was Publisher, Director of Marketing and Communications for Novelstream.
At Zibby Books, Tess Day joins as Publicity Director, effective January 31. She was previously Publicist at Smith Publicity.
Jodie Cohen joins Highlights as Director of Retail Marketing, Partnerships, and Licensing. Most recently she was Director of Marketing at Scholastic.
JoAnne Banducci has been named Director at the University of Nevada Press. She has served as Interim Director since March 2020.
At Yale University Press, Jay Cosgrove retired as Sales Director on December 13.
Theresa DeLucci joins Grand Central Publishing as Associate Marketing Director. Previously she was Senior Associate Marketing Director for Tor, Forge, and Nightfire Books. Erika Turner, lately Executive Editor at IDW, joins Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as Executive Editor. Cara Nesi joins Hachette Book Group as Children’s Field and Educational Sales Manager; most recently she was Telemarketing Account Manager, Indie and Education Specialist at Simon & Schuster.
In agency news…Kari Sutherland, formerly Agent at Bradford Literary Agency, joins KT Literary Agency as Agent. Roseanne Wells joins Lucinda Literary as Agent; she was Literary Agent at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. At Copps Literary Services, Maeve MacLysaght, formerly Literary Agent with Ladderbird Literary Agency, joins as Agent. Quressa Robinson joins Folio Literary Management as Literary Agent, having previously worked as Literary Agent at Nelson Literary Agency. At United Talent Agency, Kristina Moore joins as Agent; she was formerly Media Rights Manager at Anonymous Content. Additionally, Garrett McGrath, formerly Editor at Abrams, has launched Null Books, an agency focused on nonfiction with expertise in illustrated titles.
At Macmillan, Tracy Eisele joins as Senior Administrator, Procurement; she worked previously as Consultant Procurement Project Manager at Univision. Morgan Mitchell joins as Associate Production Editor. Frances Sayers joins as Senior Production Editor. Ethan Tolpin joins as Manager, Environmental Sustainability. At St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Sophia Lauriello joins as Publicist; she was previously Associate Publicist at Harper Wave.
Brann Garvey joins Workman Children’s as Senior Designer. He was most recently Senior Graphic Designer at Capstone Publishers. Megan Logan joins as Editor. Previously she was Assistant Editor at Disney/Marvel Press. Daniella Graner has also joined the company as Designer.
At Bloomsbury, Chantal Ezoua joins as Sales Manager, Trade. Previously she was Account Manager at the American Physical Society.
Linette Kim joins Astra Books for Young Readers as Senior Marketing Manager; she was previously Marketing Manager at HarperCollins.
Audrey Barsella joins Sourcebooks as Communications Marketing Manager. Rebecca Atkinson joins as Senior Marketing and Publicity Associate Additionally, Laura Boren joins as Production Designer II and Emily Proano, formerly Distribution Manager at RosettaBooks, joins as Production Editor.
At Candlewick, Mary Beth Garhart joins as Editorial Services Coordinator, beginning January 24. Previously she was Assistant Managing Editor at Page Street Publishing.
Erin Wicks joins Zando Projects as Senior Editor on February 1. Previously she was Editor at HarperCollins.
At Barefoot Books, Autumn Allen joins as Senior Editor.
Randall Lotowycz joins Running Press as Editor. Previously he was Director of Marketing and Sales for Algonquin Books and Algonquin Young Readers.
At the Association of American Publishers, Nadia Mathis joins as Analyst.
Juliana Barbassa succeeds Andrew LaVallee as Deputy Editor for News and Features on the New York Times Books desk. She previously led coverage of Latin America for the International desk.
PROMOTIONS
Karen McInnis has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer at the Association of American Publishers. Syreeta Swann becomes Chief Operating Officer.
Michelle H. Nagler is now SVP and Publisher of Random House Children’s Books and Random House Graphic. Ellice Lee has been promoted to VP, Senior Art Director at Viking/Flamingo/Philomel while Dana Leydig moves up to Executive Editor at Viking Books for Young Readers. In the Penguin Young Readers group: Daniel Moreton has been promoted to Publisher, Grosset & Dunlap, Licenses & Brands. Rob Valois is now Associate Publisher, Editorial Director at Penguin Workshop. Mary Mekarnom moves up to Senior Director, Creative and Strategy for World of Eric Carle. Danielle Presley becomes Marketing Coordinator and Lauren Festa becomes Associate Director, Digital Marketing. Trevor Ingerson has been promoted to Associate Director, School & Library Marketing. At Dutton, Emily Canders is now Assistant Director of Publicity and Hannah Poole becomes Associate Publicist. At Random House Children’s: Caroline Abbey moves up to Associate Publisher and will continue to manage the Random House Studio, Labyrinth Road, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, and Crown Books for Young Readers. SVP and Executive Editor Judith Haut now oversees Dr. Seuss publishing. Shana Corey has been promoted to Editorial Director, Random House Books for Young Readers. Also in the children’s group, Jake Eldred has been promoted to Associate Director of Managing Editorial, Mary Man-Kong has been promoted to Senior Executive Editor, and Lauren Clause moves up to Editor. Marianna Smirnova becomes Assistant Art Director, Michelle Kim is now Senior Designer, and Joey Ho becomes Associate Publicist. Catherine O’Mara has been promoted to Marketing Associate. Charlotte Roos moves up to Assistant Editor for Random House Studio. And at One World, Oma Beharry and Sun Robinson-Smith have both been promoted to Assistant Editor.
Elsewhere in the company: at Penguin Random House, Court Clinch is now Director, Marketing Analytics, while Andrew Carver becomes Senior Manager, Marketing Analytics. Jennifer Clare is now Senior Manager, Content Marketing, Brightly. Abbe Wright becomes Creative Development Lead, Content Marketing. Kathryn Monaco has been promoted to Manager, Content Marketing. Jason Newman becomes Associate Director, Marketing Automation and Data Science; Megan Vinciguerra, Senior Manager, Consumer Data Services; and Lynn Rickert, Manager, Email Marketing Operations. At Berkley, Imani Gary moves up to Manager, Digital Marketing; Daniela Riedlova becomes Marketing Coordinator; Jessica Wade becomes Executive Editor; Sarah Blumenstock is now Senior Editor; and both Liz Sellers and Sareer Khader move up to Assistant Editor. At Ballantine Bantam Dell, Jesse Shuman becomes Associate Editor and Caroline Weishuhn moves up to Assistant Editor. Cara Reilly is now Associate Editor at Doubleday. In the Random House Group, Greg Mollica has been promoted to VP, Senior Art Director, Lucas Heinrich becomes Art Director, and Ella Laytham and Sarah Horgan both become Senior Designer. Toby L. Ernst becomes Executive Editor of Domestic Rights, and Kellyann Cronin and Sarah Lehman both become Associate Manager of Subsidiary Rights. Morgan Carattini has been promoted to Associate Director, Backlist Strategy and Analysis. Pam Alders moves up to Executive Managing Editor; Mark Birkey, to Associate Director, Managing Editorial; Christa Guild, to Associate, Managing Editorial/Production Editorial; Saige Francis to Associate, Managing Editorial; and Nancy Delia, to Executive Production Editor. Jane Haas Sanker is now Senior Production Director, while Sam Wetzler becomes Production Supervisor and Jenna Kass and Meghan O’Leary both move up to Production Associate. On the digital team: Daniel Christensen is now Senior Director, Online Content, Strategy & Optimization. Hannah Frank becomes Associate Manager, Online Copy Optimization; Heidi Lilly, Manager, Metadata Analytics; and Madeleine Kenney, Associate Manager, Metadata Operations. Susan Seeman has been promoted to Senior Manager, Digital Publishing. Dannalie Diaz moves up to Manager, Digital Operations, Ryan Kearney moves up to Associate Manager, Digital Operations, and Shannon Mondesir becomes Associate, Digital Operations. Emily Jarrett has been promoted to Associate Director, Advertising Operations and Project Management. Camille Dewing-Vallejo becomes Assistant Copy Director. Becky Nesbitt is now Editorial Director, Image, and Executive Editor, Convergent. At Putnam, Ashley Hewlett has been promoted to Assistant Director of Publicity and Brennin Cummings has been promoted to Senior Marketing Manager. At the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau, Kathryn Santora and Anastasia Whalen both become Senior Agent Director. Craig Adams is now Assistant Copy Chief, Modern Library. At Ten Speed Press, Shaida Boroumand has been promoted to Associate Editorial Director; Betsy Stromberg, to Executive Art Director; Chloe Rawlins, to Senior Art Director; and Annie Marino, to Senior Designer.
At Casemate Group, Michaela Goff becomes SVP, US Distribution Services; Curtis Key becomes Group VP, Business Development; and Kate Stein becomes VP, Sales & Marketing. In addition, Will Farnsworth becomes Sales Director, Daniel Yesilonis becomes Marketing Director, and Felicity Goldsack is now Production Editor.
At Beacon Press, Gayatri Patnaik is now Publisher and Sanj Kharbanda becomes Associate Publisher. Amy Caldwell moves up to Editorial Director. Jill Dougan is now Associate Director of Business Operations, while Emily Powers becomes Senior Marketing Manager and Christian Coleman becomes Digital Marketing Manager. Priyanka Ray has been promoted to Assistant Publicist.
Ashley Mihlebach has been promoted to Senior Director of Sales at HarperCollins. At Mariner Books, Jessica Vestuto moves up to Assistant Editor. Rosy Tahan is now Assistant Editor at Dey Street Books.
At Sourcebooks, Valerie Pierce moves up to Senior Director of Marketing, Retail Marketing and Creative Services and Katia Herrera becomes Associate Director of Ecommerce, Performance Marketing. Steph Gafron becomes Associate Art Director. Caitlin Lawler has been promoted to Marketing Specialist. At Sourcebooks Kids, Heather Moore moves up to Senior Director of Marketing. And at Sourcebooks Fire, Madison Nankervis is now Senior Marketing and Publicity Associate.
Estelle Hallick has been promoted to Publicity and Marketing Director, Forever.
At Arcadia Publishing, Salma Yaqubi has become Director of Metadata.
Catherine Bresner is now Publicity Director at Wave Books.
Elizabeth McKellar becomes Director of Sales, Marketing, and New Media at Parallax Press.
At Macmillan, Rebecca Schmidt has been promoted to Associate Director, Sales Strategy & Analysis and Amazon. Monica Sweeney has been promoted to Editorial Director at Hollan/Castle Point Publishing, while Aimee Chase moves up to Senior Editor.
Ashley Gilliam Rose is now Associate Director of Marketing at Scribner. At One Signal, Amara Balan moves up to Assistant Editor.
In agency news…Kathleen Rushall is now Senior Agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency, where Jennifer March Soloway moves up to Agent. Roz Foster has been promoted to Senior Agent at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency, while Sulamita Garbuz and Jade Wong-Baxter have both been promoted to Agent. Karen Yates is now Literary Agent at Yates & Yates. At Brower Literary & Management, Aimee Ashcraft has been promoted to Agency Operations Manager and will also continue to serve as Literary Agent. Anna Atoria has been promoted to Foreign Rights Agent. Maria Vicente is now Advisor at P.S. Literary Agency. And at Trident Media Group, Marianna Sharp and Ana Ban have been promoted to Co-Directors of Foreign Rights.
Kate Zimmerman is now Executive Editor at Union Square & Co.
At Lee & Low Books, Jessica Echeverria moves up to Executive Editor.
Rosie Mahorter becomes Publicity Manager, Adult at Bloomsbury. Daniel O’Connor moves up to Senior Commercial & Financial Planning Analyst, Trade & Special Interest.
At Astra House Publishing, Lisa Taylor is now Senior Production Manager and Tiffany Gonzalez is now Marketing Manager.
Maya Tatsukawa becomes Senior Designer at Candlewick.
Hanna Lindsley has been promoted to Senior Publicist at BookSparks.
At Princeton University Press, Donna Walker is now Data Solutions Architect. Maria Chaves and Aga Magriarz both become Senior Accountants. Debra Liese has been promoted to Senior Curator of Ideas and Partnerships. Jessie Yang moves up to Senior Sales Manager. Barb Tonetti moves up to Senior Reference Marketing Manager. Eleanor Smith has become International Rights Associate. Additionally, James Collier becomes Editorial Associate and Alena Chekanov becomes Assistant Editor.
At Cambridge University Press, Charlie Ilgunas has been promoted to Editor and Josh Hamel has been promoted to Senior Publicist.
At little bee books, Jaime Gelman moves up to Associate Editor.
At Post Hill Press, Allison Griffith has been promoted to Sales and Inventory Manager and Gabi Valeriano has been promoted to Assistant Inventory Manager. Kate Monahan moves up to Audio Rights Manager and Assistant Production Manager. Additionally, Christina Chun moves up to Foreign Rights Manager and Assistant Production Editor.
Miriam Vance has been promoted to Contracts and Rights Associate and Awards Coordinator at Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press.
DULY NOTED
Simon & Schuster has launched Boynton Bookworks, an imprint dedicated to the past and future works of children’s author and songwriter Sandra Boynton.
IPG’s Chicago Review Press has bought Novelstream, owner of Interlude Press, which publishes LGBTQ+ fiction and YA fiction through the imprint Duet Books. IPG has distributed Interlude since 2019.
Mary Anne Thompson Associates is now the US book scout for Sweden’s Bokfabriken.
2 Seas Agency now represents international rights for The Watermark Agency.
At the Academy of American Poets, Tess O’Dwyer has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors; she is the first person of color to hold this position. Also newly-elected are Andrew Schiff, Treasurer, and Alexandra Jackson, Secretary.
Paul Bogaards, the longtime Knopf publicity head who retired late last year, is launching Bogaards Public Relations LLC. Stephanie Kloss joins the venture as partner.
