PEOPLE
At Zibby Books, Jeanne Emanuel, previously at WBUR and Ingram, joins as Chief Operating Officer. Bridie Loverro joins as Editor.
At Beacon Press, Helene Atwan will retire as Director on July 29. A successor will be named in April.
At Audible, James Finn joins as Head of Content Marketing. He has worked in the past as EVP, Head of Marketing and Communications for FoxNext.
Scott Di Valerio joins the book subscription service Literati as CFO/COO. Previously he was CFO/COO at FabFitFun.
Matt Williams is stepping down as VP of House of Anansi Press.
At Bookshop.org, Steph Opitz joins as Director of Strategic Partnerships. Most recently she was Founding Director of The Loft Literary Center.
Michelle Malonzo joins The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary as Head of Operations. Most recently she was Buyer at Changing Hands Bookstore.
Pippa White joins Cameron + Company, acquired by Abrams in 2020, as Editorial Director. She was previously Executive Editor, Content Quality Management at Callisto Media. Soyolmaa Lkhagvadorj, formerly Associate Editor at Harper Design, joins Abrams as Assistant Editor. At Abrams Children’s Books, Maggie Moore joins as Production Associate.
In agency news…Ayla Zuraw-Friedland, lately Assistant Agent at David Black Literary Agency, joins the Frances Golden Literary Agency as Agent. James Faccinto, lately Senior Publicist and Marketing Strategist at Insight Editions, is launching communications and creative agency Full Complement, specializing in literary publicity. And Rebecca Temerario, formerly Social Media Community Manager at Literati, is launching Steel Tulip Creative Co., a marketing agency for authors, educators, and small businesses.
In university press news, Danielle D’Orlando joins Princeton University Press as Curator of Audio. She was previously Acquisitions Department Manager and Audio Rights Manager at Yale University Press. Additionally, Paige Clunie, lately Digital Sales Associate at Harvard University Press, joins PUP as Digital Partnerships Manager. At University of California Press, Andy Etzkorn, previously Senior Marketing Manager for Academic Titles at Bloomsbury, joins as Senior Campaign Strategist.
Soriya K. Chum joins Random House as Senior Events Manager.
Elisa Thomas joins the American Booksellers Association as DEIA Member Relations Manager. She was previously a bookseller at Cellar Door Bookstore.
At Bloomsbury, Jaclyn Sassa, formerly Sales Support Representative at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, joins as Sales Manager for Trade. Robin Wane joins as Publicist, Special Interest; she was previously Publicist at Sarah Russo Public Relations.
On February 22, Samantha Kralstein joins American Psychiatric Association Publishing as Licensing Coordinator. She was formerly Business Development Strategist at Barnes & Noble.
Michael Campbell joins Skyhorse as Senior Editor, Business and Finance. Previously he was Associate Acquisitions Editor at Wiley.
At Kevin Anderson and Associates, Julia Johnson-Viola joins as Senior Editor.
At Chronicle, Heather Fisk joins as Production Developer for Entertainment.
Sara Lunsford joins Kensington as Digital Content Coordinator.
At Simon & Schuster, Winona Lukito joins as Demand Planning Analyst.
PROMOTIONS
Rosemary Brosnan is now VP, Publisher at Quill Tree Books and Heartdrum. Jenna Stempel-Lobell has been promoted to Associate Art Director at HarperCollins Children’s Books. At HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Danielle Peterson moves up to Senior Acquisitions Editor. Katy Hamilton has been promoted to Executive Editor at HarperOne. Nicole Angeloro becomes Senior Editor at Mariner Books. Mary Gaule has been promoted to Editor, Harper and Harper Perennial. At HarperCollins, Maddie Pillari moves up to Associate Editor.
At Simon & Schuster, Stephen Bedford is now VP of Marketing. Cody Flitcraft has been promoted to Associate Demand Planning Manager and Rachel Berquist moves up to Assistant Marketing Manager, Adult Library.
At Abrams, Jody Mosley moves up to VP and Associate Publisher at Abrams Children’s Books, ComicArts, and Calendars. Lora Grisafi has been promoted to Associate Art Director, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Olivia Anderson McDaniel has been promoted to VP of Merchandising for Omnichannel at Books-A-Million.
At Podium Audio, Kate Runde moves up to VP, Acquisitions.
Susette Brooks has been promoted to Director of Strategy for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Penguin Random House. At Random House, Aparna Rishi moves up to Associate Director, Consumer Strategy & Engagement; Megan Tripp moves up to Manager, Influencer Marketing; and Jane Popova moves up to Social Media Associate. At Random House Children’s Books, Whitney Aaronson has been promoted to Associate Product Director for Digital Marketing and Jena DeBois has been promoted to Associate Marketing Manager. James Akinaka is now Digital Marketing Manager at Penguin Young Readers. Julia Rickard becomes Publicist at Viking Penguin.
Ann Day has been named Publicity Director at Disney Publishing Worldwide.
At Ulysses Press, Claire Chun becomes Director of Production, Renee Rutledge becomes Senior Managing Editor, and Tyanni Niles becomes Digital Marketing Manager.
Christopher Wachter becomes Director, Flexible Packaging Paper at Koehler Paper.
At Catapult, Colin Drohan becomes Writing Programs Director and Amanda Fatemi-Badi becomes Writing Programs Manager.
Lauren Jernigan is now Assistant Director of Social Media at Kensington. Kait Johnson moves up to Assistant Social Media Manager. Megan Zimlich becomes Digital Marketing Manager.
In agency news, Estelle Laure has been promoted to Senior Content Development Editor-at-Large at Folio Literary Management.
Emily Dyer is now Senior Marketing Manager at Macmillan Audio. At Minotaur Books, Sarah Haeckel moves up to Associate Publicist.
At Chronicle, Cynthia Shannon becomes Senior Marketing Manager for Partnerships and Oliva Butze becomes Brand Marketing and Social Media Manager.
Rebecca Morofsky has been promoted to Marketing Manager at Bloomsbury. At Bloomsbury Academic, Amy Martin is now Acquisitions Editor for Literary Studies and Rachel Moore is now Assistant Editor for Music and Sound Studies.
Elizabeth DeMeo moves up to Editor at Tin House.
Melissa Rechter is now Associate Editor at Crooked Lane Books.
At BenBella Books, Alyn Wallace moves up to Assistant Editor.
DULY NOTED
Franklin & Siegal Associates has been named literary scout for Russia’s MTS Publishing, a new publishing house established by Mobile Telesystems.
Linda Kaplan of Kaplan DeFiore Rights will handle foreign and audiobook rights on behalf of Santa Monica Press.
At the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Sarah Baker has been elected Executive Editor for a renewable two-year term. SCBWI cofounder Lin Oliver has retired as Executive Director.
Karen Pavlicin, publisher of Elva Resa, was elected board chair of the Independent Book Publishers Association. Her term will begin on July 1.
