PEOPLE
At Beacon Press, Gayatri Patnaik has been named Director, effective June 30, following the retirement of longtime director Helen Atwan. Patnaik has worked at Beacon for twenty years, most recently as Publisher.
Avideh Bashirrad joins One World and Dial Press as SVP and Deputy Publisher. She was previously SVP, Deputy Publisher at Random House. Tiffani Ren also joins One World as Marketing Associate. Rachel Rokicki has been named VP and Deputy Publisher of Fiction for Random House and Hogarth. She was most recently VP, Director of Publicity for Hogarth.At Random House Children’s, Katie Halata joins as Director, Library Marketing; most recently, she was Associate Director of School & Library Marketing at Macmillan Children’s. Trisha Previte, lately Associate Designer at Macmillan Children’s, joins the imprint as Designer. Additionally, Tricia Ryzner, previously Paid Media Manager at Darkroom, joins as Manager, Social Media, Paid Promotions; Meredith Wagner, previously Social Media Manager for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, joins as Manager, Social Media, Content & Community; Regina Andreoni, lately Associate Marketing Manager at Portfolio, joins as Associate Manager, Marketing; and Rachel Goldenberg joins as Marketing Coordinator. At Crown, Leah Trouwborst, lately Senior Editor at Simon Element, joins as Senior Editor. At Berkley, Kristin Cipolla, formerly Associate Publicist at HarperCollins, joins as Publicist. Fariza Hawke joins Crown, Currency, and Ten Speed Press as Assistant Editor. Wendy Wong, formerly Associate Editor at Harper Business, joins Ballantine as Associate Editor. Maya Fenter joins Random House Group as Media Associate, leading content strategy for One World and Del Rey. Lane Jantzen, VP, Director of Sales for Penguin Random House Publisher Services, will retire in May.
Changes at various HarperCollins imprints: VP and Editorial Director Tracy Sherrod will depart Amistad after nearly a decade to “pursue a new endeavor.” Jane Beirn will retire as VP, Publicity for Harper on April 22. At Mira, Senior Acquisitions Editor Kathy Sagan and Senior Editor Emily Ohanjanians are departing to pursue freelancing. At William Morrow, Beatrice Jason, formerly Associate Marketing Manager at St. Martin’s Press, joins as Senior Marketing Manager. Sylvan Creekmore joins Avon as Editor; she was previously Editor at St. Martin’s Publishing Group. At HarperColllins Children’s Publishing, Taylan Salvati joins as Publicity Manager; she had been Senior Publicist at Scholastic. Abby Dommert, formerly Editor & Marketing Associate at Thornwillow Press, joins as Associate Publicist. Additionally, Christina Carpino and Josie Dallam both join as Marketing Coordinator, School & Library Marketing.
At Macmillan, Maggie Cassion joins as VP, Central Marketing. Previously she was Marketing Communications Lead, Munich Re North American Life at Munich Re. At Macmillan Children’s Publishing, Jordin Streeter, lately Associate Marketing Manager at Scholastic, joins as Marketing Manager and Carlee Maurier joins as Marketing Coordinator. Alexandra Hoopes joins St. Martin’s Publishing Group as Social Media Manager; in the past, she was Assistant Editor at The MIT Press. Laura Flavin, formerly Associate Director of Marketing at Simon & Schuster, joins Henry Holt and Company as Director of Marketing.
Seale Ballenger, previously Publicity Director for Disney Publishing Worldwide, joins Scholastic Trade as VP, Publicity. Christina Juvier has joined Scholastic as Chief People Officer. She was most recently Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters.
At Workman, Elise Howard, Founding Publisher of Algonquin Young Readers, will retire on May 1. Effective May 2, Stacy Lellos, recently named Publisher of Workman Children’s, will take on the additional role of Algonquin Young Readers Publisher.
Lynn Grady has become Group Publisher of a newly-formed division at Chronicle that will house Princeton Architectural Press and the recently-launched Chronicle Prism and Chronical Chroma. She was named Publisher of Princeton Architectural Press in 2019. Gabby Vanacore has been hired as Assistant Managing Editor.
Chris Bauerle joins Insight Editions as VP, North American Sales and Operations. Previously he was VP, Director of Sales and Marketing for Sourcebooks. Elsewhere in the company, Alexandra Oliver, formerly Marketing and Product Development Specialist at kn literary arts, joins as Creative Services Manager. Katie Rokakis, previously Manager, Custom Production (Editorial) at Hayden-McNeil Publishing, joins as Senior Production Editor. Rick Chillot joins as Senior Editor; in the past, he worked as Senior Editor at Quirk Books. And Amanda Nelson joins as Acquisitions & Publishing Coordinator.
At TKO Presents, Margot Wood, lately Director of Sales and Marketing at Oni Press, joins as VP of Sales.
Jessica Calagione, lately VP of Business and Legal Affairs at Anonymous Content, joins Zando as Counsel for Contracts and Business Affairs.
Brandy Polay returns to Candlewick, where she worked from 1991 to 2006, as Design Manager and Art Director. She was most recently Creative Marketing Manager and Designer for Berkshire Hathaway. Carolynn DeCillo joins as Senior Book Designer. Larsson McSwain joins as Book Designer.
At Podium Audio, Cassie Hanjian joins as Director of Acquisitions. Most recently she was Director at West Wind Literary Scouting.
Adam Schnitzer joins Stanford University Press in the newly-created role of Marketing and Sales Director. He was previously Executive Director, Online and Digital Retail, at Hachette Book Group.
At Wattpad Webtoon Book Group, Lara Allen joins as Rights Director. Previously she was Rights Agent at The Lotts Agency.
Kim Hooyboer joins the American Booksellers Association as Director of Education. She has worked as Store Manager of Seattle’s Third Place Books for the last five years.
At Grand Central, Janine Perez joins as Associate Marketing Director. Previously she was Senior Manager, Marketing & Advertising at Random House Children’s Books.
At Sourcebooks, Shara Zaval joins as Associate Director of Marketing & Publicity, Children’s. She was previously Senior Marketing Manager at Scholastic. Thea Voutiritsas, lately Production Editor at Andrews McMeel, joins as Production Editor. And Ernst Wisner joins as Backend Web Developer.
In agency news…Alexa Stark joins Writers House as Senior Agent. She was previously Literary Agent at Trident Media Group. Also at Writers House, Lisa Barelli is departing her position as Director of Publishing Contracts to launch Barelli Consulting and can be contacted at lisa.barelli@live.com. Erin Clyburn, most recently Associate Agent with Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, joins Howland Literary as Agent. Kimberly Koba joins West Wind Literary Scouting as Director for clients W-1 Media in Germany and Bragelonne in France. She was previously Senior Scout at Mary Anne Thompson Associates.
Richard Brown joins Rowman & Littlefield as Senior Executive Editor for Religion, starting April 18. He is currently Director of the University of South Carolina Press.
Mika Kasuga joins Union Square & Co. as Executive Editor for Classics. Previously she was Editorial Manager for Modern Library and Senior Publishing Manager for One World and Roc Lit 101.
Laura Blackman, lately Senior Editor at Audible, joins Simon & Schuster as Senior Acquisitions Editor for Original Audio. Additionally, Caleigh Flegg joins as Children’s Library Marketing Associate.
At Bloomsbury, Alex Borbolla joins as Senior Editor. Previously she was Editor at Atheneum and Simon & Schuster.
Eric Levy joins little bee books as Associate Production Manager.
Jenny Rossberg joins NYU Press as Publicity Manager. She was formerly Senior Publicist at Pegasus Books.
At Abrams Children’s Books, Madeline Morales joins as Design Coordinator. She was formerly Designer at First Second.
Melissa See joins Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel + Ink as Digital Marketing Coordinator.
Darshna Patel joins the Association of University Presses as Administrative Coordinator, while Lauren Ashton joins as Virtual Events Coordinator.
PROMOTIONS
At Macmillan: Eileen Rothschild is now VP and Associate Publisher at Wednesday Books, while Sara Goodman moves up to VP, Editorial Director. Liz Szabla has been promoted to VP and Associate Publisher at Feiwel & Friends. At Tom Doherty Associates, Sarah Reidy becomes VP and Executive Director of Publicity; among other promotions in that division are Renata Sweeny, now Assistant Director of Marketing; Saraciea Fennell and Caro Perny, now Senior Publicity Manager; Rachel Taylor and Jordan Hanley, now Senior Marketing Manager; Becky Yeager, now Senior Manager, AdPromo and Marketing; Desirae Friesen, now Publicity Manager; Angie Rao, now AdPromo Junior Designer; and Emily Goldman, now Assistant Editor. At Henry Holt and Company, Caitlin O’Shaughnessy is promoted to VP, Director of Marketing and Publicity and Retha Powers is promoted to VP, Executive Editor. Catryn Silbersack is promoted to Senior Publicist, and Sarah Fitts is promoted to Publicist. Additionally, Ruby Rose Lee becomes Senior Editor and Natalia Ruiz becomes Assistant Editor. At Flatiron, both Bryn Clark and Caroline Bleeke move up to Executive Editor, and Amelia Possanza becomes Associate Director of Publicity. At St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Lisa Shimabukuro is now Senior Designer, Administrative Lead, while Farina Jaw becomes Designer, Digital Lead; Lance Ehlers becomes Designer, Animation Lead; and Devan Norman becomes Senior Designer. And at Macmillan, Dakota Griffin and Sam Dauer both move up to Production Editor.
At Random House, Ben Greenberg has been promoted to VP and Editorial Director, Nonfiction; Caitlin McKenna has been promoted to Editorial Director of Fiction; and Erica Gonzalez has been promoted to Assistant Publishing Director. Allyson Lord is now Publicity Manager. Maria Braeckel, VP, Director of Publicity for Random House, Dial Press, and Modern Library adds Hogarth to her purview. Michelle Jasmine becomes Deputy Director, Dial Press. Carrie Neill becomes Deputy Director, Hogarth. At Penguin Press, Lauren Lauzon becomes Senior Marketing Manager. Bridget O’Toole and Jessica Mangicaro both become Senior Manager, Marketing at Berkley. At Random House Children’s, Natalia Dextre is now Production Manager and Lili Feinberg is now Publicity Manager. At Dutton, Lexy Cassola moves up to Associate Editor.
And at HarperCollins, Kate Nintzel is now VP, Executive Editor at Mariner Books, while Ivy Givens moves up to Associate Editor. Laura Brown has been promoted to Senior Editor at Park Row. At Harlequin, Deirdre McCluskey moves up to Editorial Specialist for Backlist and Frontlist Retail. At HarperCollins Children’s Publishing, Jenny Ly becomes Assistant Editor; Marisa Rother, Designer; Celeste Knudsen, Design Manager; and Mimi Rankin, Senior Manager, School & Library Marketing.
Jonathan D. Lippincott has been named Publisher at the Library of American Landscape History and will oversee an expanded publishing operation.
At Simon & Schuster, Heather Musika and Lexi Dumas both move up to Director of National Accounts.
Kam Wong is now Senior Director of HR Operations for Hachette Book Group. At Little, Brown Children’s, Cheryl Lew moves up to Senior Publicity Manager.
Kim Miller has been named Director of Operations at the Association of University Presses.
At Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, Tara Lehmann becomes Publicity Director and Katie Sainz becomes Director of Marketing.
Trillia Newbell has been promoted to Director of Acquisitions at Moody Publishers.
At Llewellyn Worldwide, Shira Atakpu has been promoted to Art Director.
At Chronicle, Elke Olson is now Associate Director, Sales & Marketing Enablement; Eve Brodsly moves up to Associate Manager, Sales & Marketing Enablement; and Elina Schenker moves up to Project Coordinator, Sales & Marketing Enablement. Christina Dedios becomes Contracts Manager and Hayley Kellner becomes Contracts and Permissions Administrator. Maggie Edelman has been promoted to Senior Designer, Entertainment. Steve Kim has been promoted to Production Design Manager. Michele Posner is now Senior Manager Editor, while Olivia Roberts becomes Associate Editor, Entertainment and Dena Rayess becomes Associate Editor, Food & Lifestyle.
In agency news…Lara Love Hardin and Rachel Neumann have been promoted to co-CEOs at Idea Architects, succeeding Doug Adams, who becomes President and Founder. Amelia Appel moves up to Agent at Triada US.
At Levine Querido, Nick Thomas becomes Executive Editor and Irene Vásquez becomes Assistant Editor and Publicist.
Danny Vazquez has been promoted to Senior Editor at Astra House.
Kate McMullen becomes Managing Editor at Hub City Press.
At Quirk Books, Christina Tatulli is now Digital Marketing Manager and Jessica Yang is now Assistant Editor.
Darby Guinn is now Associate Marketing Manager, School & Library at Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel + Ink.
Kelsey N. Fenske has been promoted to Associate Managing Editor at Sourcebooks, while Madeleine Brown moves up to Marketing Associate.
At Insight Editions, Kristi Visser is now Senior Sales Coordinator, Anna Wostenberg is now Editor, and Harrison Tunggal is now Associate Editor.
Lydia Abel has been promoted to Senior Editorial Liaison at Candlewick Press.
At Stanford University Press, Emma Mundorff has been promoted to Sales Coordinator.
DULY NOTED
West Wind Literary Scouting is now the US scout for the adult and children’s/YA imprints of Brazil’s Faro Editorial.
Beginning August 1, Simon & Schuster will sell and distribute Mad Cave Studios.
Malala Yousafzai has been named Chief Education Advisor at Literati, “playing a large role to expand Literati’s philanthropic work, providing children in underserved communities with greater access to books.”
Andrea Chambers, who has long served as Academic Director of the MS in Publishing and Summer Publishing Institute and Executive Director of the Center for Publishing at the NYU School of Professional Studies, will be assuming a new leadership role at the school, Associate Dean of the Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts (PALA). This newly formed unit will merge two exceptional centers of learning at the School of Professional Studies—the Center for Publishing and the Center for Applied Liberal Arts (CALA). In her new role, which begins next September, she will continue to oversee the MS in Publishing degree and the NYU Summer Publishing Institute (SPI) as well as additional programs.
PALA will be home to NYU SPS graduate programs in publishing, professional writing, and translation & interpreting, in addition to housing the Academy for Lifelong Learning (ALL), and continuing education and certificate programs in publishing, humanities, arts, writing, filmmaking, design, translation, and global languages.
Andrea will be seeking a new Academic Director for The Center for Publishing. The posting is here.
