PEOPLE
At Penguin Random House, Roseanne Serra, VP and director of art and design and Paul Buckley, senior VP and executive creative designer have left Penguin Publishing Group. Sabrina Papas has joined Penguin Random House Canada as marketing and publicity coordinator. Alex Lu has joined Random House Children’s Books as editor for Random House Graphic, previously they were a contributing editor at First Second. Jacinta O’Halloran has joined Random House Worlds as editor acquiring licensed visual nonfiction.
At Simon & Schuster, Elizabeth Huang has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing as a digital marketing assistant. Alin Haberle has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing as production assistant. At Atria Books, Laura Brown has joined as executive editor.
At Macmillan Publishers, Alice Jerman has joined as senior editor at Entangled Publishing. She was formerly the senior editor at HarperTeen.
At HarperCollins, Andrea Palpant Dilley, formerly online managing editor at ‘Christianity Today’, has joined Zondervan Books at HarperCollins Christian Publishing as senior acquisitions editor.
At Scholastic, Annie Krege, formerly marketing intern at Astra Books for Young Readers has joined as trade sales assistant.
At Sourcebooks, Jenne Abramowitz has joined as editorial director for Jabberwocky, Young Readers, and Fire Children’s Imprint. She previously was the editorial director at Scholastic. Sonja Holzman has joined as a customer experience representative.
At William B. Eerdmans Publishing Group, Claire McColloy has joined as digital marketing specialist.
At Publishers Weekly, art director Clive Chiu will retire at the end of the year. With his departure, Bobby Lawhorn, who is currently deputy art director, will take the lead on print design for the magazine.
Lara Starr, associate director of publicity, has left Insight Editions.
At Skylark Publishing Company, Birla Xavier has joined as manager. She was formerly a reservation manager at Seaview.
At Nosy Crow, Sofie Jones has joined as a publishing assistant.
In Agency news:
Nour Sallam has been promoted to associate agent at P.S. Literary Agency.
Mark Tavani has joined the David Black Agency as literary agent. He was formerly the executive and VP of Putnam
PROMOTIONS
At Simon & Schuster, Alex Kelleher has been promoted to publicity director at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Antonella Colon and Lindsey Ferris have been promoted to associate publicist to Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Amy Lavinge Tormey has been promoted to assistant digital marketing manager at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Brian Young has been promoted to marketing associate at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Antheum Books for Young Readers, and Beach Lane Books. Perla Gil has been promoted to marketing coordinator at Aladdin, Boynton Bookworks, Little Simon, Simon Spotlight, Simon Pulse, and Margaret K. McElderry Books. At Simon Spotlight, Little Simon, and Libros Para Niños, Christine Marshall has been promoted to senior managing editor
At Penguin Random House, Jillian Vandall has been promoted to senior director of publicity at Random House Children’s Books. Josh Redlich has been promoted to associate director of publicity and media strategy at Random House Children’s Books. Kris Kam has been promoted to associate director of publicity and DEI strategy at Random House Children’s Books. Kim Small has been promoted to associate publicist at Random House Children’s Books. Kathy Dunn has been promoted to executive director of publicity and school event strategy at Random House Children’s Books. Cindy Murray has been named VP and senior director of publicity, marketing, and brand strategy for the Harmony Rodale imprints. At Crown and Ten Speed Press, Matt Inman has been promoted to VP and editorial director of entertainment and special projects
At HarperCollins, Theresa Dooley has been promoted to associate director of publicity at Harper. Adam Silverman is being promoted to VP of digital business development at Harpercollins Publishers. Sara Nelson, has been promoted SVP, executive editor at Harper.
At Hachette Book Group, Katherine Robertson is being promoted to associate publicist at Hachette Book Group’s Basic Books and Seals imprints.
At Scholastic, Maria Mercado has been promoted to senior designer. Hope-Elizabeth Darris has been promoted to trade assistant editor, licensing at Scholastic. Katie Fitch has been promoted to art director of licensing, brands, and media at Scholastic. Amanda Trautmann has been promoted to trade publicity coordinator at Scholastic. Mona Tavangar has been promoted to cross channel coordinator for trade at Scholastic. Ezra Aronowitz has been promoted to associate marketing manager for Klutz at Scholastic. Jalen Garcia-Hall has been promoted to trade assistant editor at Scholastic. Lerina Velazquez has been promoted to trade assistant editor at Scholastic. Orlando Dos Reis has been promoted to trade senior editor at Scholastic. Samantha Palazzi has been promoted to trade senior editor at Scholastic. Maeve Norton has been promoted to trade art director at Scholastic. Hope-Elizabeth Darris has been promoted to trade assistant editor, licensing at Scholastic. Katie Fitch has been promoted to art director of licensing, brands, and media at Scholastic. Amanda Trautmann has been promoted to trade publicity coordinator at Scholastic.
At Lerner Publishing Group, Leo Lerner has been promoted to sales associate.
At William B. Eerdmans Publishing Group, Jason Pearson has been promoted to marketing and publicity manager. Will Hearn has been promoted to advertising and promotions coordinator. Jeff Dundas has been promoted to publicity and author care associate.
At Nosy Crow, Avery Cook has been promoted to associate marketing manager.
At Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader, Laura Peraza has been promoted to head of membership and partnership.
At Levine Querido, Irene Vãsquez has been promoted to associate editor and publicist.
At North Carolina Press, Lucas Church is being promoted to executive editor at University of North Carolina Press.
DULY NOTED
Kristin Mehus-Roe and Leah Tracosas Jenness, former Publisher and Publishing Director of Girl Friday Books/Flashpoint Books, opened One+One Books, a book production company that forges creative partnerships with nonprofits, publishers, and corporations who want to make a difference with thoughtfully crafted books.
Hillel Stavis, Founder of WordsWorth Books, died October 20th at 78. He was best known for his work in computerized inventory and online selling and being the cofounder of the WordStock inventory and POS system.
Jordan Miller, Cofounder of Academy Chicago Publishers, died October 18th at 97. When he and his wife Anita Miller retired from publishing in 2013, they sold the press to Chicago Review Press.
Ken Norwick, first amendment and IP lawyer whose clients included the Association of American Literary Agents, died on Oct 30th at 82.
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