People Round Up, Early November, 2024

PEOPLE

At Penguin Random House’s Ten Speed Press, GB Tran has joined as designer. Barbara Fillon has joined the PRH author development team as VP, director of media, author development.

As part of RBmedia’s acquisition, this week Dreamscape has laid-off several people across 10 positions. Further details have yet to be disclosed.

At Simon & Schuster, Stuart Roberts, formerly executive editor at Dey Street Books, has joined as VP, executive editor and special projects. Katherine Nintzel will join as VP, editorial director of Atria Books on November 11th. She was previously with the William Morrow Group for the past 20 years, most recently as VP, editorial director, fiction for Mariner Books.

Hachette has made the following announcements: Fia Senesie has joined Little,Brown and Company as studio manager. June Park has joined as art director, previously she was senior designer at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Keith Hayes has joined as senior art director, he was previously creative director at Flatiron Books.

PEN America announced that CEO Suzanne Nossel is leaving to become the new president and CEO at Freedom House. Summer Lopez and Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf are being promoted to co-CEOs.

At Macmillan Publishers, Andrew Faber has joined as academic marketing associate. Brittany Hazelwood has joined as assistant general counsel, legal.

Sourcebooks sees Kate Boggs join as associate director, subsidiary rights. Kimi Loughlin joins as regional indie sales manager: New England. Sophie Juhlin joins as inside sales manager. Pamela Bobowicz joins as editor for Callisto. Emma Bagnall joins as digital marketing associate. Henry Holt sees Abigail Novak join as associate director of publicity. She was formerly at Scribner.

Ingram Content Group sees Sree Ravela has joined as associate director of publicity. She was previously at Scribner.

Black + White has announced founder and executive publisher Campbell Brown will leave the company this month.

At Abrams, Amy Vinchesi has joined as managing editor. Chris Ryall has joined ComicArts as editor-at-large and Justin Lee join as systems support technician.

At Ulysses Press, Brian McLendon has joined as VP of marketing and publisher of Velopress imprint; previously he was the former VP and associate publisher and marketing director at Grand Central Publishing.

At Zando, Sam Mitchell has joined as director of publicity.

Chronicle Books sees Isabel Hinchiff join as assistant editor.

Eerdman Publishing Company sees Alana Pedalino join Eerdmans Books for Young Readers as marketing associate.

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In Agency News…

Georgia Bodnar has launched her own agency Noyan Literary. She was previously with UTA.

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PROMOTIONS

Penguin Random House has launched the Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group and will now comprise Waterbrook, Multinomah, Image, and Forum. Campbell Wharton will take over as SVP, publisher of the new group. He will report to CFO Michael Sansigre. Tina Constable will take on the new role of EVP, business development and also report to Sansigre.

Penguin Random House will now have the Convergent imprint join Harmony and Rodale. Convergent editorial director Derek Reed will report to Harmony, Rodale president Theresa Zoro. SVP, deputy publisher Gail Gonzales will work across the imprints as will publishing manager Claire Readie. Cindy Murray was named VP, senior director of publicity for Harmony, Rodale Books, and Convergent. Deputy director Steven Boriack, senior publicist Alisse Goldsmith-Wissman, assistant director of publicity Ray Arjune, and publicity manager Kelly Doyle will report to her.

Penguin Random House has promoted Jessalyn Foggy to senior director of marketing for Harmony, Rodale Books, and Convergent. Senior manager Rachel Tockstein, marketing manager Jonathan Sung, marketing associate Anna Hayes, marketing associate Elizabeth Groening, and marketing assistant Keilani Lum will now report to her.

Hachette has promoted Kirin Diemont to associate art director at Little, Brown and Company.

At Simon & Schuster, Katie Monaghan has been promoted to VP and senior director of publicity and marketing for Stephan King titles at Scribner. Kassandra Engel has been promoted to publicity manager at Scribner. Bryn Manion has been promoted to director, sales analysis & sales operations. Simon & Schuster Children’s has promoted Heather Palisi-Reyes to art director at Aladdin and Pulse. Julia Shea has been promoted to designer. Sarah Taylor has been promoted to senior designer. Sabrina Pyun has been promoted to associate editor at Scribner. Sophie Guimaraes has been promoted to assistant editor.

Macmillan Publishers has promoted Taylor Armstrong to director, diversified sales. Sameer Chaudhari has been promoted to VP of finance. Emily Chung has been promoted to senior manager of human resources and information systems. LaShauna Cooke has been promoted to senior manager, meeting services. Diego A. Molano Rodriguez has been promoted to associate director, ebook lead, sales. Laura O’Dea has been promoted to senior director, business systems for Biblio. Tova Rohatiner has been promoted to senior engineer of technology. Allison Yeager has been promoted to manager of data privacy. Devin Sukhu has been promoted to senior engineer on the technology team.

Kensington Publishing Corporation has promoted Kristin McLaughlin to assistant director of digital marketing. Kait Johnson has been promoted to social media manager. Andi Paris is being promoted to digital marketing manager.

Scholastic has promoted Teresa Malik to associate director of licensing, media, and brands. Samantha Swank has been promoted to senior editor. Lori Wieczorek has been promoted to senior editor. Emily Nguyen has been promoted to associate editor. Jonah Newman has been promoted to editor. Jooahn Kwon, formerly graphic designer at Simon & Schuster Children’s has joined Scholastic assenior graphic designer.

At Columbia University Press, Christine Dunbar has been promoted to editorial director, succeeding Eric Schwartz.

Union Square & Co. has promoted Mika Kasuga to the newly created role of editorial director, fiction & classics.

Grove Atlantic has promoted Erica Nuñez to director of audio. Joseph Payne has been promoted to associate editor and subsidiary rights associate.

Spines, has announced that Michael Kellman has recently joined as the chief product officer. Kellman was previously senior director of product management at Audible.

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DULY NOTED

South Korean author, Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

The University of Cincinnati has announced it will be shutting down the press on June 30, 2025. Its backlist will be transferred to University of Minnesota Press and Ohio University Press.

Comedian, actor, and author Kate Mckinnon is set to host the 2024 National Book Awards Ceremony on November 20th. This year will mark 75 years and will be held at Cipriani in New York City.

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EVENTS

Oct 28- Nov 5th

Istanbul Book Fair

Istanbul, TR

Nov 1st-3rd

Cape Cod Book Festival

Cape Cod, MA

Nov 6-10th

Dublin Book Fair

Dublin, IRE

Nov 6-10th