People
At Harper Collins, Matthew Sciarappa joins as senior director of Marketing, leading marketing for Mariner and “spearheading his own campaigns across other groups.” He was previously at Knopf. Scott Sanders also joins as vice president, online & digital sales, reporting to president of sales Stephanie Fryling. Sanders was previously at Amazon.
Macmillan brings on Tessa Shanks as senior director, finance. She was most recently at Hachette. Helene Webb recently joined as manager, trade sales, premium & corporate. Anna Breck comes on as platform engineer, platform development. DJ DeSmyter joined as director, social media & community growth strategy, CIMA. Joseph DiGrandi joined as assistant editor, Fablelistik.
Julia Fink and Laura Southern joined as associates, contracts and Tim Foszcz joined as associate, trade sales. Raul Jennings joined as benefits administrator, Total Rewards. Brittany Jones joined as AI training specialist, talent programs. Joselin Pichardo joined as manager, production, publishing operations and Lauren Prates joined as associate, inventory planning, supply chain.
Bookshop.org brings on Katie Mitchell as manager of bookstore partnerships.
At Octopus, Samantha Warrington has joined as publisher of Pyramid and commercial partnerships. She was previously at Quarto and Search Press.
Overdrive announced that Liz Carrasco has joined as Chief Technology Officer. She was most recently director of architecture at Rotary International.
At Hagfish Studio, Maddie Crum, Michele Moses, and Mallika Rao have joined as editorial consultants. Crum also co-edits Joyland Editions, Moses is an assistant editor at The Yale Review, and Rao is a member of the editorial staff at The New Yorker.
In Agency News…
The Association of American Literary Agents has re-elected Regina Brooks at Serendipity Literary Agency to a second term as president. Tess Callero at Europa Content and Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Starling Literary + Media were elected co–vice presidents and Eva Scalzo at Speilburg Literary Agency is secretary.
KT Literary brings on Rebecca Matte as an agent. She was previously at Bradford Literary Agency.
At Storyteller Talent Agency, Kelli Marshall joins as literary agent.
Heirloom Literary & Media has Sahar Kashi joining as literary agent, building a list in the YA and adult spaces. She previously served as head of development and production at Three Things Productions.
Brooke Parsons has launched Parsons Publicity. She was most recently at Fortier Public Relations. She can be reached at brooke@parsonspublicity.com
At Raven Quill Literary Agency, Chelsea Moyer has been promoted to literary agent.
Eccles Fisher Associates has Brianna Zimmerman joining as senior US scout, parental leave cover.
Promotions
Promotions at Harper Collins include Alyssa Millerto assistant director of marketing and publicity for Amistad. Kasey Feather has been promoted to associate director of marketing for Dey Street and Rachel Berquist has been promoted to associate director of marketing for Morrow fiction.
Sourcebooks promotes Jess Elliott to director of sales, mass merch & children’s strategy, Raquel Latko to director of sales, mass merch adult, Keldyn Miller to assistant sales manager, mass merch, and Keri Haddrill to sales manager, national accounts, mass merch.
New World Library promotes Kevin Votel to associate publisher/director marketing & sales and Kristen Cashman to executive editor.
At Abrams, Francis Coy has been promoted to associate manager, digital.
At Tundra, Sophie Paas-Lang has been promoted to senior designer, Margot Blankier has been promoted to editor, and Ashley Rhamey has been promoted to associate editor.
Zando promotes Sarah Goldstein to assistant editor.
At Beacon Press, Caitlin Meyer has been promoted to director of publicity and will now lead the publicity and communications efforts.
The University of North Carolina Press promotes Catherine Hodorowicz to senior editor.
Duly Noted
The Book Industry Study Group named Skip Dye, senior vice president at Penguin Random House, the 2026 recipient of the Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service. Kris Kliemann, founder of Kliemann & Company, was also named the recipient of the Book Industry Study Group’s 2026 Industry Champion Award.
Biographers International Organization (BIO) will give Doubleday publisher and editor-in-chief Bill Thomas their 2026 Editorial Excellence Award, honoring outstanding work in the service of biography and literature.
The 2026 Hugo Award winners have been announced. The list of category winners and nominations can be found here.