PEOPLE
At Macmillan, St. Martin’s Press, Lisa Senz who’s been with the company for more than thirty years is retiring from her current position as VP, associate publisher, effective March 14. With her departure, the imprint has announced the following changes: Anne Marie Tallberg will become SVP, publishing director, fiction. She will oversee all SMP fiction, excluding Minotaur, Wednesday Books and Saturday Books. Laura Clark will become VP, publishing director, nonfiction. She will oversee all nonfiction, including St. Martin’s Essentials.
At Hachette Book Group, Sara Munjack has joined as director of diversity, equity, and inclusion. She was previously director of DEI at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
At Penguin Random House, Daniel Denning joins as senior marketing manager of Ballantine Books Group. He was previously at Union Square & Co.. Sophie Normil joins as senior marketing manager. She was previously at Gallery. Emily Siegmund joins as marketing manager. She previously worked in sales at Penguin Random House. Christiane Bezerra has joined as senior production designer at Random House Children’s. Most recently she was senior graphic designer at Thomson Reuters. Priyanka Godbole has joined as publicist. Most recently she was publicist, corporate communications, at Scholastic. Rachel Jensen has joined as a publicist. Most recently she was publicist at FINN Partners. At Ten Speed Press, Adah Li has joined as assistant editor. Adah was formerly at Algonquin Young Readers.
At HarperCollins, Sarah George has joined as marketing associate in the academic marketing department. She was previously at Sourcebooks. At HarperCollins Children’s, Lindsey Triebel has joined as senior publicist. She was previously publicity and marketing coordinator at Health Communications.
At Simon & Schuster, Irene Harris joins the distribution client team as associate national account manager, Amazon. She was previously sales account coordinator at Amazon at Candlewick Press. Caroline Bonin has been named business analyst, sales and demand planning. Elisabeth Kingren-Hawkins has been named business analyst. At Atria Books, Molly Burgoyne, Kayla Slusser, and Jessica Laino have joined as publicity assistants. Cailin Duffy, formerly lead bookseller at Burton’s Bookstore, is joining Gallery Books as publishing assistant.
Faber US has been launched by UK publisher Faber & Faber and will be overseen from Faber’s London offices by Mallory Ladd, director, Faber US and international sales, and Sara Talbot, sales director. Brittany Dennison has joined as senior publicist. Previously, she was at Artisan Books. Travis Smith has joined as senior marketing manager. He was most recently at Algonquin Books. Both will be based in the US. PGW will distribute for the division, as it has for Faber UK.
At Bloomsbury, Camille Kellogg, senior editor at Bloomsbury Children’s Books, is leaving the company to become a freelance editor. She can be reached at Camille.Kellogg@gmail.com.
At Scholastic, Kieran Viola has joined as executive editor. Viola was previously deputy publisher at Disney Hyperion and National Geographic Kids.
Berrett-Koehler Publishers has named Steven Piersanti to CEO,CFO, and publisher. He succeeds CEO Praveen Madan. Kristen Frantz has been named COO and SVP of sales & marketing, and joins the board.
At Sourcebooks, Andrew Arthur has joined as production coordinator. Angela Corpus, formerly associate director of marketing and publicity at Quarto, has joined as marketing director of nonfiction.
Ploughshares has named John Skoyles to interim editor in chief of the literary journal.
Emily Ritter has launched Emily Ritter Digital Marketing. Most recently she was the director of brand development for Sarah J. Maas.
At Zibby Publishing, Vanessa Vazquez-Watts has joined as director of sales operations. She was previously executive director of client services at Hachette Book Group. Holly Mauskopf has joined as business manager. Jordan Herskowitz has joined as director of impact.
At Kids Can Press, Dylan Earle, formerly content coordinator at Nelson Education, has joined as sales assistant.
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In Agency News…
Spencerhill Associates Literary Agency have promoted Sandy Harding and Ali Herring to senior agent.
At BookEnds Literary, Allegra Martschenko has joined as literary agent. They were previously at Ladderbird Literary Agency.
At Jane Rotrosen Agency, Danielle Marshall has joined as an agent.
At The Rights Factory, Clara Chuiton has joined as associate agent. She was previously at Olswanger Literary.
2 Seas Agency now handles foreign rights sales for all of Astra Publishing House with the addition of DAW.
Azantian Literary Agency has promoted Alexandra Weiss to literary agent and will take on the new role of agency manager. Larissa Melo Pienkowski joined as literary agent. She was previously at Jill Grinberg Literary Management.
Transatlantic Agency has named Rachel Letofsky as senior agent. She was previously at CookeMcDermid.
Franklin & Siegal Associates has been appointed adult, YA, and middle grade scout for Editura Trei in Romania, effective February 15.
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PROMOTIONS
At Penguin Random House, Jinna Shin has been promoted to art director. Trisha Previte and Monique Razzouk have been promoted to senior designer. Lauren Clauss has been promoted to senior editor, licensed publishing. Emily Shapiro has been promoted to associate editor at Labyrinth Road. Cyrus Kheradi has been promoted to executive VP, international sales, marketing, and business development. At Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Diana Secker Tesdell has been promoted to executive editor, Vintage Classics and Everyman’s Library. Chris Howard-Woods has been promoted to associate editor at Doubleday. Amanda Orenstein has been promoted to assistant director, strategic insights. At Random House Children’s, Chris Angelilli has been promoted to SVP and editor-in-chief of licensed publishing.
At Scholastic, Mandy Earles has been promoted to senior publicist. Brooke Shearouse has been promoted to director, publicity.
Derek Stordahl, SVP of global planning and integration for Walker Books Group, will depart the company this month. In his current role, he led the rights and publishing teams at Holiday House and Peachtree. He may be reached at derek.stordahl@gmail.com
At Grove Atlantic, Zoe Harris has been promoted to assistant editor, continuing to report to CEO and publisher Morgan Entrekin.
Simon & Schuster has promoted Michael Mahoney to SVP, chief technology officer. Sandeep Patel has been promoted to director, application development.
At Graywolf Press, Anni Liu has been promoted to editor. Brittany Torres Rivera has been promoted to assistant editor. Maggie Southard Gladstone has been promoted to the newly created role of director of publicity and strategy, fiction and special projects.
Princeton University Press has promoted Laura Lassen to editorial associate.
At Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Christy Kirk has been promoted to associate director of marketing. Elsa Frantz has been promoted to a full-time position as sales, marketing and publicity specialist. Alexis Woodcock has been promoted to editorial administrator.
At Phaidon, Ellis Smith has been promoted to managing editor. Jules Spector has been promoted to assistant editor. Phoebe Stephenson has been promoted to assistant editor.
Writers House has promoted Sofia Bolido to assistant manager, global licensing.
At Sourcebooks, Valeria Pierce has been promoted to executive director, retail marketing and creative services.
At Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree Publishing, Shaelyn McDaniel has been promoted to assistant director of consumer marketing. Pam Consolazio has been promoted to associate art director. Nada Kamalhedayat has been promoted to senior consumer marketing coordinator.
At Diversion Publishing, Mark Fretz has been promoted to associate publisher of Radius Book Group.
At TvS Media Group Hannah Boardman has been promoted to publicist.
At Zibby Publishing, Katie Teas has been promoted to associate director of publicity. Sierra Grazia has been promoted publishing manager. Alex Feigin has been promoted to marketing and editorial associate.
At Milkweed Editions, Madi McLaughlin has been promoted to advancement manager. Sean Beckford has been promoted to associate editor. Morgan LaRocca has been promoted to senior publicist.
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DULY NOTED
Publishing entrepreneurs Chris Gruener and Keith Riegert have launched The Stable Book Group, a collective of four independent publishers, She Writes Press, Trafalgar Square Books, Ulysses Press, and VeloPress and the newly established Galpón Press, coming in as a client, and Mountain Gazette Books, as a partner. The new company will distribute via S&S and operate out of Petaluma CA and Brooklyn NY.
At the Association of American Publishers, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray was elected board chair. Chronicle president Tyrrell Mahoney was elected vice chair. Taylor & Francis managing director, books Jeremy North was re-elected treasurer and Elsevier chair YS Chi remains an officer as immediate past chair.
At the American Booksellers Association, Talia Whyte has been named to the board.
Spotify partners with The Blacklist on a mental health grant award for fiction writers. The deadline to apply is July 8th, 2025.
The longlist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction was announced on February 3rd.
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