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Two years after joining Simon & Schuster as publisher of the adult imprint, SVP Dana Canedy is stepping down to write a sequel to her memoir, A Journal for Jordan. Her sequel, which Simon & Schuster plans to publish in 2024, is currently untitled. Canedy was previously administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Diana Miller has been named VP and executive editor at Knopf. At Penguin Random House Publisher Services, Colleen Murphy has been appointed VP and director of national accounts; she was formerly VP of trade sales, speciality mass market, and production development at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. At Random House Children’s Books, Véronique Sweet joins as art director; previously, she was art director and picture book designer at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Also at Random House Children’s Books, Nadia Vertlib, previously product manager at Whitley, has joined as product manager. Dorothy Boyajy, contracts director at Crown, has retired.
Taryn Roeder, formerly senior director of publicity at HarperCollins’ William Morrow imprint, has joined Abrams as executive director of publicity for adult books.
At Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Erin Toller joins as senior director of marketing. Jill Hacking joins as associate director of marketing operations and events. At Post Hill Press, Adriana Senior joins as west coast acquiring editor-at-large.
Rachel Reiss has joined Shelf Awareness as director of marketing. She was most recently VP, associate publisher for Harlequin Trade Publishers.
Kaitlyn Kennedy, formerly senior account manager at Agency H5, is joining Kaye Publicity, Inc. as publicity director. She can be contacted at kaitlyn@kayepublicity.com.
Tara Lehmann, formerly publicity director at Oni Press, has joined TKO Studios as director of publicity.
Michael Higgins joins Harvard Education Publishing Group as associate director of marketing; he was previously marketing and promotion coordinator at Harvard University Press.
At Ingram Content Group, Caitlin Kleinschmidt, formerly associate director of national accounts at Workman, joins as senior key accounts sales manager for Lightning Source.
At Zibby Books, Kathleen Harris joins as executive editor. Kristine Anderson joins as trade marketing director; formerly, Kristine was marketing director at Quarto. Megan Ruggiero has joined ZCast as marketing manager.
Emily Taber is joining Basic Books and Seal Press as executive editor. She was previously acquisitions editor at MIT Press.
At Scholastic, Liz Palumbo joins as senior production editor; she was formerly associate managing editor at Abrams Children’s Books. Cindy Kim, lately associate editor at Little Simon, has joined Scholastic as editor, ages 0–8.
Stephan Moore, formerly marketing manager at Pushkin, has joined Spiegel & Grau as senior marketing manager. Nicole Dewey joins as publishing director. She will continue to run her PR firm Dewey Media Group.
Julianna Lee Marino has been named education programs manager at the National Book Foundation. Madeleine Shelton has been named awards and honors manager.
At Sourcebooks, India Hunter has joined as production editor. Zach Ramsdell joins as special markets coordinator. Teresa Devanzo joins as national accounts manager.
Betsy Groban has been appointed book review editor of the Jane Austen Society of North America. She can be contacted at betsy.groban@gmail.com.
Emily King, lately acquisitions editor at Fortress Press, has joined University of Notre Dame Press as senior religion editor. She can be contacted at emilyrbrower@gmail.com.
Stephen Fall, formerly foreign editions manager at Eaglemoss, has joined Insight Editions as editor.
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