PEOPLE At Macmillan, Sarah Crichton will return as Editor-in-Chief for Holt on April 6. She previously ran the Sarah Crichton Books imprint until the line was eliminated. Retha Powers joins the imprint as Editor at Large on May 1; she has been working as Assistant Director at the CCNY Publishing Certificate Program at City College….Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mary Ann Naples will join as VP, Publisher for Hachette Books on April 22. She was previously VP, Publisher at Disney Book Group. At JIMMY Paterson Books, T.S. Ferguson, lately Editor at Harlequin Teen/Inkyard Press, joins as Editor. Joe Davidson, lately Editor at Rizzoli, joins Black Dog & Leventhal in the same position. Annette…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Many changes in Children’s Books: Arthur Levine, Publisher of Arthur A. Levine Books, is leaving Scholastic “to form his own independent publishing company.” His backlist, including the Harry Potter series, remains at Scholastic. At Random House Books for Young Readers, Sonali Fry joins as VP, Publishing Director, effective March 29. She was formerly Publisher…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Effective March 25, Wibke Grütjen, formerly VP, Digital Marketing at Macmillan, joins Hachette Book Group as SVP, Chief Marketing Officer. In other company news, Samantha Gentry, previously Associate Editor at Crown Books for Young Readers, has joined as Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as Editor. Following the restructuring of Macmillan’s sales team, Jeff…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Judith Curr has joined HarperCollins in the newly-created role of President and Publisher of HarperOne, Amistad, and Rayo. She was, until January, the President and Publisher of Simon & Schuster’s Atria Publishing Group. Aimee Bell will join Gallery Books as VP, Editorial Director on April 17; she had been the longtime Deputy Editor at…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mitzi Angel, President for Adult Publishing at Faber & Faber, will return to the US “later this year” to take over as Publisher, SVP of Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Jonathan Galassi is leaving that position but will remain as President and will continue to acquire and edit books. At Celadon Books, Anne Twomey will…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Fritz Foy has become the new President and Publisher of Tom Doherty Associates, while Tom Doherty moves into the role of Chairman. At Holt, Michael Signorelli has left his position as Senior Editor and can be reached at signorelli.michael@gmail.com. And Holly Ingraham, formerly Editor at St. Martin’s, is leaving that role to launch Holly…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Sara Domville will join America’s Test Kitchen on April 24 as Chief Revenue Officer. She was formerly President of F+W Media, which she left last July. Bethany Buck is joining Bloomsbury Children’s as Editorial Director. She had formerly been Editorial Director at Skyhorse’s children’s imprint, Sky Pony Press. At Hachette Audio, Tina McIntyre is…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Ingram Content Group, two new executive officers have been named: Kelly Arnold, who will serve as Chief Legal Officer, and Deanna Steele, who will serve as Chief Information Technology Officer. In addition, Lisa Tomasello has joined as Director of Mass Merchandisers Sales; she was previously Senior National Accounts Manager for Macmillan. At Ingram…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster, Valerie Steiker joins Scribner as Executive Editor on April 17. She had been the longtime culture editor at Vogue. At Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Lauren Hoffman will join on March 27 as VP, Marketing and Publicity. She was most recently VP, Brand Marketing, at MK Creative/Media/Marketing. Nicole Russo returns…Continue Reading
