Tag Archives: DeFiore and Company

Literary Agent Contact Sheet 2022

We’ve updated our Literary Agent Contact Sheet for 2022. The 2022 list has contact information for hundreds of literary agents and agencies in the United States. To conserve space, the word “agency” has been omitted from most listings. Those agencies doing business under a single last name are listed alphabetically, with the agent’s first name…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-July 2022

PEOPLE With the previously announced retirement of long-time Graywolf Press director and publisher Fiona McCrae, the Press has announced that Carmen Giménez will be joining in the role of executive director and publisher, beginning August 8th. She had been publisher of Noemi Press, which she and Evan Lavendar-Smith founded in 2002.  At Simon & Schuster,…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-December 2021

PEOPLE At Knopf, Jennifer Barth joins as SVP, Executive Editor on January 17. She is presently SVP, Executive Editor at HarperCollins. Jess Deitcher joins the audience development team as Director of Backlist Strategy. On January 10, Concepción de León joins Pantheon as Senior Editor; she was most recently Reporter at The New York Times. At…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-March 2021

PEOPLE At Quirk Books, Brett Cohen is resigning as President and Publisher after twenty years with the company. Founder and owner David Borgenicht will return to his previous role as President. Jhanteigh Kupihea has been named Publisher and will lead the creative group. Monika Hewlett has also departed her position as VP, Director of Sales….Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-September 2020

PEOPLE Announced this morning, John Sargent will depart as CEO of Macmillan and Executive VP of Holtzbrinck on January 1. Don Weisberg, President of Macmillan US Trade, will succeed him as CEO of Macmillan Publishers, while Susan Winslow, General Manager of Macmillan Learning, will head that division as President. Also at Macmillan, LaToya Rose has…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-January 2019

PEOPLE Mike Evans has joined McGraw-Hill as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously Chief Operating Officer and CFO at Renaissance, a company specializing in learning analytics for pre-K through 12th grade. At Thomas Nelson, Timothy Paulson has joined as VP and Publisher, beginning February 4. He was most recently General Manager, Science Brands at Kalmbach…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-April 2018

PEOPLE Madeline McIntosh has become CEO of Penguin Random House USA. She had been President, Penguin Publishing Group. Allison Dobson takes over as President of Penguin Publishing Group. Libby McGuire has been named SVP, Publisher of the Atria Publishing Group, beginning April 30. She has been Literary Agent at The Gernert Company since early 2017, before…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early November 2017

PEOPLE At Open Road, Jon Fine has joined as SVP, Publisher, replacing Tina Pohlman. He previously served in an advisory capacity to publishers and start-ups, including working as General Counsel for OptiQly. Maureen O’Connell is departing from her position as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at Scholastic. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jim O’Neill…Continue Reading

Literary Agent Contact Sheet 2017

We’ve updated our Literary Agent Contact Sheet for 2017. The 2017 list has contact information for hundreds of literary agents and agencies in the United States. To conserve space, the word “agency” has been omitted from most listings. Those agencies doing business under a single last name are listed alphabetically, with the agent’s first name in brackets…Continue Reading

Literary Agent Contact Sheet 2016

We’ve updated our Literary Agent Contact Sheet for 2016. The 2016 list has contact information for hundreds of literary agents and agencies in the United States. To conserve space, the word “agency” has been omitted from most listings. Those agencies doing business under a single last name are listed alphabetically, with the agent’s first name in brackets…Continue Reading