Tag Archives: Howland Literary

People Round-Up, Early September 2022

PEOPLE At Scribd, Ariana Hellebuyck joins in the newly-created role of Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently she was VP, Marketing at Life360. At HarperCollins, Abby West joins Amistad as VP and Editorial Director on September 12. Previously she was Director of Inclusive Content Programming at Audible. At HarperCollins Children’s Books, Katie Boni, formerly Publicist at…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-June 2022

PEOPLE At Firebrand Group, founder and longtime head Fran Toolan will retire at the end of January 2023, to be succeeded by Angela Bole, presently CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association. Toolan will continue on as a member of the Firebrand board of directors. Tara Catogge has been named COO of Insight Editions and…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-May 2022

PEOPLE Julia Sommerfeld, Publisher of Amazon Publishing, has been named Head of Brilliance Publishing, in addition to her existing duties. Christopher Werner joins as Editorial Director; he worked previously as Executive Editor for Amazon Publishing. At Pearson, Sulaekha Kolloru has joined as Chief Strategy Officer. Most recently she was VP of International Portfolio Strategy and…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early April 2022

PEOPLE At Beacon Press, Gayatri Patnaik has been named Director, effective June 30, following the retirement of longtime director Helen Atwan. Patnaik has worked at Beacon for twenty years, most recently as Publisher. Avideh Bashirrad joins One World and Dial Press as SVP and Deputy Publisher. She was previously SVP, Deputy Publisher at Random House. Tiffani Ren also joins One…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-November 2021

PEOPLE At Sourcebooks, Cat Onder joins as VP, Publisher, Children’s Books. Most recently she was SVP, Publisher at HMH Books and Media. Stephanie Beard, lately Executive Editor and Subsidiary Rights Director at Turner Publishing Company, joins as Associate Director of Rights and International Sales. Brittany Mmutle joins as Marketing Manager Alison Goff joins Quarto as…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early October 2021

PEOPLE Writer and podcast host Zibby Owens is launching Zibby Books with Leigh Newman, herself a writer as well as Editor-at-Large at Black Balloon. Owens will serve as CEO and Reader-in-Chief; Newman will be President and Editor-in-Chief. Steph Opitz, Founding Director of The Loft Literary Center, joins as VP, Partnerships. Laura Rossi, lately Principal and…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early September 2020

PEOPLE Beginning October 19, Andy Bird will take over as CEO of Pearson. Current CEO John Fallon will continue in the position until then, at which point he will step down from the board and remain as an advisor for the remainder of the year. Kurt Mueller is joining Inkshares as COO. He was previously…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-October 2019

PEOPLE At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Mike Evans, has been named Chief Revenue Officer; he was formerly CFO at McGraw-Hill Education. Rakia Clark joins as Senior Editor; she was most recently Senior Editor at Beacon Press. Marleen Reimer, formerly Senior Scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates, joins as Subsidiary Rights Manager. At HMH Books for Young…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early November 2018

PEOPLE Simon & Schuster announced the 2019/2020 launch of a new imprint, Avid Reader Press. Jofie Ferrari-Adler and Ben Loehnen will serve as, respectively, VP, Publisher and VP, Editor-in-Chief; both are currently Executive Editors at S&S’s flagship imprint. Julianna Haubner is moving over from the Simon & Schuster imprint as Associate Editor. As previously reported,…Continue Reading