Tag Archives: Jill Hacking

People Round Up, Early August 2022

PEOPLE 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…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early November 2021

PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster, Tim O’Connell joins as VP, Editorial Director, Fiction, beginning November 8. He was previously Senior Editor at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kevin Oller, lately Assistant Manager at HarperCollins, joins as National Account Manager, Baker & Taylor. Olivia Wilson joins as Manager, National Accounts; she had been International Sales Manager…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-November 2020

PEOPLE Molly Stern, formerly Publisher of Crown, is starting a new publishing company, Zando, and will serve as Chief Executive. The venture’s first books will be published in Fall 2021. Alexander Czik, has been named Director of Operations and Strategy.  He was most recently Associate, Group Strategy and M&A at Macmillan. Penguin Random House is…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-October 2018

PEOPLE Ben Schrank will become SVP, Publisher of Henry Holt effective November 1, succeeding President and Publisher Steve Rubin. Schrank is presently Publisher at Razorbill. On May 1, 2019, Schrank will become President and Publisher and Rubin will become Chairman. Also at Holt, Jack Macrae is retiring after thirty-five years. Most recently he has managed…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-July 2017

PEOPLE At the Library of America, Cheryl Hurley, President, and Geoffrey O’Brien, Editor-in-Chief, will retire at the end of 2017. Hurley will be succeeded by Max Rudin, who is currently Publisher; a replacement will be sought for O’Brien. Frank Autunnale has been named Chief Financial Officer for the Independent Publishers Group (IPG) and its subsidiaries, replacing Cara Semple, who has left…Continue Reading