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People Round Up, April, 2026

April 1, 2026

PEOPLE

At Penguin Random House, Amy Trotter joins as manager, inventory operations, reporting to Danielle Procter. Trotter was previously at Amplify Education. Michelle Jaramillo joins as business analyst in the Publishing Operation Systems team. BOOM! continues to undergo restructuring with their integration into Random House Worlds. Associate marketing manager Anthony Mauro and executive editor Kwanza Osajyefo Johnson have been laid off. Michael Kelly will join the RHW leadership team and continue to lead BOOM! as vp, publisher, reporting to SVP, publisher Keith Clayton. VP, deputy publisher Julie Leung will now oversee BOOM! in addition to the other RHW imprints. Bryce Carlson, who becomes vp, business development & special projects, will lead direct-to-consumer efforts for all imprints. Josh Hayes becomes imprint sales director, overseeing sales and distribution for BOOM!, Inklore, and direct-to-consumer programs. Austin Yi becomes the rights associate for BOOM!. The BOOM! marketing team, including marketing manager Alya Kronsberg and marketing associate Grecia Martinez, will join the RHPG marketing group, reporting to vp, senior director of marketing and publicity for Random House Worlds, David Moench. Adrian Lopez will continue to lead BOOM! community engagement. Penguin Life brings on Julia Pollacco as senior commissioning editor.

Hachette brings on Shelby Sweet as associate national account manager, overseeing library and academic accounts including Overdrive, Apple Books, and Libro.fm. Madi Fortich joined as digital sales analyst.

At Macmillan, Beth Steidle has joined as art director, Fablelistik.

At Sourcebooks, Jason Arvelo joins as vice president of data & analytics. He was previously at Macmillan, where he had the same title of vp of data science & analytics.

At NetGalley, Carson Filips has joined as social media manager.

Feminist Press has Caro Llewellyn joining as executive director and Dr. Norrell Edwards has taken the role of chair of the board of directors. Llewellyn previously served as director of the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.

At Pavilion Publishing, Cara Armstrong is returning to the imprint as editorial director. Most recently she was at DK Living.

Yale University Press has both publicity director Brenda King and senior publicist Robert Pranzatelli retiring at the end of this month. Both have spent over 20+ years with the press.

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In Agency News…

At SBR Media, Diego Harrison has been promoted to senior literary agent. Jo-Ann Carol has joined as film and television agent.

Rosecliff Literary has Rita Veras joining as an associate agent.

Transatlantic Agency promotes Lisa Rambert to literary agent.

At P.S. Literary Agency, Gemma Paynter has joined as associate literary agent. She was previously product manager at Harlequin.

At The Caldwell Agency, Sarah Gerton has joined as literary agent & audio rights manager, focusing on romantasy, speculative fiction, and hybrid authors. Previously, she was at New Leaf Literary.

At Aragi, literary agent Frances Coady is retiring.

Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management has Abby Zidle joining as creative development manager. She was most recently an executive editor at Gallery. Olivia Malesco joins as international rights manager. Previously, she was associate rights manager at Amazon Publishing.

At CLMP, Gracie Rittenberg joins as membership senior manager. She was previously at Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency.

Daniela Schlingmann Literary Scouting is now scouting for Giunti and Bompiani in the UK and US markets, and key international markets.

Alanna Feldman Scouting has been appointed US Scout for Bastei Lübbe in Germany. The firm will be scouting for Lübbe’s children’s/YA, adult fiction, and adult non-fiction divisions.

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PROMOTIONS

Penguin Publishing Group promotes Jordan Aaronson to associate director, marketing strategy. Carolina Meurkens is promoted to senior manager, multicultural marketing. Andrew Taets is promoted to associate marketing manager. Penguin Press promotes Victoria Laboz to assistant editor. At Random House Children’s, Caroline Lese has been promoted to subrights associate. Penguin Random House Audio promotes Kate Smith to senior publicist, listening library. Marissa Secreto has been promoted to marketing manager. Abby Nutter is promoted to executive editor, content acquisitions. Leah Jackson is promoted to senior editor, content acquisitions. Carly Quinn is promoted to editor, content acquisitions. Desiree Johnson has been promoted to associate editor, Listening Library, and Una James is promoted to associate, licensing & business development. At Penguin Random House Christian, Matthew Burdette has been promoted to senior editor for the Image and Forum imprint. BOOM! promotes Alex Larned to associate publisher, Del Rey and Random House Worlds, and Marcelle Iten Busto to publishing associate. Berkeley promotes Lance Serafica to digital marketing associate.

Macmillan promotes Leah Carlson-Stanisic to senior director, design. Within Macmillan Children’s, promotions include Allison Verost who has been named publishing director of Henry Holt Books for Young Readers and Godwin Books, with a larger group of imprints under her oversight; she will continue to report to Besser. As before, Verost will oversee FSG Books for Young Readers, First Second, 23rd Street, Neon Squid, and Priddy. Emilia Sowersby will join Holt BYR, and Ann Marie Wong and Laura Godwin will report to Verost.Calista Brill promoted to vice president, executive editorial director at First Second. At Balzer + Bray, Lavell Nero has been promoted to assistant editor. Samantha Sacks has been promoted to senior publicist and Sara Elroubi has been promoted to associate publicist. Kaitlin Loss has been promoted to associate director, subsidiary rights. Laura Hernandez has been promoted to senior marketing manager and Katie Quinn has been promoted to director, marketing. Kat Kopit has been promoted to director, production editorial and Ilana Worrell has been promoted to senior manager, production editorial. Kortney Nash has been promoted to associate editor at Holt Children’s. Hana Tzou has been promoted to assistant editor. Phoebe Liu has joined as associate designer. She was previously a Chronicle Books design fellow.

Promotions at Tor Publishing Group include Emily Mlynek to senior director of marketing, Becky Yeager to associate director, ad promo and marketing, and Tyrinne Lewis to senior marketing manager. Tiana Tolbert has been promoted to senior social media manager. Samantha Friedlander has been promoted to associate marketing manager. Erin Robinson has been promoted to associate manager, publishing operations, Lizzy Hosty has been promoted to associate manager, publishing strategy, and Alexa Best has been promoted to publishing strategy associate. Jesse Shamon has been promoted to designer, AdPromo.

Harper Collins restructures their sales department into two categories, Divisional Sales and Channel Sales. With this restructuring, promotions include Kelly Roberts to SVP, deputy director of sales, leading the divisional sales team. VP, children’s sales Monica Shah‘s role will expand to oversee the national accounts channel for adult and children’s. Jen Wygand has been promoted to senior director, national accounts and brand management, continuing to report to Shah. VP, mass merch Stefanie Lindner will oversee all mass merch for adult and children’s titles. Marianna Ricciuto has been promoted to the new role of director, online sales, overseeing audio and digital. Jess Abel has been promoted to director, online sales, overseeing children’s print and ebooks at Amazon.

Sourcebooks promotes Christy Droege to vice president of Strategic Planning/Analysis and Supply Chain. In her expanded role, Droege will lead strategic planning and analysis while strengthening the systems and supply chain. She has been with the company for over 20 years.

At Hachette promotions include Cristal Sanchez to national account manager, overseeing Audible, Spotify, Kobo, Chirp, and Scribd/Everand.

Simon and Schuster promotes Diana Arena assistant manager, independent retail sales.

Yankee Publishing promotes Ernesto Burden to president and CEO.

At Writers House, Matt Fulton has been promoted to general counsel & director of business affairs.

At Candlewick Press, Holiday House, Peachtree, Madison Karpiej has been promoted to associate manager, marketing materials production, Candlewick. Megan Brearley has been promoted to associate production editor, Holiday House and Peachtree.

At St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Layla Yuro and Susannah Noel are promoted to senior production editors.

Podium Entertainment promotes Andy Dodds to senior director of acquisitions.

At Yale University Press, promotions include Jennifer Doerr to publicity director and Amanda Cordero to senior publicist.

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DULY NOTED

Scholastic begins to buy back up to $200 million in shares. They are paying between $36 to $40 per share and will gain back about 25% of shares outstanding.

Penguin Random House closes Dial Books for Young Readers. The imprint was launched in 1961. Some employees are being let go, while others will be joining other PRH young reader imprints.

Judge Colleen McMahon states that author Tracy Wolff did not plagiarize her series Crave. The lawsuit was filed in 2022 by author Lynne Freeman, who stated that the series was plagiarized from her unpublished manuscript Blue Moon Rising. After reading the Crave series and multiple drafts of Blue Moon Rising, Judge McMahon found Tracy Wolff not guilty.

It has been reported that Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group is closing their imprint Roaring Book Press, which published picture books, fiction books, and nonfiction books for young readers. Following this, they will launch a yet-to-be-named nonfiction and illustrated book imprint. VP, publishing director Connie Hsu leads the new imprint, with executive editor Emily Feinberg and associate editor Nico Ore-Giron joining and reporting to her. Hsu will also manage Odd Dot & Roaring Brook backlist. With these changes, it was reported that six people have been laid off from MCPG.

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EVENTS

April 10-12th, 2026

Teche Literary Festival

New Iberia, LA

April 11th, 2026

BAM! Festival

West Palm Beach, FL

April 13-16th

Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Bologna, Italy

April 16-18th, 2026

Spring Fling Writers Conference

Chicago, IL

April 17-19th

Get Lit! Festival

Eastern Washington University, Washington

April 18th, 2026

Midwest Literary Walk

Chelsea, MI

April 18-19th

Book Con

Javits Center, NYC

April 23rd-25th, 2026

Las Vegas Writers Conference

Las Vegas, NV

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People Round Up, Late March, 2026

By PT Editors

March 16, 2026

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As widely announced on March 9, Greg Greeley has been named Chief Executive Officer of Simon & Schuster “effective immediately”. He succeeds Jonathan Karp, who had announced that he would step down to launch and lead a new imprint, Simon Six. Most recently, Greeley served as an investor and advisor to a range of technology and consumer companies. From 1999 to 2018 he had held a variety of positions at Amazon.

Bloomsbury has Jaime Leifer joining the adult trade division as Publishing Director, as of April 13. Leifer will oversee the adult literary fiction list as well as the nonfiction list, reporting to Bloomsbury U.S. President Sabrina McCarthy. Leifer was most recently the publisher of Columbia Global Reports.

At Penguin Random House, Andres Taborda joins as IT, solutions architect, client systems design. Helen Macdonald joins as senior manager, digital workflow development and support – editorial, reporting to John Tomaselli.

Little Brown has Lauren Chung joining as publicist with a focus on the Spark and Voracious lists. Chung was previously at Crown and Clarkson Potter. Hachette Audio brings on Christina Claverie-Williams as digital content specialist. She was most recently director of communications and brand development for DP Hospitality. At Forever, Ashley Imanë Fields has joined as editor and Oriel Voegele has joined as marketing & publicity associate.

At Princeton Univeristy Press, Shaun Manning has joined as midwest sales representative. Manning was previously at University of Michigan Press. Malaya Jimenez becomes international rights associate.

Springer Nature has Anna Troise joining as president, North America, based in the New York office and will be reporting to Steven Inchcoombe, president, research.

At Kensington, Julia Young has joined as community manager for influencer and fan engagement. She was previously events manager at Four Seasons Books.

Sourcebooks has Allison Gomez joining as regional indie sales manager south.

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In Agency News…

Metamorphosis Literary Agency brings on Olivia Emerick as assistant agent.

At Britt Siess Creative Management, Carleen Geisler has joined as an agent, representing non-fiction and upmarket literary fiction and bringing her previous clients with her. She was most recently at P.S. Literary.

At Context Literary Agency, Celsie Moseley is promoted to foreign rights associate

Emerald City Literary Agency has closed. Owner Mandy Hubbard told Publishers Lunch that she is “embarking on a change in career.” Agent Linda Epstein left the agency in October.

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PROMOTIONS

Simon and Schuster promotes Lexi Mangano to vice president, adult mass merchandiser & distributor sales. Math Monahan has been promoted to the newly created position of lead art director of the Simon & Schuster flagship imprint. He succeeds Jackie Seow, who will retire in late April.

At Hachette Book Group, Michael Shoults is promoted to ceo of US distribution, leading distribution for in-house and client publishers. Liana Stillman is promoted to accounts receivable supervisor. Jennifer Ha is promoted to senior finance director of the Little Brown division. Nicole Ostaszewski is promoted to senior financial analyst. Kristin Bain is promoted to senior account manager, finance. Liz Hydro has been promoted to senior accountant. Kellie Dean is promoted to senior cost coordinator. Julie Rodriguez is promoted to senior director, digital operations. Bridget Vellturo and Kate Lopaze have been promoted to senior digital operations manager. Emily Baker has been promoted to senior production associate, reporting to Vellturo. Rae Foote is promoted to assistant director of marketing technology & operations. Adrianne Hutto is promoted to marketing coordinator, working with audio and central marketing teams. Mariya Delano has joined as manager, email, retention, and automation marketing. Natali Cavanagh is promoted to advertising manager, children’s books. Victoria Crow is promoted to advertising associate, programmatic. Rachel Rodriguez will join the TikTok Shops team as marketing and operations associate. Sophia Kloster is promoted to associate, Hachette speakers bureau and marketing strategy. Jerrad Matthew has been promoted to senior manager, digital marketing.

Within Grand Central, Natalie Bautista has been promoted to associate editor, Balance. Amina Iro has been promoted to editor, Legacy Lit. Morgan Spehar has been promoted to assistant editor. Maya Lewis has been promoted to senior marketing manager, Legacy Lit & GCP. YY Liak has been promoted to designer. Alexander Lozano has been promoted to designer. Leena Oropez has been promoted to associate marketing manager. Megan Perritt-Jacobson has been promoted to senior publicity director, nonfiction. Caitlin Sacks has been promoted to associate art director. Alana Spendley has been promoted to senior marketing manager. Lauren Sum has been promoted to publicist. At Forever, Junessa Viloria has been promoted to executive editor. Sam Brody and Sabrina Flemming have been promoted to editor. Grace Fischetti has been promoted to associate editor. Dana Cuadrado has been promoted to publicity & marketing manager. Alli Rosenthal has been promoted to senior publicist.

Within Workman and Workman Kids, David Schiller becomes vp, group creative director, Workman. Shoshana Gutmajer is promoted to executive editor, Artisan. Bridget Monroe Itkin is promoted to executive editor, Artisan. Jamie Thompson is promoted to editorial director, Workman Calendars and senior editor, Black Dog & Leventhal. Megan Nicolay is promoted to editorial director of activity, novelty & gift at Workman Kids. Gracie Elliott is promoted to senior editor at Workman Kids. Katie Campbell is promoted to associate editor at Workman Kids. Ying Cheng is promoted to senior designer at Workman Calendars. Jack Dunnington is promoted to associate art director at Workman. Reagan Ruff is promoted to designer at Workman. Claudia Fernandez is promoted to marketing coordinator at Workman, Artisan, and Black Dog & Leventhal. Karen Edwards is promoted to vice president, editorial director, educational resources at Workman Kids. Amanda Trautmann is promoted to senior publicist at Workman Kids. Nicole Higman is promoted to senior director of digital marketing and creative services. At Storey Hannah Fries is promoted to executive editor.

At Hachette Audio, Laura Essex has been promoted to senior audio editor and Allison Lane has been promoted to audio preproduction associate. At Running Press, Shannon Fabricant has been promoted to vp/publisher. Jenna McBride has been promoted to design director. Kyle Moore has been promoted to assistant production manager. Annie Brag has been promoted to senior publicist. Anna Shura has been promoted to assistant editor. At Avalon Travel, Ajà Miller has been promoted to assistant editor. Brittney McKinley has been promoted to marketing associate. At Little Brown, Julia DeVarti, Liv Ryan, and Morgan Wu have been promoted to associate editor. Aayushi Agarwal and Darcy Glastonbury have been promoted to associate publicist.

At Union Square, Elke Villa has been promoted to vice president, associate publisher, in addition to her role as director of marketing and publicity. Barbara Berger has been promoted to the newly created role of executive editor, assistant backlist manager. Michael Coulter has been promoted to editor. Kaylie Pendleton has been promoted to studio manager at Union Square Design. At Union Square Kids, Stefanie Chin has been promoted to editor. Mariana Seibold has been promoted to assistant editor. Julie Robine has been promoted to associate art director. At Union Square Gift, Caitlin Cromley Linn has been promoted to associate editor and Stacy Forte has been promoted to associate art director.

Penguin Random House promotes Laura Corless to assistant director, art & design in the Penguin Orange Interior Design group. Abby Duval has been promoted to senior production editor. Gabriella Modugno has been promoted to production associate. At Appetite, Lindsay Paterson has been promoted to associate publisher. Random House Publishing Group promotes Kara Cesare to svp, editor-in-chief of the Ballantine Bantam Dell group, reporting to svp, publisher Jennifer Hershey. Ballantine fiction editorial director Hilary Teeman is promoted to vp and will lead the fiction team, along with executive editor Julian Pavia, who is promoted to vp. Mary Reynics is promoted to editorial director, nonfiction, leading the Ballantine nonfiction team with editorial director, nonfiction Sara Weiss. Sydney Collins is promoted to editor, reporting to Weiss. Ivanka Perez is promoted to assistant editor. Shauna Summers is promoted to vp, editor-in-chief of Dell Delacorte, leading the imprint and reporting to Cesare. Reporting to Summers are Alicia Clancy, who is promoted to editorial director, Dell; and Mae Martinez, who is promoted to editor. Emma Caruso has been promoted to editorial director, Dial Delights. At Penguin Random House Publisher Services, Brianne Fong is promoted to associate director, client operations and special projects. Collin Baker is promoted to senior associate, client operations. At Penguin Young Readers, Lizzie Goodell has been promoted to senior publicity manager. At Dutton, Lara Blackman joins as executive editor. She was previously senior acquisitions editor, original audio at S&S Audio.

At Abrams, promotions include Melanie Chang to head of corporate & engagement communications. Cristina Gilbert has been promoted to vice president of marketing. Julie Christopher has been promoted to vice president of brand strategy.

At St. Martin’s Press, Brigitte Dale is promoted to editor. Grace Gay and Claire Cheek are promoted to associate editor. Madeline Alsup, Jill Schuck, Katie Holt, and Jackie Pfeil are promoted to assistant editor. Sophia Lauriello is promoted to publicity manager. Alyssa Gammello is promoted to senior publicist. Steve Erickson is promoted to senior marketing manager. Ana Couto and Althea Mignone are promoted to associate marketing manager. Alexis Neuville is promoted to senior manager, audience experience. Mac Nicholas is promoted to senior manager, audience development. Kerri Resnick is promoted to executive art director. Soleil Paz is promoted to designer.

At Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree, Eda French has been promoted to art department coordinator and Larsson McSwain has been promoted to assistant art director, Candlewick Press. Nancy Bruckman has been promoted to assistant director of subrights, Candlewick Press. Amy Macaluso has been promoted to senior financial reporting manager. Johanna Schutter has been promoted to senior national accounts manager. Saskia den Boon has been promoted to senior marketing coordinator, school & library.

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DULY NOTED

A lawsuit from Julia Angwin, an author and New York Times contributing opinion editor, was filed against Superhuman, a parent company of Grammarly. In August the company released an AI feature that edited users’ work into the style of well-known authors such as Stephan King, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Kara Swisher. This feature was developed without the author’s knowledge or consent.

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EVENTS

March 26-29t

Book Lovers Con

Las Vegas, NV

March 27-28th

Venice Book Fair and Writer’s Festival

Venice, FL

March 27-29th

Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival

New Orleans, LA

April 13-16th

Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Bologna, Italy

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People Round Up, March, 2026

By PT Editors

March 4, 2026

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Hachette Book Group brings on Rachael Marks as production manager for Little, Brown Children’s. Melanie Bedor joins as production manager for Union Square Kids. She was previously at Harper Collins. On James Patterson’s team Debbie Aroff has joined as vp, director of marketing and brand development, reporting to chief marketing officer Leigh Marchant. She was previously at The Dial Press.

Penguin Random House brings on Sophia Opitz joins as assistant editor, corporate bookmaking, supporting the Square Enix Manga & Books team and reporting to Gary Thompson. The company has also launched a new Acquisition Optimization and Integration team to support newly acquired businesses. Dana Andreachi joins as manager on the digital workflow development & support team, reporting to Del Schucker. Laz Gari joins as developer, business intelligence on the information technology team, reporting to Jim Cush.

At Parallax Press, Matt Friberg joins as publisher. He succeeds Hisae Matsuda, who will continue with Parallax Press as senior editor.

Quirk Books brings on Randall Lotowycz as executive editor. Lotowycz was most recently senior editor at Running Press.

At Sourcebooks, Tamara Davis has joined as marketing designer.

At Macmillan, Darryll Colthrust will join the company as chief technology officer. He is currently co-founder and co-ceo of CHAPTR. Rachel Gibbs joined as senior manager, production. Sophie Hartstein joined as assistant, production. Grace Kang Clay joined as recruiting coordinator, human resources. Kristin Long joined as associate, sales. Peter Oehrtman joined as manager, talent & development. Ric Pychewicz joined as inventory analyst, supply chain. At Celadon, Gabby Leporati has joined as a senior publicist. She was previously at Little, Brown and Company.

At BookBub, Julia Mariano and Greta Powers have joined as account coordinators.

The Collective Book Studio has transitioned its corporate structure from an LLC to an S-Corporation. Company founder, Angela Engel, will now serve as CEO while continuing to serve as publisher and associate publisher. Elisabeth Saake will also serve as COO.

At Electric Literature, executive director Halimah Marcus is stepping down in June. Denne Michele Norris will be promoted to the reconfigured role of executive director and publisher. Wynter K. Miller will become director of operations and fiction editor. Katie Henken Robinson will become deputy editor.

Kevin Anderson & Associates has Jennifer Brown joining as senior editor. She was formerly director of acquisitions at Sounds True.

At Consortium, Steph Optiz will become director of publishing services ahead of the retirement of president Julie Schaper. Optiz is currently director of bookstore partnerships at Bookshop.

Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press bring on Caroline Timmings as editor. She was previously at Harlequin Intrigue.

At Casemate / Oxbow Books, Nadia Durrani has been appointed commissioning editor, succeeding publisher Julie Gardiner. Durrani was previously publisher of the archaeology portfolio at Elsevier.

Overdrive names Marc DeBevoise president and to the board of directors. He was previously at Brightcove, Paramount, and CBS Interactive.

Behrman House has Michelle Montague joining as head of sales & marketing. Most recently, Montague was vice president of trade marketing & publicity at Walker Books Group.

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In Agency News…

Dystel, Goderich & Bourre bring on René Kooiker as a junior agent and digital coordinator.

Liz Gately is now scouting for Gummerus in Finland.

At Victoria Sanders & Associates Bernadette, Baker-Baughman has been promoted to managing director, “helping to support the strategic growth of VSA clients across formats and platforms.”

Ash Literary promotes Saffron Dodd to literary agent.

New agency Lingua Nova has been launched by Jaidree Braddix “representing thought leaders across books and media”. The agency will maintain strategic collaborations with ARC Collective, where Braddix was previously head of publishing.

Marianne Schönbach Literary Agency will take over Dutch and Nordic representation for the Maydo Kooy Literary Agency list as the agency transitions its activities.

Egypt Street PR & Literary brings on Laura Rivas as senior campaign manager. She was previously senior publicist at Candlewick Press.

Robert Mackwood is closing the Seventh Avenue Literary Agency. He states, “The agency has released all clients from both current and past contracts.”

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PROMOTIONS

At Harlequin, Adrienne Macintosh has been promoted to senior editor for Harlequin Special Edition. Kimberley Conroy has been promoted to associate editor for Harlequin Special Edition. Mahalaleel M. Clinton has joined Love Inspired and Love Inspired Suspense as an assistant editor.

Hachette Book Group promotes Allie Stewart to national account manager on the children’s sales team, Dan Lynch to publishing operations director, and Maisa Nammari to production associate. In reprints manufacturing, Barbara Scanlon has been promoted to assistant production manager and Cameron Rivas has been promoted to senior production associate. Stacey Sharp and Jeff Holt have been promoted to senior production editor for the Grand Central Group. Union Square promotes Kristin Mandaglio senior production editor. At Running Press, Leah Gordon has been promoted to senior production editor and Syarlin Syafruddin has been promoted to associate production editor. Basic Books Group promotions include Ann Kirchner to art director, Kristen Kim to associate editor and backlist manager, Naomi Tomlin to assistant editor, Gillian Sutliff to assistant editor, and William Hearn to marketing manager. Michelle Welsh Horst has been promoted to associate managing editor. Little, Brown and Company promotes Alex Littlefield to the newly created position of Editorial Director, Nonfiction, for the Little, Brown imprint. Other promotions include Julia Devarti to associate editor, Liv Ryan to associate editor, Morgan Wu to associate editor, Aayushi Agarwal to associate publicist, and Darcy Glastonbury to associate publicist. Little Brown Children’s promotes Liz Kossnar to executive editor, Samantha Gentry to senior editor, Roddyna Saint-Paul to assistant editor, and Stefanie Hoffman to associate director of marketing. Margaret Hansen has been promoted to marketing associate, school & library marketing. Patrick Hulse has been promoted to senior designer, Camryn Cogshell has been promoted to junior designer and Melanie Rapoport has been promoted to publicist. The Orbit team promotes Steph Hess to art director, Angela Man to publicity manager, and Elina Savalia to assistant editor.

At Zando, Nancy Trypuc has been promoted to publishing director of Evil Twin and deputy director of marketing.

Promotions at BookBub include Wade Lucas to head of business development, Caitlin Ellis has been promoted to accounts lead, and Hanna Baublitz has been promoted to associate account manager, publisher team.

Crooked Lane promotes Katie McGuire to senior editor and Thaisheemarie Fantauzzi Pérez to assistant editor and production coordinator.

Penguin Random House promotes Rachel Goldstein to  president, Penguin Random House Publisher Services   and acquisition optimization,  reporting to coo Jeff Abraham. Matt Godzieba will lead the acquisition team as vp of acquisition optimization and integration, reporting to Goldstein. Natalie King is promoted to associate director, acquisition optimization and integration, reporting to Godzieba. Within Random House Children’s, Jasmine Ferrufino has been promoted to senior associate, school & library marketing. Random House Publishing Group promotes Kate Trine to events manager.

Sourcebooks promotes Samantha Chmara to fulfillment allocation planner.

At Peachtree Teen, Ashley Hearn has been promoted to executive editor.

Avery Books and Tarcher promotes Abby Stubenhofer to associate marketing manager.

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DULY NOTED

In memoriam of Ann Godoff, founder, president, and editor-in-chief of Penguin Press. Ann had a large impact on publishing and will be dearly missed. She is survived by her loving partner, Annik LaFarge, her brother Peter, his wife Heidi, and their children Lara and Nicky. 

The memorial for Chuck Adams at the Hachette Book Group offices has been postponed to Tuesday, March 17 at 5:30 PM, due to weather. It will still take place at the Hachette Book Group offices, 1290 6th Ave in New York City. RSVP here.

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EVENTS

March 7th

Literary Women Festival

Long Beach, CA

March 10-12

London Book Fair

London, UK

March 12-15th

New Orleans Book Festival

New Orleans, LA

March 14-15th