People

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Amanda Cook, specialist in Russian and American political, economic and military affairs, has been appointed senior editor in the adult trade department. Formerly with Perseus/Basic Books and DFI International, she will be based in Boston as of April 19.... Margaret Raymo has been promoted to executive editor, Houghton Mifflin Children's Books, following 15 years of developing new writers and working with their backlist authors.

COOK COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES Jeff Pederson, former executive v-p of Marks & Whetstone Market Development Company and Christian retailing veteran, has been named to the newly created position of marketing director.

WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY Anna DeRoy, formerly a senior executive with Scott Rudin Productions, has joined as an agent in the West Coast book department.

RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP Caroline Sutton, formerly an editor at Touchstone/ Fireside, has been named a senior editor.... Andrew Miller has been promoted to senior editor at Anchor/Vintage in addition to his work in hardcover acquisitions with Pantheon and Knopf.

SIMON & SCHUSTER Andrea Sheehan, formerly director of trade sales at John Wiley & Sons, has been appointed director, online and key accounts, for the sales and distribution division.

AVALON PUBLISHING GROUP Philip Turner has been promoted from executive editor to editor-in-chief of Carroll & Graf and senior director of Avalon.

VIZ Evelyn Dubocq, formerly public relations manager at the Learning Company, has been named public relations manager for the San Francisco–based manga publisher and distributor.

DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE Sumita Bhattacharya, formerly principal, Booz-Allen & Hamilton communications, media & technology group, has been named director, business development and strategic planning.

L. PERKINS AGENCY Amy Stout, 20-year publishing veteran and World Fantasy Award– winning author, has joined the firm; she is based in Los Angeles.

SCHOLASTIC Mary Mitchell, most recently a senior partner and client services director for OgilvyOne advertising agency, has been named senior v-p, strategic marketing for Scholastic Education.

DC COMICS Rich Johnson, formerly director of book trade sales, has been promoted to v-p, book trade sales.

MCFARLAND & COMPANY Rhonda B. Herman, v-p since 1991 and leader of the company's transition to computerized technology, has been promoted to executive v-p.... Stephen C. Wilson has been promoted to executive editor from senior editor.... Gary Mitchem has been promoted from assistant editor to acquisitions editor.

HOWARD PUBLISHING Melissa Teutsch, formerly a copyeditor, has been promoted to publicist for the Louisiana-based firm.

PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP Stephen Bottum, executive managing editor and publishing manager for Basic Books, Basic Civitas and Counterpoint, has been promoted to v-p group managing editor.... William Morrison Garland, formerly associate managing editor, has been promoted to managing editor, Basic Books, Basic Civitas and Counterpoint.... Megan Hustad has been promoted to editor for Basic Books, Basic Civitas and Counterpoint.

THOMAS NELSON BOOK GROUP Brian Hampton, formerly v-p, editor-in-chief, has been promoted to v-p and associate publisher of Nelson Books.

NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS Giles Roblyer, formerly associate editor at Proceedings and Naval History magazines, has been named fiction acquisitions editor.

—Compiled by Mary Ann Tennenhouse