Dorfman Named V-P at Scholastic

-- Publishers Weekly, 5/20/2008 9:28:00 AM

Debra Dorfman has been named to the newly created position of v-p and publisher of paperbacks, Cartwheel and Licensed Publishing at Scholastic. Dorfman, who arrives from Penguin Young Readers where she was president and publisher of Grosset & Dunlap/Price Stern Sloan, will oversee all original paperback, novelty and licensed books at Scholastic, starting in her new role on June 9. 

Scholastic trade president Ellie Berger said Dorfman is "one of the industry's most savvy publishers of commercial and accessible books for children." Dorfman, who will report to Berger but also work closely with Scholastic v-p and group publisher Suzanne Murphy, said the move was like a return home, since she began her career at Scholastic and spent 12 years at the company.