Comings and Goings
-- Publishers Weekly, 1/30/2009 8:28:00 AM
Susan Abel, former publisher, marketing manager, at Ingram Book Company, can be reached at susanabel@vzw.blackberry.net.
Ken Abramson, formerly of BookStream, can be reached at kenia1@mac.com.
David Adams, former editor with MacAdam/Cage Publishing, has moved to New York and can be reached at dpadams14@gmail.com.
Rene Alegria, former publisher and editorial director at Rayo, can be reached at Rene_Alegria@hotmail.com.
Jim Armstrong, former managing editor/copy chief of Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), can be reached at jarmstrong.editing@gmail.com.
Chris Artis, former associate director of publicity at the Bantam Dell Publishing Group, can be reached at chris.bob.artis@gmail.com.
Tessa Aye, former associate designer and assistant editor at Arcade Publishing, can be reached at tessaaye@yahoo.com.
Jamey Ballot, former senior advertising and promotions writer at Random House Publishing Group, can be reached at jpballot@gmail.com.
Aida Bardales, former editor of Críticas, can be reached at aida.bardales@gmail.com.
Cal Barksdale, former general manager and executive editor at Arcade Publishing, can be reached at cal.barksdale@gmail.com.
Lily Bartels, former buyer for BookStream, can be reached at lilyb612@gmail.com.
Mike Bell, former national account manager at Simon & Schuster, can be reached at mikebell53@aol.com.
Lori Benton, former v-p and publisher of the children’s books division of Harcourt Trade Publishers, can be reached at lbenton2@nyc.rr.com.
Peter Beren has been named an acquisition scout for Running Press. He can be reached at peterberen@aol.com.
Heather Biggs, former field sales manager for the Southwest Region at Scholastic Book Fairs, can be reached at hk_biggs@att.net.
Hillel Black, former executive editor at Sourcebooks, is now working as a freelance editor of both fiction and nonfiction. He can be reached at hillwen@aol.com.
Susan Blair, former editorial director at Walch Publishing and freelance publishing professional, can be reached at sblair@pathwayspub.com.
Gillian Blake, former executive editor at Collins, can be reached at gillianblake1@gmail.com.
Rolph Blythe, former marketing director at Graywolf Press, has left the press to pursue an M.B.A. at Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. He can be reached at rolph.blythe@gmail.com.
Bill Boedeker, former children's publishing director at Chronicle Books, can be reached at Billboede@gmail.com.
John Mark Boling, former marketing and publicity manager at Continuum Books, can be reached at jmboling@gmail.com.
Dee Bruce, former academic marketing manager at Publishers Group West and former faculty information manager at Penguin Group USA, can be reached at dabruce@gmail.com.
Barb Burg, former senior v-p, executive director of publicity and public relations for the Bantam Dell Publishing Group, can be reached at barbburg@gmail.com.
Deborah Burleson, former territory manager for the Southeast region at Baker & Taylor, can be reached at burlesond123@hotmail.com.
Vickie Calby, former field sales rep at Ingram Book Company/ Ingram Publishing Services, can be reached at dcalby@comcast.net.
Christine Casaccio, former marketing manager at HarperCollins’s William Morrow imprint, can be reached at christine_casaccio@yahoo.com.
Rakia Clark, former editor at Kensington Books, can be reached at rakia.clark@gmail.com.
Sarah Cloots, former assistant editor at HarperCollins’s Greenwillow Books, can be reached at sarahcloots@juno.com.
Beth Davey, former v-p and director of publicity at Rodale, can be reached at beth@gillilandclan.com.
Cathy DeLucia, former director of national event marketing at Borders Group, can now be reached at JCBTI@aol.com.
Elizabeth Devereaux, former children’s book review editor at Publishers Weekly, can be reached at e.devereaux@gmail.com.
Peter DeVries, former national sales account manager for the Western U.S. at Borders, can be reached at peterdevries@comcast.net.
Rachel Dicker, former director of business development at Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and School Library Journal, can be reached at dickerr@gmail.com.
Ray Dinterman, former sales director at Borders, can be reached at ray@dinterman.com.
Richard Dobbs, former freelance books and media buyer at the Whitney Museum of American Art, can be reached at richarddobbs6@msn.com.
Tara Dosh, former associate marketing manager at Tarcher/Penguin, can be reached at tdosh@aol.com.
Emma D. Dryden, former v-p and publisher of Simon & Schuster's Atheneum Books for Young Readers and Margaret K. McElderry Books, can now be reached at emmaddryden@gmail.com.
Casey Ebro, former editor and publicity associate at Arcade Publishing, can be reached at caseyebro@yahoo.com.
Gene Farmer, former corporate book buyer at Anderson News, can be reached at GF28205@bellsouth.net.
Sarah Feider, former senior contracts manager at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, can be reached at feirdersc@gmail.com.
Arlene Feldman, former project manager in the ELT group at Cambridge University Press, can be reached at afeldman001@nyc.rr.com.
Jennifer Feldman, former publisher at Scholastic Audio, can be reached at jfeldman1234@gmail.com.
Nancy Fitzgerald, former executive editor at Church Publishing, can be reached at njfitzgerald@comcast.net.
Tracy Fortini, former director of account management for National Book Network, can be reached at tracyfortini@hotmail.com.
Stephanie Fraser, former associate editor with the Creative Development group at HarperCollins, can be reached at stephanielfraser@gmail.com.
Ariele Fredman, former assistant publicist at Collins, can be reached at ariele.fredman@gmail.com.
Ada Fung, former associate art director at Publishers Weekly, can be reached at fung.ada2009@gmail.com.
Paul Gamarello, former design director at Workman Publishing and Algonquin Books, can be reached at paulgamarello@hotmail.com.
Lynn Garrett, former senior religion editor at Publishers Weekly, can be reached at lynn@lynngarrettassociates.com.
Diane Gedymin, former executive editorial director at Author Solutions, including iUniverse and AuthorHouse, can be reached at dianegedymin1@aol.com.
Janice Goldklang, former publisher of Pantheon Books, can be reached at janicegoldklang@gmail.com.
Bill Golliher, former district marketing manager with Borders, can be reached at bgolliher4@comcast.net.
Ellen Graf-Martin, former manager of media & consumer relations at RG Mitchell Family Books, can be reached at ellen@grafmartin.com.
Nancy Grubb, former executive managing editor of Phaidon Press, New York, can be reached at njgrubb@yahoo.com.
Martha Guzman, former associate manager of domestic rights at the Doubleday Publishing Group, can be reached at mguzman4R@aol.com.
Julia Hall, former marketing assistant at Da Capo Press & Lifelong Books, can be reached at halljm5@gmail.com.
Paul Harrington, former senior sales manager of Continuum International Publishing Group, can be reached at paul_harrington1@yahoo.com.
Susan Hecht, former associate director of retail marketing at Roaring Brook Press, can be reached at s1hecht@aol.com.
Russell Heenie, former director for corporate book purchasing for Anderson News Company, can be reached at russellheenie@att.net.
Joann Hill, former creative director at Houghton Mifflin's Clarion Books imprint, can be reached at joannhilldesign@gmail.com.
Jackie Hilles, former business analyst with Bowker, can be reached at jhilles@hotmail.com.
Gretchen Hirsch, former associate editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, can be reached at gretchenhirsch@yahoo.com.
David Hogue, formerly of Baker & Taylor, can be reached at dhogue@aol.com.
Kevin Howell, former audiobook reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, can be reached at kevinbook@aol.com.
Larry Hughes, former senior director of publicity at Collins, can be reached at LHCommun@comcast.net.
Brant Janeway, former director of advertising at Bantam Dell, can be reached at brantjaneway@hotmail.com; 917-974-1870.
Jenni Johns, former publisher at Marshall Editions, can be reached at jenni@trixie-belden.com.
Rich Johnson, cofounder and former copublishing director at Yen Press, can be reached at rjhnzn@yahoo.com.
Jennifer Josephy, former v-p and executive editor of cookbooks at Broadway Books, can now be reached at jenjosedit@gmail.com.
Chris Kahn, former Western ad director for Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and School Library Journal, can be reached at ChrisKahnBiz@mindspring.com.
Mike Katz, former v-p of buying & inventory management for Barnes & Noble.com, can be reached at mkatz50@yahoo.com.
Jim Kenyon, former senior sales manager for Books Are Fun, a Readers Digest Co., can be reached at jkenyon3026@gmail.com.
Adam Korn, former senior editor at HarperCollins, can be reached at adamkorn@hotmail.com.
Gretchen Koss, former director of publicity for Spiegel & Grau/Random House, can be reached at Gretchenkoss@gmail.com.
Melanie Kroupa, former publisher of Melanie Kroupa Books at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, can be reached at mkroupa@verizon.net.
Phil LaBoon, former v-p of school sales and marketing at Baker & Taylor, can be reached at p.laboon@comcast.net .
Michael E. Lawrence, former director of marketing & sales management at The Pilgrim Press, can be reached at melcall@roadrunner.com.
Susan Leacock, former supply chain planner at Scholastic, can be reached at suzie261@aol.com.
Ellen Lerner, former sales executive for Lake Book Manufacturing, can be reached at ellen@lernerweb.com.
Deborah Leonard, former sales manager at Cengage Learning, can be reached at debleo3@comcast.net.
Marcia Leonard, former children’s book editor at Houghton Mifflin's Clarion Books imprint, can be reached at Marcia.Leonard@comcast.net.
Mark Levine, former sales manager at St. Martin's Press and Henry Holt, can be reached at leevyne @aol.com.
Mary Kate Maco, former publicity director at Harvard University Press, can be reached at marykatemaco@comcast.net.
Glenda Madden, former sales and marketing manager for University of New Mexico Press, can be reached at gmadden@ou.edu.
Andrew Malkin, former v-p of trade book sales at Rodale, can be reached at andrewrmalkin@yahoo.com.
John Marshall, former book critic for Seattle Post-Intelligencer, can be reached at jdmwriter@yahoo.com.
Cecelia Martin, former store manager of the Oscar Wilde Bookshop, can be reached at ceceliaMartin@gmail.com.
Hector Martinez, former national account manager in Simon & Schuster’s children’s division, can be reached at Hmartinez1121@gmail.com.
Daisy Maryles, former executive editor of Publishers Weekly, can be reached at daisymaryles@yahoo.com.
Jule Maxwell, former sales account manager with Borders Group Inc., can be reached at julemax@sbcglobal.net.
Mark McElhinney, former regional accounts manager at National Book Network, can be reached at markmcelhinney@yahoo.com.
Katie McNish, former marketing assistant and assistant to the publisher at Basic Books, can be reached at katie.mcnish@gmail.com.
Hercilia Mendizabal-Frers, former assistant editor at Rayo, can be reached at hercilia_mf@hotmail.com.
Donna Marie Merritt, former editor of online and print publications at Education Connection, can be reached at dmarietm@aol.com.
Michael Messina, former publisher and acquisitions editor at Applause Theatre & Cinema Books/Limelight Editions, can be reached at messinamichael27@gmail.com.
Kathleen Miller McLaughlin, former editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, can be reached at miller.mosaic@msn.com.
Diana J. Milan, former national accounts/senior sales representative at Sounds True Publishing, can be reached at dianajorgesmilan@comcast.net.Bruce A. Miller, former senior sales executive at Impelsys Inc., can be reached at bamsales@comcast.net.
Nancy Miller, former v-p and executive editor at Collins, can be reached at ndotmiller@verizon.net.
Cecilia Molinari, former editor and managing editor at Rayo, can be reached at: ceci.freelance@gmail.com.
Amanda Moon, former editor at Basic Books, can now be reached at amandajohnsonmoon@gmail.com.
Ellen Morgenstern, former director, public relations, Reader's Digest Association, can be reached at ellenm26@yahoo.com.
Joan Mullally, former head of business and online development at University Health Publishing/Johns Hopkins Health Alerts, is now editor of Radiology Daily (Oakstone Medical Publishing), and can be reached at jmullally@gmail.com.
Gene Mydlowski, former senior v-p and creative director for The Random House Publishing Group, can be reached at gmydlowski@gmail.com.
Sara Nelson, former editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly, can be reached at SNWriter@aol.com.
Robin Noonan, former national account manager at Simon & Schuster, may be reached at robinnoonan@comcast.net.
Sheila Curry Oakes, former executive editor at St. Martin’s Press is now a non-fiction freelance editor and ghostwriter. Oakes can be reached at sheilacurryoakes@gmail.com.
Carrie Oescher, former Children's book buyer at Anderson News Company, can be reached at oescherc@aol.com.
Paul Olsewski, former v-p/senior director of publicity at Collins, can be paulolsewski@yahoo.com.
Kristin O'Neil, former national account manager at Simon & Schuster, can be reached at kriswoneil@gmail.com.
Chris Opstad, former national sales account manager at Borders business and educational division, can be reached at copstad@comcast.net.
Ann Patty, former executive editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, can be reached at annpatty@frontiernet.net.
Jeffrey Pedone, former email and digital marketing director at Incisive Media, can now be reached at jpedone@consultsilverlining.com.
James Penfield, former v-p of sales at Penton Overseas and national account manager for National Book Network, can be reached at jpenfield@mindspring.com.
Robert Perkins, former director of license publishing at Parragon and children's book buyer for Anderson Merchandisers/Wal-Mart, can be reached at robertperkin0223@bellsouth.net.
Jonathan Petersen, former senior director of corporate and Internet communications at Zondervan, can be reached at jonathan.petersen@comcast.net.
Joanna Pinsker, former associate director of publicity at Broadway Books/Random House, can be reached at joannap98@gmail.com.
Mikki Williams Plaskett, former National Account Representative with HarperCollins Children's division, can be reached at mwilliams1947@aol.com.
Donna Peterson, former national account manager at Penguin Young Readers Group, can be reached at thepetersoninn@sbcglobal.net.
Peter J. Prescott, former life sciences editor at Oxford University Press, can be reached at peterjprescott@gmail.com.
Irene C. Prokop, former editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Putnam and former editor-in-chief at Milford magazine, can be reached at Irenep5@aol.com.
Deanne Quarrie, former director of operations at New Leaf Distributing Co., can be reached at eurynome_creates@yahoo.com.
Steve Quinn, former manager of special accounts for Phaidon Press, can be reached at stevequinnprovidence@gmail.com.
Robin Raines, former national account director for Borders and Barnes&Noble.com at Simon and Schuster, can be reached at rkbraines@gmail.com.
Barrie Rappaport, market research/consumer behavioral expert and former director at Bowker & Ipsos, can be reached at bifrap1@comcast.net.
Alison Reeves, former director of communications for books at National Geographic Society, can be reached at areeves820@yahoo.com.
Joe Reynolds, former v-p, Ingram Library Services and resident of Coutts Global Sales, is now available at his consulting company, JP Reynolds Associates, at jpreynolds7@aol.com.
Joe Rhatigan, former editorial director of children's books at Lark Books/Sterling Publishing, can be reached at joerhat@yahoo.com.
Lisa Richards, former regional sales manager at video game publisher Brash Entertainment and former senior sales manager at TOKYOPOP, can be reached at lisa@102west.com.
Rick Richter, former president of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, can be reached at rickrichter2@gmail.com.
Bob Roman, former director of content creation support and director of publishing technologies at Random House, can be reached at broman235@gmail.com.
Wendy Ronga, former creative director at Judson Press, can be reached at wendy@hamptondesigngroup.com.
Chuck Rosenow, former production director at The Black Book, can be reached at rosemoor@optonline.net.
Steve Ross, former president and group publisher of Collins, can be reached at slross58@gmail.com.
Steve Rubin, former executive v-p and publisher-at-large for Random House, can be reached at srubin04@gmail.com.
Lindsey Lochner Rudnickas, former associate publicist at Da Capo Press & Da Capo Lifelong Books (Perseus Books Group), can be reached at lindsey.lochner@gmail.com.
Noah Sanders, former marketing, promotions and publicity manager at Parragon Books, can be reached at noahsanders1@gmail.com.
Clara Sayre, former manager of Sacred Path Books & Art in Cleveland, Oh., can be reached at embraceimperfection@gmail.com.
Juli Schatz, former executive editor and publisher at the Specialty Publications division of Village Profile.com, Inc. can be reached at bibliocat36@gmail.com or (847) 372-6222.
Liz Scheier, former senior editor at Ballantine, can be reached at liz.scheier@gmail.com.
Bernhard Schmidt, former v-p of finance and IT at Avalon Publishing Group, can be reached at b@mancaladesign.com.
Donna M. Sciacca, former president of Advanta Graphics, Inc., can be reached at sciacca@alcomprinting.com.
Kate Schwab, former district marketing manager for Borders in Southern California, can be reached at: kateschwab@gr8bks.com.
Julee Schwarzburg, former senior fiction editor for WaterBrook Multnomah, can be reached at jks8823@aol.com.
Sara A. Scott, former editorial coordinator at Hendrickson Publishers, can be reached at sara_a_scott@yahoo.com.
Richard Scrivener has left Templar Publishing, and is setting up his own literary agency. He can be reached at Rjscriv@yahoo.co.uk.
Don Shaw, former district marketing manager with Borders for Washington, Idaho and Alaska, can be reached at donshaw1d@gmail.com.
Peggy J. Shaw, former senior editor at Dalmatian Press, is now doing freelance writing and editing. She can be reached at pjshaw@comcast.net.
Jeff Stark, former product manager and field sales representative for Ingram Book Company, can be reached at jstark01@live.com.
Bonnie Sheehan, former online account manager at O'Reilly Media, can be reached at wigglesmcgiggles@gmail.com.
Nicholas Sinisi, former Barnes & Noble buyer of graphic novels, reference and politics, can be reached at nicholas.sinisi@gmail.com.
Laura Smith, former buyer at Barnes & Noble, can be reached at laurasmith@nj.rr.com.
Annette Sobel, former national accounts representative to the warehouse clubs for National Book Network, can be reached at annettes@san.rr.com.
Heather R. Steenrod, former senior manager of corporate sales at Borders Group, can be reached at steenrod@gmail.com.
Judy Sternlight, former editor at Modern Library and Random House, can be reached at judy.sternlight@gmail.com.
Kristin Stewart, former buyer for Borders Group, can be reached at kristin4bks@hotmail.com.
Amanda Sutton, former publicity manager at the University of New Mexico Press, has launched a literary marketing company called Ampersand Communications. She can be reached at amanda@ampersandcomm.com.
Caroline Sutton, former executive editor at Collins, can be reached at ces55eea@gmail.com.
Ellen Higgins Sugg, former national accounts manager with mass merchant accounts at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, can be reached at e.sugg@comcast.net.
Mary Tallman, former buyer for Follett Higher Education Group, can be reached at mary.tallman@sbcglobal.net.
Karin Taylor, former executive director of the New York Center for Independent Publishing, can be reached at karintaylor4444@gmail.com.
Jeff Theis, former marketing & publicity manager at Alyson Books, can be reached at jeftheis@aol.com.
Jennifer A. Torres, former marketing manager for Enslow Publishers, can be reached at Jeta8@aol.com.
Suzanne Tourtillott, former senior editor at Lark Books/Sterling Publishing, can be reached at suzannetourtillott@gmail.com.
Bruce Tracy, former editorial director of Villard, can be reached at brucetracy247@gmail.com.
Philip Turner, former editorial director and v-p of Union Square Press, can be reached at philipsturner@gmail.com.
Juliet Ulman, former senior editor at the Bantam Dell Publishing Group, can be reached at juliet.ulman@gmail.com.
Deborah Valcourt (now Deborah Baber), former v-p, corporate administration services at Macmillan, can be reached at debbaber@gmail.com.
Liz Van Doren, former editor-in-chief of Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, can be reached at liz.vandoren@gmail.com.
Beth Vetare-Civitello, former manager and buyer for DandyTales, a children's book store in New Canaan, Conn., can be reached at bethvetare@gmail.com.
Paul Von Drasek, former director of field sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, can be reached at pvondrasek@nyc.rr.com.
Stephen Vrattos, former marketing manager for Vertical, Inc., can be reached at vrattos@acedsl.com.
Meghan Walker, former director of marketing at Spiegel & Grau, can be reached at meghan_walker@comcast.net.
Kim Waymer, former senior production manager in the ad/promo department at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, can be reached at kwaymer@gmail.com.
David Webb, former executive editor of fiction at Broadman & Holman Publishers, can be reached at wwwebbs@comcast.net.
Edie Weinberg, former design manager at McGraw-Hill, can be reached at ediew@optonline.net.
Ginny Weissman, formerly of Martin Literary Management, can be reached at gweissman@aol.com.
Jon Wiarda, former sales account manager with Borders Group can be reached at wiarda@ymail.com.
Richard Willett, former v-p of production at Sterling Publishing, can be reached at rwilpop@aol.com.
Andrew Willis, former director of category management and trade sales manager at Deseret Book, director of books at Hastings Entertainment and district manager at Barnes and Noble, can be reached at willisaw@gmail.com.
Betty Woodmancy, former v-p of general trade sales at Thomas Nelson, can be reached at bettywoodmancy@yahoo.com.
Mark Yarnell, former product manager with Levy Home Entertainment, can be reached at mly773@rcn.com.
Laurie Young, former creative director at Intervisual Books/Piggy Toes Press, can be reached at booksigndesign@gmail.com.
Joanne Young, director of marketing at Baker & Taylor, can now be reached at jgyoung2727@hotmail.com.
Nancy Yost has left the Lowenstein-Yost Agency, and is starting her own company, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. She can be reached at Nancy@nyliterary.com.
Debra Mostow Zakarin, former publisher for Piggy Toes Press/Intervisual Books, is working as an editor-at-large and children's entertainment consultant. She can be reached at Debramzak@gmail.com.
Christine Zambrano, former web marketing manager at HCI (Health Communications Inc) and independent internet marketer, can be reached at cz@chrismarkets.com.
Teresa Zampino, former marketing director, international sales for Random House, can be reached at tzampino2@gmail.com.
