Killick Moves to Kingfisher

By Diane Roback -- Publishers Weekly, 1/8/2009 10:25:00 AM

Angus Killick.

Angus Killick has been appointed associate publisher of Kingfisher, effective January 20. In the newly created position, Killick will be in charge of all U.S. publishing, marketing and sales. Kingfisher, which had previously been published internally by Macmillan in the U.S., will now be run globally from the U.K. Killick will report to Martina Challis, who was recently appointed publishing director at Kingfisher. The books will continue to be sold and distributed in the U.S. by Macmillan.

Killick has been at the Disney Book Group since 2001, most recently as director of school and library marketing, and before that as director of global marketing. Previously he has held marketing positions at Penguin Putnam, DK and Cassell in New York and London.

In a statement, Killick said, “This will be a terrific opportunity to reinvigorate a respected list and take it to new heights. Kingfisher has a wealth of content that needs a guiding hand to bring it to the forefront of the marketplace so that it fully reaches its potential in North America.”

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