Morgan Hillman has joined Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink as sales director; previously she was senior national accounts manager at HarperCollins, and specialized in children's book sales.

Liz Dresner has joined Random House Children's Books as an art director, young adult; previously she was senior art director at Sourcebooks.

Shivani Annirood has been promoted to senior publicist at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, from publicist.

Scholastic has three new hires. Maithili Joshi has joined as junior designer; she was previously an intern at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. Richard Gonzalez Jr. has joined as production editor for Cartwheel. Deborah Owusu-Appiah has joined as sales assistant.

Leonard Marcus is leaving Astra Books for Young Readers as editor-at-large and can be reached here.

Katherine Tegen Books has two promotions. Ben Rosenthal has been promoted to editorial director, from executive editor. Mabel Hsu has been promoted to executive editor, from senior editor. The imprint will be renamed following Tegen's retirement at the end of December.

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has three promotions. Dorothy Gribbin has been promoted to senior director, managing editorial, for Beach Lane Books, Paula Wiseman Books, S&S Books for Young Readers, McElderry Books, and Atheneum, from director. Christina Solazzo has been promoted to associate director, managing editorial, for Simon Spotlight, Libros para niños, Little Simon, Boynton Bookworks, Aladdin, Simon Pulse, and MTV Books, from senior managing editor. Jenica Nasworthy has been promoted to associate director, managing editorial, for S&S Books for Young Readers, Paula Wiseman Books and McElderry Books, from senior managing editor.

Phoebe Dyer has been promoted to social media manager at Bloomsbury, from assistant social media manager.

Scholastic has three new hires. Redina Demushi has joined as associate global marketing manager for global brands marketing and publicity; previously she was senior international operations and marketing associate. Talia Seidenfeld has rejoined as editor; previously she was at Callisto Media. Anjali Bisaria has joined as editorial assistant.

Holiday House and Peachtree have two new hires and one promotion. Jennifer Browne has joined Holiday House on a full-time basis as creative director of Neal Porter Books and senior art director of Margaret Ferguson Books and Peachtree. Lily Steele has been promoted to lead designer at Peachtree, from designer. Lucy Ricketts has joined Peachtree as designer.

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has two promotions. Kristie Choi has been promoted to assistant editor at Atheneum, from editorial assistant. Kaitlyn San Miguel has been promoted to production editor at Atheneum and S&S Books for Young Readers, from associate production editor.

Candlewick Press has two new hires. Salma Shawa has joined as social media manager; she was previously research associate at the Education Development Center. Tom Brennan has joined as senior systems administrator; he previously owned his own technology services company.

Nosy Crow Inc. has two new hires. Ally Russell has joined as marketing manager; most recently she was consumer and educational outreach manager at Candlewick Press. Avery Cook has joined as marketing associate; most recently she was sales and marketing assistant at Beacon Press.

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has four promotions. Greg Stadnyk has been promoted to art director for Atheneum and McElderry Books, from associate art director. Nick Sciacca has been promoted to executive director of design and emerging technology for Little Simon, Simon Spotlight and McElderry Books, from art director. Leslie Mechanic has been promoted to art director for Little Simon and Simon Spotlight, from associate art director. Tiara Iandiorio has been promoted to senior designer for Aladdin and Simon Pulse, from designer.

Random House Children's Books has two promotions and one new hire. Sarah Reck has been promoted to assistant director, digital marketing, from senior manager, brand marketing. Debra DeFord Minerva has been promoted to senior copy editor, from copy editor. Jordan Bishop has joined as an associate, digital marketing; previously she was communications and marketing coordinator at Purpose Driven Publishing.

Scholastic has three promotions and one new hire. Beth Dunfey has been promoted to associate publisher, licensing, brands and media, from editorial director. Michael Petranek has been promoted to editorial director, AFK and Graphix Media, from executive editor. Conor Lloyd has been promoted to associate editor, licensing, brands and media, from assistant editor. Andrea Mosqueda has joined as associate editor; previously she was an assistant editor at Macmillan.

Random House Children's Books has two promotions. Amy Bowman has been promoted to senior director of production, brands and four-color trade books, from director. Patty Collins has been promoted to senior director of production, licensed books and compliance, from director.

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has one new hire and one promotion. Trey Glickman has joined the digital marketing team as graphic designer. Jennifer Rothkin has been promoted to senior demand planner/special projects for Little Simon, Simon Spotlight, Aladdin, Simon Pulse and Boynton Bookworks, from manager, demand planning.

Lex Higbee has been promoted to publicity manager of children's and YA titles at Bloomsbury US, from senior publicist.

Hannah Babcock has joined Random House Children's Books as director, subsidiary rights; previously she was rights and co-editions manager at Scholastic.

Random House Children's Books has two promotions. Katherine Harrison has been promoted to executive editor, from senior editor. Hannah Hill has been promoted to senior editor, from editor.

Scholastic has several new hires and promotions. Yaffa Jaskoll has been named creative director, licensing, brands and media; previously she was executive art director at Scholastic Trade. Salena Johnson has been promoted to designer, licensing, brands and media, from junior designer. Martha Maynard has joined as designer, licensing, brands and media; previously she was assistant designer at HarperCollins. Ashley Vargas has joined as junior designer, licensing, brands and media; previously she was a freelance designer. Rachel Weinert has been promoted to senior manager of foreign rights, from manager. Tori Simpson has joined as rights assistant. Mona Tavangar has joined as cross channel assistant.

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has two promotions. Katherine Devendorf has been promoted to v-p, director managing editorial, from executive managing editor. Chel Morgan has been promoted to managing editor for Aladdin and Simon Pulse, from associate managing editor.

Nick Sweeney has joined Ameet Studio as managing editor of Lego Books; previously he had been associate production editor at Bloomsbury.

Kelly Haberstroh has joined HarperCollins Children's Books as associate publicist; she was previously a freelance publicist.

Janaea Eads has joined Candlewick Press as sales assistant; she was most recently a library assistant at the Turner Free Library.

Abby Granata has joined Macmillan Children's Publishing Group as a junior designer.