Job Moves: June 19, 2013

Karen Li is editorial director at Owlkids Books, effective July 15. She was most recently senior editor at Kids Can Press.

Silverberg Leaving NEA

Literary agent-turned director of literature at the National Endowment for the Arts, Ira Silverberg, is leaving the job to return to New York City.

Authors on the Air June 18, 2013: Lionel Shriver, Elisabeth Rohm

Lionel Shriver will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for Big Brother (Harper, 978-0061458576).

Elisabeth Rohm will be on the Katie talking about her new book Baby Steps (Da Capo, 978-0738216638).

Job Moves: June 18, 2013

Caitlin McCaskey is agent direct for the RHPG Speakers Bureau. Jayme Boucher has been promoted to senior agent, RHPG Speakers Bureau.

At Chronicle Books, Lynda Zuber Sassi will re-join as associate director, mass markets. Erynn Im-Sato is associate manager, mass markets.

Former Tools of Change general manager Joe Wikert will join Olive Software June 20.

Michele Young joins Macmillan Children’s Books as international rights director.

Kiser Joining Rodale

Rodale has named Kristin Kiser v-p, deputy publisher, Trade Books and director of author programs.

Job Moves: June 17, 2013

Beth Lamb has been appointed to the newly created position of v-p, associate publisher, Vintage Anchor. She was previously at Rodale.

Lindsey Schwoeri joins Penguin Books as editor. She began her career in 2007 as an editorial assistant at Random House.

Authors on the Air June 17, 2013: Judith Schwartz, Joanne Chang

Judith Schwartz, author of Cows Save the Planet (Chelsea Green, 978-1603584326), will be on Talk of the Nation.

Joanne Chang, author of Flour, Too: Indispensable Recipes for the Café’s Most Loved Sweets & Savories (Chronicle Books, 9781452106144), will appear on the Today Show on Tuesday, June 18.

Authors on the Air June 14, 2013: Tom Drury

Tom Drury will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for Pacific (Grove, 978-0802119995).

Nagler Moves to Random House

Michelle Nagler, editorial director of Bloomsbury Children's Books, will join Random House Children's Books on July 15 as associate publishing director of Random House/Golden Books.

Job Moves: June 13, 2013

Barry Baird has been named v-p, HarperCollins Christian Publishing Bargain Books. He had been executive director, Thomas Nelson Bargain Books.

At Baker Publishing Group, Bobbi Jo Heyboer will step down as leader of academic marketing; Bryan Dyer will fill the role, effective July 18.

Authors on the Air June 13, 2013: Kjerstin Gruys

Kjerstin Gruys will be on The Colbert Report for Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year (Avery, 978-0399160172).

Authors on the Air June 12, 2013: Claire Messud

Claire Messud will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for The Woman Upstairs (Knopf, 978-0307596901).

Job Moves: June 12, 2013

Elisabeth Dyssegaard will join Palgrave Macmillan as executive editor on June 24 with a focus on acquiring books in history.

Job Moves: June 11, 2013

Deltina Hay is new board chair for IBPA, replacing the outgoing Steve Metee.

Rebecca Miller, editor-in-chief of School Library Journal, has also been named editorial director of Media Source’s other library publication, Library Journal. She replaces Michael Kelley who has left the company.

Authors on the Air June 11, 2013: Daniel Bergner, Craig Lounsbrough

Daniel Bergner will be on The Colbert Report for What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire (Ecco, 978-0061906084).

Craig Lounsbrough, author of An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus (Ambassador International, 978-1620202135), can be heard at 9pm EST on LIFT-FM with Greg Hennis, host of Second Chances.The interview is also available at http://www.lift985.com.

Job Moves: June 10, 2013

Jacob Lewis is v-p, publishing director for Crown, Hogarth, and Broadway Books, effective July 8. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of figment.com.

Authors on the Air June 10, 2013: Nathaniel Philbrick, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Erika Marks, Kate Southwood

The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m. Monday, June 10, on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Nathaniel Philbrick on Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution (Viking, 978-0670025442); Jennifer Finney Boylan on Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders (Crown, 978-0767921763); Erika Marks on The Guest House (NAL, 978-0451418852); Kate Southwood on Falling to Earth (Europa Editions, 978-1609450915). Listen here.

Authors on the Air June 7, 2013: George Packer

George Packer will be on Real Time with Bill Maher for PW Pick The Unwinding (FSG, 978-0-374-102418).

Job Moves: June 7, 2013

Seta Zink has been promoted to publicity manager of Running Press. She was previously senior publicist.

Barry Harbaugh has been promoted to editor at Harper. He has been with the company for three years.

Yeh Named Publisher of Crown Books for Young Readers

Phoebe Yeh will join Random House Children’s Books in the newly created post of v-p, publisher, Crown Books for Young Readers, effective June 21.