Leslie Stoker, v-p and publishing director, lifestyle at Abrams, will be leaving the company at the end of the year to pursue opportunities as a consultant and agent. She can be contacted at lstoker02@gmail.com.

Hayley Gonnason has joined the Simon & Schuster Children’s publicity team as a publicist. She was previously at Holiday House.

Neil Levin has been named v-p, business development at Librify. He was previously president of EverPub LLC.

Irene Kim has joined Chronicle as marketing assistant.