Sarah Shumway has been promoted to editorial director of the Bloomsbury U.S. children's editorial team; she was previously executive editor.
Kristin Errico has been named managing editor at Little Bee Books; previously she was managing editor at Harlequin.
Abrams Children's has three new hires. Elizabeth Palumbo has joined as associate managing editor; previously she was senior managing editor at Thieme. Paul Ruditis has joined as executive editor, entertainment and licensed publishing; previously he was senior editor at Insight Editions. Diego Lopez will be joining as editor, entertainment and licensed publishing; previously she was associate editor at DC Entertainment.
Random House Children's Books has a promotion and a new hire. Kristin Schulz has been promoted to assistant director, school and library marketing, from senior manager. Kari Webb has joined as a managing editorial assistant; she was previously an intern at Macmillan’s Square Fish imprint.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has two promotions. Amy Beaudoin has been promoted to senior marketing manager, children's education, from marketing manager. Nicole Benevento has been promoted to marketing manager, children's library, from assistant marketing manager.
Kortney Nash has joined Godwin Books as editorial assistant.
Candlewick Press has three new hires. Olivia Swomley has joined as editor with a focus on MITeen Press; she was previously an associate editor at Workman. Kristin Zelazko has joined as editor with focus on MIT Kids Press titles; she was most recently a proofreader at Marvel, and previously was senior editor at Little Bee Books. Mona Baloch has joined Candlewick as imprint coordinator for MIT Kids Press and MITeen Press.
Melissa Bloomfield has joined TvS Media Group as publicity manager; she has held previous book publicity positions at Peachtree, Scholastic, and McGraw Hill, and will continue in her current role as event coordinator for Brave + Kind Bookshop in Atlanta.
Joselin Pichardo has joined Holiday House as production coordinator; previously she was production coordinator at AA Grapevine.
Sarah Lawrenson has joined Random House Children's Books as publicity assistant; previously she was marketing and publicity assistant at Sterling Publishing.
Sarah Davies, founder of the Greenhouse Literary Agency, will retire at the end of the year after more than 40 years in publishing in both the U.S. and U.K. Chelsea Eberly is being promoted to head of the agency, effective January 1.
Polo Orozco is joining Putnam Books for Young Readers as editor; he was formerly assistant editor at Random House Books for Young Readers.
Gracie Elliott has been promoted to editor in the children's group at Workman, from associate editor.
Sterling Children's Books has four new hires. Chris Duffy has joined as executive editor, children’s and adult graphic novels, humor, games, and puzzles; previously he was senior editor at Workman Publishing. Laura Schreiber has joined as executive editor, young adult and adult novels; most recently she was editorial director at Jimmy Patterson Books. Esther Cajahuaringa has joined as senior editor, picture books, chapter books, and early graphic novels; previously she was editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Whitney Manger has been named children’s design director; most recently she was art director at Pixel+Ink.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has two new hires. Gabrielle Chang has joined as junior designer in the novel design team; previously she was a junior designer at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Amanda Gaglione has joined as editorial assistant; previously she was assistant editor at Macmillan Learning.
Lillian Mazeika has been promoted to associate agent at the Tugeau 2 agency, from assistant.
Kaitlin Kneafsey has been promoted to assistant director of publicity at Penguin Young Readers, from publicity manager.
Mary Jones has joined Abrams as editor of the Magic Cat imprint; she was previously a freelancer for Scholastic, Lonely Planet Kids, and National Geographic Kids.
Jay Colvin is joining Pixel+Ink as senior designer; most recently he was senior designer at Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has one promotion and one new hire. Alyza Liu has been promoted to associate editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, from assistant editor. Leslie Tran has joined as editorial assistant for Simon Spotlight.
Chantal Gersch has joined Macmillan Children's Publishing Group as publicist; previously she was associate publicist at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Pamela Bobowicz has been promoted to executive editor in Workman's children's publishing group, from senior editor.
Algonquin Young Readers has three promotions. Sarah Alpert has been promoted to editor, from associate editor. Stephanie Mendoza has been promoted to senior publicity manager, from publicity manager. Kelly Doyle has been promoted to associate publicist, from publicity assistant.
Nia Todd is joining Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing as children's education assistant marketing manager; previously she was social media coordinator at Media Source.
Scholastic Trade has two new hires and four promotions. Clarissa Wong has joined as executive editor; she was previously senior editor at HarperCollins. Silvia Acevedo has joined as executive assistant to Ellie Berger; she was previously at Writers House, SCBWI Wisconsin, and Three Points Publishing. Mallory Kass has been promoted to executive editor, from senior editor. Katie Heit has been promoted to senior editor, from editor. Rachel Matson has been promoted to editor, from associate editor. Shelly Romero has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor. Talia Seidenfeld has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor.
Kat Kopit has joined Macmillan Children's Publishing Group as associate director, production editorial; previously, she was head of managing and production editorial at Yen Press.
Allie Jones has been named marketing designer for Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink; she previously worked for LaDove.
Daniela Villegas Valle has joined Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing as publishing assistant; previously she was communications and programming fellow at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
