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Obituary: Esther Hautzig
Author Esther Hautzig died on Sunday, November 1, at the age of 79. She was best known for her 1968 work, The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia, an autobiographical account of her family’s life in Siberia during WWII, having being exiled there from Poland. She wrote several other books for children over a career that spanned five decades...
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Weiss to St. Martin's
Veteran publishing exec Dan Weiss has a new job as publisher at large at St. Martin’s, reporting to Matthew Shear, who is senior v-p and publisher of the house’s paperback and consumer reference groups. Weiss will work on developing content for Gen Y readers—“emerging adults who are navigating career, love and family in a 24/7 connected world,” explained Shear.
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McIntosh Named to New Spot at Random House
Madeline McIntosh is returning to Random House in a newly created high level post in which she will report directly to CEO Markus Dohle.
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Dyssegaard Joins Hyperion
Elisabeth Dyssegaard will join Hyperion November 16 as editor-in chief, replacing Will Balliett, who left earlier this fall to head Thames and Hudson.
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Mazer’s Legacy Honored; Memorial Date Set
Family, friends, and colleagues are honoring in their own ways Norma Fox Mazer, who died of cancer on October 17. Remembrances of Mazer include a memorial scheduled for next weekend and the establishment of a scholarship fund by her family, to which several of her former students and other writers are pledging the royalties from a recent anthology. The memorial service will be held on November 7 at 2 p.m in the Vermont College of Fine Arts chapel...
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Lorena Jones New Publishing Director at Chronicle
Chronicle Books announced yesterday that former Ten Speed Press publisher Lorena Jones has taken over as publishing director. In her new role, Jones will initiate a digital food and drink publishing program, and oversee Chronicle’s food and drink list as a whole.
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Cronin Moving to RH's Sub Rights Department
Denise Cronin has been named v-p of subsidiary rights for the Random House Publishing Group, filling a position that has been open since Rebecca Gardner left in late September to be rights director at the Gernert Company.
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Goldklang to Globe Pequot Press
Janice Goldklang, the former publisher of Knopf’s Pantheon Books imprint, landed at Globe Pequot Press today after leaving Random House Inc. as part of a restructuring earlier this year.
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Frank McCourt Remembered and Honored
“An Evening of Reminiscence, Music, Poetry and Laughter” was promised for the memorial to Frank McCourt held at Symphony Space on Tuesday night, and it was amply delivered.
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Also in the Frankfurt Briefcase
[In last week’s “Frankfurt Briefcase 2009,” the titles listed under the Sandra Dijkstra Agency are in fact being shopped by the Taryn Fagerness Agency. The titles being shopped by the Dijkstra Agency are below. For our full listing of Frankfurt titles, go to publishersweekly.com/FrankfurtBriefcase2009.
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Deborah Fine Succeeds Goldfarb at Direct Brands
Deborah Fine has been named president and CEO of Direct Brands, succeeding Stuart Goldfarb who had been leading the direct marketer since it was formed in July 2008 when Najafi Companies bought Bookspan and Columbia House from Bertelsmann.
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Romance Editor Kate Duffy Dead at 56
Renowned romance editor Kate Duffy died Sunday at age 56, following a long illness. Duffy was well-known in the industry for her contributions to the romance genre, from the late 1970s and the “romance revolution” of the early ’80s through the present day. Duffy published and worked with Jude Deveraux, Julie Garwood, Lori Foster, Heather Graham, Judith McNaught, Mary Janice Davidson, Jacqueline Frank and Mary Jo Putney.
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Obituaries: Milton Meltzer and Bernie Fuchs
Historian Milton Meltzer, author of more than 110 books for young people, and a five-time finalist for the National Book Award, died on September 19 after a battle with cancer. Illustrator Bernie Fuchs, who worked for many years as an editorial illustrator before turning his talents to children's books, died of cancer on September 17...
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PW talks with Monika Krauss
"The lack of proper distribution channels and book information is critical. Sometimes, even Arab publishers themselves have no information about or access to books published in countries other than their own."
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Agencies Deepen Commitment to Publicity
In an era when cutbacks have driven publishers to shrink already small publicity and marketing teams, a handful of literary agencies have hired full-time staffers to work on what was traditionally publisher-only domain. What's striking about the agencies that are hiring in-house publicists is that many are small, boutique firms.
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Balliett Leaving Hyperion to Head Thames & Hudson
Will Balliett is leaving as editor-in-chief of Hyperion to become president and publisher of Thames & Hudson Inc.
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Levitz Steps Down at DC; Nelson to Head Revamped DC Entertainment
Paul Levitz will step down as president and publisher of DC Comics, which in turn will be reorganized and renamed DC Entertainment. Diane Nelson, formerly president of Warner Premier, Warner Bros. direct-to-DVD unit, will take over as president of DC Entertainment.
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Kichler Named IBPA President
Florrie Binford Kichler had been named to the newly created position of president of the Independent Book Publishers Association.
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Weinstein Books Constricts
After rumors surfaced before the Labor Day weekend that Bob and Harvey Weinstein's publishing unit, Weinstein Books, was shuttering, the company's publisher, Judy Hottensen, shot down the chatter and said the division is not closing, though one editor was laid off.
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A Tribute to Karla Kuskin
I didn’t know Karla well. I’d read and admired her poetry, but I met her in person only three times, casually, at book-related events. And then, several years ago, I put together my first collection of poems, made some sketches, and had the nerve to send her the dummy, hoping she’d take the time to look it over. She did — it came back weeks later, covered in Post-its. She not only critiqued and revised the poems but also suggested clever changes...
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