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Job Moves: November 6, 2013
Michael Signorelli will be joining Henry Holt as senior editor, beginning November 25th. He was previously at HarperCollins. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Authors on the Air November 5, 2013: Wil Hylton
Wil Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II (Riverhead, 9781594487279) will appear on the Diane Rehm Show on Wednesday, November 6.
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Job Moves: November 5, 2013
Claiborne Smith has been appointed to the newly created position of editor in chief at Kirkus Media. Smith was previously features editor at Kirkus. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Job Moves: November 4, 2013
Laura Ferguson is joining Open Road Media later this month as v-p, special markets. Previously, she was director of premium, corporate and customer driven publishing at Simon & Schuster.
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Authors on the Air November 4, 2013: Dr. Vijaya Nair and John Hagee
Dr. Vijaya Nair, author of Prevent Cancer, Strokes, Heart Attacks, & Other Deadly Killers (Square One, 9781884820922) will appear on The Dr. Oz Show on Monday, November 4. Click through for more author media appearances.
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Job Moves: November 1, 2013
Keith Pfeffer has joined Harvard Business Review Press as associate publisher. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Children's Job Moves: October 2013
New job announcements in children's publishing for October 2013.
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Authors on the Air October 31, 2013: Mark Fainaru-Wada
Mark Fainaru-Wada, co-author of League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth (Crown, 9780770437541) will appear on the Daily Show on Thursday, October 31.
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Job Moves: October 31, 2013
Yale University Press has named Benjamin Schwarz consulting editor. Schwarz was the literary and national editor for the Atlantic from 2000 to early 2013.
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New Leadership at Hurston/Wright Foundation
Award-winning novelist Marita Golden has been named interim director of the nonprofit Hurston/Wright Foundation following the resignation of the foundation’s longtime executive director and cofounder, Clyde McElvene.
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Authors on the Air October 30, 2013: David Folkenflik
David Folkenflik, author of Murdoch's World: The Last of the Old Media Empires (PublicAffairs, 9781610390897), will appear on The Diane Rehm Show on Thursday, October 31.
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Job Moves: October 30, 2013
Susan Brower has joined the Natasha Kern Literary Agency, Inc., as literary agent. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Creamer to Leave as Touchstone Publisher
Stacy Creamer, v-p and publisher of Touchstone, will be leaving parent company Simon & Schuster November 15.
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Herz Up at Doubleday
Previously senior v-p, publishing, Herz has been with the company for almost thirty years.
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Authors on the Air October 29, 2013: Lodro Rinzler
Lodro Rinzler, author of Walk Like a Buddha: Even If Your Boss Sucks, Your Ex Is Torturing You & You’re Hungover Again (Shambhala, 9781611800937) will appear live on The Daily Circuit with Kerri Miller on Minnesota Public Radio on Wednesday, October 30.
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Job Moves: October 29, 2013
Michael Palgon has joined Open Road Media as senior v-p, distribution & business development. He was most recently the deputy publisher at Crown.
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Job Moves: October 28, 2013
Harry Helm, v-p and associate publisher of marketing for Hachette Nashville, will be leaving the company to pursue personal interests. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Authors on the Air October 25, 2013: Nigel Simeone
Nigel Simeone, editor of The Leonard Bernstein Letters (Yale University Press, 9780300179095) will be on NPR's Weekend Edition on Sunday, October 27.
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Job Moves: October 25, 2013
At HarperCollins, Amy Bendell has been promoted to senior editor. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Durham Named Amazon Publishing Publisher
Following the news that Larry Kirshbaum will be leaving Amazon Publishing, the company said that Daphne Durham, who was named editor-in-chief of adult trade publishing last November, has been promoted to publisher of the adult trade and children’s businesses.



