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Job Moves: December 28, 2012
At Harlequin, Rachel Burkot has been named assistant editor of Harlequin Romantic Suspense; Carly Silver has been named editorial assistant of Harlequin Special Edition.
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Authors on the Air December 28, 2012: Maurice Sendak, Nora Ephron, David Rakoff
The Leonard Lopate Show will play archived interviews from people who passed away in 2012, including writers David Rakoff, Maurice Sendak, and Nora Ephron. Listen here.
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Effective December 31, 2012, Brad Flora will be resigning from his position as the head of the Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN). Brian Jud, author, book-marketing consultant, seminar leader, television host, and a partner in Premium Book Company, will step into the position.
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Authors on the Air December 21, 2012: The Planets
Dava Sobel's The Planets (Viking, 0670034460), will be discussed on NPR's "Science Friday."
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Job Moves: December 21, 2012
Stesha Brandon is program director at Town Hall Seattle. Brandon was previously manager of public relations and events at University Book Store.
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Job Moves: December 20, 2012
Esi Sogah joins Kensington as senior editor on January 2. She was most recently associate editor at Avon/HarperCollins.
Sara Sargent has been promoted to associate editor at HarperCollins. She has been with the company since 2009.
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Authors on the Air December 19, 2012: Mike Isabella
Mike Isabella will be on Dr. Oz for Crazy Good Italian (Da Capo, 9780738215662).
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Authors on the Air December 18, 2012: Robert Garnett
Charles Dickens in Love author Robert Garnett will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here.
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Job Moves: December 18, 2012
Anne Hoppe will joining Clarion Books as senior executive editor. She was previously executive editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, where she spent 18 years.
Tessa Woodward has been promoted to editor at HarperCollins. She has been with the company since 2005.
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Authors on the Air December 17, 2012: Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott will be on Tavis Talks for Help, Thanks, Wow (Riverhead, 978-1594631290).
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Job Moves: December 17, 2012
At Hyperion, Betsy Hulsebosch is publicity manager; Georgia Morrissey is art director.
Philip Rafshoon is AJC Decatur Book Festival program director. He was former owner of Atlanta's Outwrite Bookstore.
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Despite Crash, New Bach Book Set for March
While Richard Bach’s trip to deliver the completed manuscript of his newest book ended with him crashing his plane, Nice Tiger Press remains hopeful of releasing Travels with Puff: A Gentle Game of Life and Death next March.
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Authors on the Air December 14, 2012: Christopher Bonanos
Christopher Bonanos, author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid (Princeton Architectural Press, 978-1-61689-085-8), will be on NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday.
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Job Moves: December 14, 2012
Orbit has made the following promotions: Devi Pillai has been promoted to executive editor; Susan Barnes has been promoted to associate editor; Abby Blackman has been promoted to associate editor at the Yen Press imprint; Wendy Chan has been promoted to designer.
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Little, Brown Promotes Fain, Dewey, Callahan
Little, Brown has made a host of promotions. In marketing/publicity, Heather Fain has been promoted to v-p, associate publisher and marketing director.
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Authors on the Air December 13, 2012: Mary Pope Osborne
On NBC's Rock Center Mary Pope Osborne will be featured in a segment for her Magic Tree House series. Watch clips here.
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Job Moves: December 13, 2012
Elizabeth Van Doren has been promoted to editorial director, book publishing at Highlights for Children and Boyds Mills Press. She has been with the company since 2011.
At Little, Borwn, Julie Scheina has been promoted to senior editor. Bethany Strout has been promoted to assistant editor. Deirdre Jones has been promoted to assistant editor. Liz Casal has been promoted to designer. Mara Lander has been promoted to senior brand marketing manager. Stephanie O'Cain has been promoted to marketing manager. Zoe Luderitz has been promoted to manager, school & library marketing and social media.
Ed Ripley will join Walker Books as U.K. sales & marketing director.
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Nan Graham Named Publisher at Scribner
Nan Graham has been named senior v-p and publisher of Scribner, reporting to Susan Moldow, who was formerly publisher but became president of the Scribner Publishing Group when it was formed and announced in October 2012.
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Authors on the Air December 12, 2012: Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for his early novel Silent House (Knopf, 978-0307700285), which is newly translated into English.
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Job Moves: December 12, 2012
Jennifer Garza has joined the Simon & Schuster publicity department as a publicity manager. She most recently worked at Media Connect.
Amber Qureshi is joining Seven Stories as associate publisher and executive editor. She was most recently an executive editor at Viking.
Diane Young will join Dundurn Press as editorial director, effective January 16. She was most recently with Lorimer as editorial director.



