Ryan Doherty has joined Random House Trade Paperbacks as an editor reporting to svp, publisher Jane von Mehren. Doherty has been at Ballantine for four years, working on, among other things, Web site- and blog-inspired books including F My Life, FU Penguin, and the forthcoming Whiter Shades of Pale. He will continue to acquire for RH’s trade paperback and hardcover imprints, and work with the company’s trade paperback backlist to find new sales and publishing opportunities.