Alessandra Bastagli will join Free Press as senior editor, beginning November 29. Since 2005, Bastagli has been at Palgrave Macmillan, most recently as executive editor, where she acquired books in subjects including politics, history, memoir, and pop culture, all areas which she will pursue for Free Press. Earlier in her career, Bastagli worked at W.W. Norton. She is a Jerusalem and Frankfurt Book Fair Fellow.