Leona Nevler joined Penguin Putnam as an editor at Berkley Books. A longtime editor with Ballantine, Nevler will acquire fiction and nonfiction titles for all formats. Among the authors signed by Nevler are Fannie Flagg, Dick Francis, Susan Howatch, Faye Kellerman and Amy Tan. Nevler will report to Leslie Gelbman, president of Berkley Publishing and New American Library.