Allison Devlin, previously director of publicity for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, has been named marketing director at Watson-Guptill Publications. While at Little, Brown, Devlin was credited with overseeing the publicity group during the children's department's move to New York City in 2002. Among the authors she has worked with at Little, Brown are children's authors Darren Shan and Todd Parr and LB adult and Warner Books authors Maria Shriver and James Patterson.