Crown Hires McCabe



Allison McCabe, formerly senior editor at Berkley, has been named a senior editor, acquiring fiction and nonfiction, and will be charged with expanding Crown's historical fiction program.

Kirkpatrick Moves to Lyons Press

Robert Kirkpatrick, previously senior editor at Greenwood Publishing, has joined the Lyons Press acquiring titles in sports, history and current events.

Berkley Tabs Seaver

Kate Seaver, formerly an acquiring editor at Dorchester, has been named a senior editor at Berkley, acquiring romances, chick lit, mysteries and nonfiction.

Hultenschmidt Rises at Dorchester

Leah Hultenschmidt, formerly manager of public relations, advertising and Web site operations, has been promoted to editor.

Triumph Learning Hires Scroggie

Bill Scroggie, formerly with the Mazer Corporation, has been named executive v-p of product development.

Gibbs Smith Appoints DeCourcey

Anne Hollinshead DeCourcey, formerly national special sales manager at Fulcrum Publishing, has been appointed director of international, trade and library sales. She will be based at Gibbs Smith's Kaysville, Utah, office.

HM's Canavan Has New List

Susan Canavan, recently promoted to senior editor at Houghton Mifflin, is leaving her role as managing director of trade paperbacks to focus on developing her own list of titles. Kate Travers, formerly with Harper Perennial, has been named director of trade paperbacks, acquiring originals and reprints and overseeing backlist and reprints from the HM list.

Mackey Joins Audible

Elizabeth Mackey has left Franklin Electronic Publishers and joined Audible, where she's been named v-p for content business development.

Trident Media Promotes Silbersack

Agent John Silbersack has been promoted to executive vice-president.