New Crown Editors

Crown Publishing Group has added two senior editors: Vanessa Mobley, most recently a senior editor at the Penguin Press, and Lorraine Glennon, former senior articles editor and books editor at Ladies' Home Journal.

Kelleher Joins Basic

T.J. Kelleher has joined Basic Books as executive editor, focusing on acquisitions in the hard and behavioral sciences. Kelleher held previous positions as senior editor at Smithsonian Books and editor at Seed magazine. Also at Basic, Brandon Proia was promoted from assistant editor to associate editor; Whitney Casser was promoted from editorial assistant to assistant editor; and Ross Curley has joined the department as editorial assistant.

Ko Joins S&S

Jessica Ko has joined Simon & Schuster as national account manager for Atria, Pocket, SSE and Kaplan, selling their titles to Borders. Ko was most recently at HarperCollins, selling Collins, HarperStudio, and TokyoPop to Borders.