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JUNE 14, 2023

Jennifer Weis has launched The Weis Agency , based in New York City. Weis was a senior agent at Ross Yoon Agency , which was recently acquired by WME , and previously executive editor at St. Shannon O’Neill joins the agency as editorial director. Foreign rights will be handled by Kimberly Whalen at The Whalen Agency.

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APRIL 6, 2023

In agency news… Jana Hanson , formerly Agent at Metamorphosis Literary Agency , joins D4EO Literary Agency as Agent. Allison Devereux joins Trellis Literary Management as Agent; she was previously Agent and Foreign Rights Director at the Cheney Agency. Sweeney will join as Partner and Associate Publisher on May 1.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Jordan Rodman has been named Senior Director of Publicity for Vintage Anchor. Most recently she was Director of Publicity at Avid Reader Press. At Random House Children’s Books , Liz Dresner , lately Senior Art Director for Sourcebooks , joins as Art Director, YA. PROMOTIONS.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

At Tuttle Publishing , Laura Ferguson joins as Sales and Marketing Director. In agency news… Kristina Sutton Lennon , founder of Focused Artists , joins Context Literary Agency as Director of Media Rights, Translation Rights Agent, and Junior Agent. Jessica Cozzi has been promoted to Associate Publicist.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director. Kelly Blair has been named senior art director for the Knopf Cooks line. At Sourcebooks , Nicole Lecht has joined as associate art director for Bloom Books. She was previously director of subsidiary rights at Abrams Books.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Matt Gannon is joining HarperCollins Publishers as senior director of warehouse operations. Kelsey Manning has joined as director of marketing for The Morrow Group. Shawn Dahl has joined Abrams as art director. PROMOTIONS Beverly Hare has been promoted to manager of compliance and quality control at Simon & Schuster.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

In agency news… Laurel Symonds joins KT Literary as Literary Agent. She was previously Literary Agent at The Bent Agency. Additionally, Fernanda Martínez has launched an editorial services agency, Fernanda Literary Services. PROMOTIONS. Morgan Green is now Associate Director of National Distributor Sales.

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MARCH 5, 2024

In Agency News… Stephanie Winter has joined KO Media Management as literary agent. Laura Crockett has been promoted to senior literary agency and foreign rights manager at TriadaUS Literary Agency. Molly Ketcheson has joined Wolfson Literary Agency as literary agent.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

At Penguin Random House , Nicholas Latimer , VP and senior director of publicity and Victoria Wilson , VP and executive editor have elected to accept VSO packages and will leave Knopf on December 15th. At Simon & Schuster, Ariel Snead has joined as advertising and promotions assistant. McElderry Books , and Denene Millner Books.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

In agency news, Adefisayo Adeyeye joins Andrea Brown Literary Agency as Contracts/Royalty Coordinator. She was formerly Publicity Director at Oni Press. Most recently she was Art Director at Hello!Lucky. PROMOTIONS. Ashley Herzig has been promoted to Sales Coordinator.

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MAY 6, 2024

At Zando , Christopher King , has joined as art director, he was previously associate art director at Penguin Press. At Media Masters Publicity Consultants , Melissa Taylor has joined as book marketing, content promotion, and social media strategist. Rosana Zagaceta has been promoted to senior finance analyst.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Dan Kosack joins as director of mass merchandising. Molly McLaughlin has been promoted to associate national accounts manager. Dan Vidra , international sales director has departed the company. Celeste Knudson has joined as senior art director for children’s. Math Monahan is being promoted to art director.

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MARCH 10, 2023

At Oxford University Press , Zachary Haynes has left his position as Director of Global Business Development. Sarah Brody joins Sourcebooks as Associate Art Director. Associate Art Director Matt Roeser has left Candlewick Press and can be contacted at roeser.matt@gmail.com. Jay Farahani joins as PHP Web Developer.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At Sourcebooks , Tim Hall has joined as childrens art director. In Agency News At Calligraph , Leila Campoli has joined as principal agent. At Stonesong , Melissa Edwards has been promoted to executive vice president. Maria Ribas has been promoted to literary agent and executive editor of book packaging.

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MARCH 3, 2025

At Ten Speed Press and Clarkson Potter , Natalie Yera-Campbell has been promoted to publicist. In Agency News At The Robbins Office and Susanna Lea Associates , Jessica Rios joins as head of operations, reporting to both Kathy Robbins and Susanna Lea. Swadhi Thanabalasingan has been promoted to finance manager.

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APRIL 23, 2024

At Tin House Books , Masie Cochran has been named publisher and editorial director, after serving as interim publisher since last October. In Agency News… At The Book Group , Caitlin O’Shaughnessy has joined in the new hybrid role of director of strategy & business development, literary agent, starting in June.

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JULY 23, 2024

PEOPLE Hachette announced a series of promotions and realignments on July 15th that included: Running Press and Workman will combine into Workman Running Press Group as of January 1st, 2025. Julia Kardon has been promoted to VP. Ellen Goff has been promoted to agent and international rights manager for children’s and YA.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

See Promotions, below, for changes at Ingram. and Molly Condon has joined as senior accountant of shared services In Agency News… At Gardner Literary , Sherri Wilson Johnson has been promoted to associate literary agent. Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency has been sold to RCW and will have a new children’s division.

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APRIL 24, 2023

At Random House Children’s Books, Joey Ho has been promoted to publicist. PROMOTIONS At Penguin Publishing Group, Tawanna Sullivan has been promoted to senior director and will continue to sell foreign and domestic rights for Berkley. Emily Reardon has been promoted to assistant director of publicity at Knopf.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In Agency News Spencerhill Associates Literary Agency have promoted Sandy Harding and Ali Herring to senior agent. They were previously at Ladderbird Literary Agency. At Jane Rotrosen Agency , Danielle Marshall has joined as an agent. Transatlantic Agency has named Rachel Letofsky as senior agent.

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