Publishing Trends

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jenny Davis has been named creative director, leading the newly created illustrated design team, at the Random House Publishing Group. She will report to SVP, creative director Paolo Pepe. Dorian Randall has been promoted to senior literary scout. Grace Layer has been promoted to associate editor at Dutton.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Megan Zimlich is being promoted to senior manager of digital content at Kensington Publishing Chronicle Books has named Christina Amini as publisher of gift and she will also work in partnership with Chronicle’s Games & Toys. PROMOTIONS At Simon & Schuster , Lara Jones has been promoted to senior editor at Emily Bestler Books.

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JUNE 14, 2023

VP, creative director at Harper Children’s Barbara Fitzsimmons is retiring on June 30. Chelsea Hunter has joined Holiday House , Peachtree , and Pixel+Ink as associate art director, novels and middle grade. PROMOTIONS At HarperCollins’ Broadside Books Eric Nelson has been promoted to VP publisher.

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APRIL 8, 2024

Joining Sourcebooks on April 11 to build the imprint are two editorial staffers from Katherine Tegen Books : Ben Rosenthal , who was editorial director, and Mabel Hsu , who was executive editor. They will report to Sourcebooks editorial director Jenne Abramowitz. Julie Schrader has joined as associate art director.

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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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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Lisa Beech joins Nelson Books as Director of Publicity; previously, she was Associate Director of Publicity at WaterBrook & Multnomah. Erin Fitzsimmons joins Sourcebooks as Senior Art Director for Fiction. PROMOTIONS. Greg Stadnyk is now Art Director for Atheneum Books for Young Readers and Margaret K.

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APRIL 6, 2023

PROMOTIONS Anne Marie Tallberg has been promoted to SVP, Publishing Director at St. At Macmillan Audio , Matt DeMazza is promoted to Executive Managing Editor, Claire Beyette has been promoted to Associate Manager, Marketing, and Abigail Starr has been promoted to Senior Manager, Design. Martin’s Griffin.

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