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People Round Up, Early January, 2024

Publishing Trends

He may be reached at jsto1984@gmail.com Starting February 1 st , longtime Client Development Executive Director David Walter will lead the US Books business under Circana’s Entertainment Sector. Janice Audet , formerly executive editor at Basic Books of Hachette Book Group , has joined The MIT Press as editorial director.

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People Round Up, Early April, 2024

Publishing Trends

At Random House , Sara Birmingham will join May 6 as executive editor, reporting to VP editor in chief Ben Greenburg and working closely with editorial director Caitlin McKenna , to expand the fiction list. At HarperOne , Nina Shield will join as VP, editorial director, starting April 22. She was previously at Ecco.

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People Round Up, Mid March, 2024

Publishing Trends

She was previously managing editorial assistant at Abrams. Katrina Damkoehler has been promoted to associate art director at Random House Children’s Books. At Black Dog & Leventhal , Katie Benezra has been promoted to art director. Eric Chinski , has been promoted to editorial director, nonfiction at FSG.

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People Round-Up, Mid November 2023

Publishing Trends

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 Ten Speed Press , Ginee Seo has joined in the newly created position of VP, editorial director of children’s publishing, reporting to publisher Aaron Wehner.

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People Round-Up, Early June 2023

Publishing Trends

Carlos Hernandez has joined PRH Grupo Editorial as director of sales, special markets, focusing on the Origen imprint. He previously held senior sales positions at Editorial Unilit , Grupo Nelson , and Harper Christian. Shannon O’Neill joins the agency as editorial director. She was previously at Catapult.

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

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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. Wilson has been named Director, effective January 2023. Lucy Ricketts joins Peachtree as Designer.

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People Round Up, Mid August 2024

Publishing Trends

Dan Vidra , international sales director has departed the company. Celeste Knudson has joined as senior art director for children’s. At NYU Press , director Ellen Chodosh will retire from the company effective October 4th. Simon & Schuster has promoted Natalia Olbinski to associate art director.