Publishing Trends

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Random House Children’s Linda Palladino , SVP, director of production, will retire on March 31. Kelly Gildea has been named director of audio production and creative partner development at Penguin Random House Audio. Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency has been sold to RCW and will have a new children’s division.

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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. In agency news… Ann Rose , formerly of Prospect Agency , joins The Tobias Agency as Literary Agent.

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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. Emily Mahon has been promoted to senior art director at Doubleday.

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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. Donya Dickerson has joined Aevitas Creative Management as an agent. Norton as senior editor.

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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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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Rick Rekedal joins David C Cook as Chief Creative Officer. 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. Jackie Ford is serving as Interim CEO.

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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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OCTOBER 17, 2023

In Agency news : Amy Bishop-Wycisk has joined Trellis Literary Management as agent. Harriet Poland has joined Creative Artists Agency (CAA) as an agent. Elinor Davies has been appointed as associate literary agent at Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency.

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APRIL 24, 2023

Cecilia Lyra has been promoted to literary agent at P.S. Literary Agency. Dawn Adams has been promoted to senior art director at Sourcebooks. Brittany Vibbert has been promoted to associate creative director, calendars & gift. John Aardema has been promoted to senior 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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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. In agency news… Keely Boeving has been promoted to Senior Agent at WordServe Literary. DULY NOTED.

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JUNE 14, 2023

VP, creative director at Harper Children’s Barbara Fitzsimmons is retiring on June 30. 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. She was at Olswanger Literary Agency.

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