Publishing Trends

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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