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People Round Up, Early January, 2024

Publishing Trends

Janice Audet , formerly executive editor at Basic Books of Hachette Book Group , has joined The MIT Press as editorial director. 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.

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

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. At Wonderwell , Eva Avery joins as Editorial Director.

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People Round-Up, Mid-December 2022

Publishing Trends

Following a reorganization, Leigh Haber has left her position as VP of Books at Oprah Daily and Editorial Director of Oprah’s Book Club. On January 1, Traci Lester will step down as Executive Director of The Center for Fiction to pursue other opportunities. Deb Wood has been promoted to VP and Creative Director at Abrams.