Authors on the Air March 7, 2012: Kristi Yamaguchi, David Wolman

Kristi Yamaguchi will be Fox & Friends for her new book It's a Big World, Little Pig! (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 978-1402266447).

Job Moves: March 7, 2012

PEN American Center has announced Peter Godwin as president. He succeeds Kwame Anthony Appiah, who was president for the last three years.

And the Winner Is...

Authors on the Air March 6, 2012: Russ Feingold, Stephanie Izard, Kate Shaffer

Russ Feingold, author of While America Sleeps: A Wake-up Call for the Post-9/11 Era (Crown, 978-0307952523), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Stephanie Izard, author of Girl in the Kitchen: How a Top Chef Cooks, Thinks, Shops, Eats, and Drinks (Chronicle, 9780811874472) will be on The Martha Stewart Show.

Job Moves: March 6, 2012

Chris Granville has recently joined The Basic Books Group as managing editor. Granville was at W.W. Norton & Company for the past ten years, most recently as senior production manager.

Job Moves: March 5, 2013

Alison Law is the new AJC Decatur Book Festival assistant program director, effective immediately. She is an Atlanta-based writer and marketing consultant.

Twisne Fan will join Macmillan on March 18 as v-p, trade manufacturing and production. She was most recently the senior production director at Simon & Schuster.

At becker&mayer!, Stephanie Swane has been promoted to director of sales and licensing and Barney Duly has joined as international sales manager.

At HMH, Ken Carpenter, currently v-p editorial director, Mariner and also director of Tolkien Projects, now adds editorial director, CliffsNotes to his title, with Cliffs executive editor Greg Tubach reporting to him. Also at HMH, Deanne Urmy has been promoted to senior executive editor. Rux Martin has assumed the title of editorial director, Rux Martin Books.

Obituary: William Wright

William Wright, former president and CEO of the Hearst Book Group, died February 26 at the age of 62.

New Executive Team at D&M Publishers

D&M Publishers has made a number of corporate changes in response to what the Canadian independent says are rapid changes in the domestic and international book markets.

Authors on the Air March 5, 2012: Richard J. Davidson, Sharon Begley, Taylor Polites, Howard Frank Mosher, Nancy Bilyeau

Richard J. Davidson and Sharon Begley will be on The Brian Lehrer Show for The Emotional Life of Your Brain (Hudson Street Press, 978-1594630897).

Job Moves: March 5, 2012

Alexander Star will join Farrar, Straus and Giroux as senior editor on April 2. Star comes from the New York Times, where he is currently senior editor of the New York Times Book Review. From 2004 to 2010, Star worked at the New York Times Magazine as its senior and then deputy editor. Prior to that, he was the founding editor of the Boston Globe Ideas section.

Authors on the Air March 2, 2012: Neil deGrasse Tyson, John Horgan, Mark Bittman

Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier (W.W. Norton, 978-0393082104), will be on NPR's Science Friday.

John Horgan will be on The Brian Lehrer Show for The End of War (McSweeney's, 978-1936365364).

Mark Bittman will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for How to Cook Everything--The Basics: All You Need to Make Great Food (Wiley, 978-0470528068).

John Sargent Sr. Memorial Service Set

The memorial service for John Sargent Sr., president and later chairman of Doubleday, will be held at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 325 Park Avenue (at 51st) on Friday, March 23rd at 4 pm.

Job Moves: March 2, 2012

Managing editor at Samhain Lindsey Faber will take on the role of publisher beginning March 1, 2012. Faber has been with the company for five years.

Meredith Kaffel is joining DeFiore and Company as an agent. She has been at the Charlotee Sheedy Agency for six years.

Authors on the Air March 1, 2012: Peter Kiernan, Lisa Lillien

Peter Kiernan will be on Imus in the Morning and MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show for his book Becoming China's Bitch: And Nine More Catastrophes We Must Avoid Right Now (Turner, 978-1-61858-005-4).

Lisa Lillien, author of Hungry Girl Supermarket Survival: Aisle by Aisle, HG-Style (St. Martin's Griffin, 978-0312676735), will be on The Talk.

Job Moves: March 1, 2012

Jessica Deutsch, marketing director, is leaving Coffee House Press at the end of this week. Tricia O'Reilly, currently their publicist, will take on the duties of interim marketing director.

Authors on the Air February 29, 2012: Suvir Saran, Marc Gillinov and Steven Nissen

Suvir Saran will be on The Martha Stewart Show for Masala Farm: Stories and Recipes from an Uncommon Life in the Country (Chronicle, 9780811872331).

Marc Gillinov and Steven Nissen will be on Tavis Smiley for Heart 411: The Only Guide to Heart Health You'll Ever Need (Three Rivers Press, 978-0307719904).

Job Moves: February 29, 2012

Random House Publishers Services Group has made the following promotions:

Chuck Errig, group sales director, and Todd Berman, director, client development, have been promoted to v-p.

Michelle Yung has been named imprint sales director from associate imprint sales director.

Obituary: George Fisher

George Fisher, former v-p, director, adult mass merchandise sales for Random House, died on February 22 at the age of 60.

Authors on the Air February 28, 2012: Jackie Collins

Jackie Collins will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for her novel Goddess of Vengeance (St. Martin's Griffin, 978-1250006172).