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FSG's Elie Joins Georgetown
Senior editor at Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Paul Elie will join the Georgetown University faculty as a senior fellow with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, working out of New York.
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Kirkus Expands Author Services, Promotes Kuehn to COO
Kirkus Media has named Meg LaBorde Kuehn chief operating officer. Her promotion comes as part of an expansion within the company, which is known for its pre-publication reviews of books geared to the library market, into the author services area.
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Authors on the Air January 31, 2012: Robert Harris, Stephanie Izard
Robert Harris will talk about his novel The Fear Index (Knopf, 978-0307957931) on the Leonard Lopate Show.
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Comings and Goings: January 31, 2012
Robie Rogge is leaving to set up her own company to generate income for other clients, to develop new products, to reinvent existing ones, or to extend successful lines, on a company's behalf. She can be reached at Robie.NYC@gmail.com.
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Job Moves: January 31, 2012
Kristin Cochrane has been promoted from v-p to senior v-p at Random House of Canada, in addition to her ongoing role as publisher of Doubleday Canada. Cochrane joined the company in 2005 as associate publisher.
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Authors on the Air January 30, 2012: Colman Andrews, Mary Curren Hackett, Christopher Boucher, Hillary Jordan
On the January 31 episode of the Today show, Colman Andrews will talk about his new book, The Country Cooking of Italy (Chronicle, 9780811866712).
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Job Moves: January 30, 2012
Triumph Books has made the following staff changes:
Adam Motin has been named managing editor. He has been with the company since 2007, and was previously developmental editor.
Noah Amstadter has been appointed senior acquisitions editor. He has been with Triumph since 2010.
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Job Moves: January 27, 2012
Kathleen Willoughby has been promoted from v-p of marketing and online development to senior v-p of sales, marketing, and online development at Bookazine. She has been with the company for 16 years.
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Authors on the Air January 27, 2012: Andrea Arden, Storm Large
Andrea Arden was on Live! with Kelly for Barron's Dog Training Bible (Barron's Educational Series, 978-0764164330).
Storm Large will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for her memoir Crazy Enough (Free Press, 978-1439192405).
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Comings and Goings: January 27, 2012
Nina Lassam is leaving the marketing department at Wattpad and can be reached at nina.lassam@gmail.com.
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Authors on the Air January 26, 2012: Meg Keene, Matlida Raffa Cuomo
Meg Keene, author of A Practical Wedding: Creative Ideas for Planning a Beautiful, Affordable, and Meaningful Celebration (Da Capo, 978-0738215150), will be on NPR's Talk of the Nation.
Matilda Raffa Cuomo will be on Friday's The View for her book The Person Who Changed My Life: Prominent People Recall Their Mentors (Rodale, 978-1605291222).
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Job Moves: January 26, 2012
Julie Miesionczek has been promoted to associate editor at Viking. She joined Pamela Dorman Books/Viking in 2008 as an assistant editor after starting her career with Random House.
Celeste Fine will be joining Sterling Lord Literistic on January 30th. She will continue to represent popular expert and celebrity authors, particularly in the health, science, food, business, and lifestyle spaces. Previously, she was senior v-p and subsidiary rights director for Folio Literary Management.
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Getty Publications Names New Publisher
Kara Kirk, former associate publisher at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, has been appointed publisher of the Getty Publications effective April 13.
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Authors on the Air January 25, 2012: Laurie Puhn, Maurice Sendak
Laurie Puhn, author of Fight Less, Love More: 5 Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship Without Blowing Up or Giving In (Rodale, 9781605295985) will be on The Bill Cunningham Show.
Maurice Sendak will be on The Colbert Report for the second part of his interview.
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Job Moves: January 25, 2012
Dawn Woods has joined B&H Publishing Group as editor, acquisitions and development. She will help to lead efforts in the Christian Living and Children's publishing areas.
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Authors on the Air January 24, 2012: Alex Gilvarry, Dr. Seuss
Alex Gilvarry, author of the novel From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant (Viking Adult, 978-0670023196), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
NPR's Morning Edition did a feature story on Dr. Seuss and the 75th anniversary of his first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (Random House, 978-0394844947).
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Job Moves: January 24, 2012
Annette Danek has been promoted to senior v-p, fulfillment at Random House. She was previously a v-p.
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Job Moves: January 23, 2012
Laurie Chittenden will join Hyperion as editor at large on January 23, where she will focus on acquiring a mix of commercial nonfiction and fiction book projects. Chittenden began her career with Hyperion as an editorial assistant in 1993.
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Authors on the Air January 23, 2012: Eleanor Hende, Naomi Benaron, Katherine Britton, Jennifer McMahon, Lisa Lillien
Lisa Lillien, author of Hungry Girl Supermarket (St. Martin’s Griffin; 0-312-67673-5) will be discussing her new book on Access Hollywood.
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Perseus Expands Argo Navis Team
Perseus has added three new staffers to its Argo Navis Author Services unit, which was formed last year to handle digital distribution and marketing for authors who want to self-publish but who are represented by established agents.
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