Job Moves: December 6, 2011

Tom Bouman has joined Orbit US as an editor, acquiring science fiction and fantasy. Previously, Bouman was an editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Authors on the Air December 6, 2011: Patricia Cornwall, Donald Trump, Chris Matthews

Patricia Cornwell will be on The View for Red Mist (Putnam Adult, 978-0399158025).

Donald Trump, author of Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again (Regnery, 978-1596987739), will make appearances on Fox and Friends, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, and The Laura Ingraham Show.

Job Moves: December 5, 2011

Prometheus Books has announced the promotion of Jill Maxick to v-p of marketing. Maxick has been director of publicity since joining the company in September 1999. She will continue that role within her new position.

Shandler, Clain Get New Posts at Little, Brown

Geoff Shandler has been named v-p and editorial director at Little, Brown, stepping into a newly created position in which he will be tasked with expanding the Hachette imprint's nonfiction program.

Authors on the Air December 5, 2011: Benjamin Lowry, Ruth Reichl, Eric Weiner

Benjamin Lowry, author of Iraq: Perspectives (Duke University Press, 978-0822351665), will be on The Daily Show.

Notables of 2011

People who made a difference in publishing this year: Amazon's Jeff Belle; author Amanda Hocking; Borders Booksellers; and Steve Potash of OverDrive.

David Shanks: PW Person of the Year 2011

In a time of tremendous turmoil in the book publishing industry, the role of the established large trade houses has been called into question by analysts and commentators inside and outside of publishing. Yet the Big Six publishers, by adapting to the changing circumstances, continue to operate profitably, while publishing award-winning books. No executive within the industry has done a better job of balancing the often conflicting demands of supporting an existing print infrastructure with investing in digital businesses than Penguin Group (USA) CEO David Shanks, PW’s Person of the Year.

Shanks Is 'PW' Person of the Year

Penguin Group (USA) CEO David Shanks is Publishers Weekly’s Person of the Year.

Authors on the Air December 2, 2011: Rosamund Bartlett

Rosamund Bartlett, author of Tolstoy: A Russian Life (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0151014385) will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Job Moves: December 2, 2011

Foundry Literary + Media has announced the hiring of Rachel Hecht as foreign rights associate reporting to director Stéphanie Abou.

At Mary Anne Thompson Associates, Christine Munroe has been promoted to the position of children's book scout.

Authors on the Air December 1, 2011: Shea Vaughn, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Richard Branson

Shea Vaughn, author of Shea Vaughn's Breakthrough: The 5 Living Principles to Defeat Stress, Look Great & Find Total Well-Being (HCI, 978-0757315930), will be on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with her son, Vince Vaughn.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., author of Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History (Knopf, 978-0307593429), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.

Job Moves: December 1, 2011

Dennis Campagna has been named senior v-p and chief accounting officer at Scholastic. Before joining the company, Campagna was the regional controller of Clear Channel Radio.

Authors on the Air November 30, 2011: Frederick R. Lynch, Stephan Solzhenitzyn, Stephen Sondheim

Frederick R. Lynch was on The Exchange on New Hampshire NPR for One Nation Under AARP: The Fight over Medicare, Social Security, and America's Future (University of California Press, 978-0520268289).

Stephan Solzhenitzyn will talk about the new translation of Apricot Jam and Other Stories (Counterpoint, 978-1582436029), a collection by his father, Aleksandr.

Job Moves: November 30, 2011

Papercutz has hired Janna Morishima for the new position of marketing director. Morishima was formerly at Scholastic and Diamond Comics.

Authors on the Air November 29, 2011: Michael Connelly, Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Darrell Hammond

Michael Connelly, author of The Drop (Little, Brown and Company, 978-0316069410), will be on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, author of No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA (Chicago Review Press, 9781556528187), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Job Moves: November 29, 2011

Rebecca T. Miller has been named editor-in-chief at School Library Journal. Miller was formerly executive editor of features for Library Journal, where she began working in 1998 as a book review editor.

Karina Mikhli has been hired as director of content development for On Demand Books. She was formerly v-p of publishing operations at Assouline Publishing.

Obituary: Lynn Margulis

Lynn Margulis, who created Chelsea Green's Sciencewriters Books imprint along with her son, Dorion Sagan, in 2006, died on November 22 at the age of 73.

Authors on the Air November 28, 2011: Hal Rubenstein, Robert Trivers, Merrill Markoe

Hal Rubenstein, author of 100 Unforgettable Dresses (Harper Design, 978-0061151668), will be on Dateline.

Robert Trivers, author of The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life (Basic Books, 978-0465027552), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.

Job Moves: November 28, 2011

Neely Kennedy has been appointed as the literary director at Reading Group Choices, as well as the book club expert and spokesperson.

Authors on the Air November 23, 2011: Manisha Thakor

Manisha Thakor, author of On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl's Guide to Personal Finance (Adams Business, 978-1598691245), will be on Nightly Business Report.