Authors on the Air April 22, 2013: Michael Pollan, Andy Cohen

Michael Pollan, author of PW Pick Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Penguin, 978-1-59420-421-0), will be on The Colbert Report.

Andy Cohen will be on The Wendy Williams Show for Most Talkative (St. Martin's Griffin, 125003146X).

Job Moves: April 22, 2013

Texas Book Festival has named Lois Kim chief executive and Steph Opitz literary director. Kim was formerly associate director of university extension at the University of Texas at Austin; Opitz was formerly the programs and strategic communications director for CLMP.

Shannon Criss has been promoted to associate editor of Harlequin Kimani. She joined Harlequin in 2010 as an editorial assistant.

Joan Strasbaugh joins Abbeville Press as senior editor. He was previously publisher of Jones Books in Madison, Wisconsin. Diana Griffin has been promoted to marketing and publicity manager. She was previously marketing and publicity assistant.

Julia Kenny is joining the Dunow Carlson & Lerner Agency as an agent. Previously she worked at the Wendy Weil Agency.

Job Moves: April 19, 2013

At Dutton, Carrie Swetonic has been promoted to director of marketing, and Bernadette Blanco joins as assistant marketing manager. Swetonic has been with Dutton since 2007, and Blanco was most recently at NYU Press.

Authors on the Air April 18, 2013: Vladimir Alexandrov, Mark Mazzetti

Vladimir Alexandrov, author of The Black Russian (Atlantic Monthly Press, 978-0-8021-2069-4) will be a guest on "the Kojo Nnamdi Show" at 1:00pm EST.

Mark Mazzetti, author of The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth (Penguin Press, 978-1594204807), will be on The Daily Show.

Job Moves: April 18, 2013

At Bloomsbury, Rachel Mannheimer has been promoted to editor and Melanie Sankel has been promoted to director, adoption sales at Bloomsbury Academic.

Jennifer Corcoran will join Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as director of publicity, starting on May 6. She was most recently the publicity director at Disney Publishing Worldwide.

Job Moves: April 17, 2013

Lauren Smulski is now editorial assistant, Singles Titles at Harlequin. She was previously a designer & editor at Stewart Howe Integrated Member Services.

Authors on the Air April 17, 2013: Jayson Lusk, Elaine Heffner

Jayson Lusk will be on MSNBC-TV “Now with Alex Wagner” on for The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate (Crown Forum, 9780307987037).

Elaine Heffner, author of Goodenoughmothering (XLIBRIS, 978-1479716098), will be on Geraldo Rivera Radio at 11:30 AM EST and, on April 18, on FOX TV Newswatch.

Authors on the Air April 16, 2013: Caroline Kennedy, Danine Manette

Caroline Kennedy will be on The Colbert Report for Poems to Learn by Heart (Disney Press, 978-1423108054).

Danine Manette, author of Ultimate Betrayal (Square One, ISBN: 978-0-7570-0281-6), will be on HLN-TV's "Dr. Drew on Call" through April 18.

Job Moves: April 16, 2013

Gibbs Smith associate publisher/creative director Suzanne Taylor and managing editor Madge Baird have joined the company's executive management team.

Sonya Safro has joined Grand Central as publicity manager. She was most recently with Random House.

At Simon & Schuster, Nick Greene has been promoted to associate editor and Jonathan Cox has been promoted to assistant editor.

Workman Publishing announced Vaughn Andrews will join the company as creative director for the Workman imprint, effective April 22. Liz Davis has been promoted to assistant editor; Michael DiMascio is now staff photo researcher; Samantha O'Brien is now assistant editor.

Sherrod Named Amistad Editorial Director

HarperCollins has found a new head for its Amistad imprint, naming Tracy Sherrod editorial director. Dawn Davis, who had been publisher, left Amistad earlier this year to head a new imprint at Atria.

Authors on the Air April 15, 2013: Andrew Pyper, Elisabeth Tova Baily, Lisa Genova

The Literary New England Radio Show that airs tonight at 8 p.m. on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Andew Pyper on The Demonologist (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451697414), Elisabeth Tova Bailey on The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (Algonquin, 978-1565126060), and Lisa Genova on both Love Anthony (Gallery, 978-1439164693) and Still Alice (Gallery, 978-1439102817), one of the titles that will be given away April 23 for World Book Night 2013. More information here.

Job Moves: April 15, 2013

Jessica Roth has been promoted to publicity manager at Touchstone. She was previously a senior publicist.

Authors on the Air April 12. 2013: Andy Cohen, Ron L. Deal

Andy Cohen will be on On-Air with Ryan Seacrest and The Tonight Show for his book Most Talkative (St. Martin's, 125003146X).

Ron L. Deal, author of Dating and the Single Parent (Bethany House, 978-0-7642-0697-9) will be interviewed on Building Relationships with Gary Chapman on April 13.

Futter Replaces Goldstein as Twelve Publisher

Deb Futter, v-p and editor-in-chief of GCP, has been named publisher of Twelve, replacing Cary Goldstein who is stepping down after two years to pursue other interests.

Job Moves: April 11, 2013

Laney Katz Becker, previously at Markson Thoma and, before that, Folio Literary Management, has joined the New York-based literary agency Lippincott Massie McQuilkin as an agent.

Authors on the Air April 11, 2013: Moses Gates, Mark Geragos and Pat Harris

Moses Gates, author of PW Pick Hidden Cities (Tarcher, 978-1585429349), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here.

Mark Geragos and Pat Harris, authors of Mistrial: An Inside Look at How the Criminal Justice System Works...and Somtimes Doesn't (Gotham, 978-1592407729), will be on Good Morning America, Piers Morgan Live, and, on April 12, Fox & Friends.

Floridis Joins Zola; Retailer Plans Expansion Abroad

Zola Books, the new independent retailer unveiled at 2012's BEA, has hired Tad Floridis as director of international business development.

Job Moves: April 10, 2013

Kelly Snowden has been promoted to marketing and publicity manager for Ten Speed Press.

Tanenhaus Leaving 'TBR,' Pamela Paul Named Successor

Sam Tanenhaus is leaving his post as editor of the New York Times Book Review.

Job Moves: April 9, 2013

Meg Cassidy has been promoted to publicity manager in the Simon & Schuster imprint. She joined the Free Press publicity department in August 2011.

Joanne Grant has been promoted to executive editor, Harlequin UK. Grant will continue to lead the Harlequin Modern/Presents series group and will also assume overall responsibility for leading the UK team. Carly Byrne and Flo Nicoll have both been promoted to editor roles at Harlequin UK.