Obituary: Deborah Raffin, 59

Actress Deborah Raffin, who teamed with her husband Michael Viner in the mid-1980's to start Dove Books-on-Tape, died in Los Angeles late last week. She was 59.

DIY Publishing Pioneer Milt Adams Dies

Milt Adams, a pioneer in DIY publishing and the founding publisher of Beavers Pond Press died Sunday in the Twin Cities.

Authors on the Air November 20, 2012: Paul Tough

Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547564654), will be on Tavis Talks.

Job Moves: November 20, 2012

Julianne Shapiro, junior digital content specialist at Library Journals LLC, is leaving at the end of the month to join the American Association of Advertising Agencies as its digital content manager.

Authors on the Air November 19, 2012: David Murrow, Anne Lamott

David Murrow, author of What Your Husband Isn’t Telling You (Bethany House, 978-0-7642-1011-2) will be interviewed on Chris Fabry Live!

Anne Lamott, author of Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers (Riverhead, 978-1594631290), was on NPR's "Morning Edition." Listen to the segment here.

Job Moves: November 19, 2012

David Highfill has been named v-p and executive editor at William Morrow. He's been at the HarperCollins imprint for seven years.

AAUP Names Peter Berkery, Jr. Executive Director

Peter Berkery, Jr. has been named the new executive director of the Association of American University Presses.

Job Moves: November 16, 2012

Allan Adler has been named general counsel and v-p, government affairs at AAP.

Allison Hollett has been hired as U.S. v-p sales and marketing at Osprey Publishing. She has worked for The Taunton Press, Bantam Doubleday Dell, Arcade Publishing, and Little, Brown.

Authors on the Air November 15, 2012: Chris Stringer, Andrew Napolitano

Chris Stringer, author of Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth (Times Books, 978-0805088915), will be on The Colbert Report.

Andrew Napolitano will be on The Daily Show for Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom (Thomas Nelson, 978-1595553515).

Job Moves: November 15, 2012

At Foundry Literary + Media, Kirsten Neuhaus has been hired as director of foreign rights for adult titles. For the past three years, she has been running her own agency. Also at Foundry, Rachel Hecht, who joined the agency in 2011, has been promoted to director of foreign rights for children's books. She was previously a YA scout for Mary Anne Thompson Associates. In January, Stephanie Abou will hand over the foreign rights department to Neuhaus and Hecht in order to focus solely on her own list of authors.

Authors on the Air November 14, 2012: Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham will be on The Daily Show for Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (Random House, 978-1400067664).

Authors on the Air November 13, 2012: Barbara Paul Robinson

Barbara Paul Robinson will be on NPR's "Here & Now" for Rosemary Verey, The Life and Lessons of a Legendary Gardener (David R. Godine, 978-1567924503).

Job Moves: November 13, 2012

Christina Smith DeYoung has been named director of sales and marketing at Harvard Education Press. She was previously with WGBH Education.

Richard Buthod is now national sales manager for Turtleback Books. He was previously in the same role for Unique Books.

Jake Putzler has been promoted to senior director, information technology at Rockpoint Logistics.

Authors on the Air November 12, 2012: Mike Huckabee, Patrick O'Donnell

Mike Huckabee, author of Dear Chandler, Dear Scarlett (Sentinel, 978-1595230935), will be on The Daily Show.

Patrick K. O’Donnell will discuss Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc—The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day’s Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe (Da Capo, 9780306820298) on NPR’s “Here & Now.”

Job Moves: November 12, 2012

Kassie Evashevski has been promoted to partner at UTA.

Lee W. Yeckel will lead the sales and customer service departments at Whitaker Corporation. He was formerly at Fisher Scientific.

Judy Brunsek has joined Owlkids Books as director of sales and marketing.

Job Moves: November 9, 2012

Laura Gianino has joined Bloomsbury Adult as an associate publicist. She was previously with Penguin.

Catherine Felgar has joined HarperCollins as publishing operations director, and she will manage the William Morrow and Ecco lists. She was previously with Cambridge University Press.

Tom Miller is now executive editor in the trade & professional reference group at McGraw-Hill Professional. He was formerly an executive editor at Wiley.

Authors on the Air November 9, 2012: Barbara Kingsolver, Oliver Sacks

On NPR's "Science Friday," Barbara Kingsolver will talk about climate change and her novel Flight Behavior (Harper, 978-0062124265), and Oliver Sacks will talk about Hallucinations (Knopf, 978-0307957245).

Authors on the Air November 8, 2012: Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman will be on Tavis Talks for The Silenced Majority (Haymarket, 978-1608462315).

Job Moves: November 8, 2012

Donna Condon has been appointed Harlequin (UK) editorial director. She was previously with Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group.

Abigail Ranger has joined the early childhood group at HarperCollins Children's Books as senior editor. She was previously with Disney-Hyperion.

Obituary: Bob Silverstein

Bob Silverstein, president of Quicksilver Books Literary Agency and part of the New York literary world for almost fifty years, died last Saturday at the age of 76. Silverstein’s agency, a former book packaging and publishing firm, was behind the bestsellers Last Tango in Paris, Chariots of Fire, Nice Girls Don’t Get The Corner Office, and Children Learn What They Live, among many others.