Allison Verost has been named publicity director at the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. She'll be responsible for overseeing all publicity and communications, and will report to president Jon Yaged. Verost comes from HarperCollins Children’s Books, where in January she was named assistant director of publicity, and worked on campaigns for Candace Bushnell, Lauren Oliver, Veronica Roth, and Mo Willems. Previously she worked at Penguin Young Readers Group, where she directed campaigns for Laurie Halse Anderson, Jay Asher, Ally Condie, Sarah Dessen, Gayle Forman, and John Green, among others. She begins on September 26.