Alison Law is the new AJC Decatur Book Festival assistant program director, effective immediately. She is an Atlanta-based writer and marketing consultant.

Twisne Fan will join Macmillan on March 18 as v-p, trade manufacturing and production. She was most recently the senior production director at Simon & Schuster.

At becker&mayer!, Stephanie Swane has been promoted to director of sales and licensing, and Barney Duly has joined as international sales manager.

At HMH, Ken Carpenter, currently v-p editorial director, Mariner and also director of Tolkien Projects, now adds editorial director, CliffsNotes to his title, with Cliffs executive editor Greg Tubach reporting to him. Deanne Urmy has been promoted to senior executive editor. Rux Martin has assumed the title of editorial director, Rux Martin Books.