Marino In, Falter Up at Hachette

Dec 16, 2019

Lauren Marino will join Hachette Books as executive editor effective Monday, January 6. In her more than 25 years in publishing, Marino has worked at Penguin Random House, Broadway Books, Hyperion, and HarperCollins, and was most recently in-house as v-p and editorial director of Gotham Books. At Hachette, she will acquire for both Hachette Books and Hachette Go. In addition, Sarah Falter has been promoted to assistant director of publicity at the imprint, effectively immediately. She joined Hachette Books in spring 2018. In her new role, Falter will take on some directorial responsibilities including running the publicity department meetings, contributing to editorial and acquisitions conversations, and, most immediately, hiring and managing a new senior publicist in the new year.