Lerner Publishing Group has four promotions. Rachel Zugschwert has been promoted to executive v-p, marketing and associate publisher, from executive v-p, marketing. Jon Fishman has been promoted to editorial director, Lerner Publications, from associate editorial director. Amber Ross has been promoted to director, school/library product planning and development, from associate product director. Megan Ciskowski has been promoted to publicist, from associate publicist.
Random House Children's Books has two retirements. Production supervisor Nathan Kinney will be retiring on September 1. Executive copy editor Artie Bennett will be retiring on November 10.
Candlewick Press has two new hires and a promotion. Natalie Padberg Bartoo is joining as book designer; she was formerly a book designer at Abrams. Nina Ellery will be joining as promotions designer. Vera Villanueva has been promoted to book designer, from design assistant.
HarperCollins Children's Books has two promotions. Alison Donalty has been promoted to associate creative director, from executive director, art. Rick Farley has been promoted to associate creative director, from senior director, art.
David Sweeney is joining Little Bee Books as senior manager, special markets; most recently he was v-p, special markets at HarperCollins.
Nancy Bruckman has been promoted to senior manager of sub rights and royalties at Candlewick Press, from manager.
Scholastic has two new hires. Cianna Sanford has joined as an editorial assistant. Madeline Muschalik has joined as marketing and publicity assistant, global brands.
Gerard Mancini, v-p and executive director, managing editorial and production editorial at Penguin Young Readers, will retire in December. He joined Viking Children's Books in 1985.
Deborah Kaplan, v-p and executive director, art and design at Penguin Young Readers, will retire in September. She has been with the company for 31 years.
Nadine Britt, senior v-p and executive director of production at Penguin Young Readers, will be leaving the company on December 15.
At HarperCollins, v-p of children's sales Kathy Faber is taking on the role of divisional sales lead. Jen Wygand has been promoted to associate director of national accounts for the children's division. Jess Abel has been promoted to associate director, online sales, and will lead efforts for the children's team.
Alexis Lassiter is joining Little Bee Books as sales manager; previously she was sales manager for James Patterson Books.
Nicole Gureli has been promoted to designer at Holiday House, from assistant designer.
Jessie Bowman has joined Atheneum Books for Young Readers as production editor; she was most recently an assistant production editor at Scholastic.
Candlewick has two new hires. Lauren Bittrich has joined as sales assistant; she was previously operations coordinator for the Boston Book Festival. Margaret Rosewitz has joined as reprints production controller; she was previously senior associate, content management at Harper Collins.
Edite Kroll will close her agency, Edite Kroll Literary Agency, on January 1, 2024, after transferring her estate clients (Shel Silverstein, M.B. Goffstein, Geoffrey Hayes, Charlotte Zolotow, Fatema Mernissi, and Charlotte Kasl) to Victoria Wells Arms at HG Literary. She had previously transferred her active clients to Wells Arms in 2019.
At Random House Children's Books, Jenna Lettice has been promoted to senior editor, Random House Brands & Graphic, from editor.
Miriam Newman has been promoted to senior editor at Candlewick Press, from editor.
Nicole Wills has been promoted to senior associate at HarperCollins Children's Books and is joining middle grade marketing; she was previously a coordinator on the early readers marketing team.
