Allison Moore has joined Post Wave Children's Books as U.S. publishing director. Most recently she was editorial director at 8th Note Press/ByteDance and before that was an editor at Bloomsbury Children's Books. She will report to Emma Hopkin and Emma Blackburn at Post Wave Publishing UK.
Therese Mahler has joined Holiday House as senior production manager; previously she was senior production manager at Scholastic.
Random House Children's Books has one promotion and two new hires. Tisha Paul has been promoted to senior managing editor, from managing editor. Christine Kell has joined as senior production designer; most recently, she was creative director and design manager of her own studio, Kell Design Studio. Elizabeth Cervantes has joined as editorial assistant, Delacorte Press; previously she was an editorial intern at Simon & Schuster.
Julia Ermi has joined Heirloom Literary & Media as agency manager; previously she was agency associate at Pippin Properties.
At Lerner Publishing Group, Amy Fitzgerald has been promoted to senior editorial director, Carolrhoda Books, Carolrhoda Lab, and Zest Books; previously she was editorial director, Carolrhoda Books and Carolrhoda Lab. Brian Farrey-Latz, senior editor of Zest Books, is leaving the company.
Megan Brearley has joined Holiday House and Peachtree as coordinator, managing editorial; previously Megan was a print editor and paginator for the Globe and Mail.
Cate Turner has been promoted to publicist at Nicole Banholzer PR, from associate publicist.
Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree have two new hires. Maggie Salko is joining as marketing manager, consumer; most recently she was marketing and publicity manager at Little Bee Books. Lailah Jackson has joined as marketing assistant, school and library.
Leila Sales is joining Kar-Ben Publishing as editorial director; she spent a decade as an acquiring editor at Viking Children’s Books, and is the author of eight middle-grade and YA novels. Fran Greenman-Schmitz, formerly publisher of Kar-Ben, is leaving the company.
Kiara Valdez has joined Boom! Studios as special projects editor; previously she was editor at First Second Books.
Kim Turrisi has been promoted to vice-president of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She has been with SCBWI for 22 years, most recently as director of programming and content.
Kiran Slomka has joined Macmillan Children's Publishing Group as a junior designer.
HarperCollins Children's Books has one new hire and two promotions. Josh Sippie has joined as editor, HarperAlley; most recently he was a senior copywriter at Barnes & Noble. Briana Wood has been promoted to assistant editor at HCCB, from editorial assistant. Carter Wilken has been promoted to assistant editor at Quill Tree Books and Heartdrum, from editorial assistant.
