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Authors on the Air June 12, 2012: Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black, László Krasznahorkai
Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black will be on The Tonight Show for America, You Sexy Bitch (Da Capo, 978-0306821004). Tomorrow, June 13, they will be on The View.
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Job Moves: June 12, 2012
Alexandra Woodworth has joined Amazon Publishing/New Harvest as publicist, leaving her job at Henry Holt.
Emily Pullen will be joining WORD in Brooklyn as manager beginning in July. She has been an assistant manager at Skylight Books for almost six years.
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Authors on the Air June 11, 2012: Boris Johnson, Colin Powell
Mayor of London Boris Johnson, author of PW Pick Johnson's Life of London (Riverhead, 978-1-59448-747-7), will be on The Daily Show.
Colin Powell, author of It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership (Harper, 978-0062135124), will be on Tavis Talks.
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Job Moves: June 11, 2012
Nicole Villeneuve has joined Sourcebooks as senior publicist. She was previously with Cambridge University Press.
Michael Collings has been appointed senior publications editor at JournalStone.
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Authors on the Air June 8, 2012: Eva Cwynar, Anthony Swofford
Dr. Eva Cwynar, author of The Fatigue Solution: Increase Your Energy In Eight Easy Steps (Hay House, 978-1-4019-3163-6) will be on Extra.
Anthony Swofford, author of Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir (Twelve/Hachette, 9781455506736) will be on Syndicated NPR/West Coast Live this Saturday, June 9th.
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Waterhouse Named President & CEO of McGraw-Hill Education
Lloyd G. "Buzz" Waterhouse has been appointed president and CEO of McGraw-Hill Education, effective June 14. Waterhouse, a former CEO of Harcourt Education, also had a 26 year career at IBM. He will report to Terry McGraw while the process of spinning off MHE into its own company moves forward.
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Comings and Goings: June 8, 2012
If you've been laid off recently, left your job or landed a new position and would like to pass along your contact information to others in the business, send details to pwletters@publishersweekly.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.
William Kiester has left Fair Winds Press to do books on his own in 2012. He can be reached at williamkiester@gmail.com.
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BEA 2012: Boisterous Authors Breakfast at BEA Rattles Javits
Thursday's BEA authors breakfast in New York City started out sedately enough, but with actress Kirstie Alley as emcee and comedian Jimmy Fallon present, the event quickly turned into a boisterous affair.
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Authors on the Air June 7, 2012: Buddy Guy, Edward Conrad
Buddy Guy, author of When I Left Home (Da Capo Press, 978-0306819575), will be on Tavis Talks.
Edward Conard will be on The Daily Show for Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You've Been Told About the Economy is Wrong (Portfolio, 978-1591845508).
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Ray Bradbury Dies at 91
Legendary American writer Ray Bradbury passed away June 5 at the age of 91.
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Authors on the Air June 6, 2012: Buzz Bissinger
Buzz Bissinger will be on Tavis Talks for his new memoir Father's Day (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547816562).
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Authors on the Air June 5, 2012: Gillian Flynn, Jill Biden
Gillian Flynn, author of PW Pick Gone Girl (Crown, 978-0307588364), appeared on NPR's "Morning Edtion." Listen/read here.
Jill Biden, author of Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops (Simon & Schuster, 978-1442457355), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Gretchen Young Named VP, Executive Editor at Grand Central
Gretchen Young has been named v-p, executive editor at Grand Central Publishing. Young’s appointment will be effective June 25, 2012 and she will report directly to Deb Futter.
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Reichart Appointed to Digital Spot at Bertelsmann
Marcel Reichart has been appointed to the newly created position of executive v-p digital development and partnerships at Bertelsmann’s Corporate Center effective October 1, 2012.
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'Eat & Run' Author Launches Book With Manhattan Marathon
Vegan ultrarunning champion Scott Jurek, star of Christopher McDougall’s bestselling Born to Run, will celebrate the release of his own memoir, Eat & Run, by running all 31 miles (50K) around Manhattan the morning of the book’s publication date: June 5.
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Authors on the Air June 4, 2012: Jill Biden, Jim Baumer
Jill Biden will be on the Today show on June 5 for Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops (Simon & Schuster, 978-1442457355).
Jim Baumer, author of Moxie: Maine in a Bottle (Down East, 978-1608930432), will be a guest on WMME/92 Moose's Morning Show.
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Job Moves: June 4, 2012
Kirsten Hall has been promoted to managing agent at Bright Group International.
Danielle Lynn has joined Rodale Books as publicity manager. She was most recently a senior publicist at Simon & Schuster.
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Authors on the Air June 1, 2012: Doron Weber, Stuart Firestein, Eric Topol, Anna Quindlen, Andrew Goldstein
Doron Weber, author of Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451618068), will be on NPR's "Science Friday."
Also on "Science Friday," Stuart Firestein for Ignorance: How It Drives Science (Oxford University Press, 978-0199828074), and Eric Topol for The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care (Basic Books, 978-0465025503).
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Job Moves: June 1, 2012
Caroline Casey has been appointed marketing and sales director at Coffee House Press. She was previously director of marketing and development at Sarabande Books.
At Howard Books, Beth Adams has been appointed senior editor and Brandi Lewis has been appointed imprint marketing manager.
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