Authors on the Air September 28, 2011: Ariel Dorfman, Emeril Lagasse, Bill O'Reilly

Ariel Dorfman, author of Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0-547-54946-0), was on MSNBC-TV’s Morning Joe.

Emeril Lagasse, author of Sizzling Skillets and Other One-Pot Wonders (William Morrow Cookbooks, 978-0061742965), was on Good Morning America.

Obituary: Buz Wyeth, 84

Marion S. Wyeth, Jr, editor at HarperCollins, who edited Old Yeller and With Malice Toward None, among many other titles, died on September 25. He was 84.

F+W's Kate Rados Wins Marketer of the Year

Kate Rados, group marketing director for F+W has been named Marketer of the Year by min, an industry source on the consumer and b2b magazine business. Min’s Integrated Marketing Awards salute the campaigns, ongoing programs and innovative people who’ve raised the bar on magazine marketing programs.

Job Moves: September 28, 2011

F+W Media has announced the promotion of Chad Phelps to chief digital officer. Since his appointment with F+W in 2008, Phelps has held a critical role in the creation and growth of the company’s emedia business which today represents more than 15% of its overall revenues.

Sierra New GM for National Geographic Books

The National Geographic Society has named Hector Sierra general manager and senior v-p of its book publishing group.

Authors on the Air September 27, 2011: Salman Rushdie, Jonathan Franzen, Goldie Hawn, Bill O'Reilly

Salman Rushdie will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for their book of the month: Midnight's Children (Random House, 978-0812976533).

Also on The Leonard Lopate Show is Jonathan Franzen, talking about his latest novel Freedom (Picador, 978-0312576462).

Job Moves: September 27, 2011

Andrea Colvin has been named v-p, content/executive producer, book division, at Andrews McMeel Publishing. Colvin was formerly director of publishing operations at Open Road Integrated Media.

Betsy Mitchell to Leave Del Rey

Betsy Mitchell, editor-in-chief of Del Rey for the last decade, has chosen to take early retirement and will leave the Random House science fiction and fantasy imprint in December.

The Monday Interview: Jeanne Adlon

An interview with Jeanne Adlon, whose Cat Calls: Wonderful Stories and Practical Advice from a Veteran Cat Sitter is out this week from Square One Publishers.

Authors on the Air September 26, 2011: Peter Van Buren, Florence Henderson, Eric Olsen

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People (Metropolitan, 978-0-8050-9436-7), will be interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air.

Job Moves: September 26, 2011

Pippin Properties has announced the hire of Lauren Weber as agency assistant following her summer internship with the agency. Weber has had a variety of experiences in publishing, from working for a scholarly publishing house to a fashion magazine.

Authors on the Air September 23, 2011: Florence Henderson, Susan Lucci

Florence Henderson will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for Life is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond (Center Street, 978-1599953885).

Susan Lucci was on NPR's Morning Edition for All My Life: A Memoir (It Books, 978-0062061850).

Job Moves: September 23, 2011

Ed Park has been hired as an editor, acquiring general fiction, at Amazon Publishing. Park, who was most recently an editor at literary magazine The Believer, has also worked for the The Voice Literary Supplement and wrote the 2008 novel Personal Days.

Authors on the Air September 22, 2011: Tavis Smiley, Dorothy Roberts, Thomas Friedman, Jennifer Granholm

Tavis Smiley, author of Fail Up: 20 lessons on Building Success from Failure (SmileyBooks, 978-1401933906), will be on The Colbert Report.

Dorothy Roberts, author of Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century (New Press, 978-1595584953), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Job Moves: September 22, 2011

Kate Gales will join the Simon & Schuster publicity department as a senior publicist on Team 4, reporting to Kelly Welsh.

Steve Geck has joined Sourcebooks as editorial manager for Sourcebooks Jabberwocky! In this new position, Geck will be responsible for acquisitions and the overall direction of growing the children’s imprint.

Authors on the Air September 21, 2011: Daniel Yergin, Mitch Daniels, Ron Suskind

Daniel Yergin will be on The Colbert Report to talk about his book The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World (Penguin Press, 978-1594202834).

Mitch Daniels, author of Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans (Sentinel, 978-1595230805), will be on The Daily Show.

Job Moves: September 21, 2011

Kelli Martin has joined Amazon Publishing in Seattle as senior acquisitions editor at Montlake Romance. Most recently, she was a senior editor at Harlequin.

Maria Curman to Leave Bonnier Books

During Maria Curman's years as CEO, Bonnier's book publishing operations have grown both in terms of sales and geographic markets. The year 2010 was the strongest for books in the company's 200-year history.

Authors on the Air September 20, 2011: Ron Suskind, Jeffrey Kluger, Jane Lynch

Ron Suskind, author of Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President (Harper, 978-0061429255), will be on The Daily Show.

Jeffrey Kluger, author of The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us (Riverhead, 978-1594488313), will be on The Colbert Report.

Job Moves: September 20, 2011

Little, Brown and Company senior editor John Parsley has been promoted to executive editor. Parsley joined Little, Brown and Company as a senior editor in the fall of 2007 and prior he was an editor at the Thomas Dunne Books division of St. Martin’s Press.