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Authors on the Air August 10, 2011: James Van Praagh, Jane Smiley
James Van Praagh, author of Growing Up in Heaven: The Eternal Connection Between Parent and Child (HarperOne, 978-0062024633) will be on Nightline.
Jane Smiley will talk about the underappreciated classic, Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics, 978-0140447705) on The Leonard Lopate Show.
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Job Moves: August 10, 2011
At Perseus, Clay Farr is taking on a new role as v-p marketing. Farr has been with Perseus since 2004, and has handled accounts for Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Apple, and Google, among others.
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Berger Retiring From S&S
Marcela Berger, who has been working in the rights department at Simon & Schuster for 35 years, is retiring. Berger is currently v-p and director of subsidiary rights. Berger licensed, and/or sold, a number of iconic titles, inculding Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's The Final Days and Dave Eggers's A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius; she will leave S&S at the end of the year and, at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October, will be honored by the publisher at a reception.
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Authors on the Air August 9, 2011: Kate White, Jay Bahadur, John McWhorter
The author of the novel The Sixes (Harper, 978-0061576621) Kate White will be on the Today show.
The Daily Show will have the author of The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World (Pantheon, 978-0307379061), Jay Bahadur.
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Job Moves: August 9, 2011
Steve Kleinedler has been named executive editor of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's reference group in the trade & reference division. Kleinedler was previously supervising editor.
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Job Moves: August 8, 2011
Thomas Nelson, Inc. has announced that Carol Nygren will assume the role of executive v-p and managing director of the Thomas Nelson Live Events business in Plano, Texas. Nygren was most recently the senior v-p of Licensed Live Family Entertainment, Disney Theatrical Group (DTG).
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Authors on the Air August 8, 2011: Doug Saunders, Michael Connelly, Nayana Currimbhoy, Nassir Ghaemi
Doug Saunders, author of Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History is Reshaping Our World (Pantheon, 978-0375425493) will talk to Tavis Smiley.
Also on Tavis Smiley, Michael Connelly will talk about his new book The Fifth Witness (Little, Brown and Company, 978-0316069359).
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Authors on the Air August 5, 2011: Bill Moyers, Rob Quillen
Bill Moyers will talk to Tavis Smiley about his newest book, Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues (New Press, 978-15955862470).
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Job Moves: August 5, 2011
At Picador, Aurora Hughes has been promoted to senior publicist. Hughes joined Picador in May 2010 after four years at HarperCollins.
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Job Moves: August 4, 2011
Thomas Nelson Publishers has announced Casey Francis as its director of corporate communications. Within this role, Francis will oversee all corporate communications, working to enhance and maintain the public image of the Thomas Nelson brand.
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Authors on the Air August 4, 2011: Charles Lachman, Ashley Judd
Charles Lachman will be on the Leonard Lopate Show to talk about his new book, A Secret Life: The Lies & Scandals of President Grover Cleveland (Skyhorse, 978-1-61608-275-8).
Ashley Judd will talk to Tavis Smiley about her new memoir, All That is Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books, 978-0345523617).
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Authors on the Air August 3, 2011: Jeffrey Long and Paul Perry, Anne Beattie, Robert Wittman
Jeffrey Long and Paul Perry will be on Nightline for Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences (HarperOne, 978-0061452574).
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Job Moves: August 3, 2011
Lerner Publishing Group has announced Jackie Harvey as its new national educational sales director. Harvey recently oversaw literacy programs as a product and marketing manager in the K–12 school division of Pearson.
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Job Moves: August 2, 2011
Simon & Schuster has promoted Julia Prosser to assistant director of publicity and Kelly Welsh to senior publicity manager.
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Authors on the Air August 2, 2011: Oliver Pötzsch, Ronald Kessler
Oliver Pötzsch will be on the Leonard Lopate Show for his novel The Hangman's Daughter (Mariner, 978-0547745015).
Ronald Kessler was on NPR's Morning Report for his book The Secrets of the FBI (Crown, 978-0307719690).
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Two 'L.A. Times' Columns Move to 'Los Angeles Review of Books'
Two Los Angeles Times columnists, Richard Rayner and Susan Salter Reynolds, are moving their columns to the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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Dickerman Named Executive Editor at Penguin Press
Colin Dickerman has been named editor-in-chief of The Penguin Press, effective September 6.
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DiPreta Leaves It Books for Random House
After the recent news that Carrie Kania was leaving her pop culture imprint at HarperCollins, It Books, to become an agent, Mauro DiPreta has made it public that he is also leaving the imprint.
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Authors on the Air August 1, 2011: Wayne Koestenbaum, Bill Turnbull, Laurie Puhn, Mike Lee
Wayne Koestenbaum will be on Talk of the Nation to discuss Humiliation (Picador, 978-0312429225).
Bill Turnbull, author of Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper: What No To Do When Keeping Bees (with Apologies to my Own) (The Experiment, 978-1615190324), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC.
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Job Moves: August 1, 2011
Caitlin McCaskey has been promoted from assistant manager to manager at HarperCollins Speakers Bureau, and Wade Lucas has been promoted from assistant to associate.
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