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PW Star Watch 2017 Honorees
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PW Star Watch 2017 Finalists
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PW Star Watch 2017
We profile 45 members of the publishing community who have drawn lots of attention early in their careers and from whom much more is expected.
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Bergstrom Succeeding Burke at Gallery
Jennifer Bergstrom has succeeded Louise Burke as publisher of the Gallery Book Group, the group's parent company, Simon & Schuster, has announced.
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Morrow Publicity Adds Events Role
William Morrow has named Shelby Meizlik to the newly-created role of v-p of special events and creative strategies. Kelly Rudolph has also been promoted to senior group publicity director, overseeing all imprints under the Morrow umbrella.
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Slopianka Named Publisher of Harvest House
Sherrie Slopianka has been named the new publisher of Harvest House Publishers, taking over for LaRae Weikert, who will step down at the end of the month.
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Kakutani Leaving Times' Book Dept; Sehgal Stepping In
Michiko Kakutani, the chief book critic for the 'New York Times,' is leaving her job in the books department. While the paper has not named a new chief critic, Parul Sehgal (formerly of PW) is joining the paper's team of daily critics.
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Cristobal Pera Takes Over at Vintage Español
Cristobal Pera is rejoining Penguin Random House after a two-year stint as a literary agent with The Wiley Agency.
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Meet the Editor: Erroll McDonald
McDonald talks about his 40 years at Random House, where he's edited Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Nicolas Sarkozy, and others.
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Huseby to Succeed Roberts at B&N Education
Michael Huseby, who served as CEO of Barnes & Noble, Inc. and then executive chairman of B&N Education when that company was spun-off from B&N Inc., has been named to succeed Max Roberts as head of B&N Education.
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New Executive Director, Publisher at Feminist Press
Jamia Wilson has become both the youngest director in the 47-year history of the press, and the first woman of color to head the organization.
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Tracy K. Smith Named U.S. Poet Laureate
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of 'Life on Mars' has been named to the highest public office reserved for an American poet.
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HarperCollins, Harlequin Shift Executive Leadership
HarperCollins is making a number of changes to its international and North American executive teams three years after the acquisition of Harlequin.
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Rich Green Up at ICM
ICM Partners has promoted Rich Green to head of media rights and made a number of other personnel shifts in both its media rights and publications divisions.
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Hely Hutchinson to Retire as CEO of Hachette UK
Tim Hely Hutchinson will retire as CEO of Hachette UK at the end of 2017. He will be succeeded by David Shelley, CEO of Little, Brown Book Group and Orion.
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Gun Safety Org Taps Book Professionals for New Advocacy Group
The nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety has recruited a group of book industry professionals--over 130 writers, illustrators, editors and agents--to speak out against gun violence.
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Desmond Named Publisher at Twelve
Sean Desmond has been named v-p and publisher of the Grand Central Publishing imprint Twelve, and Paul Samuelson has been promoted to publicity director.
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Kosztolnyik Named V-P, Editor-in-Chief at Grand Central Publishing
Karen Kosztolnyik, who formerly served as executive editor at GCP, is returning to the Hachette division. In her new role, she will lead the publisher's hardcover line.
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Allin Resigns as Wiley CEO
Citing family reasons, Mark Allin has resigned as CEO of John Wiley & Sons, effective immediately.
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Meet the Editor: Parneshia Jones
The poetry editor for TriQuarterly Books on learning under Kanye West's mom and why "there’s poetry for every kind of person."
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