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Authors on the Air May 12, 2015: Cookie Monster
'Sesame Street's' Cookie Monster will appear on 'Rachael Ray' on Tuesday, May 12 to promote 'Sesame Street Let's Cook' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780544454361).
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Authors on the Air May 7, 2015: General Ann Dunwoody
General Ann Dunwoody, author of 'A Higher Standard, Leadership Strategies from America’s First Female Four-Star General' (Da Capo Press, 9780738217796), will appear on MSNBC TV’s 'Andrea Mitchell Reports' on Thursday, May 7.
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Authors on the Air: Pedro Martinez
Pedro Martinez, author of 'Pedro' (HMH, 9780544279339), will appear on NBC's 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' on Tuesday, May 5.
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Suzanne Gibbs Taylor Named Publisher of Gibbs Smith
Suzanne Gibbs Taylor, associate publisher and creative director at Gibbs Smith, has been promoted to publisher and chief creative officer of the press.
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Four Questions for...Jim DeFelice
We talked to Jim DeFelice, the cowriter of both Chris Kyle's 'American Sniper' and the new memoir by Kyle's widow, Taya Kyle, 'American Wife,' about what it was like to work on both books.
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Kiser Named President and Publisher at Running Press
Kiser succeeds Chris Navratil, who left that post in October as part of a Perseus reorganization.
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Marc Jaffe Finds a Permanent Home
Marc Jaffe acknowledges that he had an unorthodox publishing career: “I’ve always had one foot in publishing, and one foot in the media/tech world.”
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Ken Michaels Gets New Job at Macmillan
Ken Michaels, currently the global chief operating officer of Macmillan Science and Education, has been named CEO of Macmillan Higher Education and Macmillan New Ventures.
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Authors on the Air April 21, 2015: Melissa and Dallas Hartwig
Melissa and Dallas Hartwig, authors of 'The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom' (HMH, 9780544609716) will appear on the 'Today' show on Tuesday, April 21.
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Liz Thomson to Step Down at BookBrunch
Thomson, a founding editor of the London-based online daily newsletter and website about the publishing industry, will leave her post after the London Book Fair.
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Authors on the Air April 15, 2015: Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens, author of 'Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life' (HMH, 9780544323988) will appear on the 'Today Show' and the 'Daily Show' on Thursday, April 16.
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Smith to Retire from Wiley; Allin Named New CEO
Steve Smith will be retiring, due to medical reasons, as of June 1. The company's board has elected current executive v-p and COO Mark Allin as his successor.
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Tasker to Join Readerlink
Tasker, who has held positions at Simon & Schuster and Scholastic, most recently served as v-p, product development at Disney Publishing Worldwide.
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Restivo-Alessi to Head HC Foreign-Language Team
Chantal Restivo-Alessi, currently chief digital officer for HarperCollins, has been named to the additional post of executive v-p, international.
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Berthe Amoss Reflects on a Life in Publishing
Even today Berthe Amoss shows no signs of slowing down as she prepares for the upcoming release of her young adult mystery 'Mischief and Malice,' the follow-up to her 1979 book, 'Secret Lives.'
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Booker Prize Literary Director Ion Trewin Dies at 71
The Booker Prize Foundation has announced the death of its literary director, Ion Trewin. He passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 71.
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Authors on the Air April 7, 2015: Dan Buettner
Dan Buettner, author of 'The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People' (National Geographic, 9781426211928), will appear on NBC's 'Nightly News' on Tuesday, April 7.
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Authors on the Air April 6, 2015: Gene Baur and Lorraine Bracco
Gene Baur, author of 'Living the Farm Sanctuary Life' (Rodale, 9781623364892) will appear on 'The Daily Show' on Monday, April 6.
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Authors on the Air March 27, 2015: Annie Cohen-Solal
Annie Cohen-Solal, author of 'Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel' (Yale University Press, 9780300182040) will appear on PBS's 'Charlie Rose' on Friday. March 27.
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Vlahos to Resign from BISG
Len Vlahos, executive director at the Book Industry Study Group, will step down June 12, to join the senior management team of the Tattered Cover bookstores in Denver, Colo.



