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Job Moves: June 25, 2013
At HarperCollins, Jane Beirn has been promoted to vice president. She has been with the company for 25 years. Sharyn Rosenblum has also been promoted to vice president; she has been with HC for 20 years.
At Chronicle, Candice Vallimont is distribution client account manager, overseeing Laurence King, Princeton, Galison/Mudpuppy, Creative Company, Sierra Club Calendars and Twirl.
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Authors on the AIr June 25, 2013: Questlove
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson will be on The Daily Show for PW Pick Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Grand Central, 978-1455501359).
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Job Moves: June 24, 2013
Kyle Sawyer has been named coordinator of the Lambda Literary Foundation.
Caitlin O’Shaughnessy has been promoted to associate editor and coordinator for specials at Viking/Hudson Street Press/Plume.
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Authors on the Air June 24, 2013: Bernard Carlson, Sarah Graves, Erin Bowman, Menna van Praag, Leila Howland
Bernard Carlson, author of Tesla: The Inventor of the Electrical Age (Princeton University Press, 978-0691057767), will be on The Diane Rehm Show on June 25.
The Literary New England Radio Show will feature Sarah Graves for A Bat in the Belfry (Bantam, 978-0345534996), Erin Bowman for Taken (HarperTeen, 978-0062117267), Menna van Praag for The House at the End of Hope Street (Pamela Dorman Books, 978-0670784639), and Leila Howland for Nantucket Blue (Hyperion, 978-1423160519).
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Ingram Getting New CFO
Brian Dauphin, senior v-p of Ingram Content Group, will become the company’s Chief Financial Officer on July 1, succeeding Frank Kerrigan, who has served as Ingram’s CFO since 1996. Dauphin joined Ingram in 1999 as controller for its Lightning Source division and is currently senior v-p for the unit. In his new role he will report to Ingram CEO John Ingram.
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Authors on the Air June 21, 2013: Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson will be on NPR's Science Friday for Letters to a Young Scientist (Liveright, 978-0871403773).
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Job Moves: June 21, 2013
At Anansi, Damian Rogers is poetry editor.
Elena Meredith has joined PR by the Book as publicist. She was previously publicist at Free Spirit Publishing.
Anastasia Scott joins Free Spirit Publishing as publicist. She has worked in the publicity department at Llewellyn, and most recently, as marketing coordinator for Red Line Editorial.
Sandi Irshner is chief marketing officer at Cengage Learning.
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Job Moves: June 20, 2013
At Knopf publicity, Lena Khidritskaya will be relocating to Washington, DC, in July. Josie Kals and Nicholas Latimer will lead Knopf poetry, and Brittany Morrongiello will assist. Kals is also not publicity manager. Elizabeth Lindsay has been promoted to publicist. Sara Eagle is now marketing manager. Erinn McGrath is associate publicist. Erica Hinsley has been promoted to publicist. Michiko Clark is director, publicity, Pantheon and Schocken. Michelle Somers is associate director of publicity.
Sian Hunter is assistant editor-in-chief at University Press of Florida.
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Authors on the Air June 20, 2013: Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw, author of The Time of Our Lives (Random House, 978-0812975123), will be on The Daily Show.
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Authors on the Air June 19, 2013: Scott Benner, Richela Fabian Morgan
Scott Benner, author of Life is Short, Laundry is Eternal: Confessions of A Stay-At-Home Dad (Spry, 978-1938170157), is appearing on the Katie Couric Show.
Richela Fabian Morgan, author of Tape It & Make It (Barron's, 9781438001357) will be appearing on New York's WABC-TV Channel 7 at 5:30 PM EST.
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Job Moves: June 19, 2013
Karen Li is editorial director at Owlkids Books, effective July 15. She was most recently senior editor at Kids Can Press.
Stephanie Kim has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as senior publicist. She was on the communications team at Hulu and prior to that worked in the publicity department at William Morrow.
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Silverberg Leaving NEA
Literary agent-turned director of literature at the National Endowment for the Arts, Ira Silverberg, is leaving the job to return to New York City.
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Authors on the Air June 18, 2013: Lionel Shriver, Elisabeth Rohm
Lionel Shriver will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for Big Brother (Harper, 978-0061458576).
Elisabeth Rohm will be on the Katie talking about her new book Baby Steps (Da Capo, 978-0738216638).
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Job Moves: June 18, 2013
Caitlin McCaskey is agent direct for the RHPG Speakers Bureau. Jayme Boucher has been promoted to senior agent, RHPG Speakers Bureau.
At Chronicle Books, Lynda Zuber Sassi will re-join as associate director, mass markets. Erynn Im-Sato is associate manager, mass markets.
Former Tools of Change general manager Joe Wikert will join Olive Software June 20.
Michele Young joins Macmillan Children’s Books as international rights director.
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Kiser Joining Rodale
Rodale has named Kristin Kiser v-p, deputy publisher, Trade Books and director of author programs.
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Job Moves: June 17, 2013
Beth Lamb has been appointed to the newly created position of v-p, associate publisher, Vintage Anchor. She was previously at Rodale.
Lindsey Schwoeri joins Penguin Books as editor. She began her career in 2007 as an editorial assistant at Random House.
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Authors on the Air June 17, 2013: Judith Schwartz, Joanne Chang
Judith Schwartz, author of Cows Save the Planet (Chelsea Green, 978-1603584326), will be on Talk of the Nation.
Joanne Chang, author of Flour, Too: Indispensable Recipes for the Café’s Most Loved Sweets & Savories (Chronicle Books, 9781452106144), will appear on the Today Show on Tuesday, June 18.
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Authors on the Air June 14, 2013: Tom Drury
Tom Drury will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for Pacific (Grove, 978-0802119995).
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Nagler Moves to Random House
Michelle Nagler, editorial director of Bloomsbury Children's Books, will join Random House Children's Books on July 15 as associate publishing director of Random House/Golden Books.
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Job Moves: June 13, 2013
Barry Baird has been named v-p, HarperCollins Christian Publishing Bargain Books. He had been executive director, Thomas Nelson Bargain Books.
At Baker Publishing Group, Bobbi Jo Heyboer will step down as leader of academic marketing; Bryan Dyer will fill the role, effective July 18.



