Authors on the Air July 1, 2013: Ruth Ozeki

Ruth Ozeki will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for her new novel A Tale for the Time Being (Viking, 978-0670026630). After the segment airs, listen here.

Authors on the Air June 28, 2013: Rawn James Jr.

Rawn James Jr. will be on Tavis Talks for The Double V: How Wars, Protest, and Harry Truman Desegregated America's Military (Bloomsbury, 978-1608196081).

Job Moves: June 28, 2013

Seale Ballenger is publicity director for Disney Publishing Worldwide, starting July 8.

Michele Cobb will leave AudioGO on July 5. She can be reached at mleecobb@hotmail.com.

Children's Job Moves: June 2013

New job announcements in children's publishing for June 2013.

Job Moves: June 26, 2013

Beth Attwood will join Harlequin as managing editor coordinator, New York/Toronto effective July 2, 2013.

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.

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).

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.

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).

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

Kiser Joining Rodale

Rodale has named Kristin Kiser v-p, deputy publisher, Trade Books and director of author programs.