Authors on the Air June 13, 2013: Kjerstin Gruys

Kjerstin Gruys will be on The Colbert Report for Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year (Avery, 978-0399160172).

Authors on the Air June 12, 2013: Claire Messud

Claire Messud will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for The Woman Upstairs (Knopf, 978-0307596901).

Job Moves: June 12, 2013

Elisabeth Dyssegaard will join Palgrave Macmillan as executive editor on June 24 with a focus on acquiring books in history.

Job Moves: June 11, 2013

Deltina Hay is new board chair for IBPA, replacing the outgoing Steve Metee.

Rebecca Miller, editor-in-chief of School Library Journal, has also been named editorial director of Media Source’s other library publication, Library Journal. She replaces Michael Kelley who has left the company.

Authors on the Air June 11, 2013: Daniel Bergner, Craig Lounsbrough

Daniel Bergner will be on The Colbert Report for What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire (Ecco, 978-0061906084).

Craig Lounsbrough, author of An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus (Ambassador International, 978-1620202135), can be heard at 9pm EST on LIFT-FM with Greg Hennis, host of Second Chances.The interview is also available at http://www.lift985.com.

Job Moves: June 10, 2013

Jacob Lewis is v-p, publishing director for Crown, Hogarth, and Broadway Books, effective July 8. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of figment.com.

Authors on the Air June 10, 2013: Nathaniel Philbrick, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Erika Marks, Kate Southwood

The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m. Monday, June 10, on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Nathaniel Philbrick on Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution (Viking, 978-0670025442); Jennifer Finney Boylan on Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders (Crown, 978-0767921763); Erika Marks on The Guest House (NAL, 978-0451418852); Kate Southwood on Falling to Earth (Europa Editions, 978-1609450915). Listen here.

Authors on the Air June 7, 2013: George Packer

George Packer will be on Real Time with Bill Maher for PW Pick The Unwinding (FSG, 978-0-374-102418).

Job Moves: June 7, 2013

Seta Zink has been promoted to publicity manager of Running Press. She was previously senior publicist.

Barry Harbaugh has been promoted to editor at Harper. He has been with the company for three years.

Yeh Named Publisher of Crown Books for Young Readers

Phoebe Yeh will join Random House Children’s Books in the newly created post of v-p, publisher, Crown Books for Young Readers, effective June 21.

Authors on the Air June 6, 2013: Jessica Buchanan, Erik Landemalm, Jon Wiederhorn, Katherine Turman

Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm will appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday for Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Deadly Rescue by SEAL Team Six (Atria Books, 978-1476725161).

Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, authors of Louder Than Hell (It Books, 978-0061958281) and special guest Alex Skolnick of Testament will be doing a live video chat at 5PM. Register and listen here.

Job Moves: June 6, 2013

At Red Wheel/Weiser, Kat Salazar has been promoted to publicist. She was associate publicist. Jordan Overby has been promoted to associate production director. He was production manager.

Authors on the Air June 5, 2013: Jonathan Alter, Phil Jackson

Jonathan Alter will be on The Colbert Report for The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451646078).

On Tavis Talks, Phil Jackson will discuss Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (Penguin Press, 978-1594205118).

Job Moves: June 5, 2013

Shelby Meizlik has been promoted to v-p, publicity at HarperCollins. She will continue to act as the group publicity director for all of the William Morrow Group, including Morrow hardcover, trade paperback, Avon, Harper Voyager, It Books, Impulse and Cookbooks.

Michael Connor has left his position as director, editorial lead for The Quality Paperback Book Club/Insightout Book Club at Direct Brands. He is looking for new opportunities and can be reached at michaelconnor718@gmail.com.

Levesque Named Editorial Director at Rodale

Jennifer Levesque has been tapped to oversee Rodale's trade books division.

Authors on the Air June 4, 2013: Mark Bittman, William H. Marty

On June 5, Mark Bittman will be on Morning Joe to promote his book VB6 (Vegan Before Six): Eat Vegan Before 6:00pm to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health…For Good (Clarkson Potter, 978-0385344746).

Dr. William H. Marty will discuss The World of Jesus (Bethany House, 978-07642-1083-9), on Moody’s Chris Fabry Live! on June 5. To listen, click here.

Job Moves: June 4, 2013

Kevin Haas is no longer v-p sales of Ryland Peters & Small. He can be reached at haas.kevin@ymail.com.

Blackman Named Children's Laureate in U.K.

Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts & Crosses and its sequels, has been appointed the Waterstones Children's Laureate in the U.K.

Job Moves: June 3, 2013

John Kritzmacher is executive v-p and CFO of John Wiley & Sons, beginning July 1. He is formerly CFO of Lucent Technologies and Global Crossing.

Authors on the Air June 3, 2013: Dorothy Breininger, Eric Sanderson, Beatriz Williams, David Levinson, Erika Robuck

Dorothy Breininger will be on the Today show on June 4 for her book Stuff Your Face or Face Your Stuff (HCI, 978-0757317378).

Eric W. Sanderson will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars and Suburbs (Abrams, 978-1419704345).

On The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m., on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Beatriz Williams on A Hundred Summers (Putnam, 978-0399162169), David Samuel Levinson on Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence (Algonquin, 978-1565129184), Erika Robuck on Call Me Zelda (NAL, 978-0451239921), Daniel James Brown on The Boys in the Boat (Viking, 978-0670025817). Listen here.