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.

Authors on the Air May 31, 2013: Gary Greenberg, 'A Walk in the Woods'

On NPR's Science Friday, The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry (Blue Rider, 978-0399158537) author Gary Greenberg will be on. The SciFri Book Club will discuss its latest book, A Walk in the Woods (Broadway, 978-0767902526) by Bill Bryson.

Job Moves: May 31, 2013

Tracy Guest's last day as v-p, director of publicity at Simon & Schuster is May 31. She can be reached at tracey.guest@ymail.com.

Authors on the Air May 30, 2013: Rick Atkinson

Rick Atkinson will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for The Guns at Last Light (Holt, 978-0805062908).

Job Moves: May 30, 2013

Don Share is editor of Poetry magazine; he is currently senior editor of the magazine. He will begin his tenure on July 1.

Suchomel to Head New Unit at Perseus

Following his surprise departure as president of the Independent Publishers Group in March, Mark Suchomel is returning to the distribution business as head of a new unit that will be part of Perseus Books Group’s Publishers Group West division.

Children's Job Moves: May 2013

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

Authors on the Air May 29, 2013: Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno will be on Tavis Talks for Rita Moreno: A Memoir (Celebra, 978-0451416377).

Job Moves: May 29, 2013

Sean McDonald has been appointed publisher of FSG Originals and director of digital and paperback publishing. He joined the company three years ago as v-p and executive editor.

Evan Bayh has been appointed to McGraw-Hill Education's board of directors. The former senator is now a senior advisor at Apollo Global Management and a partner at the law firm McGuireWoods.

Job Moves: May 28, 2013

Susan Spilka, who worked in corporate communications at John Wiley for about 20 years, has left the company and can be reached at sbspilka@gmail.com.

Authors on the Air May 24, 2013: Richard Rubin, Patrick Smith

Richard Rubin will discuss PW Pick The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547554433) on NPR’s All Things Considered.

Patrick Smith, author of Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections (Sourcebooks, 9781402280917), will be a guest on NPR’s Weekend Edition on May 25.

Job Moves: May 24, 2013

Ryan Doherty is joining Ballantine Bantam Dell as a senior editor, reporting to editorial director, non-fiction, Jennifer Tung.

At Random House, Andy Ward is now v-p, editorial director, nonfiction and David Ebershoff is v-p, executive editor.

At Crown, Suzanne O’Neill has been promoted to executive editor; Talia Krohn has been promoted to senior editor; Stephanie Knapp has been promoted to associate editor.

Former Bookazine buyer Dennis Haritou has moved to Litbreaker Ad Network as director of business development.

Authors on the Air May 23, 2013: Kelly Starrett

Kelly Starrett will be on The View on May 24 for his book Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance (Victory Belt, 978-1936608584).

Job Moves: May 23, 2013

Julia Prosser has been promoted to deputy director of publicity at the Simon & Schuster imprint. She joined the company in 2003.

Mary McCue has been promoted to senior publicity manager for Gallery Books and Threshold Editions. She joined Gallery in 2010.

Jessica Strand is manager of donor events at the New York Public Library, beginning June 17. She was previously events manager at the Strand, a position now filled by Emily Simpson.

Michael Strother has been promoted from editorial assistant to assistant editor of Simon Pulse.

Art to Leave Storey

The president and publisher of the Workman imprint is stepping down. COO Dan Reynolds has been named CEO and president, editorial director Deborah Balmuth publisher.

Authors on the Air May 22, 2013: Elliot Tiber, Pamel Ryckman

Elliot Tiber discussed his books Taking Woodstock (Square One, 978-0757003332) and After Woodstock (Square One, 978-0757003929) on WBAI Radio's "Out-FM" heard 99.5 FM in New York City and through WBAI.org.

Pamela Ryckman will be on Bloomberg's Money Moves and Street Smart for Stiletto Network (Amacom, 978-0814432532).