Authors on the Air April 16, 2013: Caroline Kennedy, Danine Manette

Caroline Kennedy will be on The Colbert Report for Poems to Learn by Heart (Disney Press, 978-1423108054).

Danine Manette, author of Ultimate Betrayal (Square One, ISBN: 978-0-7570-0281-6), will be on HLN-TV's "Dr. Drew on Call" through April 18.

Job Moves: April 16, 2013

Gibbs Smith associate publisher/creative director Suzanne Taylor and managing editor Madge Baird have joined the company's executive management team.

Sonya Safro has joined Grand Central as publicity manager. She was most recently with Random House.

At Simon & Schuster, Nick Greene has been promoted to associate editor and Jonathan Cox has been promoted to assistant editor.

Workman Publishing announced Vaughn Andrews will join the company as creative director for the Workman imprint, effective April 22. Liz Davis has been promoted to assistant editor; Michael DiMascio is now staff photo researcher; Samantha O'Brien is now assistant editor.

Sherrod Named Amistad Editorial Director

HarperCollins has found a new head for its Amistad imprint, naming Tracy Sherrod editorial director. Dawn Davis, who had been publisher, left Amistad earlier this year to head a new imprint at Atria.

Authors on the Air April 15, 2013: Andrew Pyper, Elisabeth Tova Baily, Lisa Genova

The Literary New England Radio Show that airs tonight at 8 p.m. on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Andew Pyper on The Demonologist (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451697414), Elisabeth Tova Bailey on The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (Algonquin, 978-1565126060), and Lisa Genova on both Love Anthony (Gallery, 978-1439164693) and Still Alice (Gallery, 978-1439102817), one of the titles that will be given away April 23 for World Book Night 2013. More information here.

Job Moves: April 15, 2013

Jessica Roth has been promoted to publicity manager at Touchstone. She was previously a senior publicist.

Authors on the Air April 12. 2013: Andy Cohen, Ron L. Deal

Andy Cohen will be on On-Air with Ryan Seacrest and The Tonight Show for his book Most Talkative (St. Martin's, 125003146X).

Ron L. Deal, author of Dating and the Single Parent (Bethany House, 978-0-7642-0697-9) will be interviewed on Building Relationships with Gary Chapman on April 13.

Futter Replaces Goldstein as Twelve Publisher

Deb Futter, v-p and editor-in-chief of GCP, has been named publisher of Twelve, replacing Cary Goldstein who is stepping down after two years to pursue other interests.

Job Moves: April 11, 2013

Laney Katz Becker, previously at Markson Thoma and, before that, Folio Literary Management, has joined the New York-based literary agency Lippincott Massie McQuilkin as an agent.

Authors on the Air April 11, 2013: Moses Gates, Mark Geragos and Pat Harris

Moses Gates, author of PW Pick Hidden Cities (Tarcher, 978-1585429349), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here.

Mark Geragos and Pat Harris, authors of Mistrial: An Inside Look at How the Criminal Justice System Works...and Somtimes Doesn't (Gotham, 978-1592407729), will be on Good Morning America, Piers Morgan Live, and, on April 12, Fox & Friends.

Floridis Joins Zola; Retailer Plans Expansion Abroad

Zola Books, the new independent retailer unveiled at 2012's BEA, has hired Tad Floridis as director of international business development.

Job Moves: April 10, 2013

Kelly Snowden has been promoted to marketing and publicity manager for Ten Speed Press.

Tanenhaus Leaving 'TBR,' Pamela Paul Named Successor

Sam Tanenhaus is leaving his post as editor of the New York Times Book Review.

Job Moves: April 9, 2013

Meg Cassidy has been promoted to publicity manager in the Simon & Schuster imprint. She joined the Free Press publicity department in August 2011.

Joanne Grant has been promoted to executive editor, Harlequin UK. Grant will continue to lead the Harlequin Modern/Presents series group and will also assume overall responsibility for leading the UK team. Carly Byrne and Flo Nicoll have both been promoted to editor roles at Harlequin UK.

Authors on the Air April 8, 2013: Daniel Kahneman, David A. Stockman

Thinking, Fast and Slow author Daniel Kahneman (FSG, 978-0374533557) will be on The Brian Lehrer Show. After the segment airs, listen here.

David A. Stockman will be on The Daily Show for The Great Deformation (PublicAffairs, 978-1586489120).

Job Moves: April 8, 2013

Wah-Ming Chang, a long-time production manager at Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, is the new managing editor of Melville House. The company’s book blog, MobyLives, has a new managing editor in Alex Shephard, founding editor and editor in chief of Full Stop magazine, who will be running the blog as part of his position as Melville House’s new director of digital marketing.

Peter Workman Dies at Age 74

Peter Workman, who founded Workman Publishing in 1967 as a book packager and turned it into one of the country’s most successful independent publishers, died April 7 after a battle with cancer. He was 74.

Authors on the Air April 5, 2013: Joseph Gallenberger, James H. Cone, Elaine Heffner, Susan Sachs Goldman

Joseph Gallenberger, Ph.D., author of Inner Vegas: Creating Miracles, Abundance, and Health (Rainbow Ridge, 978-1937907105) will be the guest of George Noory on Coast to Coast.

Dr. James H. Cone, author of The Cross and the Lynching Tree (Orbis Books, 978-1-62698-005-1) will be Bill Moyers' guest on public television's "Moyers and Company.

Susan Sachs Goldman, author of Friends in Deed: The Story of Quaker Social Reform in America (Highmark Press, 978-0615589572) will be the guest of Maureen Fiedler on Interfaith Voices.

Elaine Heffner, author of Goodenoughmothering (XLIBRIS, 978-1479716098), will be on "The Open Mind".

Job Moves: April 5, 2013

Ali Coughlin has been promoted to associate national account manager at Hachette. She joined the company in 2009.

Christian Trimmer will join the S&S Books for Young Readers team as senior editor beginning April 15. He was previously with the Walt Disney Company, where he spent the last 13 years.

Irina Lumelsky has been appointed sales and marketing officer for the United Nations Publications. She was previously a manager, digital rights at McGraw-Hill Professional.

Children's Job Moves: March 2013

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

Job Moves: April 4, 2013

Barbara Poelle, a senior agent at the Irene Goodman Literary Agency, has been promoted to a vice president of the agency.