Authors on the Air February 7, 2013: John Ashdown-Hill, Dari Alexander

On Friday February 8 from 11am - 12 pm ET, John Ashdown-Hill will be interviewed on "On Point" (NPR) about his book, The Last Days of Richard III (The History Press, 9780752459608), and the recent discovery of Richard III's skeleton.

February 8, on "The Wendy Williams Show," Dari Alexander, author of The Quick and Clean Diet: Lose the Weight, Feel Great, and Stay Lean for Life (Globe Pequot/Skirt, ISBN: 978-0-7627-8172-0).

Authors on the Air February 6, 2013: Ed Whitacre

Ed Whitacre, author of American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA (Business Plus, 978-1455513017), will be on The Daily Show.

Job Moves: February 6, 2013

Karen Foster will leave BISG as director of standards and practices because of a career move to Germany. She has been with the company for more than five years.

Kirsten Reach has joined Melville House as an editor. She was previously with Grand Central.

At Ingram, Robin Cutler has been named manager, independent publisher program; Pam Dover has been promoted to general account sales manager; Craig Lupinacci is now director of international sales.

Bryan Pearce will retire after 22 years as CEO at the University of Washington Book Store. Louise Little will take over, beginning July 1.

Authors on the Air February 5, 2013: Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews, author of The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 978-0316185592), will be on The Colbert Report.

Baggetta, Beatie, Zrelak Rise at Goldberg McDuffie

Angela Baggetta, formerly the head of Goldberg McDuffie’s business division and a veteran of ten years at the firm, has been named managing director of GMC. Baggeta has also been made a partner along with her colleagues at GMC, Megan Beatie and Kathleen Zrelak.

Obituary: James Plumeri

James Plumeri, cover art director for two decades (1985-2005) with Bantam Dell, and before that for 15 years with New American Library, died February 2. He was 79.

Job Moves: February 5, 2013

At Watkins, part of Osprey, Jo Lal, former marketing director of Hay House U.K. and current director of author services at HarperCollins, has been named publisher. Additionally, Séverine Jeauneau, foreign rights director at Watkins, has been named head of the newly created international publishing division.

Mark Gilroy has joined Worthy Publishing as senior v-p, associate publisher. He will manage the Freeman-Smith imprint.

Jonathan Ackerman has been named national account manager at Bookmasters. He will oversee the company's relationships with wholesalers and retailers like Barnes & Noble and Baker & Taylor.

Authors on the Air February 4, 2013: Michelle Rhee, Christopher Castellani, Eleanor Morse, Cathy Buchanan, Lisa Lillien

Michelle Rhee, author of Radical: Fighting to Put Students First (Harper, 978-0062203984), will be on The Daily Show.

The Monday, Feb. 4, episode of the Literary New England Radio Show will air at 8 p.m. on BlogTalk Radio, featuring: Christopher Castellani on the release of his third novel, All This Talk of Love (Algonquin, 978-1616201708); Eleanor Morse on White Dog Fell From the Sky (Viking, 978-0670026401); Cathy Marie Buchanan on The Painted Girls (Riverhead, 978-1594486241).

Lisa Lillien will be on The Wendy Williams Show for Hungry Girl to the Max! (St. Martin's Griffin, 0312676786).

Job Moves: February 4, 2013

Eric Price has been named director of sales, marketing & publicity for Quercus. He was previously with Grove/Atlantic.

Jordan Leaving Columbia U Press

James Jordan is retiring from Columbia University Press. Jordan, who is currently president and director of CUP, is stepping down in September.

Authors on the Air February 1, 2013: Gina Keating, Christina Steinorth

Gina Keating, author of Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs (Portfolio, 978-1591844785), was on NPR's Morning Edition. Listen here.

Christina Steinorth author of Cue Cards for Life: Thoughtful Tips for Better Relationships (Hunter House, 978-0897936163) will be a guest on "InterViews & Interactions" with Linda A. Strasburg.  KTKK Radio Salt Lake City, February 2 , at 5:30 p.m MT.

Obituary: Carolyn Forsman

Carolyn Forsman, former librarian and advocate for free speech, died January 19 at the age of 69. According to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, she raised more than $150,000 for free expression groups, mainly through designing jewelry and creating pieces that celebrated the freedom to read, including her well-known "I Read Banned Books" bracelet. In 2011, Forsman began donating to ABFFE 10 per cent of her sales to independent bookstores. A memorial service will be held in the spring.  Memorial contributions may be made to FTRF, www.ftrf.org, and the Cancer Research Institute, www.cancerresearch.com.

Job Moves: February 1, 2013

At Random House, Kaela Myers, Sam Nicholson, and Anna Pitoniak have been promoted to the position of associate editor.

At Kensington, Peter Senftleben has been promoted to associate editor and Vida Engstrand has been promoted to assistant director of publicity.

Julia O'Halloran has joined DK Publishing as publicist. She was formerly at the William Morrow imprint of HarperCollins.

Children's Job Moves: January 2013

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

Dryden Joins Month9Books Advisory Board

Emma D. Dryden, founder of drydenbks LLC and former v-p, publisher at Simon & Schuster, has joined Month9Books, a publisher of speculative fiction for teens and tweens, as an advisor to publisher Georgia McBride.

Authors on the Air January 31, 2013: Matthew Guerrieri

Matthew Guerrieri, who recently wrote a feature for PW for his book The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination, will be on The Colbert Report.

Job Moves: January 31, 2013

Hannah Rahill will leave Weldon Owen Publishing after 18 years as its food and drink publisher to explore new opportunities. Rahill worked on developing the cookbook publishing program and contributed to the publication of over 300 titles. Executive editor Jennifer Newens and associate publisher Amy Marr will now oversee food and drink.

Scott Parris will join the editorial team at Oxford University Press USA as executive editor for economics. He has spent two decades as executive editor for economics at Cambridge University Press.

Harrison Named E-I-C at Scribner

Colin Harrison has been promoted to v-p and editor-in-chief at Scribner. Harrison, who was a senior editor, has been at the Simon & Schuster imprint for 11 years.

Authors on the Air January 30, 2013: Jayson Calton and Mira Calton, Michael Bolton

Dr. Jayson Calton and Mira Calton, co-authors of Rich Food Poor Food: The Ultimate Grocery Purchasing System (Primal Nutrition Inc., 978-098475517-2), will be on Fox and Friends on Thursday. January 31.

Michael Bolton will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for his book The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life (Center Street, 978-1455523658).

Job Moves: January 30, 2013

Dennis Lee has been promoted to director of business management. Since 2009, he has been a business manager at Penguin, overseeing the budgets and P&Ls of many hardcover and trade imprints. Prior to Penguin, he spent six years at Simon and Schuster as a financial analyst and an associate business manager.

Anthony Gosling has been named director of sales at Crossway.

Rob Birkhead has been named v-p, client development and creative strategy.

Iain Morris has been named v-p of creative at Cameron + Company. He has held positions at DK Publishing, LucasFilm Licensing, and Charles Schulz.