Raab Named President and Publisher of Grand Central

Jamie Raab has been promoted to president and publisher of Grand Central Publishing. Raab has been with GCP (and Warner Books before that) for 25 years and has headed GCP as executive v-p and publisher.

Authors on the Air January 15, 2013: Ward Wilson

Ward Wilson, author of PW Pick Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547857879), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show. After the segment airs, listen here.

Job Moves: January 15, 2013

Deb Gaffin is joining Open Road Media as a strategic advisor, directing Open Road's marketing and merchandising efforts  in the U.K. and Europe. Gaffin, formerly v-p of marketing for Mindshapes, digital product director for Nosy Crow, and an executive at Scholastic, will be based in London and report to Rachel Chou, Open Road’s chief marketing officer.

Authors on the Air January 14, 2013: Larry and Sarah Maynard, Ken Linder, Jon Clinch, Susan Carlton, Donna Pincus

Larry and Sarah Maynard will be on Dr. Phil for The Girl in the Leaves (Berkley, 9780425258823).

Ken Linder will be on Bloomberg News for Your Killer Emotions: The 7 Steps to Mastering the Toxic Emotions, Urges, and Impulses That Sabotage You (Greenleaf, 978-1608323807).

The Literary New England Radio Show will have Jon Clinch, author of The Thief of Auschwitz (CreateSpace, 978-1479236664); Susan Carlton, author of Love and Haight (Holt, 978-0805080971); Donna Pincus, author of Growing Up Brave (Little, Brown, 978-0316125604). More information here.

Job Moves: January 14, 2013

David Zielonka has left his position as EDP director McGraw-Hill Education and is now available for consulting and related positions in the publishing community. For more information refer to LinkedIn, or he can be contacted directly at dzielonka@gmail.com and 415-580-5940.

Brad Parsons has been hired for the new position of director of culinary marketing at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, starting January 28. He was previously associate director, online marketing at Grand Central Publishing and had been senior books editor at Amazon.

Hyperion Names Pomerance Senior Editor

Ruth Pomerance will join Hyperion as senior editor, effective January 28. At Hyperion, Pomerance will focus on the acquisition and development of new stories and author talent that will translate across the Disney/ABC Television Group businesses.

The Impact of Evan Connell

Evan S. Connell, novelist, poet, short story writer, and bestselling author of Son of the Morning Star, Mrs. Bridge, Mr. Bridge, Deus lo Volt! and The White Lantern, among other books, died on January 9 at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., following several years of declining health. He was 88.

Epstein to Head Young Readers Sales at HBG

The Hachette Book Group has completed the restructuring of its sales operation that began last fall, appointing David Epstein as v-p of sales, young readers.

Authors on the Air January 11, 2013: Robert Lustig, Paul Levy

Robert Lustig will be on NPR's "Science Friday" for his book Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease (Hudson Street Press, 978-1594631009).

Paul Levy will be on "The Jeff Rense Program" at 7 pm PST for Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil (North Atlantic Books, 978-1583945483).

Shifts in Subsidiary Rights at S&S

The restructuring of its major adult publishing groups has prompted Simon & Schuster to realign some of the imprint responsibilities among the subsidiary rights directors and their departments.

Job Moves: January 11, 2013

Cassie Jones has been promoted to v-p, executive editor and editorial director for William Morrow Cookbooks. She started at HarperCollins in 1999 and has been with William Morrow for nearly seven years.

Agustina Casal has been promoted to the newly created position of director, Constellation global marketing & communications. She joined Perseus in 2007.

Job Moves: January 10, 2013

Kate Dresser has been named associate editor at Harlequin HQN and Harlequin LUNA. She was previously assistant editor at Gallery Books, Pocket Books and Threshold Editions.

Barbara Meade Retires from P&P

After 35 years in bookselling, Barbara Mead, former owner of Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., has "hung up my book bag" and retired.

Authors on the Air January 10, 2013: Jeff Kinney, Phoebe Baker Hyde

On Publishers Weekly Radio, Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, will be in the studio. The show airs at 3 pm ET on SiriusXM Book Radio. More information here.

On January 11, Phoebe Baker Hyde, will be on Katie for her book The Beauty Experiment (Da Capo, 978-0738214658).

Authors on the Air January 9, 2013: Maureen Hancock

Maureen Hancock, author of The Medium Next Door (HCI, 978-0757315640), will be on The Ricki Lake Show.

Richard Ben Cramer's What It Takes Cracks Top 10

Hours after his death from lung cancer at the age of 62, Richard Ben Cramer's chronicle of the 1988 presidential race, What It Takes, jumped to #9 from #856 on Amazon's bestseller list. The Kindle edition jumped to #55 from #2,237.

Job Moves: January 9, 2013

John Cusick and Julia Churchill will join The Greenhouse Literary Agency.

Andrea Rogoff joined Picador as a publicist on January 8. She was most recently an associate publicist at Simon & Schuster.

Diana Capriola will serve as manager of children and teen programming at the AJC Decatur Book Festival.

Bergstrom Named Publisher of Gallery

Jennifer Bergstrom has been tapped to head Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books imprint.

Authors on the Air January 8, 2013: Lisa Lillien, Ian K. Smith

Lisa Lillien will be on The View on January 9 for Hungry Girl to the Max! (St. Martin's Griffin, 0312676786).

Ian K. Smith, author of Shred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks 4 Inches 2 Sizes (St. Martin's Press, 978-1250035868), will be on Anderson Cooper Live.