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Job Moves: August 14, 2012
Sydney Jarrard has been named sales and marketing manager at Cider Mill Press Book Publishers. She was formerly trade sales and marketing coordinator at Hachette Book Group.
Julian Pavia has joined Crown as editor.
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Obituary: Helen Gurley Brown
Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan and author, died August 13 at 90. She wrote her first bestseller, Sex and the Single Girl, in 1962, and then worked at Cosmopolitan for more than 30 years.
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Qureshi Out at Viking
Amber Qureshi has left Viking. Qureshi, an up-and-coming literary editor profiled in PW's 2008 series 50 Under 40, was at Free Press before she joined Viking in 2011.
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Authors on the Air August 13, 2012: Dinesh D'souza, Julian Tepper
Dinesh D'souza will be of Fox and Friends and Lou Dobbs Tonight on August 14 for Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream (Regnery, 978-1596987784).
Julian Tepper, author of Balls (Rare Bird Books, 978-0983925576), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
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An Agent for a Changing Book Business
Much like the book industry itself, the role and expectations for literary agents are changing dramatically, and Regina Brooks, founder and president of Serendipity Literary Agency, offers an up-to-the-minute example. Besides managing the careers—conventional and self-published—of more than 100 authors, launching a gourmet tea line, and cofounding a book imprint at Akashic Books, she’s an author as well. This month, St. Martin’s Press is publishing her second nonfiction book, You Should Really Write a Book: How to Write, Sell, and Market Your Memoir.
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Obituary: David Rakoff
Essayist, author, and actor David Rakoff has died at 47 after a long illness. He was a regular contributor to This American Life and the New York Times bestselling author of three books, Half Empty, Don't Get Too Comfortable, and Fraud.
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Authors on the Air August 10, 2012: Lisa Randall
Lisa Randall will be on NPR's "Science Friday" for Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World (Ecco, 978-0061723728).
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Authors on the Air August 9, 2012: Joanna Brooks
Joanna Brooks will be on The Daily Show for The Book of Mormon Girl: Stories from an American Faith (Queen Bee Press, 978-0615593449).
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Job Moves: August 9, 2012
Joy Press has been named books and culture editor at the L.A. Times. She was previously Calendar's pop culture and deputy television editor.
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Authors on the Air August 8, 2012: Liza Mundy, Tim Noakes
Liza Mundy, author of The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family (Simon & Schuster, 978-1439197714).
Tim Noakes, author of Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports (Human Kinetics, 978-1450424974), will be appearing on Sirius XM’s “Doctor Radio” on August 9, during their weekly Sports Medicine Show. The show airs at 6am ET and rebroadcasts at 4pm ET.
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Job Moves: August 8, 2012
Ryan Doherty has joined Spiegel & Grau as a senior editor.
Cyrus Kheradi, senior v-p, director, international sales and marketing at Random House will take on the additional duties of director for East Asia business development.
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Authors on the Air August 7, 2012: Karen Thompson Walker, Saima Wahab
Karen Thompson Walker will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for The Age of Miracles (Random House, 978-0812992977).
Saima Wahab will be on The Daily Show for In My Father's Country: An Afghan Woman Defies Her Fate (Crown, 978-0307884947).
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Job Moves: August 7, 2012
Rebecca Hunt has been named editor at Harlequin nonfiction. She was previously the associate editor at Penguin Books.
Sonya Cheuse has joined Grand Central as associate director of publicity. She was previously with Viking/Penguin.
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Authors on the Air August 6, 2012: Nora Vincent, Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele
Nora Vincent will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for her novel Thy Neighbor (Viking Adult, 978-0670023745).
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele were on NPR's Morning Edition for The Betrayal of the American Dream (PublicAffairs, 978-1586489694). Listen here.
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Job Moves: August 6, 2012
Marie Kent has joined Free Press as imprint marketing manager. She was previously in Penguin's school and library marketing department.
Naomi Kirsten has been promoted to editor in the children's group at Chronicle Books. She was previously the associate editor.
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Job Moves: August 3, 2012
Tracy Menzies has been promoted to v-p, production and creative operations at HarperCollins, replacing John Vitale, who has left the company.
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Authors on the Air August 3, 2012: Michael Singer
Oprah will interview Michael Singer, author of The Untethered Soul (New Harbinger Publications, 978-1572245372), on August 5 at 11am ET on OWN.
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Job Moves: August 2, 2012
Dan Mallory will join William Morrow as v-p, executive editor. He was previously publisher of Sphere in the U.K. In addition to acquiring and editing books for William Morrow, Dan will also be spearheading a digital first line, focusing on crime and thrillers.
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Authors on the Air August 2, 2012: Joshua Henkin, Cheryl Strayed, Christopher Hayes
On The Leonard Lopate Show, Joshua Henkin will talk about PW Pick The World Without You (Pantheon, 978-0375424366), and Cheryl Strayed will talk about Tiny Beautiful Things (Vintage, 978-0307949332).
Christopher Hayes, author of Twilight of the Elites (Crown, 978-0307720450), will be on The Colbert Report.
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Job Moves: August 1, 2012
Mary Anne Thompson Associates has been appointed the U.S. literary scout for Gimm Young in Korea.
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