Lia Ronnen has been named executive editor and associate publisher at Artisan Books. Ronnen was most recently executive editor at Melcher Media, where she has spent the last 10 years and worked on books like Domino: The Book of Decorating and The Lucky Shopping Manual. Prior to Melcher, Ronnen was an associate editor at Abrams.
Elyse Marshall is joining Penguin Young Readers Group as associate director of publicity. Marshall, who will start at Penguin on February 22, was most recently publicity manager at HarperCollins Children’s Books, where she worked with such authors as Neil Gaiman, Lauren Oliver, and Kelley Armstrong. Prior to HarperCollins, Marshall was at the Random House Information Group.
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