Book Winners – Kudos – Industry Changes

BOOK WINNERS:

Rosi Hollinbeck won Nancy Bess Had a Dress by Claire Annette Nolan

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KUDOS:

Author-illustrator Anne Lambelet’s BEATRIX AND HER FRIENDS, a biography about the beloved children’s book author Beatrix Potter and the enduring characters she created, to Margaret Quinlin at Margaret Quinlin Books, for publication in spring 2026, by Stephanie Fretwell-Hill at Red Fox Literary (world).

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Sneed Collard III’s CITY SUPERSTARS, about the animals that not only survive, but thrive, in cities around the world, illustrated by Riley Samels, to Harold Underdown at Kane Press, for publication in fall 2025, by Alexandra Gehringer at The Bright Agency for the illustrator (world).

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INDUSTRY CHANGES:

ABRAMS:

Aria Devlin has joined as assistant editor.

RANDOM HOUSE:

Sara Birmingham will join on May 6 as executive editor, reporting to VP editor-in-chief Ben Greenberg and working closely with fiction editorial director Caitlin McKenna, to expand the fiction list. Birmingham was previously at Ecco.

VIKING/PENGUIN:

John Siciliano is now executive editor for Viking and Penguin Life, in addition to his current title of executive editor for Penguin Classics and Penguin Books.

CANDLEWICK PRESS:

Lydia Abel has been promoted to editor.

Juan Botero has been promoted to assistant editor.

Olivia Swomley has been promoted to senior editor.

ST. MARTIN’S PUBLISHING GROUP:

Brigitte Dale is promoted to associate editor.

Drue VanDuker, Claire Cheek, and Grace Gay are promoted to assistant editor.

Talk tomorrow,

Kathy