HAPPY PASSOVER – Book Winners – Kudos – Industry Changes

BOOK WINNERS:

Linda Trott Dickman won THE GIRL WHO LOVED POUTINE by Lorna Schultz Nicholson

Melissa Trempe won DO MOMMIES EVER SLEEP? by Kim Howard

Manju Beth won FINDING GRATEFUL by Dianne White

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KUDOS:

Author of WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW and BRAINSTORM! Rebecca Gardyn Levington’s LOOKING FOR LIGHT: A SHABBAT STORY, with the Jewish holiday of Shabbat as a backdrop, about a child finding gratitude for life’s small joyful moments, illustrated by Gillian Eilidh O’Mara, to Joy Peskin at Farrar, Straus Children’s, for publication in fall 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Jennifer Laughran at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the illustrator. Rights: kristin.dulaney@macmillan.com

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INDUSTRY CHANGES:

HOLIDAY HOUSE:

Chris Russo has been promoted to senior designer.

JANKLOW & NESBIT ASSOCIATES:

Melissa Flashman, Marya Spence, Paul Lucas, Kirby Kim, Stefanie Lieberman, and Emma Parry have been promoted to senior agents.

RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S BOOKS:

Jordan Blanco has joined as editor for RH Graphic.

QUILL TREE BOOKS:

Jennifer Ung has been promoted to editorial director.

Allison Weintraub has been promoted to associate editor.

DOUBLEDAY CANADA:

Melanie Tutino has been promoted to senior editor.

BELCASTRO AGENCY:

Syrone Harvey and Morgan Wilson join as junior literary agents.

ABRAMS PRESS:

Zack Knoll has been promoted to senior editor.

Juliet Dore has been promoted to associate editor.

Sarah Robbins has been promoted to associate editor.

ABRAMS CHILDREN’S:

Charlotte Greenbaum has been promoted to executive editor, graphic novels.

Diegs Lopez has been promoted to senior editor, entertainment publishing.

Sara Sproull has been promoted to associate editor.

Angelica Busanet has been promoted to assistant editor.

Victoria Reynolds has been promoted to digital & social media marketing associate.

Stephanie Keane has been promoted to associate publicist.

Abby Pickus has been promoted to associate, sub rights.

Eli Mock has been promoted to associate art director.

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Talk tomorrow,

Kathy