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November 2024:

Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market, which I recommend to keep track of who's moving where, is back: This guide to publishers, agents, conferences, and more skipped a year after a change in ownership. It returns with the re-named 33rd or 2022 edition.

Note: There have been few moves in the past couple of months, as companies and individuals waited to see the results of the election. Now that we know the results, this may change.
Aladdin: Rebecca Kuss has joined the imprint with the title of executive editor. Previously she had been a senior editor at Disney Hyperion.
Scholastic: Executive editor Clarissa Wong has left the company.

September 2024:

Algonquin Young Readers: In a big reorganization and set of layoffs, Little, Brown has shut down the AYR imprint. Editorial director Cheryl Klein has moved to Workman Kids, with other AYR editors and staff laid off. Full details in this PW article.
Chronicle Books: Mary Colgan joins the imprint as senior editor, in charge of chapter books and the Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site line. She had previously worked at Boyds Mills Press and Callisto Media. Also, Rebecca Frazer has joined as executive editor.
Disney Hyperion: Assistant Editor Christine Collins at Hyperion reported on LinkedIn that she has been laid off, along with several others. As I learn other names, I'll report them.
Kane Press/Astra: I didn't expect to be reporting on myself, but Astra decided to close down the Kane imprint, and I've been laid off. Kane Press books are being added to the Astra Young Readers imprint. After the closure of Maria Russo's Minerva imprint earlier this year, that leaves Astra Young Readers, Calkins Creek, Hippo Park, Toon Books, and Wordsong as the Astra children's group.
Paula Wiseman Books (S&S): Paula Wiseman, VP and publisher for her personal imprint, will be retiring at the end of the year and becoming an editor-at-large. The PWB imprint will close, with the other editors and backlist moving to Beach Lane Books. More information.
Post Wave Children's Books: Post Wave, based in the UK, is launching a US imprint. Krestyna Lypen, formerly at Algonquin YR, will be editorial director. More information in PW.
Random House Studio: Farrin Jacobs, previously VP and editorial director at Little Brown Books for Young Readers, has joined RH Studio as executive editor.
Ten Speed Children's: Kelly Barrales-Saylor has joined Ten Speed as executive editor. She had been editorial director at Sourcebooks eXplore.

June 2024:

Albert Whitman: Publishing director Sue Tarsky has left the company.
Chronicle Books: Emily Daluga has joined the Chronicle staff as a children's book editor.
Clarion: Erin Clarke has joined Clarion as VP and publisher. Previously she was editorial director at Knopf BFYR.
Delacorte/Random House Children's: Senior VP and publisher Beverly Horowitz has retired from Delacorte Press.
Disney Hyperion: Editor-at-Large Stephanie Owens Lurie has retired. More information from PW.
Freedom Fire/Disney Hyperion: Anuoluwapo Ohioma has arrived as editor, from Penguin Workshop.
Harper Children's: Tara Weikum will be leading a new imprint, which does not yet have a name. They plan to publish "fiction that sits at the corner of commercial and literary for middle grade and teen readers." Also on staff: editor Sarah Homer and executive editors Kristin Rens and Amy Cloud.
Inkyard Press: Editor Olivia Valcarce is no longer at Inkyard, and has launched a freelance editorial business.
Kar-Ben Publishing: Fran Greenman-Schmitz will be the new publisher as of July 1, taking over from Joni Sussman, who is retiring.
Nosy Crow: Editor Jennifer Greene has joined the US office of Nosy Crow. She had been at Clarion.
Random House Studio: Maria Modugno has retired from RH Studio, where she had been VP and executive director. More information from PW.
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky: Melissa Manlove has arrived as executive editor after leaving Chronicle (see March below.)

March 2024:

Abrams Children's: Claire Stetzer has joined as editor.
Abrams Fanfare: Abrams is setting up a new children's graphic novel imprint. More information at PW.
Atelier Enfants: Atelier Edition has started this new imprint.
Balzer + Bray: Alessandra Balzer and Donna Bray are moving their imprint from HarperCollins to Macmillan Children's, as of April 15. More information at PW.
Chooseco: Shelly Romero has joined Chooseco (the choose-your-own-adventure company) as editor. Previously she had worked at Cake Creative and Scholastic.
Clarion (HarperCollins): Editors Kait Feldmann and Monica Perez have been laid off, says the grapevine. I have no further information.
Chronicle Books: Long-time Chronicle editor Melissa Manlove has left.
Chronicle Books: Jody Mosley has moved from Abram's Children's Books, where she had been vice president and associate publisher, to become the children’s executive publishing director at Chronicle. More on this at PW. She replaces Ginee Seo (see June 2023 below).
Delacorte Romance: Delacorte Press is launching this new YA romance imprint. Wendy Loggia, Delacorte VP and senior executive editor, will lead it.
Electric Postcard: Kristen Pettit has joined as editorial director. Previously she had been an executive editor at Harper Children's.
Freedom Fire/Disney Hyperion: This new imprint at Disney Hyperion, led by Kwame Mbalia, releases its first titles in the fall. Betsy Bird interviews Kwame Mbalia and two authors.
Simon and Schuster BFYR: Sarah Barley is leaving her position as editorial director of YA at Flatiron to start a new imprint at S&S. It does not yet have a name.
Sourcebooks: Jennifer Gonzalez is the new senior vice president and publisher of the children’s division. She had been at Macmillan. More information at PW.
Sourcebooks: Also, Sourcebooks has hired Ben Rosenthal and Mabel Hsu away from Katherine Tegen Books at HarperCollins, where they had remained on staff after Tegen retired. They will be starting a new imprint. More information from PW.
Zando Young Readers: Tiffany Liao has left Zando, where she had been an executive editor, and is now an executive editor at Random House BFYR.

New imprints in 2023: Here's an end-of-year summary of new imprints from The Hot Sheet. Scroll down for children's and YA. I do include new imprints in these notes, but I miss things--and it's handy to have a list.

November 2023:

HarperCollins Children's Books: Suzanne Murphy, president and publisher, is leaving, and Liate Stehlik has been appointed to replace her. More on this in PW
Little Bee Books: Jeanine Le Ny, who had been a senior category manager at Calisto, is now an executive editor for BuzzPop at Little Bee Books.
Random House Graphic: Alex Lu has arrived as editor. They had been a contributing editor at First Second.
Razorbill/Putnam Children's Books: Tragically, Casey McIntyre vice president and publisher of Razorbill and then Putnam, has died of ovarian cancer. As you may have heard reported, she launched a campaign to retire medical debt that sky-rocketed after her death. Here is the earlier story I had missed of how Razorbill merged into Putnam Children's Books in June.
Sourcebooks: Jenne Abramowitz Vermeulen has moved from Scholastic to become Editorial Director of Sourcebooks’ Jabberwocky, Young Readers, and Fire imprints.
Ten Speed Press: Ginee Seo, who had been executive publishing director of Chronicle's children's group (see also June 2023), is now vice president and editorial director of children's publishing at Ten Speed Press.

September 2023:

Abrams BFYR: Abrams had some layoffs earlier this year. Emily Deluga, Associate Editor, was let go. There may have been other children's book editors, but she's the only one I know.
Inkyard Press/HarperCollins Children's Books: HC has closed the Inkyard Press imprint, which published YA and MG fiction, and laid off the staff, including editors Meghan Maria McCullough, Claire Stetzer, and Olivia Valcarce. HC also laid off Stephanie Guerdan, an associate editor at HC Children's Books and union steward; editorial director Antonia Markiet is retiring.
Page Street Kids/YA: Page Street is shifting the focus of their children's and YA program. They announced in January that they were expanding their YA publishing and creating a dedicated imprint for it. I also understand that they are no longer acquiring for Page Street Kids but will be releasing books already in the pipeline.
Penguin Random House: PRH has been reducing staff. Publishers Weekly has reported a number of names of people who accepted voluntary buyouts. None of them were children's book editors, but there have also been layoffs, and I will report names if/when I learn them.

June 2023:

Bright Light: Australian publisher Hardie Grant will publish this new American children's book imprint's first list in the fall. Staff includes publishing director Marisa Pintado, publisher Chren Byng, and art director Pooja Desai.
Bushel and Peck: The company has launched three new children's book imprints.
ByteDance: Allison Moore recently joined as Acquisitions Editor and is acquiring YA, romance, and fantasy. See June 2022 below for previous news.
Candlewick: Liz Bicknell and Joan Powers, both of whom have been in high-level editorial/management positions at Candlewick for years, have announced their retirements.
Chronicle Children's Books: Ginee Seo left her position as publishing director of Chronicle's children's division in May. She had been there since 2011. More details in PW
HarperCollins Children's: Stephanie Stein has left HC and is now a senior editor at Tor Publishing Group, and will be acquiring adult science fiction and fantasy.

April 2023:

DeFiore and Company: I don't usually report on agency news, but Elise Howard deserves an exception. She left Algonquin Young Readers last year, after having founded it and led it for more than ten years. She is now joining DeFiore and Co. as an agent.
HarperCollins Children's Books: HC cut staff in the aftermath of the strike, including in the children's division. I haven't heard any names yet but will post them when I do.
Nosy Crow: Allison Hunter Hill is joining Nosy Crow as editor. She worked previously at Page Street Kids and Candlewick. See December 2022 below for more on Nosy Crow...

December 2022:

Alfred A. Knopf BFYR: Esther Cajahuaringa has left Union Square Kids to become an Editor at Knopf.
Nosy Crow: I know Nosy Crow as a lively independent UK publisher, so I was intrigued to see they are launching a US division. More information in this interview

November 2022:

Algonquin Young Readers/Workman Kids: News of these imprints working together and of plans for growth in this article in PW.
Astra BFYR: Leonard Marcus, who had been editor-at-large for Astra Young Readers and minedition, has left the company.
Bloomsbury Children's Books: Hannah Rivera has joined as assistant editor.
Charlesbridge: Eileen Robinson has left Reycraft Books for Charlesbridge, where she will be acquiring for the main Charlesbridge imprint as executive editor. She is also bringing her company Move Books to Charlesbridge, where it will become the imprint Charlesbridge Moves, led by her as editorial director. Eileen is my friend and colleague at Kid's Book Revisions and this is fantastic news.
Freedom Fire/Disney: Disney-Hyperion is launching a new middle-grade imprint, to be led by author Kwame Mbalia. Full story in PW.
Inkyard Press: Meghan Maria McCullough has left Levine Querido to become an editor Inkyard. Olivia Valcarce left Scholastic to do the same.
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins: Katherine Tegen is retiring. More details in this PW article. Ben Rosenthal will take over as editorial director for a new imprint that will replace Katherine Tegen Books. Mabel Hsu will report to him.
Knopf: Kelly Delaney has left Knopf for Crown BFYR.
LB Ink: Little Brown BFYR becomes the latest publisher to set up an imprint dedicated to graphic novels. Full details in this PW article.
Random House Children’s Books: Courtney Carbone has left Scholastic to return to RHCB.
Scholastic: Cindy Kim has moved to Scholastic from Little Simon. And Talia Seidenfeld has left Callisto to rejoin Scholastic.
Ten Speed Press: Vedika Khanna has left HarperCollins to become Senior Editor and Graphic Novel Editor at Ten Speed.
Workman Kids: Karen Smith has joined Workman from Knopf BFYR.

June 2022:

Algonquin Young Readers: Cheryl Klein has been appointed the new editorial director. She leaves Lee and Low, where she had been editorial director. Details in PW Elise Howard had retired from her position as publisher of Algonquin YR on May 1st.
Allida (Clarion): This new imprint led by author Linda Sue Park and editor Anne Hoppe (editorial director at Clarion) has just been announced.
Bloomsbury Children's Books: Allison Moore has left her position as editor.
Chronicle: Editor Feather Flores has left for Atheneum BFYR.
Crown BFYR (PRH): Emily Easton, vice president and publisher of Crown Books for Young Readers, left the company earlier this year.
duopress to Sourcebooks Kids: duopress has been acquired by Sourcebooks, and plans to publish 15 titles per year. Founder Mauricio Velázquez de León has joined Sourcebooks as founder and editorial director of the duopress imprint.
Marble Press: This new children's publisher, with three imprints, was created by a group of authors and illustrators, funded by venture capital money. Michael Green, formerly at Philomel as president and publisher, has been hired as editor. I expect to hear of more hires soon. Press release with more information
Margaret Quinlin Books: Margaret Quinlin has launched this eponymous imprint at Peachtree. Interview with MQ by Roger Sutton
Neal Porter Books (Holiday House): Taylor Norman is leaving Chronicle Books and joining Neal Porter Books in July. PW article with more details
Random House Children's Books: Diane Landolf has left her position as editor at RHCB. She can be reached at Diane Landolf Editorial
Random House Children's Books: Angela Song has left her position as Assistant Editor at Clarion Books to become an Associate Editor at RHCB.
Razorbill: Tiara Kittrell is now an editor at Razorbill. She had been an associate editor at Balzer + Bray (HC).
TOON Books (Astra BFYR): Tucker Stone has joined as executive editor.
Union Square Kids (formerly Sterling): Eve Adler has left Union Square, where she had been an executive editor, to join Red Fox Literary as an agent.

February 2022:

Rocky Pond Books: Lauri Hornik is moving from her position as publisher of Dial Books to lead this new imprint at PRH. Their first list will come out in Spring 2023. More information in PW coverage
Sourcebooks eXplore: Anna Sargeant has joined this children's nonfiction imprint as editor.
TOON Books: TOON Books, the graphic novel imprint founded by Francois Mouly, has been acquired by Astra Publishing House and will become part of the Astra BFYR division.

January 2022:

2021 New Imprints and Agents List: This comprehensive list, compiled by Jane Friedman, includes children's and YA imprints mixed into the "Big 5" section and in a separate section lower down. I think I covered most if not all of these, but this is a handy resource.
Bright Matter Books: This is a new educational nonfiction imprint from Random House. PW coverage
Disney Publishing: Alli Grote is joining Disney as an assistant Editor. She had previously worked at Highlights for Children.
Union Square Kids: Barnes and Nobles' publishing division, formerly known as Sterling, is getting "re-branded" and in PW coverage of this change there are indications of new directions. Stay tuned...

December 2021:

Bloomsbury Children's Books: Kei Nakatsuka has joined as assistant editor.
Charlesbridge: Monica Perez has left Charlesbridge, where she had been an executive editor, to become the new editorial director of Versify.
Disney Hyperion: Regan Winter and Kelsey Sullivan have arrived as Associate Editors. Winter had been Associate Editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, while Sullivan was Assistant Editor at Disney Press.
Holiday House: Alexandra Aceves joins as Associate Editor. She was previously Assistant Editor at Junior Library Guild.
little bee books: Traci N. Todd, most recently Children’s Publishing Director at Workman, joins as Publisher.
Odd Dot: Julia Sooy has arrived as Editor; she had been Children’s Book Editor at Phaidon.
Random House Graphic: Publishing director Gina Gagliano has left. More information
Santa Monica Press/Teen: Santa Monica Press is starting a new YA imprint.
Sourcebooks: Catherine Onder has taken the new role of vice president and publisher of children’s books at Sourcebooks, "charged with helping continue the tremendous growth of their children’s business." She was most recently svp, publisher at HMH Books and Media. More information
Workman Children's: Stacy Lellos is the new Publisher. Previously she had been President at Klutz.

September 2021:

Feature: Nine Editors on Their New Children's Imprints: In this PW article, nine children's books editors discuss their new imprints (which you will mostly find listed here).
Andrews McMeel Publishing: Erinn Pascal, formerly Editor at Scholastic, joins as Senior Editor, Children’s Books.
Astra Books for Young Readers: Astra Publishing has formed a children's division with this name around its existing children's imprints. They also announced the renaming of Boyds Mills Press to Astra Young Readers, the name of Jill Davis's imprint (Hippo Park), and my arrival at Kane Press. See coverage in PW.
Henry Holt Children’s Books: Dana Chidiac, formerly Editor at Dial Books for Young Readers, joins as Senior Editor. Also, Jess Harold joins as Editor; she had been Associate Editor at Scholastic.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: In fallout from the sale of HMH trade to HarperCollins (more info. on that in June below), Margaret Raymo and Kwame Alexander went to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. She started September 7, with the title of executive editor. Apparently Alexander's imprint at Houghton Mifflin, Versify, is NOT moving, as far as I can see, at least for now.
More on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: HarperCollins announced the details of how they are integrating HMH into their company.
Kane Press: I am joining Kane Press as Executive Editor the first week of October. Kane publishes series with an educational element; we are currently closed to submissions, but stay tuned for updates. For more about Kane Press, see the news about Astra above.
Penguin Workshop: Elizabeth Lee has left FSG and joined Penguin Workshop as Editor.
Tor Starscape/Tor Teen/Tor Kids: Editor Susan Chang has left. And publisher Kathleen Doherty has retired.

July 2021:

Arctis Books USA: Joy Bean joins as Lead Editor (note that Arctis has a focus on bringing titles from Europe). Previously she was Senior Editor at Boyds Mills & Kane and little bee books.
Astra Publishing: Jill Davis has left HarperCollins to start a new, as-yet-unnamed imprint at Astra.
Cinco Puntos Press: In a smart move (IMO), Lee and Low has acquired Cinco Puntos.
Disney-Hyperion: Sylvie Frank has joined as Executive Editor. She had been Senior Editor at Paula Wiseman Books.
Disney-Hyperion/Rick Riordan Presents : Rebecca Kuss joins as Senior Editor. She was previously Editor at Inkyard.
Simon & Schuster Children’s: Celia Lee joins as Executive Editor. Previously, she was Senior Editor at Orchard Books and Cartwheel Books.

June 2021:

Albert Whitman: Editor Andrea Hall has left for Beaming Books.
Blackstone Publishing: Daniel Ehrenhaft has joined Blackstone as Senior Acquisitions Editor. He had been VP, Editorial Director at Soho Teen before.
Bloomsbury Children’s: Claire Stetzer, Associate Editor, leaves to become Editor at Inkyard Press (a boutique YA imprint).
Disney Hyperion: The company has a new editorial director and a change in direction. See this article for details (keep reading--there are changes in children's as well as adult).
Dragonfruit: This new imprint will publish a variety of children's books: "toddler and pre-K activity books, scientific and educational series for grades 1–4, ABC books with themes of inclusion and diversity, and multicultural fiction picture books" (from the article).
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: The HarperCollins purchase of HMH is now official. Consequences include the end of the HMH names.
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers: Ann Marie Wong has been named Editorial Director. She had been the Senior Editorial Director at Scholastic Book Clubs.
Nancy Paulsen: Stacey Barney has been named Associate Publisher of Nancy Paulsen Books. A significant move within PRH, I think. They plan to expand the imprint, and I wonder if succession planning could be an element as well. More details.
Neon Squid: This new imprint will focus on "gift" nonfiction and will be based in London.
Peachtree Teen: Another new imprint! This one will concentrate on teen fiction. More details.
POW! Kids Books: Michael Buckley is the new Editorial Director.
Roaring Brook Press: Megan Abbate has left Roaring Brook, where had been an Associate Editor. She is the new Nonfiction Editor at Bloomsbury Children's.
Sourcebooks: Hometown World will be a new imprint at Sourcebooks with a specific focus. See this article from PW for more details.
Sterling: Big changes are coming at Sterling, including a new name. Notably, Emily Meehan, who had been at the Disney Book Group and is now the new head, plans for Sterling to be less the house imprint of Barnes and Noble and more its own publisher. Full details
Workman Children's: Alisha Zucker joins as Senior Editor. She had been Executive Editor of Early Childhood Mathematics at Scholastic.
Zando: This new publishing venture gets instant credibility as a children's publisher (IMO) by hiring Tiffany Liao, who had been at Henry Holt, as Executive Editor. Full details

March 2021:

Anne Schwartz Books/PRH: The Schwartz and Wade imprint has split, and Anne Schwartz's new personal imprint launches this summer.
Boyds Mills Press: Susan Dobinick has joined Boyds Mills Press as a Senior Editor; she was previously at Bloomsbury.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's: Kait Feldmann joins as Senior Editor. She had been an Editor at Orchard Books (Scholastic).
mineditionUS: Octavia Saenz joins the staff as Assistant Editor.
Odd Dot: After winning the Printz Award for Everything Sad Is Untrue, Daniel Nayeri is leaving his position at Odd Dot to write full-time. Nathalie Le Du has been promoted to take his place.
Quill Tree Books/HC: Bria Ragin has left to become Editor at Delacorte Press/Joy Revolution.
Quill Tree Books/HC: Jennifer Ung has joined Quill Tree as Executive Editor of Quill Tree. She had been Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster.
Random House Children's: Brett Wright joins as Senior Editor from Clever Publishing.
Red Comet Press: This new "boutique" (meaning small) publishing company, founded by Angus Yuen-Killick, launches in the fall. More information
Running Press: Ada Zhang has left Sterling Children’s to become Associate Editor at Running Press.
Sterling Children's: Tracey Keevan, who had been an Executive Editor at Disney-Hyperion, is now Editorial Director of Children’s Publishing at Sterling.

January 2021:

Quill Tree Books/HC: Andrew Eliopulos has left his position as Executive Editor and will no longer be working in publishing. Update: see March entry for news of his replacement.
Simon and Schuster/MTV Books: Christian Trimmer, most recently at Holt Children's Books as Editorial Director, will be head of the "revitalized" MTV Books.

December 2020:

Albert Whitman and Company: Wendy McClure recently posted this: "Big news! Friday 12/18 was my last day.... I was there 23 years, and I am missing my colleagues there like crazy. But I'm excited to announce that in the new year I'm joining the incredible team at Sourcebooks, acquiring children's and YA. Stay tuned!" She had been Editorial Manager at AW and will be a Senior Editor at Sourcebooks.
Simon and Schuster: S&S follows the trend of large publishers announcing a graphic novel imprint for children by announcing two new lines within existing imprints.

November 2020:

Christy Ottaviano: Ottaviano is moving her personal imprint from Henry Holt at Macmillan to Little, Brown BFYR. By my count this is the fifth significant departure or imprint closure from Macmillan US in the past few years.
Greystone Kids (Canada): Linda Pruessen will be Middle Reader Editor while continuing to work as a freelance editor. She used to be Editor-in-Chief at Key Porter, which closed down in 2011.
Imprint: This Macmillan imprint is closing down as of December 1. All six editorial positions are being cut. Books already acquired will be published, by another Macmillan imprint.
Jimmy Patterson Books (Little, Brown): This imprint will no longer publish books by authors other than Patterson. Details in PW
Joy Revolution: This is a new imprint at Random House Children's Books, with a tight focus on YA romance by and about POC, with Nicola & David Yoon.
Labyrinth Road: Liesa Abrams, who had been at Simon and Schuster, will lead this new imprint at Random House.
Sterling Teen: A new imprint coming in the spring from Sterling, B&N's publishing wing.

August 2020:

Interesting overview article: Changing Jobs in the Age of Covid

Astra Publishing: This is the new corporate umbrella under which Boyds Mills, Kane Press, and now mineditionUS are being placed. Maria Russo, formerly the NYT children's book editor, has been hired as the new editorial director of minedition. She has also hired noted children's book critic Leonard Marcus to be an editor-at-large.
Flamingo: Margaret Anastas, formerly of HarperCollins, has established this new imprint at Penguin. It will concentrate on picture books.
Jimmy Patterson/LB: Aubrey Poole, Editor, has left to become Acquisitions Editor and Curator at subscription box service Literati.
Spruce Books: Sasquatch Books, owned by PRH since 2017, has launched this new YA NF imprint.
Simon and Schuster children's division: S&S has reorganized the division, splitting it into a trade group and a branded publishing group. An interesting move to compare to Disney's in February.
Soho Teen: VP and Editorial Director Daniel Ehrenhaft has left. I notice that the website has not been updated in several months and wonder if the imprint has gone dormant.
Zonderkidz: Laura Minchew has been hired as publisher, replacing Annette Bourland. More details from PW

May 2020:

Covid-19 Note: Children's book publishing, like many industries, has been affected by the pandemic. At present, publishers are operating with staff working remotely, and continue to both release new titles and acquire manuscripts. Some are also starting to announce layoffs, furloughs, and salary reductions. Publishers making announcements of this type include Disney, Macmillan, Scholastic, and Skyhorse.

Candlewick: Candlewick and the other branches of Walker Books have all been acquired by Trustbridge, the media company that already owns Holiday House and Peachtree.
Candlewick/MIT Press: Candlewick and MIT Press are launching a joint venture, dedicated to publishing books for children and teens on science and technology.
Peachtree: Catherine Frank has joined Peachtree Books as Editor-at-Large and will acquire and edit primarily middle-grade and YA fiction and nonfiction. She also continues to work as a freelance editor.

April (and March) 2020:

Disney Hyperion: Editor Rachel Stark, previously at Sky Pony Press, moved to Disney in January (and has been furloughed).
minedition: Boyds Mills/Kane bought a majority share in this imprint from founder Michael Neugebauer, who will continue to acquire titles for the imprint. More from PW
Little, Brown BFYR: Liz Kossnar has moved to LB as senior editor from Simon & Schuster BFYR.
S&S BFR/Salaam Reads: Deeba Zargarpur has joined Salaam Reads as editor. She had been at Glasstown Entertainment.
Underlined: This is the new YA line at Delacorte: More from PW
Viking Children's Books: Longtime editor Regina Hayes has retired. PW article

February 2020:

Bloomsbury Children's Books: Noa Wheeler joins as Executive Editor, and will work on the "Sarah J. Maas publishing program."
Clarion: Dinah Stevenson, who had been working as Editor-at-Large, has now retired.
Disney-Hyperion: Laura Schreiber, Senior Editor, has left to become Editorial Director at Jimmy Patterson Books (Little, Brown).
Little, Brown BFYR: In the big news of the month, Hachette, LB's corporate parent, has bought 1,000 titles from Disney. No immediate word of staff changes at either end of the deal, but I think they can be expected. More information
Quill Tree Books, HarperCollins: This new imprint will be led by Rosemary Brosnan. More information from PW
Schwartz & Wade: This imprint will split into two, as detailed in this article.

January 2020:

Dawn Publications: Dawn has been acquired by Sourcebooks and will continue to publish books within Sourcebooks Kids. More information from PW
Janna Co.: This new agency, "a new literary and illustration agency specializing in children's graphic novels," is the new venture of Janna Morishima, formerly of Scholastic, Diamond Kids, and Papercutz.
Simon and Schuster BFYR: Zareen Jaffery, formerly executive editor at S&S Books for Young Readers, is now at Kokila, a Penguin Young Readers imprint, as executive editor.

December 2019:

Blink YA Books/HarperCollins Children's Books: Editor Hannah VanVels has left to join the Corvisiero Literary Agency.
Etch/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: This new imprint at HMH, to be led by publisher Catherine Onder, will release all of HMH's children's and YA graphic novels under one imprint, with editors from other imprints contributing titles. More information at PW
Heartdrum/HarperCollins Children's Books: Writer Cynthia Leitich Smith and vice president and editorial director Rosemary Brosnan have partnered to launch Heartdrum, a new imprint dedicated to publishing Native voices. Read this PW article for more information.

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About this page: It's difficult to keep track of who is where at the major publishers, with editors coming and going every month of the year. Books get out of date and magazines and newsletters may be a few months behind in reporting.

Here I maintain a chronological list of these moves, both incomplete and infrequently updated, along with news of imprints closing, opening, or expanding, and other nuggets of relevant industry news. Please do not take it as the final word, and do not assume that it is completely accurate: it is not all based on first-hand information. I base it on information I've obtained from messages I get from folks on the Internet, articles in various sources, and my contacts in the industry. The latest information is added at the top. Companies losing or laying off staff are coded in red, while those adding staff or filling vacancies are in green; unless I state otherwise, this should not be taken as an indication of growth or shrinkage in their publishing program. Please send additions and corrections by email to me. Thanks.

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