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Author Jodi Picoult has landed a 3-book deal with Random House, Inc.’s Ballantine Books imprint. The not-yet-titled first novel will be published in 2014.
Random House Publishing Group president Gina Centrello teamed up with Ballantine Bantam Dell publisher Libby McGuire to negotiate the deal with Laura Gross Literary Agency principal Laura Gross. Ballantine Bantam Dell editor-in-chief Jennifer Hershey will edit the books.
McGuire had this statement in the release: “Jodi’s ability to bring readers together and start conversations about her storytelling is very special. Even with her tremendous success, we believe her growth potential is enormous, and we look forward to bringing her forthcoming fiction to an even larger readership.”
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Janet Evanovich has inked a deal with Random house four more novels in her Stephanie Plum series. She also sold four novels in a series co-authored with Lee Goldberg.
Peter Evanovich negotiated the two deals with Random House Publishing Group publisher Gina Centrello and Ballantine Bantam Dell publisher Libby McGuire and from, the author’s agent. In 2010, Evanovich signed with Ballantine Bantam Dell after working with St. Martin’s Press for 15 years.
Here’s more from the release: “The new Evanovich-Goldberg series will feature FBI agent Kate Winslow and international fugitive Danny Cole and will be a thrilling combination of crime, romance, and adventure. The first in the series is scheduled for publication in fall 2013. The next Plum novel, Notorious Nineteen, will be published this November 20, 2012 and just out now is Wicked Business, the second book in Evanovich’s No. 1 bestselling series starring Lizzy and Diesel.”
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Random House executive director of publicity Carol Schneider will retire next month after 32 years at the publisher.
Random House publisher Gina Centrello had this tribute: “In 32 years, from typewriters to tweets, Carol has been a publicity trailblazer for the Random House Group imprints … With sensitivity and wisdom, she has been a devoted friend and booster of the efforts of booksellers across the country, as well as countless print, broadcast, and online journalists, reviewers, and bloggers.”
Schneider began her career in the publicity department of David McKay Publishers. She joined Random House in 1979. She also wrote Fresh: A Greenmarket Cookbook and co-wrote Midnight Snacks: The Cookbook That Glows in the Dark.
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