Egmont USA is partnering with Laura Geringer Books, whose first list will launch with the company in fall 2010. The list includes Dangerous Neighbors, set in 1876 Philadelphia, by Beth Kephart. Geringer has worked with Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond on their follow-ups to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, as well as with William Joyce, among many others, and is a children's book author herself.
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As of July 6, Brenda Bowen, who left HarperCollins in February, will become a children's book literary agent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. Prior to founding the Bowen Press imprint at HarperCollins, she was v-p, editor-in-chief and associate publisher of Global Books at Disney, executive v-p and associate publisher at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers and editorial director at Scholastic Press. On her blog, read an interview between Bowen ex-publisher (aka BBXP) and Bowen "girl agent" (aka BBGA). Here's one of the highlights:
BBXP: What exactly is your take on new media?
BBGA: Maybe I'll auction the first American cell-phone novel for teens. Who knows. I'll be open to great stories and book ideas wherever they come from.
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Ellen Krieger, v-p and associate publisher of Aladdin books, will retire at the end of June after 15 years with Simon & Schuster. During that time, she oversaw the merging of Pocket Books's middle grade and teen (Aladdin and Pulse) imprints, launched Aladdin M!X, a brand aimed at tweens and helped transform Aladdin into a hardcover and softcover imprint. Before she joined S&S, Krieger was editorial director of the Flare and Camelot imprints at Avon Books for 10 years, and prior to that served as subsidiary rights manager for Harper Junior Books Group.