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Gaby Wood, head of books at the Daily Telegraph, has been appointed literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, succeeding Ion Trewin, who died last month, the Bookseller reported. She will leave her current position at the end of June, but continue to write for the newspaper. Wood will assume full responsibility at the conclusion of this year's award, which is being handled in the interim by Fiammetta Rocco, administrator of the Man Booker International Prize.
Foundation chair Jonathan Taylor said, "Gaby will bring new perspectives while maintaining our mission to bring the best of contemporary literary fiction to an ever widening international audience. Ion was aware of our intentions and shared our great enthusiasm at the prospect that Gaby would succeed him."