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Geoff Kloske, publisher of Riverhead Books, is taking on the additional role of president of the imprint. Before joining Riverhead as publisher in 2006, Kloske was v-p and executive editor of Simon & Schuster from 1998-2006 and earlier was an editor at Little, Brown from 1992 to 1996.
In an announcement about the move, Madeline McIntosh, president of Penguin Publishing Group, noted Riverhead's recent "extraordinary run. From the breakout bestseller of the year, to the Man Booker Prize winner, to a National Book Award finalist, Riverhead's books and authors are selling faster, and earning more awards and accolades, than at any time in the imprint's illustrious history.
"While it would be easy to think that Riverhead's just had a really lucky year, all those of us who work with Geoff and his team know that’s not true. This group of editors, marketers, publicists, and designers have labored long and hard to produce this year's results, and they have brought their infectious enthusiasm, critical eyes, and creative inventiveness to bear in collaborating effectively with their internal partners in sales, managing editorial, production and inventory, and with our external media and bookselling partners and friends.
"To a one, this imprint is populated with talented individuals. But it does take one in particular to bring the team together and pave the way for them to shine, and that is what Geoff does every day. Inspiring and guiding everyone at Riverhead to take an innovative, no-stone-unturned approach to their work, he models an inclusive and entrepreneurial style that makes the group greater than its parts. We all benefit from his razor-sharp insight, relentless determination, and focus on the future as well as the backlist, and devotion to Riverhead's mission, books and authors. While I've known Geoff since our early working days as assistants, it's only in this past year that I've had the chance to work with him directly, and it's been an honor."