Suzanne Herz is rejoining Penguin Random House as publisher, John Grisham, effective April 15. She will oversee the company's publishing strategy for the John Grisham brand, which will now be part of the sales and corporate marketing departments. Herz and Grisham have worked together on nearly 40 of his titles. The company has published at least one Grisham title a year; since his debut with The Firm in 1991, more than 400 million of his books have been sold worldwide.
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Herz started her career in the Putnam publicity department and held a variety of leadership positions at the company for three decades, most recently as executive v-p, publishing director of Doubleday and publisher of Vintage & Anchor Books. Last year she had accepted PRH's voluntary separation offer and left the company in December, but agreed to act as a consultant, overseeing Grisham's frontlist and backlist in coordination with Doubleday.
Grisham will continue to be published under the Doubleday colophon, and his central publishing support and sales teams remain in place. His next book, his 50th, is Camino Ghosts, which Doubleday is publishing in May.
In related news, Lauren Weber is being promoted to executive director, brand development. She currently oversees the day-to-day Grisham marketing activities, brand partnerships, newsletters, and social channels. She joined the company in 2012 as Herz's assistant.