Jhanteigh Kupihea has resigned as president and publisher of Quirk Books and will be leaving the company on December 31. She will take a sabbatical from publishing but can be reached at jhanteigh.kupihea@gmail.com.
David Borgenicht is returning to his role as president effective immediately and serves as interim publisher. Nicole De Jackmo continues in her role as executive v-p, deputy publisher.
Kupihea joined Quirk in 2018 as editorial director, with a focus on building Quirk's fiction and children's lists. In March of this year, she was promoted to president and publisher. With that change, Borgenicht, who founded the company in 2002 after creating the bestselling survival manual, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, became chairman and founder.