Random's Elton to join HC

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 20/05/2011 - 08:33 Century and Arrow publisher Kate Elton is joining HarperCollins to run its fiction team with publisher Lynne Drew choosing to relinquish management responsibilities and concentrating on her authors. Elton will join in August, reporting to Belinda Budge, publisher for HarperCollins. Among the fiction authors Elton has previously published are Karin Slaughter, Katie Fforde and Lisa Jewell. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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