Mitch Thorpe has joined Abrams Children's Books as associate director of publicity. He was previously at Simon & Schuster.
Anna Merz has been promoted to senior publicist at Abrams Children's Books.
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At Ballantine Bantam Dell, part of the Random House Publishing Group:
Executive publicist Sarah Breivogel will become the Bantam publicity lead, emphasizing her expertise in mystery, thriller, and suspense.
Senior publicist Melissa Folds will become the Dell publicity lead, emphasizing her expertise in romance, rom-com, and romantasy.