Ivy Quirk is joining Simon & Schuster as field account manager for the Northern California region, effective April 21. She joins Simon & Schuster from Bookshop Santa Cruz, where she has been for more than 10 years, first managing the adult hardbacks section before working as children's buyer for the last six years. She worked to increase access to books for the underserved part of their community, working with local schools, including a Spanish-language option in their summer reading program, and working with the local county office of education to bolster LGBTQIA+ selections in school libraries. She also recently served as part of the political advocacy arm of CALIBA. She started her career as a bookseller at Borders.
Quirk succeeds Cheri Hickman, who is taking on the newly created role of new accounts and backlist specialist.