Credited by Burke as "a tremendous champion of her books”, Malagoni acquired and published Clare Mackintosh, whose debut psychological thriller I Let You Go went on to sell over half a million copies, according to Little, Brown, with 305,000 copies selling in total in print in the UK through Nielsen. ![]() Malagoni, who is promoted to publishing director for Sphere Fiction, will report to Sphere Fiction publisher Cath Burke. In her new expanded role, she will take financial and strategic responsibility for the L,B/Abacus fiction list, working in partnership with L,B/Abacus managing director Richard Beswick, who will be responsible for growing the imprint’s non-fiction business as well as continuing to acquire new fiction. Lee to the list. In 2013, she launched digital-first literary imprint Blackfriars, whose authors include performance poet Hollie McNish and US comedian and actor Rob Delaney. Fikry, as well as bringing authors Jane Harper, Oliver Harris and Janice Y.K. Since joining the company in 2011, Smith has acquired titles including Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You and Gabrielle Zevin’s The Storied Life of A.J. He added: "I could not be more excited about working with her in her expanded role to further build the sales and profile of the L,B Abacus fiction list." Smith will report to Little, Brown managing director Charlie King, who described Smith as "one of the smartest and most commercially-minded publishers in the business". ![]() ![]() Little, Brown Book Group has made two "key" promotions within its editorial team: Clare Smith, publishing director at Little, Brown/Abacus, has been promoted to fiction publisher at Little, Brown/Abacus, while editorial director Lucy Malagoni has been promoted to publishing director for Sphere Fiction.
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