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Sally Kim joins Little, Brown & Company as president and publisher
In his first major appointment since taking over as Hachette Book Group c.e.o., David Shelley has announced that Sally Kim will join the company as president and publisher of Little, Brown & Company, leaving her current role as senior vice-president publisher of G P Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Bruce Nichols, senior vice-president publisher of Little, Brown since 2020, will depart on 1st March.
Shelley, who is also Hachette UK c.e.o., said: “I’d like to pay tribute to the work Bruce has done in his four years as publisher of Little, Brown. In that time, he strengthened the publishing house’s non-fiction list, bringing out number one bestsellers by Liz Cheney, Don Lemon, and Clint Smith, and maximised the sales and impact of major marquee authors including Michael Connelly, Elin Hilderbrand and James Patterson.
“He has nurtured, developed, and diversified the storied Little, Brown list with bestsellers from Nathan Harris, Tricia Hersey, Uma Naidoo and Shawn Stevenson, among others, while bringing in exciting new voices in all categories – and great new editorial, marketing, publicity and design colleagues to work on those books. I wish Bruce all the best in his next chapter.”
He said he has “long admired” Kim’s work. “She is a brilliant editor as well as a publisher – in common with many of her predecessors at Little, Brown – and I love her editorial taste in fiction and non-fiction, as well as her publishing flair,” Shelley said. “I believe that Sally will be a visionary leader for Little, Brown and will help this most revered of publishing houses embark on an exciting new stage of its journey, working with the talented Little, Brown editorial, marketing, publicity and design teams to attract and develop writers who speak to and represent the readers we serve.”
Kim commented: “Like so many in book publishing, I’ve spent a lifetime reading and revering Little, Brown’s illustrious books and authors; they were what drew me, an LA kid, to dare to make the leap to New York publishing all those years ago. Joining Little, Brown to help evolve its enviable legacy of finding and nurturing new voices at this, one of the most vibrant times in our industry and culture, is an incredible opportunity and truly an honour.”
Kim will start at Little, Brown on 4th March. She will report to Shelley and will join HBG’s executive management board.
