Allison Verost has been named assistant director of publicity at HarperCollins’ children’s publicity department.
Verost spent almost eight years of her publicity career at Penguin Young Readers Group. She worked on a variety of campaigns, ranging from picture books to young adult fiction.
Some of the YA titles Verost worked with included: Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (2006), Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (2009), and Matched by Ally Condie (2010). For picture books, she worked on The Incredible Book Eating Boy (2006) and the Skippyjon Jones series by Judy Schachner.