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Christian Trimmer to Head Relaunch of MTV Books By Emma Kantor | Jan 12, 2021
MTV Entertainment Group has announced that publishing industry veteran Christian Trimmer will steer the relaunch of MTV Books in partnership with Simon & Schuster. The move coincides with the ramp-up of MTV Entertainment’s Book to TV/Film pipeline.
The MTV Books imprint will be housed under the Branded Publishing Group at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, overseen by v-p and publisher Valerie Garfield, along with Kara Sargent, director of branded publishing, who is the lead editor for the imprint on the Simon & Schuster side. Based in New York, Trimmer will report to Nina L. Diaz, president of content and chief creative officer for MTV Entertainment.
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In a partnership with Simon & Schuster, the relaunch aims to advance MTV Entertainment’s book-to-TV/film pipeline and lead to the discovery of unique voices.
MTV Books is getting a revival.
YA publishing industry veteran Christian Trimmer has been appointed to head the relaunch of MTV Books in partnership with Simon & Schuster, MTV Entertainment announced Tuesday. The relaunch aims to advance MTV Entertainment’s book-to-TV/film pipeline and the discovery of unique voices for publishing.
In his new role, Trimmer will acquire and edit books for young adults and work closely with MTVE’s Meghan Hooper, evp, head of original movies and limited series, to identify titles for development into films and miniseries across the group’s brands and studios. He will also assess whether existing IP could be reimagined as book projects.
Christian Trimmer to Head MTV Books Relaunch at Simon & Schuster
Imprint previously published titles including “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” Tupac Shakur’s “The Rose that Grew from Concrete”Reid Nakamura | January 12, 2021 @ 9:00 AM
MTV is relaunching its MTV Books imprint in partnership with Simon & Schuster, with Macmillan veteran Christian Trimmer to oversee, the company announced Monday.
Trimmer will report to MTV Entertainment’s president of content and chief creative officer, Nina L. Diaz, leading an effort to expand MTV’s page-to-screen development pipeline. The imprint will be housed under the Branded Publishing Group of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, overseen by Valerie Garfield, with Kara Sargent, director of branded publishing, as the lead editor on the Simon & Schuster side.
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