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HC appoints Katrina Troy to head fiction

HarperCollins has appointed Katrina Troy, currently head of commercial affairs for Vintage and Mainstream Publishing, as commercial director for its fiction division.

Troy will join in January 2012 and report to group commercial director Tom Fussell. She will work with fiction publisher Kate Elton and be involved in acquisitions, budgets and forecasting.

Fussell said: "[Troy] will be a valuable addition to the fiction team. In her previous roles she has displayed an excellent understanding of publishing as well as outstanding business acumen, showing herself to be both commercially astute and strategically adept."