Lessing Wins Nobel A jubilant HarperCollins booth at Frankfurt was celebrating the naming of Doris Lessing, 87, as the new Nobel laureate for literature. Harper published her most recent book, THE CLEFT, this summer, and has an extensive paperback backlist of Lessing through Perennial. The company publishes Lessing in the UK as well. Evans is represented by UK-based agent Anne Evans at the Jonathan Clowes Agency. Judges praised her for her “skepticism, fire and visionary power.” Once again, all the “favorites” were passed over. Just earlier today, the AP was tipping Philip Roth, Amos Oz, and Haruki Murakami. And now […]