Conspicuously absent–and oddly unthanked and unmentioned–at last week’s Knopf Doubleday party for Dan Brown, Random House evp and publisher-at-large Steve Rubin is leaving the company. He said in a brief announcement: “I leave Random House after 25 years with a great sense of accomplishment and pride, as well as a bit of sadness. It has been a tremendous ride. I have had the privilege of publishing and working closely with some of the greatest authors in the world. There are too many to name, but I must mention John Grisham, Dan Brown, Pat Conroy, Bill Moyers, Bill O’Reilly and Tina […]
