Author Pat Conroy‘s pancreatic cancer advanced far more quickly than expected when he announced his condition to fans in mid-February, and he died Friday evening at his home in Beaufort, SC. His longtime editor and publisher Nan Talese said in a brief statement, “Pat has been my beloved friend and author for 35 years, spanning his career from THE PRINCE OF TIDES to today. He will be cherished as one of America’s favorite and bestselling writers, and I will miss him terribly.” Penguin Random House has dedicated its sales conference, ongoing throughout this week, to Conroy. At Sunday night’s opening night dinner, ceo […]
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Random House Children’s Books has promoted Beverly Horowitz to senior vice president, publisher, Delacorte Press, and Mallory Loehr to svp, publisher, Random House/Golden Books, Doubleday, and Crown Books for Young Readers Group. Crown vp, publisher Phoebe Yeh and executive editor Emily Easton will now report to Loehr. Jeremie Ruby-Strauss has been promoted to executive editor at Gallery Books. At Chronicle Books, Steve Kim has been promoted to senior production designer, technical lead, and Kevin Armstrong moves up to junior production designer, digital lead. The Barnes & Noble Discover Award winners are In the Country by Mia Alvar and Ghettoside by […]
BEA Buzz Panel Titles Named
Book Expo America named the titles to be featured on the three Editors’ Buzz panels at the show in May. The adult panel will feature 4 debut novels (the most since 2011, when 5 fiction debuts were featured) and one work of nonfiction: Another Day in the Death of America, Gary Younge (Nation Books) Darktown, Thomas Mullen (37 Ink) History of Wolves, Emily Fridlund (Grove Atlantic) Little Deaths, Emma Flint (Hachette Books) The Mothers, Brit Bennett (Riverhead) The Nix, Nathan Hill (Knopf) Young Adult Caraval, Stephanie Garber (Flatiron Books) Stalking Jack the Ripper, Kerri Maniscalco (Jimmy Patterson) Rani Patel In Full Effect, Sonia Patel (Cinco Puntos Press) Spontaneous, Aaron Starmer (Dutton Children’s) […]
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Julie Matysik will join Running Press Kids as editorial director on March 14. Previously she was editorial director at Sky Pony Press. At Da Capo Press and Da Capo Lifelong Books, Sean Maher has been promoted to associate director of marketing and Jillian Farrel moves up to marketing manager. Hilary Pecheone has joined New Leaf Literary & Media in the new role of director of brand development, where she will be developing integrated branding and marketing strategies for New Leaf clients. Previously she was senior marketing manager at Practising Law Institute, where she led the corporate digital marketing team. The […]
John Grisham Publishes “Non-Legal Thriller” on Brain Tumor-Treating Technology for Free
John Grisham’s new project is, as the Washington Post reports, “one of the stranger literary digressions in recent memory.” THE TUMOR, a 49-page “non-legal thriller,” was published for free and centers around a medical device called focused ultrasound. Grisham told the paper the story was “the most important book of his career” because “it has the potential to one day save or prolong millions of lives.” The book grew out of a near-decade-long friendship between Grisham and University of Virginia neurosurgeon Neal Kassell, who founded the Focused Ultrasound Foundation in 2006. Grisham joined the foundation board, and decided that, rather […]
Pat Conroy Has Pancreatic Cancer
Author Pat Conroy announced on Facebook on Monday, “I have recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. With the help of the wonderful people at M.D. Anderson I intend to fight it hard. I am grateful to all my beloved readers, my friends and my family for their prayers. I owe you a novel and intend to deliver it.” Last summer, he told the Washington Post he had recently finished a YA novel with his daughter Melissa and was working on a new novel about Charleston.” Conroy noted as well in his post: “I celebrated my 70th birthday in October and realized that […]