Awards The PEN/Faulkner Award announced its shortlist, with the winner to be named April 5: James Hannaham, Delicious Foods (Littie, Brown) Julie Iromuanya, Mr. and Mrs. Doctor (Coffee House) Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer (Grove) Elizabeth Tallent, Mendocino Fire (Harper) Luis Alberto Urrea, The Water Museum (Little, Brown) Separately, LeeAnne Walters and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha of Flint, Michigan, will receive the 2016 PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award at the PEN Literary Gala on May 16. The Women’s Prize for Fiction announced their longlist of 20 books, with the shortlist due on April 11 and the winner […]
Authors
On Pat Conroy, 70, and More
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 […]
People, Etc.
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) […]
People, Etc.
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 […]