The New Yorker has officially named their list of 20 fiction writers under the age of 40 to watch. As the NY Observer first reported and the NYT reminds us subtlety, this is not a purely editorially driven list, but rather a list of writers they like who were willing and able to provide them an unpublished work to run in the magazine. Eight of those stories will run in next week’s fiction issue; the remaining 12 will appear in the magazine throughout the summer. The winners are: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 32Chris Adrian, 39Daniel Alarcón, 33David Bezmozgis, 37Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, […]
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Hillendbrand's New Book Set for November; Demi Moore Is Shopping; and More
Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand‘s new book UNBROKEN: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption has been announced for publication November 16 by Random House. (Seabiscuit was published in 2001.) They say it “tells the story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete and Army Air Force bombardier who, in 1943, crashed into the Pacific Ocean and floated for 47 days on a small raft, surviving shark attacks, a typhoon, and attack from the Japanese bomber. Captured by the Japanese military, he was sent to a series of prisoner of war camps, where he was held for more than […]
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At Puffin Books, Jennifer Bonnell has been promoted to executive editor. She has been with the imprint for 10 years. At Media Source, Library Journal and School and Library Journal publisher Ron Shank has been named publisher of The Horn Book as well. Ian Singer has joined the company as vp, content and business development. Most recently he was vp, data services for Bowker. Andrew Thorne was named vp, marketing. Among the winners of the Nebula Awards presented by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, was Paolo Bacigalupi for best novel, THE WINDUP GIRL (Night Shade Books).List In […]
Awards: New Yorker to Annoint 20 Under 40; PEN for Sports; and More
The New Yorker will inform authors being considered for their double issue celebrating 20 American writers under age 40 “on Friday, or Monday at the latest, whether they have made the cut,” the Observer reports. The magazine issue will have a June 14/21 issue date, landing on June 7. But don’t confuse the list with an idealized selection. The candidates were limited to those authors “who could provide The New Yorker with a piece of new, unpublished work” that the magazine could publish. Some authors wrote new material just to qualify for consideration.Observer The Children’s Choice book awards were presented […]
Briefs: Quirk Moves Distribution; Ingram Thanks Relief Contributors
Quirk Books will move their sales and distribution to Random House Publisher Services as of January 1, ending a nine-year relationship with Chronicle Books. Publisher David Borgenicht says “We’ve had an incredible partnership with Chronicle Books since we launched the Quirk Books list in 2002. Together, we have created many publishing successes, and I am grateful to have been able to team up with them. In this ever-changing publishing landscape, our new relationship with Random House will open up new and significant opportunities while building upon our previous achievements.” At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Kate Angelella has been promoted to […]
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John Crutcher, who co-founded Bloomberg Press and was most recently global director of trade sales, has left Bloomberg LP following the press’s partnership with Wiley and can be reached at jcrutcher@gmail.com. The Toby Press laid off editor Deborah Meghnagi Bailey, who will now work for them freelance, and has canceled three books from its fall list of six or seven titles. Owner Matthew Miller says that following the acquisition of Koren Publishers Jerusalem and Maggid Books, “because we’ve got so many things going on, we can’t afford to do the kind of things we were doing before, when we could […]