Acclaimed editor Robert Gottlieb, 92, who was editor in chief at Simon & Schuster and both president and editor in chief at Knopf, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. Gottlieb also served as the third-ever editor of the New Yorker from 1987 to 1992. As the New York Times notes, he “edited novels by, among many others, John le Carré, Toni Morrison, John Cheever, Joseph Heller, Doris Lessing and Chaim Potok; science fiction by Michael Crichton and Ray Bradbury; histories by Antonia Fraser and Barbara Tuchman; memoirs by former President Bill Clinton and Katharine Graham, the former publisher of The Washington […]
Obits
Obituary: Cormac McCarthy
Celebrated novelist Cormac McCarthy, 89, died on Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, NM. He was the author of, among others, Blood Meridian; All The Pretty Horses, which won the National Book Award for fiction in 1992; and The Road, which won the Pulitzer in 2007. He most recently published two novels last year, Stella Maris and The Passenger. Read other obituaries from The Washington Post, NPR, and Rolling Stone.
Obituary: Richard E. Snyder
Former longtime CEO of Simon & Schuster from 1975 to 1994 Richard E. Snyder, 90, died at home in Los Angeles on June 6. During his tenure at S&S, the company grew to become the largest book publisher in the world for a time. His death was reported by his son, Matthew Snyder. The publisher said in a statement: “Dick Snyder led Simon & Schuster through some of its most storied and eventful years. He built Simon & Schuster into one of the largest and most influential publishing companies in the world, known for headline-making nonfiction, bestselling fiction and timeless […]
Obituary: Bob Worth
Bob Worth, founder of Worth Publishers (now part of Macmillan Learning), has died at 92. He founded the company in 1966. Macmillan Learning CEO Susan Winslow writes, “Bob was one of the educational community greats. I have long been moved by his passion, empathy and deep commitment to advancing students’ learning that goes beyond words. As a young person entering this industry, he was an inspiration to me. He saw that things could be better and he set out to make a difference.”
Obituary: Roy Finamore
James Beard–award winning author and notable editor of cookbooks and lifestyle books Roy Finamore, 70, died on May 6 after a brief illness. He was at an editor at Stewart, Tabori & Chang and then Clarkson Potter, where he published cookbooks by authors including Martha Stewart, Ina Garten, Diana Kennedy, Jean Anderson, Anne Willan, Lee Bailey, Carole Walter, Tom Colicchio, Bobby Flay, and Gale Gand. He won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best General Cookbook in 2007 for his second book as an author, TASTY: Get Great Food on the Table Every Day.
Obituary: Clayton Carlson
Founder and publisher/editor-in-chief of Harper San Francisco (now Harper One), Clayton Carlson, 83, died at home on April 20. Carlson led the relocation of the Harper & Row religion, philosophy and psychology departments from New York to San Francisco in 1976. Titles he published included talks by the Dalai Lama, Paulo Coelho’s ALCHEMIST, Melody Beattie’s CODEPENDENT, and Billy Graham’s memoir JUST AS I AM.