Simon & Schuster senior production manager Tina Cameron died on January 20. Cameron worked at HarperCollins and Abrams before joining S&S in 2017 as senior production manager for distribution clients. In a memo to staff, executive director, production Lisa Erwin said, “Tina will be remembered as a consummate professional: knowledgeable, eager to do a good job, and especially dedicated to our clients. Her can-do attitude was a great asset to the production department. She will be greatly missed here at Simon & Schuster by her colleagues and clients alike. Most of all, we will remember Tina as a good friend, […]
Obits
Obituary: William Gladstone
William “Bill” Gladstone, 74, literary agent and founder of Waterside Productions, died on December 27 at his home in Cardiff, CA. He was also the co-founder of the For Dummies series, which sold over 300 million copies, and the author of several books. He launched Waterside in 1982. Gayle Gladstone, publisher at Waterside, said in a statement, “Waterside is an extraordinary team of like-minded professionals who have been together for decades and are positioned to continue my husband’s legacy in helping publishers and authors make a better world.”
Obituaries: Marc Jaffe, Michelle Somers
Former Bantam Books editorial director Marc Jaffe, 102, died on December 31. Early in his career, Jaffe was western & mystery editor at New American Library, publishing Gore Vidal and Mickey Spillane. Jaffe became editorial director at Bantam in 1961 and stayed for 19 years as the imprint became a force in paperback publishing, including William Peter Blatty’s THE EXORCIST. He later became vp at Random House and editorial director at Ballantine, and founded Villard Books, then founded an eponymous imprint at Houghton Mifflin. Later, Jaffe started Editorial Direction with his wife, Vivienne, and worked as a freelance editor and consultant until his […]
Obituary: Mihai Radulescu
Mihai Radulescu, 82, died of cancer on January 6. Husband of literary agent Marly Rusoff for 39 years, Radulescu worked alongside her at Marly Rusoff & Associates as director of foreign rights and CFO. Along with Rusoff he was also a founding board member and webmaster at The Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort, SC. Memorial gifts would be gratefully received in Mihai’s name by the Pat Conroy Literary Center.
Obituary: Matthew Flamm
Poet and reporter Matthew Flamm, 70, died on January 2 of brain cancer. From 2004 until his retirement in 2020, Flamm was a reporter at Crain’s New York Business. He previously wrote for the New York Post and New York Observer. His poetry appeared in the New Yorker, and his poetry collection GRIEVING FOR BEGINNERS was self-published last year.
Obituary: David Burr Gerrard
Author of Short Century and The Epiphany Machine David Burr Gerrard died on December 8. He taught writing at the New School, Manhattanville College, and elsewhere. A GoFundMe has been set up to support his wife, Grace Bello, and his daughter, Amelia Bello-Gerrard.