Novelist Martin Cruz Smith, 82, died on July 11. Smith wrote more than 30 books, including the Arkady Renko thriller series, which began with the #1 bestseller Gorky Park (1981) and ended with HOTEL UKRAINE, which was published last week. He was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2019. Smith lived with Parkinson’s since 1995 and incorporated the disease into Renko’s character in later books. “He was a writer, and he did it beautifully and valiantly until the very end,” Smith’s editor, Simon & Schuster publisher Sean Manning, said.
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PRH Canada Offers VSO
Penguin Random House Canada is offering a Voluntary Separation Offer to employees who would like to depart the company with some compensation and benefits. A company spokesperson said, “The VSO is an entirely voluntary offering, and we are not offering this program with a specific number in mind. As our industry and marketplace both continue to change, the work we all do adapts accordingly. It is an opportunity for our colleagues seeking to pursue a career change or a bridge to departure for other reasons, and may also contribute to cost management efforts.” In the US, PRH offered a VSO […]
Michael Joseph Delays Publication of Raynor Winn’s Next Book
Raynor Winn’s publisher Michael Joseph has put her next book, ON WINTER HILL, on hold, following an investigation published in The Observer early this week that alleges her bestselling memoir The Salt Path contains lies and fabrications. The book was announced recently for UK publication on October 23 and a new release date is to be announced, but will be “next year.” The publisher writes in a statement: “Given recent events, in particular intrusive conjecture around Moth’s health condition which has caused considerable distress to Raynor Winn and her family, it is our priority to support the author at this […]
Raynor Winn Responds To Observer Allegations In Detail
Raynor Winn, author of ‘The Salt Path,’ has posted a long response on her website to allegations of fraud made in a recent Observer article. The article uncovered embezzlement accusations from her past and alleges that parts of ‘The Salt Path’ are fabrications. Winn writes that the article is, “grotesquely unfair, highly misleading and seeks to systematically pick apart my life.” “The Salt Path is about what happened to Moth and me, after we lost our home and found ourselves homeless on the headlands of the south west,” she writes. “It’s not about every event or moment in our lives, […]
Wiley Partners with Anthropic On AI Integration For Scholarly Research
Wiley has partnered with AI research company Anthropic to introduce standards for how AI is integrated into research content. As part of the partnership, Wiley will adopt Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol, an open standard which enables integration of peer-reviewed content and AI tools across multiple platforms. One aspect of the partnership is also “to establish standards for how AI tools properly integrate scientific journal content into results while providing appropriate context for users, including author attribution and citations.” Josh Jarrett, senior vice president of AI Growth at Wiley says in a release, “Through this partnership, Wiley is not only setting […]