Carolyn Reidy, the powerhouse publisher who ran Simon & Schuster as president and CEO and edited seven Pulitzer Prize winners, died today of a heart attack. She was 71.
Simon & Schuster CFO Dennis Eulau confirmed the news in this memo to staff.
As a publisher and a leader,” he wrote, “Carolyn pushed us to stretch to do just that little bit more; to do our best and then some for our authors, in whose service she came to work each day with an unbridled and infectious enthusiasm and great humor.”
Read the full memo below.
Reidy joined Simon & Schuster in 1992 from Avon Books as President of the Trade Division and was named president of its Adult Publishing Group in 2001. Reidy was upped to president and CEO in 2007 to replace the retiring Jack Romanos.
She was named Publishers Weekly‘s Person of the Year in 2017.
During her tenure, Simon & Schuster published books...
Simon & Schuster CFO Dennis Eulau confirmed the news in this memo to staff.
As a publisher and a leader,” he wrote, “Carolyn pushed us to stretch to do just that little bit more; to do our best and then some for our authors, in whose service she came to work each day with an unbridled and infectious enthusiasm and great humor.”
Read the full memo below.
Reidy joined Simon & Schuster in 1992 from Avon Books as President of the Trade Division and was named president of its Adult Publishing Group in 2001. Reidy was upped to president and CEO in 2007 to replace the retiring Jack Romanos.
She was named Publishers Weekly‘s Person of the Year in 2017.
During her tenure, Simon & Schuster published books...
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- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lionsgate and Summit have tapped writer Annie Hendy to adapt Ya project Dork Diaries, the bestselling book series from Rachel Renée Russell. The studio picked up rights in March and is in talks with Twilight Saga producer Karen Rosenfelt to produce through her Sunswept Entertainment banner.
Dork Diaries centers on an eighth grade student navigating the mean girls, crushes, friends, and enemies at a new school; the series, published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing’s Aladdin imprint, has over 19 million copies in print in 34 languages worldwide. Lionsgate’s Erik Feig is overseeing for Lionsgate alongside John Sacchi, Bree Bailey and Jessica Switch.
Neophyte scribe Hendy wrote and starred in the award-winning play The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity before diving into screenwriting, and sold TV show The George Clooney Manifesto to 20th Century Fox with director-producer Mark Waters. She’s repped by CAA, Heroes and Villains Entertainment,...
Dork Diaries centers on an eighth grade student navigating the mean girls, crushes, friends, and enemies at a new school; the series, published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing’s Aladdin imprint, has over 19 million copies in print in 34 languages worldwide. Lionsgate’s Erik Feig is overseeing for Lionsgate alongside John Sacchi, Bree Bailey and Jessica Switch.
Neophyte scribe Hendy wrote and starred in the award-winning play The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity before diving into screenwriting, and sold TV show The George Clooney Manifesto to 20th Century Fox with director-producer Mark Waters. She’s repped by CAA, Heroes and Villains Entertainment,...
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- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
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