2008 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards
Fiction
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
Nonfiction
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver,
with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
Children's
Literature
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
Children's
Illustrated
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, by Mo Willems
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Macaulay Forms Imprint for Roaring Brook
Bestselling author and illustrator (and Caldecott and Macarthur winner)
David Macaulay is creating an imprint called David Macaulay Studio at
Roaring Brook Press. The imprint will start with two new books by
Macaulay in 2011 but will also publish "derivative books published
under his editorial direction, and for books by other authors and
artists brought to the imprint by him in his capacity as creative
director."
The two books from Macaulay are HOME SWEET HOME, an exploration of the
way our planet's climate and ecosystems work, and a new work on
American history.
Roaring Brook Publisher Simon Boughton declares, "David Macaulay is a
national treasure. He's made a unique contribution to young people's
literature, and led readers of all ages to see the world around them in
new ways. It's a great thrill and a great privilege to have the
opportunity to work with him, and establishing an imprint under his
creative direction makes perfect creative and business sense.
Ken Wright at Writers House represented Macaulay in the deal.
Cancelled "Reservations"
Three Rivers Press has cancelled GREAT RESERVATIONS, a book by two
former concierges at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. Publicity
director Katie Wainwright tells the AP, "despite previous and repeated
inquiries made by Three Rivers Press, we recently learned that Abigail
Hart and Nancy Callahan did not disclose that they had signed
confidentiality agreements with their former employer." The book was
scheduled for release in June and a few anecdotes had already been
cited in gossip columns.
AP
On Editor Asher, 78
Longtime book editor Aaron Asher, 78, died from complications of cancer
on Tuesday. He had an eponymous imprint at HarperCollins after a career
that included serving as vp of Holt, Rinehart & Winston; editor
in chief of Macmillan's general books division; editor in chief of
Farrar, Straus & Giroux; and publisher of Grove Press.
In 1969, the NYT said Asher was "noted for his distinguished list of
authors, tweedy attire and accomplished renditions of Bach preludes and
fugues on the piano." They add now in their obituary,"he was routinely
brought in by publishers to revive their flagging trade-book divisions."
Over the years his authors included Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Arthur
Miller, Milan Kundera, Erich Fromm, Frank Conroy, and President Lyndon
B. Johnson.
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to president Gina Centrello. Sheehan was previously vp, director of
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Evolution.
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editor and author at Klutz.
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joined the company as senior editor, licensed publishing. She had been
a senior editor at McGraw Hill. Simon Tepas has moved over to the new
position of backlist salesmanager. Simon has been with Scholastic since
September 2005 as a coordinator in Scholastic's special
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