Dennis Lehane is the latest HarperCollins writer who will be producing an eponymous line of books for the publisher. The announcement today comes shortly after the news that Anthony Bourdain would be lending his name to a line of carefully selected food books for Ecco. Mr. Lehane, the author of Mystic River, “will help identify and acquire literary fiction with a dark urban edge,” according to a press release. Read More
There's a Glitch in the Matrix
This morning, The Awl noticed a small publishing disaster: HarperCollins imprint William Morrow has removed the electronic version of Neal Stephenson’s new book Reamde from Amazon after complaints about the quality of the file. The book is currently #46 in hardcover, so it’s a pretty serious move, but apparently the book was peppered with small hyphens, paragraph fragments and other encumbrances. Read More
Just over a week after selling Kathy Griffin’s memoir for more than $2 million dollars, rookie Endeavor literary agent Trena Keating has closed another seven figure deal, this one for the story of Conor Grennan, an American who volunteered in Nepal after college and later opened his own orphanage in Katmandu. Read More
Earlier this week the literary agent (and former magazine editor) David Kuhn pulled a funny trick, and submitted a novel to publishers across town without telling them who wrote it. The only clue the agent gave was the novel itself, which, according to people who have read it, is told from the perspective of a Read More
Floyd Cardoz, the chef at Tabla, has just come out with his first cookbook, One Spice, Two Spice (William Morrow). His book is subtitled American Food, Indian Flavors, and that’s what his restaurant is about, too.
Tabla, which Mr. Cardoz co-owns with restaurateur Danny Meyer, introduced the public to a new cuisine when it opened Read More
Floyd Cardoz, the chef at Tabla, has just come out with his first cookbook, One Spice, Two Spice (William Morrow). His book is subtitled American Food, Indian Flavors, and that’s what his restaurant is about, too.
Tabla, which Mr. Cardoz co-owns with restaurateur Danny Meyer, introduced the public to a new cuisine when it Read More
Just as he’s done for the last third of his life, the author Sidney Sheldon ended the year with a multimillion-dollar book deal, this time for a novel called Are You Afraid of the Dark? , which is expected to be published in 2003 by his longtime publisher, William Morrow. But the octogenarian author will Read More
