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						<title><![CDATA[Hervé de La Martinière, French Publishing Giant, Dies at 78]]></title>
						<link>http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/97751-herv-de-la-martini-re-french-publishing-giant-dies-at-78.html</link>
							<description><![CDATA[After working for two corporate publishers, de La Martinière started his own house in 1992. Five years later, he acquired Abrams Books, and in 1998 merged his company with Média-Participations to form one of France's largest book publishers. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Maureen O’Brien, Former ‘PW’ Editor, Dies at 67]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Maureen O’Brien, who worked as an editor at <i>Publishers Weekly</i> from 1987 to 1996, died on April 12. Her colleagues remember her as a force of nature who loved nothing more than chasing a good story.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Scott Miller, Trident Media Group EVP and Literary Agent, Dies at 53]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Miller, who began his career in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency and became a founding member of the Trident Media Group in 2000, died on April 23.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Georgetown University Press Director Al Bertrand Dies at 57]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Bertrand, director of Georgetown University Press since 2018 and former associate publishing director at Princeton University Press, died on April 20 following a brief and sudden illness.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Harry Lerner, Founder of Lerner Publishing Group, Dies at 93]]></title>
						<link>http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97524-harry-lerner-founder-of-lerner-publishing-group-dies-at-93.html</link>
							<description><![CDATA[Lerner launched his children’s publishing company in 1959 and built it up over the next 50 years into one of the country’s largest independent publishers of books for young people. He died in Minneapolis on April 8.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Jean Van Leeuwen]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Children’s author Jean Van Leeuwen, known for a broad oeuvre including her beginning-reader stories following the adventures of Oliver Pig, died on March 3 of cancer. She was 87.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jesse Kornbluth, Author and Bookreporter.com Cofounder, Dies at 79]]></title>
						<link>http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/97497-jesse-kornbluth-author-and-bookreporter-com-cofounder-dies-at-79.html</link>
							<description><![CDATA[A prolific magazine writer and the author of seven books of nonfiction and two novels, Kornbluth cofounded Bookreporter.com, one of the first online destinations for books coverage, in 1996. He died on April 3.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Virginia Norey, Associate Design Director at RHPG, Dies at 68]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[During her tenure at Random House Publishing Group, Norey created the enduring interior house styles, as well as illustrations and maps, for such authors as Lee Child, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, and Danielle Steel. She died on March 28.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Translator and Author Tim Mohr Dies at 55]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Veteran Bookseller Scott McKinstry Dies at 60]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[McKinstry, who worked as a bookseller at a number of prominent indies in London, Denver, New York City, and Seattle, as well as a communications manager for the American Booksellers Association, died in Seattle on March 8.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[In Memoriam: Herman Graf, 1933–2025]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[From Doubleday to Grove to Carroll & Graf, the veteran publisher and mentor to many lived a life of books that those who know him remember as one of a kind. Here, his former assistant shares her own memories.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Agent and Publisher Roger Freet Dies at 56]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Freet worked in several positions at HarperCollins before becoming an agent, first with Foundry Literary + Media and most recently with Folio Literary Management.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Anne Elisabeth (Annabeth) Suter]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Swiss-born literary and artists’ agent Annabeth Suter died of natural causes on February 14 in Bern, Switzerland. She was 91.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Eclectic Publisher Herman Graf Dies at 91]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[After a stint with McGraw-Hill and Doubleday in the 1960s, Graf became deeply involved in the independent press movement and co-owned the indie publisher Carroll & Graf from 1982 to 1999. He ended his career as an acquiring editor and consultant at Skyhorse Publishing. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Uri Shulevitz]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Caldecott Medalist Uri Shulevitz, widely celebrated for his distinctive ink and watercolor images that capture a child's viewpoint, and stories often drawn from his evocative childhood memories, died on February 15, two weeks short of his 90th birthday. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ted Terry, Whose Career in Christian Retailing Spanned Six Decades, Dies at 82]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Terry spent nearly six decades representing Christian publishers to booksellers, beginning his career in 1964 as a sales representative for Thomas Nelson and going on to found the Noble Marketing Group in 2001. He retired last year.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Morty Mint, Who Led Both Penguin Canada and Penguin USA, Dies at 80]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Mint, who was one of Canadian publishing’s best known and colorful figures during his career, died on January 25 following a nearly decade-long battle with dementia.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Karen Shapiro, Sourcebooks IP Children's Editorial Group Manager, Dies at 57]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Shapiro, IP children's editorial group manager at Sourcebooks and founding editorial director of the company's Wonderland imprint, died unexpectedly of undisclosed causes this past weekend. The company's top executives paid tribute to her on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jules Feiffer—Author, Illustrator, Cartoonist, and More—Dies at 95]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The multitalented cartoonist and writer, known for a caustic wit that earned him an Academy Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and a place in the Comic Book Hall of Fame, died on January 17, just shy of his 96th birthday.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Publishing Executive, Consultant, and Author Tom Woll Dies at 76]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Tom Woll worked at Wiley, Storey Communications, and Rodale before forming Cross River Publishing Consultants in 1993. His book 'Publishing for Profit' went through five editions and was translated into 10 languages. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Karen L. Solem, Influential Romance Editor and Agent, Dies at 74]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The former Silhouette editor-in-chief and Spencerhill Associates founder was an early advocate for the romance and women's fiction categories. She died on January 19 following a long illness. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ike Williams, Kneerim & Williams Cofounder, Dies at 86]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[John Taylor “Ike” Williams, the longtime literary agent and intellectual property and media and entertainment lawyer, died at his home in Cambridge, Mass., on Dec. 26.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Bruce Joshua Miller, Sales Rep and University Press Advocate, Dies at 70]]></title>
						<link>http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/96844-bruce-joshua-miller-sales-rep-and-university-press-advocate-dies-at-70.html</link>
							<description><![CDATA[Named PW’s Sales Rep of the Year in 2013 for his successful efforts to save the University of Missouri Press from closure, Miller represented university and indie presses in the Midwest for 45 years.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Margaret Frith]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Esteemed editor and publisher Margaret Frith, retired president of children's books at Putnam, died at her home in Huntington, N.Y., on December 11, 2024. She was 88.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter’s Life in Books]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The former U.S. president and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner, who authored every word of his 32 titles on politics, faith, and more, has died at 100.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[2024 In Memoriam: Children's Book Creators and Publishers Remembered]]></title>
						<link>http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/95584-2024-in-memoriam-children-s-book-creators-and-publishers-remembered.html</link>
							<description><![CDATA[We pay tribute to the authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals we have lost this year.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[M.J. Rose, Author and Self-Publishing Advocate, Dies at 71]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Rose (a.k.a. Melisse Shapiro), an early advocate for self-publishing as well a bestselling author and book marketer, died unexpectedly on December 10.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Marybeth Tregarthen, Production Director for Disney Publishing, Dies at 59]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Tregarthen spent more than 29 years as Disney Publishing, where she was known for her leadership skills and creative Disney-themed Halloween costumes. She also held production roles at Paragon House and Watson Guptill. She died of cancer on October 31.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Author and illustrator Bruce Degen, best known for his detailed, humorous artwork depicting the fun and informative field trips of Ms. Frizzle’s class in the Magic School Bus series, died on November 7 of pancreatic cancer; he was 79.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Mike Shatzkin, Popular Book Business Consultant, Dies at 77]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Never shy about expressing his opinions, Shatzkin was a favorite of the publishing media, and on his long-running blog, the 'Shatzkin Files,' he regularly offered his opinions on the state of publishing. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Esteemed author and educator Lore Segal, who wrote and translated clever and sunny children's tales alongside the autobiographical adult stories and novels informed by her early life as a Jewish refugee during WWII, died on October 7 at her home in Manhattan. She was 96.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Nicholas Byam Shaw, Former Macmillan CEO Who Sold to Holtzbrinck, Dies at 90]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Byam Shaw spent more than 30 years at Macmillan, serving as chairman and CEO from 1990 to 1998 and selling the company to the German-owned Holtzbrinck in 1995. He died on September 25.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[BookNet Canada's Noah Genner Dies at 52]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The president and CEO emeritus of BookNet Canada died on August 27. “It is impossible to imagine Canadian publishing functioning without Noah Genner’s contributions,” said Jack Illingworth, executive director of the Association of Canadian Publishers.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Len Riggio, Trailblazing Bookselling Giant, Dies at 83]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Len Riggio, who revolutionized bookselling—first by turning Barnes & Noble into the dominant bookstore chain in the United States, then by opening hundreds of superstores—died on August 27 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO and Promoter of Google's Book Scanning Program, Dies at 56]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Susan Wojcicki, best known as the head of YouTube but also a key player in convincing the book world to allow Google to scan books into its search engine, died of lung cancer on August 9.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Trailblazing Editor Betty Prashker Dies at 99]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Betty A. Prashker, one of the first women to rise high in publishing’s editorial ranks and an enterprising editor of feminist nonfiction, died on July 30 at her daughter's home in the Berkshires.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Francine Pascal]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Author Francine Pascal, whose massively popular Sweet Valley High series broke new ground—and several records—in the YA publishing realm, died July 28; she was 92.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Dilys Evans, a trailblazing representative of children’s book illustrators, and a fierce champion for recognition of their contributions to the fine arts world, died on July 23 at age 88.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Edna O'Brien, Prolific and Provocative Irish Literary Giant, Dies at 93]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The author of 'The Country Girls' and 'The Little Red Chairs,' among many others, was best known for challenging Irish literary taboos through candid depictions of the lives of Irish women in full revolt against the oppression of traditional values—especially those of the Catholic Church.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Peter Jovanovich, Influential Educational Publisher, Dies at 75]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Son of one of the founders of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, the scion carved out his own publishing career, leading three of the country's largest educational publishers over a 32-year span. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: James Proimos]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Children's author, illustrator, animator, and designer James Proimos died on July 8. He was 66.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[David A. Morton, Who Defined Rizzoli's Architecture Program, Dies at 89]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Morton, who joined Rizzoli International Publications in 1987 and was named associate publisher in 2008, published titles by such leading architects as Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and I.M. Pei. He died on June 27, a day shy of his 90th birthday.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[David Peters, Cofounder of Ryland Peters & Small, Dies at 66]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[David Peters, the well-known independent publisher of lifestyle books on both sides of the Atlantic, died of cancer at his home in the U.K. on June 22.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Lucia Heinold, Longtime Borders Buyer, Dies at 82]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Heinold spent 25 years at Borders and Waldenbooks as a buyer and merchandise manager. She died at her home in Alexandria, Va., on February 10.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Gary Urda, SVP of Sales at Simon & Schuster, Dies at 59]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Urda died unexpectedly the morning of June 24 after collapsing at the gym. S&S CEO Jonathan Karp called him "a quintessential sales executive, with a deep knowledge of our industry."]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Thomas McCormack, ‘One of the Great Contrarians of Publishing,’ Dies at 92]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[McCormack, the longtime, famously outspoken executive who turned St. Martin’s Press from “an insignificant trade house on the brink of bankruptcy to a quarter-billion-dollar powerhouse,” died on June 15. He was 92.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Cynthia DeFelice]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Children's book author Cynthia DeFelice, oft-lauded for her deft storytelling and absorbing themes, died on May 24, in Geneva, N.Y. She was 72.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Nonny Hogrogian]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Children's book author, illustrator, and designer Nonny Hogrogian, acclaimed for her vibrant woodcut and mixed-media artwork and twice awarded the Caldecott Medal, died May 9 in Holyoke, Mass.; she was 92.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Katey Howes]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Children's author Katey Howes, whose picture books often focused on STEM/STEAM themes, creativity, and individualism, died suddenly on May 20 in Langhorne, Pa.; she was 47.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Publishing Veteran Ralph Woodward Dies at 94]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Over Woodward’s more than 50-year career in the book business, he held senior sales and marketing roles at both Little, Brown and Knopf, and later helped organize the New England Booksellers Association's first trade show. He died on May 20.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Florence Minor]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Florence Minor, best known for numerous picture book collaborations with her husband, illustrator Wendell Minor, died on May 21 after a battle with ovarian cancer; she was 74.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Alice Munro, Short Story Master and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 92]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Canadian author Alice Munro, a master of the short story and the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario, on May 13.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[In Memoriam: James A. Fox, 1939-2024]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Matthew Martin, senior v-p and deputy general counsel at Penguin Random House, remembers his late mentor, former Harper general counsel Jim Fox.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jim Fox, Former HarperCollins General Counsel, Dies at 85]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Fox, who worked at HarperCollins Publishers for 35 years and as the company's general counsel for a decade, died on May 2 following an extended illness. Former HC president and CEO Jane Friedman once called Fox "a legend in his own time."]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Writers House Exec Al Araneo Dies at 53]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Araneo, who worked at Penguin, Doubleday, and Bookspan before creating the contracts department at Writers House in 2006, was the literary agency's executive v-p and director of business affairs. He died of natural causes on May 4.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Étienne Delessert]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Swiss artist and animator Étienne Delessert, globally lauded for the surrealistic, wildly imaginative images in his more than 80 children's books, died on April 22 in Lakeville, Conn.; he was 83.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Janet Reid, Influential Publishing Blogger and Literary Agent, Dies]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Reid's blogs, 'Query Shark' and 'Miss Snark,' were widely read destinations for frank commentary on the publishing industry and the querying process. After a more than 20-year career as an agent, she died after a brief illness on April 14.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Literary Agent Richard Parks Dies at 83]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Daniel C. Dennett, Philosopher and Bestselling Author, Dies at 82]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Dennett was the codirector of Tufts University's Center for Cognitive Studies and the author of more than 20 books, known for their provocative arguments about religion, morality, consciousness, and evolutionary biology, among other topics. He died on April 19.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Award-winning visual artist, children's book author-illustrator, and teacher Faith Ringgold, widely acclaimed for her works depicting African American heroines and themes, and for her unique "story quilt" medium, died on April 13 at her home in Englewood, N.J.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ulysses Press Cofounder Leslie Henriques Dies at 76]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Henriques, who began the independent publisher Ulysses Press with husband Ray Riegert in Berkeley, Calif., in 1983, died on March 13.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Prolific author-illustrator Mike Thaler, best known for his many riddle books and his humorous Black Lagoon Adventures series, died on March 23; he was 87.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–Winning Psychologist and Author, Dies at 90]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Kahneman's 2011 bestseller 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' exposed the psychological underpinnings of economic decision-making. His research earned him a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[French author-illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, acclaimed for carrying on the legacy of beloved character Babar the elephant, first illustrated by his father Jean, died on March 22; he was 98.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Picture book author-illustrator Lynne Barasch, who created lively biographies as well as stories inspired by her family life, died on March 7. She was 84. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Frans de Waal, Primatologist and Bestselling Author, Dies at 75]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Bestselling author and Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal—credited by many with changing our understanding of both animals and humans through a number of popular, groundbreaking books—died on March 14.<br>]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Accomplished painter and children's book author-illustrator Leonard Everett Fisher, widely known for his atmospheric, realistic artwork in books focused on American and world history and world mythology, died on March 2 at age 99.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Influential 'Publishers Weekly' Editor Sybil Steinberg Dies at 90]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Sybil Steinberg, a lifelong lover of literature and a 'Publishers Weekly' editor for 25 years, died on March 17. She was 90. Steinberg served as editor of the magazine's Reviews and Author Interview departments until her retirement in 2001. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Sue Arroyo, CEO and Publisher of CamCat Books, Dies at 57]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Arroyo, who founded CamCat in 2018 and published more than 100 titles, died on February 26 after a fall. Editorial director Helga Schier said that no decisions will be made about CamCat's leadership until Arroyo's estate is settled.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Prolific children's book author Kate Banks, known for prose praised as lyrical, clever, and graceful, died February 24 in Switzerland, following a long illness; she was 64.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ken Fund, Former Quarto COO, Dies at 65]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Fund, who worked at Quarto Publishing Group for 24 years and retired at the end of 2021, died on February 22.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Award-winning author-illustrator Petra Mathers, known for her naive-flavored pencil and watercolor artwork, died on February 6; she was 78.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Christian Publishing Veteran Joey Paul Dies at 79]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Paul, whose career in Christian publishing spanned more than four decades, was an executive editor at Thomas Nelson. He died on February 6.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Stephen Blake Mettee, Book Business Entrepreneur, Dies at 76]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Stephen Blake Mettee died from a heart attack while snorkeling in the Galapagos Islands on November 18. A serial entrepreneur across many sectors, Mettee founded independent publisher Quill Driver Books in 1994 and Hummingbird Digital Media, a hybrid e-book distributing/retailing company, in 2015.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Book Publishing Veteran Hugh Lauter Levin Dies at 72]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Publisher Hugh Lauter Levin, the longtime v-p at Abrams who launched his own house, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, in 1984, and sold it to Rizzoli in 2007, died on January 9. He was 72. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Dinah Stevenson]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Esteemed children's editor Dinah Stevenson, lauded for being a keen spotter of talent and for shepherding numerous books and authors to the industry's highest accolades, died on January 23 at 81.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[S&S Senior Production Manager Tina Cameron Dies]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Cameron joined S&S in 2017 as senior production manager for distribution clients, and had previously worked at Abrams and Macmillan. She died on January 20.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Children's author, educator, and free speech champion Robie Harris, best known for her stories about young children's powerful emotions and her frequently challenged and banned books on human sexuality, including 'It's Perfectly Normal,' died on January 6 at 83.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Terry Bisson, Award-Winning Sci-Fi Author, Dies at 81]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The award-winning science fiction author, whose short story “Bears Discover Fire” swept the genre's major awards in 1990, died on January 10 following a recent cancer diagnosis.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Waterside Founder William Gladstone Dies at 74]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[William Gladstone, the literary agent, publisher, author, and founder of Waterside Productions, died on December 27.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Marc Jaffe, Editor Whose Work Spanned Nearly a Century, Dies at 102]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The former editorial director of Bantam and Ballantine and founder of Villard Books at Random House and an eponymous imprint at Houghton Mifflin, whose long and storied career in trade book publishing lasted into his final hours, died on December 31.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Former Knopf Associate Publicity Director Michelle Somers Dies at 50]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Somers, who died in her Brooklyn home this past August, worked on Justice Sonia Sotomayor's memoir, two novels by Toni Morrison, and Martin Sherwin and Kai Bird's Pulitzer-winning biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer in her 13-year tenure at Knopf.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Donald Barliant, Co-owner of Chicago's Barbara's Bookstore, Dies at 86]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[An innovative bookseller, Barliant oversaw the expansion of his bookstore into a chain that today has 11 stores, and at one point had 50 locations across the U.S.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Roy Gainsburg, Former St. Martin's Press President, Dies at 91]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Roy Gainsburg, president of St. Martin's Press from 1987 to 1997, died on December 9. He was 91.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Larry Hughes, Longtime William Morrow Chief, Dies at 98]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Larry Hughes, who began his publishing career as an assistant editor at Pocket Books in 1949 and rose to become chairman of the Hearst Trade Book Group some 40 years later, died on November 14.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jack Artenstein, Former S&S Group President and Publisher, Dies at 83]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[After executive roles at Grosset & Dunlap and Simon & Schuster, Artenstein launched RGA/Lowell House in 1984, and sold the company to the NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group in 1998.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Sharon Fitzhenry, Canadian Distributor and Publisher, Dies at 73]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Fitzhenry, the president and CEO of Canadian distribution and publishing company Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., died on August 26. A celebration of her life will be held on November 14.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ken Norwick, First Amendment and IP Lawyer, Dies at 82]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Ken Norwick, whose clients included a number of prominent authors as well as the Association of American Literary Agents, died on October 30.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jordan Miller, Cofounder of Academy Chicago Publishers, Dies at 97]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Miller, who, with his late wife, Anita Miller, founded Academy Chicago Publishers in 1975, died in Chicago on October 18.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Pioneering Bookseller Hillel Stavis Dies at 78]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[WordsWorth Books founder Stavis, a leader in computerized inventory and online selling and cofounder of the WordStock inventory and POS system, died on October 20.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Stephen Rubin, Prominent and Punchy Publisher, Dies at 81]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Stephen Rubin, the outspoken and influential publishing executive whose publication of works by such authors as Dan Brown, John Grisham, and Michael Wolff made him a force in the book business over the past 40 years, died on October 13 in Manhattan.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Louise Glück, Nobel Prize–Winning Poet, Dies at 80]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The celebrated American poet and winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature died on October 13 at her home in Cambridge, Mass.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Janet Taylor Lisle]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Acclaimed children's author Janet Taylor Lisle, lauded for her novels featuring complex characters in stories blending everyday life with elements of mystery and magic, died on October 5 in Boston. She was 76.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Eve Bunting]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Award-winning, versatile, and prolific children's author Eve Bunting died on October 1 in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 94.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Ed Young]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Caldecott Medalist Ed Young, best known for his reinterpretations of folktales and legends from his native China, died September 29. He was 91.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Echo Brown]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Author and performer Echo Brown, widely praised for her genre-fluid YA novels that blend memoir and magical realism, died September 16 from renal failure. She was 39. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Neal Sofman, Longtime Bookstore Owner, Dies at 75]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The co-owner of San Francisco's Bookshop West Portal and founder of onetime Bay Area bookselling staple A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, died on September 6.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Robert E. Abrams, Abbeville Press Cofounder, Dies at 80]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The eminent art book publisher and longtime president of the publishing house he founded with his father, Harry N. Abrams, died on August 28 at his home in North Salem, N.Y.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Longtime Publishing Professional L.D. Clepper Dies at 85]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[In his long career in book sales and marketing, Clepper worked at Macmillan, Harper & Row, Houghton Mifflin, and Oxford University Press.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Christopher Carduff, 'Wall Street Journal' Books Editor, Dies at 66]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Carduff, who was named books editor at the 'Wall Street Journal' in 2017, was also a contributing editor for the Library of America Series and the publishing consultant to John Updike's literary trust. He died on August 14.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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