Fred Hills
Fred Hills | |
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| Born | Frederic Wheeler Hills Jr. November 26, 1934 McGraw Hill |
| Spouse | Kathleen Matthews |
| Children | 3 sons and a daughter |
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Frederic Wheeler Hills Jr. (1934–2020), popularly known as Fred Hills, was an American
McGraw Hill and Simon & Schuster. He was known for his association with several major writers including Vladimir Nabokov, Raymond Carver and Heinrich Böll
.
Biography
Fred Hills was born on 26 November 1934 to Frederic Wheeler Hills, an engineer, and his homemaker wife, Mildred Chambers (Hood) Hills, in the city of
McGraw Hill and started work at their college text books division, eventually becoming the editor in chief of the division. Soon, he was appointed as the editor in chief of the trade books division and it was here he got the opportunity to work with Vladimir Nabokov, which proved to be a turning point in his career. The association with Nabokov continued until the writer's death in 1977, before which the writer completed his last novel, Look at the Harlequins!, in 1974.[note 3][3]
Leaving
James McGregor Burns, Phil Donahue and David Halberstam, among others.[5] and some of the titles he was involved with are Pulitzer winning The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power by Daniel Yergin, Madonna Unauthorized by Christopher Andersen and The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule.[6]
Fred Hills, whose first marriage had ended in a divorce, married Kathleen Matthews, a noted writer whom he had worked for at
McGraw Hill, in 1980 and the couple had a daughter, Christina Hills Brown and three sons, Bradford, Gregory and Frederic. He died on 7 November 2020 at his home in Bronxville, New York, at the age of 85, survived by his wife, children, Stuart Hills, his brother and his granddaughter.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ Hills was delivered by known poet and pediatrician, William Carlos Williams
- ^ It was during this time, he was tutored by Pulitzer laureate, Wallace Stegner
- ^ After Nabokov died, I no longer felt any great inclination to hang around McGraw Hill, Hills once said in an interview.
References
- ^ a b Seelye, Katharine Q. (2020-11-20). "Fred Hills, Editor of Nabokov and Many Others, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ Enriquez, Mariana. "Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, November 17, 2020". www.shelf-awareness.com. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ "Nabokov was the most dazzling of them all" (PDF). Nabokov Online Journal, Vol. XIII (2019). Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ "Shaped by wonderful teachers, shaping wonderful books". Times Review. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ Riya Roy. "Fred Hills Dies at 85". acqro.in. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ Team, Pehal News (2020-11-21). "Editor of Nabokov Dies at 85". Pehal News. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
External links
- "Obituary: Fred Hills, 85". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- Pass, News. "Fred Hills, Editor of Nabokov and Many Others, Dies at 85". NewsPass. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
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