Nan A. Talese
Nan A. Talese | |
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Born | Nan Ahearn[1] December 19, 1933[2][3] United States |
Occupation(s) | Editor, publisher[4][5] |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Nan Talese (née Ahearn; born December 19, 1933) is a retired American editor, and a veteran of the New York publishing industry. Talese was the senior vice president of Doubleday. From 1990 to 2020, Talese was the publisher and editorial director of her own imprint, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, publishing authors such as Pat Conroy, Ian McEwan, and Peter Ackroyd.[6]
Early life
Nan Irene Ahearn Talese was born in 1933 to Thomas J. and Suzanne Ahearn of Rye, New York. Her father was a banker.
Career
Talese began her career at
In 2005, Talese was the first recipient of the
In 2006, Talese published a small edition of mostly blank pages under the title of Useless America by Jim Crace, whose book The Pesthouse was forthcoming from her imprint but which did not yet have a title. Useless America was inspired by a "phantom" book of Crace's which had been listed on Amazon in error. The title came from the line "This used to be America", which Crace had planned to use to begin Pesthouse.[10] The book, now scarce, commands a high resale value.[11]
Personal life
In 1959, Talese married the writer Gay Talese, who began work on a memoir of their relationship in 2007.[7][12] They have two daughters: Pamela Talese, a painter, and Catherine Talese, a photographer and photo editor.[13]
References
- ^ Smilgis, Martha (April 14, 1980). "Gay Talese's New Sexpose Leaves Him $4 Million Richer—and, Somehow, Still Married". People. New York City: Meredith Corporation. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Gay Talese Marries Miss Nan I. Ahearn". The New York Times. New York City. June 12, 1959. Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via timesmachine.nytimes.com.
- ISBN 978-0810876507. Retrieved April 4, 2015 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Oprah vs. James Frey: The Sequel". TIME. July 30, 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
- ^ Celia McGee (December 1, 2010). "Once an Editor, Now the Subject". The New York Times. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ "Nan A. Talese | Knopf Doubleday". Knopf Doubleday. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ a b "A Nonfiction Marriage". New York. April 26, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
- ^ Peretz, Evgenia (April 2017). "How Nan Talese Blazed Her Pioneering Path through the Publishing Boys' Club". Vanity Fair. Condé Nast. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ^ "Perkins Award Winners". Center for Fiction.
- ^ Ulin, David L. (May 24, 2007). "Jacket Copy: Useless America". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ^ AbeBooks search
- ^ "Talese's memoir details his writing travails". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. May 16, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
- ^ Jonathan Van Meter (May 4, 2009). "A Nonfiction Marriage". New York Magazine. Retrieved March 25, 2012.