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Two Gotham/Avery Authors Take Home Coveted Emmy Awards
Gotham and Avery authors sure are busy: both Jim Kakalios and Diana Holtzberg have taken home Emmy awards The author of Gotham’s The Physics of Superheroes, as well as a physics professor at the University of Minnesota, Kakalios won an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Award in the “Advanced Media: Arts/Entertainment category for his YouTube video “The Science of Watchmen." As the on-set science consultant for the hit 2008 movie The Watchmen, Kakalios’s unique insider’s perspective drove more than 1.5 million hits for the video, which was jointly produced by the Institute of Technology and the News Service Team.
In addition, at the 30th News and Documentary Film Awards on September 21st, Avery author Diana Holtzberg won an Emmy in the Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming category for the HBO documentary film, “The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not For Sale,” which reveals the unusual rise and fall of the 1980s artist Chuck Connelly. Holtzberg served as the Executive Producer for Films Transit International. Along with Deirdre Fishel, she is the co-author of the Avery book Still Doing It: The Intimate Lives of Women Over Sixty (out in paperback 11/3), which is based on the critically acclaimed, eponymous documentary.
Congratulations to both Jim and Diana for their remarkable achievement!
Pictured: Diana Holtzberg after accepting the award.
Putnam/Berkley’s Steve Lopez Wins PEN USA Literary Award
Putnam/Berkley’s Steve Lopez, author of The Soloist has been selected to win a 2009 PEN USA Literary Award in the Creative Nonfiction category. The announcement was made this week by the West Coast center for the renowned writers’ organization International PEN. The prizes, which honor outstanding work by writers in 10 separate genres, will be presented at the 19th Annual Literary Awards Festival (also known as LitFest), which will be held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 6:30pm.
View our Entertainment Feature to read an excerpt from The Soloist and watch the movie’s video trailer.
