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Patricia Cornwell Launches the Seventeenth Novel in her Internationally Bestselling Kay Scarpetta Series
Patricia Cornwell, the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer, launched the seventeenth novel in her bestselling Kay Scarpetta series this week, The Scarpetta Factor. Cornwell was interviewed on ABC Radio’s “Imus in the Morning” on the morning of publication, which was simulcast on the FOX Business network; click here to watch a clip of the interview. She was interviewed on almost 40 different programs across the country during her national television and radio satellite tours. Yesterday, Cornwell taped an interview for CNN.com’s "Book Report", which reaches millions of viewers online, and was interviewed live on WOR-AM’s “Joan Hamburg Show.. Parade magazine interviewed Cornwell for last Sunday’s issue, and her Q&A for “Pop Matters 20 Questions” went up this week on Popmatters.com and was syndicated nationwide on the McClatchy Newswire.
George Putnam, Grandson of Putnam Founder and Husband of Amelia Earhart, Featured in a New Movie
Interesting historical fact: George Putnam, grandson of imprint founder G. P. Putnam, was part of the family publishing business in the late 1920s, when he met, helped launch the career of, and ultimately married legendary pilot Amelia Earhart. Their relationship is featured in a new movie, Amelia, starring Hillary Swank as Earhart and Richard Gere as Putnam. Gere discussed this role with Matt Lauer on NBC’s “Today Show” yesterday. While doing research about the man, Gere said he found that Putnam “had a joy and humor about publishing and journalism.”
George Putnam was responsible for the publication of the Charles Lindbergh autobiography We in 1927. Because of his work with Lindbergh on this book, Putnam was contacted by Amy Guest, an American living in London who originally wanted to undertake, then decided to sponsor the first-ever flight by a woman across the Atlantic Ocean. It was Putnam who suggested the previously unknown pilot Amelia Earhart for this mission. Following Earhart’s historic 1928 flight across the Atlantic, Putnam handled the promotion of her career and G. P. Putnam’s Sons (by then merged with Minton, Balch & Co.) published two books by Earhart about her flying adventures. Putnam and Earhart were married in 1931. Two years after Earhart disappeared in 1937 while attempting to set another flying record, G. P. Putnam’s Sons published her biography, Soaring Wings.
Watch Richard Gere talk about playing Putnam on “The Today Show”.
Riverhead Books Releases New eSpecial from Nick Hornby
Riverhead Books has released a new eSpecial by Nick Hornby, featuring two short stories from the bestselling author of, most recently, Juliet, Naked. A funny and frank story, “Not a Star” is about Lynn, a suburban woman who has always thought her son, Mark, was a little, well, unremarkable, until the day a neighbor drops off a porn video at her house, with a note telling her to watch it. Turns out, Mark is rather remarkable in one specific area, a revelation which sends shockwaves – both hilarious and horrified – through Lynn’s family.
In the second story in the eSpecial, Hornby asks the question: What do you do in the face of impending doom? You try your damndest to lose your virginity with the hot girl in the Little Berkeley Big Band... In “Otherwise, Pandemonium,” the world is a different place, the future is uncertain, and the choices one makes are the only thing standing between a semblance of order and utter chaos.
The eSpecial is now available for download wherever eBooks are sold, in many formats, including those compatible with the Sony Reader, Amazon Kindle, and iPhone.
Read an interview with Nick Hornby in which he shares tidbits about the domestic male, the Booker Prize and his average day.
Great National Media Coverage for Gotham’s Dr. Ralph Stanley
Covering over 60 years of music history from the eyes of bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley, Gotham’s Man of Constant Sorrow has had fantastic media coverage over the past two weeks. The New York Times featured Charles McGraph’s interview with Dr. Stanley on the front page of its Arts section. McGraph wrote: “His book […] is a lot like the man himself: warm, folksy, down to earth, plainspoken, a little blunt and prickly at times.” The Wall Street Journal ran a review, which also included an excerpt. Last week, Dr. Stanley appeared on the “The Diane Rehm Show” on NPR. You can watch him perform on NPR’s tremendously popular music series, “Tiny Desk Concert,” which was the fifth most popular article on “All Things Considered” as of Wednesday. In a packed room full of NPR staff members, Dr. Stanley sang three powerful songs a capella: “Gloryland,” “Turn Back, Turn Back,” and “Amazing Grace.” Expect lots more media, including a Q&A in Newsweek, an Associated Press interview, and reviews in the Boston Globe, Washington Post and Rolling Stone to come from this 82-year old master of what he calls “old time mountain music”!
Read an excerpt from Man of Constant Sorrow.
