US EditionAnn Godoff, a Top Editor and Publisher of Best Sellers, Dies at 76
Ann Godoff led Random House and founded Penguin Press, nurturing dozens of best-selling authors and publishing five Pulitzer Prize winners, her partner said.
- On Feb. 24, Ann Godoff, an editor and publisher, died in Albany, N.Y., from complications of bone cancer, her partner Annik LaFarge said.
- Godoff spent more than three decades leading Random House before her 2003 ouster by Bertelsmann; eight days later, she founded Penguin Press and became its editor in chief and publisher.
- She championed numerous bestselling titles, including John Berendt’s Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Caleb Carr’s The Alienist, and recently edited works by Gisèle Pelicot, Gavin Newsom, and Michael Pollan.
- Peers and former colleagues noted more than two dozen authors left Random House to follow Ann Godoff, while Jonathan Karp said she showed how to blend cultural significance with commercial success and Esther Newberg called her 'an author’s publisher.'
- One of her final projects is a memoir by Frank Rich slated for next year, and Penguin Press continues to publish major literary works, including five Pulitzer Prize winners.
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Penguin Press founder Ann Godoff, a powerhouse editor of bestsellers and prize winners, dies at 76
Publisher Ann Godoff, who helped shape modern American book culture and launched many bestsellers, has died at age 76.
Ann Godoff Dies: Legendary Book Editor & Publisher Was 76
Ann Godoff, the founder, president and Editor-in-Chief of Penguin Press, whose stable of authors included E.L. Doctorow, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Michael Pollan, Tom Brokaw, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, William Styron and Alice Waters, died Tuesday in Albany, NY, Deadline has confirmed. She was 76. Born on July 22, 1949, in Manhattan, Godoff founded The […]
Penguin Press founder Ann Godoff, powerhouse editor of bestsellers, dies at 76
NEW YORK — Ann Godoff, a leading book publisher for more than 30 years with an eye for timely and timeless works from “Alexander Hamilton” and “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” to current bestsellers by Gisèle Pelicot and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, has died. She was 76. Godoff died of cancer Tuesday in Albany, New York, according to a statement from Penguin Press, which she had founded in 2003. “Ann’s impact on American book culture o…
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