Books: A refuge and a revelation

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Books: A refuge and a revelation

Simon & Schuster editor Priscilla Painton will speak at library gala By Tess Hunter, Managing Editor Woodstock resident Priscilla Painton describes her beginnings as a small-town journalist, who would eventually rise to editor-in-chief of book publisher Simon & Schuster (S&S), as something of a “Greek tragedy.” Her work as both a journalist and a book editor has spanned the gamut of the political spectrum, with biographies on everyone from Hilla…