Geoffrey Kloske

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Geoffrey Kloske
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Born1969 (age 5455)
OccupationPublisher and editor
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Kenyon College

Geoffrey Kloske (born 1969) is the president and publisher of Riverhead Books, a division of Penguin Group. [1] He served as vice president and executive editor of Simon & Schuster from 1998 to 2006. Previously, he was an editor at Little, Brown and Company from 1992 to 1996. Authors he has edited include David Sedaris, Dave Eggers, Bob Dylan, Sarah Vowell, Jon Ronson, Nick Hornby, James McBride (writer), and Mark Kurlansky. [2]

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He was named "It" Editor by Entertainment Weekly and one of "35 under 35" by New York Magazine in 2001. [3]

Life

Kloske attended Kenyon College from 1987 to 1991. After graduating, he got his first job in the publishing industry as an editorial assistant at St. Martin's Press and worked with them from 1991 to 1992. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. [4]

In 2005, he published a children's book, Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 seconds), with illustrator Barry Blitt. The book was awarded a National Parenting Publications Award, as well as an award from Publishers Weekly . [4]

Fiction work

Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds) (2005), with Barry Blitt, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005, ISBN   9780689866197 [5]

Edited works

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References

  1. Taylor, Delia (2021-06-01). "Riverhead". Penguin Books. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  2. "Geoffrey Kloske | National Book Festival - Library of Congress". www.loc.gov. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. Vanessa Grigoriadis (April 17, 2000). "35 Under 35". New York Magazine.
  4. 1 2 "Riverhead Overview". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on April 12, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  5. "ONCE UPON A TIME, THE END by Geoffrey Kloske , Barry Blitt". Kirkus Reviews . September 15, 2005. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
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