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Morgan Entrekin in 2012

Morgan Entrekin is the president and publisher of Grove/Atlantic Inc. Books in New York City.[1] He is one of six owners of the publishing company.[2]

He is from Nashville, Tennessee.

Timeline

Entrekin is a graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy, Stanford University and the Radcliffe Publishing Course. He began his career at Delacorte Press. In 1982 he moved to Simon & Schuster. In 1984, he started his own imprint at Atlantic Monthly Press. In 1993 he merged this company with Grove Press to create Grove/Atlantic Inc.[3] In 2015, he launched Literary Hub with editor Terry McDonell and publisher Andy Hunter.[4] He was the recipient of the 2017 Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction.[5]

References

  1. ^ King, Ian. "KGB Bar & Lit Journal". Kgbbar.com. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  2. ^ Méndez, Teresa (January 14, 2004). "The publisher as protagonist". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  3. ^ "17th Annual Key West Literary Seminar". Archived from the original on July 2, 2007.
  4. ^ "Literary Hub is a New Home for Book Lovers". WSJ. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "2017 Perkins Award Winner", The Center for Fiction.