Susan Hirschman
Susan Hirschman is the founder of children's publisher Greenwillow Books.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Hirschman was born in Manhattan and lived there for her entire career.[2] She was inspired to enter the field of publishing during high school when she heard a talk by Jennie Lindquist.[2] Her first job was in 1954, working as a secretary at publisher Alfred A. Knopf.[1] She later moved to Sandpiper Press, and from there to Harper & Row, where she worked under Ursula Nordstrom.[2] After taking time off from Harper & Row, she was quickly hired by Macmillan to head their children's book publishing division.[2] She remained there until October 1974, when she resigned in protest of a mass firing.[3] She founded Greenwillow as an imprint of William Morrow (now HarperCollins), where she remained until her retirement in 2001.[1]
Works published
[edit | edit source]During Hirschman's career, she was responsible for the US publication of Watership Down, as well as works by children's authors Kevin Henkes and Jack Prelutsky.[4][5]
References
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