John Geoghegan | |
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Born | 1917
Philadelphia, US |
Died | December 28, 1999 |
Occupation | Publisher |
Military career | |
Years of service | 1942-1945 |
Editor in Chief at Coward-McCann | |
In office 1959–1961 | |
President then Chairman at Coward-McCann | |
In office 1961–1981 | |
John Geoghegan (1917 – December 28, 1999) was an American publisher.
Geoghegan was born in Philadelphia. [1]
Geoghegan started his career as a book salesman, a job he did for 14 years. [1]
He served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. [1]
In 1959, Geoghegan joined the publishers Coward-McCann in 1959 as editor-in-chief, and in 1961, became president, and then chairman. [1] The company later became Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, and he was chairman until his resignation in 1981, over the corporate business school mentality that was coming to dominate publishing. [1] Afterwards, he was an editor-at-large at William Morrow and Company from 1981 to 1982. [2] [3]
He and the literary scout Lena Wickman are credited with "discovering" John le Carré and his debut novel The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. [1] [4] [5]
Geoghegan died on December 28, 1999, in a hospital in Walnut Creek, California, of complications from a brain aneurysm. [1]
He was married to Carole, and had a daughter, Maggie Geoghegan-Bedecarre; three sons, Michael, Peter, and John; and a stepson, Arthur E. de Cordova III. [1]
John Geoghegan | |
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Born | 1917
Philadelphia, US |
Died | December 28, 1999 |
Occupation | Publisher |
Military career | |
Years of service | 1942-1945 |
Editor in Chief at Coward-McCann | |
In office 1959–1961 | |
President then Chairman at Coward-McCann | |
In office 1961–1981 | |
John Geoghegan (1917 – December 28, 1999) was an American publisher.
Geoghegan was born in Philadelphia. [1]
Geoghegan started his career as a book salesman, a job he did for 14 years. [1]
He served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. [1]
In 1959, Geoghegan joined the publishers Coward-McCann in 1959 as editor-in-chief, and in 1961, became president, and then chairman. [1] The company later became Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, and he was chairman until his resignation in 1981, over the corporate business school mentality that was coming to dominate publishing. [1] Afterwards, he was an editor-at-large at William Morrow and Company from 1981 to 1982. [2] [3]
He and the literary scout Lena Wickman are credited with "discovering" John le Carré and his debut novel The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. [1] [4] [5]
Geoghegan died on December 28, 1999, in a hospital in Walnut Creek, California, of complications from a brain aneurysm. [1]
He was married to Carole, and had a daughter, Maggie Geoghegan-Bedecarre; three sons, Michael, Peter, and John; and a stepson, Arthur E. de Cordova III. [1]