Andrea Yates Case to be Subject of Simon & Schuster Book; Author's Discovery of False Testimony Led to Appeal of Conviction.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2002 Andrea Yates Andrea Pia Yates (born July 2, 1964) committed the filicide of her five young children on June 20, 2001 by drowning them in the bathtub in her house. Convicted of first degree murder in 2002 and sentenced to life in prison with parole possible after 40 years, Yates' conviction was , the Houston mother who drowned her five children and is serving a life sentence for the crimes, will be the subject of a book to be published by Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. in 2003. The book, which will take a critical look at the crime, trial, medical, mental health, legal, and religious issues surrounding the tragedy, will be written by investigative reporter Suzanne O'Malley, whose insightful dispatches on the Yates trial appeared in The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Magazine, Salon Salon, annual exhibition of art works chosen by jury and presented by the French Academy since 1737; it was originally held in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre. By the mid-19th cent. the Salon had become an expression of conservative, established tastes in art. .com, O, The Oprah Magazine, and on "Dateline NBC Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC similar to ABC's 20/20 or CBS's 60 Minutes. History The show, which has aired since 1992, is currently anchored by Ann Curry. ." The author's discovery of false testimony during the Yates trial resulted in the pending appeal of Yates' conviction. Hardcover and paperback rights to the book were acquired jointly by Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books from Morton Janklow and Tina Bennett of Janklow & Nesbit Associates. Simon & Schuster will publish the book in hardcover in 2003; Pocket Books will publish it in a mass market edition approximately a year later. Simon & Schuster's Editorial Director Alice Mayhew will edit the book. Simon & Schuster, the publishing operation of Viacom Inc., is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction non·fic·tion n. 1. Prose works other than fiction: I've read her novels but not her nonfiction. 2. The category of literature consisting of works of this kind. for consumers of all ages, across all printed and multi-media formats. Its divisions include Simon & Schuster Trade Publishing, Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Simon & Schuster New Media, Simon & Schuster Online, Simon & Schuster U.K., and Simon & Schuster Australia. For more information about Simon & Schuster, visit our website at http://www.simonsays.com |
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