BLONDE Bombshell - Joyce Carol Oates' new novel about Marilyn Monroe to be published by The Ecco Press, An Imprint of HarperCollins.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--June 22, 1999-- HarperCollins announced today that it has acquired the rights to BLONDE, the new novel by critically-acclaimed author Joyce Carol Oates Noun 1. Joyce Carol Oates - United States writer (born in 1938) Oates , to be published under their new Ecco Press imprint. Scheduled for publication in April of 2000, BLONDE is a fictionalized but carefully researched account of the life of Marilyn Monroe that includes startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. portraits of her relationships with JFK, Arthur Miller Noun 1. Arthur Miller - United States playwright (1915-2005) Miller , and Joe DiMaggio Noun 1. Joe DiMaggio - United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999) DiMaggio, Joseph Paul DiMaggio . World rights are included in the deal. Editorial Director Daniel Halpern, who has known Joyce Carol Oates for nearly 30 years and first published her in Antaeus magazine, feels that BLONDE is her most important book to date and "one of the finest novels I have read in the past ten years." Oates and Halpern have worked on other projects together including plays, novellas This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by [ expanding it]. This is a selected list of novellas that have gained fame and/or critical and public acclaim. , and her first children's book, Come Meet Muffin! (The Ecco Press, 1998). BLONDE marks the first acquisition of Daniel Halpern at HarperCollins. Cathy Hemming, Publisher of HarperCollins, says that "the idea of Joyce Carol Oates linked to Marilyn Monroe is very exciting. Oates is an American original and I am looking forward to publishing this remarkable writer." John Hawkins
Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled as John Hawkyns , Oates' agent, commented on the move to HarperCollins, "Joyce had a wonderful relationship with Dutton over the years, but when HarperCollins acquired Ecco, Joyce found her two publishers in a competitive position. After many warm conversations about this extraordinary novel with each house, Joyce was pleased to be able to continue her productive collaboration with Dan within the structure of a very committed HarperCollins." Joyce Carol Oates is one of America's most respected writers. She is the prolific author of many distinguished books in several genres. In addition to numerous novels and short story collections, she has published several volumes of poetry, several books of plays, five books of literary criticism, the book-length essay On Boxing, and her children's book, Come Meet Muffin!. Her writing has earned her many awards including the PEN/Malamud Award The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors "excellence in the art of the short story", and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. The selection committee is comprised of PEN/Faulkner directors and representatives of Bernard Malamud's literary executors. for Excellence in Short Fiction, the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy-Institute of Arts and Letters Arts and Letters (1966-1998) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by American sportsman, and noted philanthropist Paul Mellon, and trained by future Hall of Famer Elliott Burch, the colt began racing at age two. , a Guggenheim Fellowship, the O'Henry Prize for Continued Achievement in the Short Story, the National Book Award for her novel, Them, and in 1978, membership in the American Academy-Institute. What I Lived For was nominated for the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. |
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