Encounter Books

Parent company	Encounter for Culture and Education, Inc.
Founded	1997
Founder	Peter Collier
Successor	Roger Kimball
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York City
Distribution	Perseus Books Group
Official website	www.encounterbooks.com

Encounter Books is an American conservative book publisher. It is an activity of Encounter for Culture and Education, Inc. Encounter Books draws its name from Encounter (magazine), the now defunct literary magazine founded by Irving Kristol and Stephen Spender.^[1]

Encounter Books publishes serious non-fiction books, with a scholarly leaning, in the areas of history, religion, biography, education, public policy, current affairs, social sciences, and politics.

Encounter Books was founded in 1997 in San Francisco, by Peter Collier. Collier retired in late-2005, and Encounter Books was taken over by the commentator Roger Kimball, who is also co-editor and publisher of The New Criterion. Kimball relocated Encounter Books to New York City in early 2006.

Encounter Books has published many well-known writers, including Brian C. Anderson, Ward Connerly, Theodore Dalrymple, John Fund, Victor Davis Hanson, Peter Hitchens, David Horowitz, Leon Kass, William Kristol, Yuval Levin, Andrew C. McCarthy, Melanie Phillips, David Pryce-Jones, Jean-François Revel, Thomas Sowell, David Stove, and Keith Windschuttle.

Encounter Books is distributed by the Perseus Books Group.

[edit] The New York Times Bestsellers

Encounter Books has seen several of its titles appear on The New York Times Best Seller List, including Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell, Climate Confusion by Roy W. Spencer, Willful Blindness by Andrew C. McCarthy and, most recently^[when?] The Grand Jihad, also by McCarthy.

Encounter Broadsides[link]

In October 2009, Encounter launched a series of short polemical booklets in the spirit of the Federalist Papers and Thomas Paine's Common Sense, called Encounter Broadsides. The series publishes well-known commentators on topical political issues from health care and immigration to Guantanamo Bay. Published Broadside authors include John R. Bolton, Victor Davis Hanson, John Fund, Michael Ledeen, Andrew C. McCarthy, Betsey McCaughey, Stephen Moore, and Michael B. Mukasey.

Publishers Weekly reported that the series would be entirely "crashed", or produced and marketed on an aggressive turnaround schedule.^[2] Publisher Roger Kimball said of the series:

"[T]he imprint will serve as “a new--or rather, a revival of an old--genre that is supple enough to respond quickly to unfolding events and yet authoritative enough to have an important effect on the debate over policy.”^[3]

[edit] The New York Times Book Review

In June 2009, Encounter announced that it was no longer sending its books to The New York Times Book Review. At the time publisher Roger Kimball wrote:

"Once upon a time, and not that long ago, it meant something if your book was reviewed in The New York Times Book Review. A Times review imparted a vital existential certification as well as a commercial boost. Is that still the case? Less and less, I believe. The Times in general has lost influence as the paper has receded into parochial, left-liberal boosterism and politically correct reportage. And where its news and comment have become increasingly politicized, its cultural coverage has become increasingly superficial and increasingly captive of establishment, i.e., left-liberal, pieties and “lifestyle” radicalism.

Sure, a positive review in the Times still helps sell books. But it’s quite clear that books from Encounter won’t be getting those reviews, so it is pointless for us to send copies of our books to the Times—worse than pointless, because by so doing we help to perpetuate the charade that the Book Review is anything like even-handed in its treatment of conservative books. There is also this fact: the real impetus in selling books has decisively shifted away from legacy outlets like The New York Times towards the pluralistic universe of talk radio and the “blogosphere.” That is why Encounter can see its books on the Times’s bestseller list without ever making it into the paper’s review columns."^[4]

The New York Times Book Review has made no comment about the announcement.

References[link]

1. ^ http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=689
2. ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/18170-encounter-s-new-imprint-crashes-short-books-.html
3. ^ ”http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/18170-encounter-s-new-imprint-crashes-short-books-.html
4. ^ http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGI2NDM0YzY5MTZlMzMxMzA5MTg3MzE4YTgwYTM2MDI=

External links[link]

• Encounter Books web site

Jane Yolen
Yolen at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Born	Jane Hyatt Yolen 11 February 1939 New York City
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Period	1960s-present
Genres	Science fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
janeyolen.com

Jane Hyatt Yolen (born 11 February 1939 in New York City^[1]) is an American author and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She wrote the Nebula Award-winning Sister Emily's Lightship (short story) and Lost Girls (novelette), as well as Owl Moon and The Emperor and the Kite, Caldecott Medal winners, the Commander Toad series and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight. In 2010 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Fantasy Awards.^[2]

Personal life[link]

Yolen was born in New York City and raised in California, Virginia, and New York. Her father was a journalist and publicist. She received her bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1960 and her master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1976. She was married to computer scientist David Stemple from 1962 until his death from cancer on March 22, 2006. She has three children: Heidi Stemple, Adam Stemple, and Jason Stemple, and several grandchildren. Yolen maintains homes in Hatfield, Massachusetts and in St Andrews, Scotland.^{[citation needed]}

Career[link]

Newsweek called Jane Yolen "the Hans Christian Andersen of America" and The New York Times labeled her "a modern equivalent of Aesop". She has written around 300 books, 4590 poems, and 3452 short stories, 67 of which won awards.

Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens, Favorite Folktales From Around the World, Xanadu and Xanadu 2 are among the works that she has edited.

Her writing also includes poetry. Yolen said that writing poems and short stories comes to her more naturally, but that she has tried to master the longer form when a particular story called for it.^[3] Many of her poems, like her books, have won awards. Some of her awards to date: the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, both first and second place in the 2007 Dwarf Stars Award, the Golden Kite Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Association of Jewish Libraries Award, and the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.

In the children's writing community, she is known for her pithy observations and her generosity toward beginning writers and illustrators. Yolen has also criticized the Harry Potter series:

Yolen has also criticized publishers for not promoting their authors sufficiently, and for focusing what little promotion they do provide on celebrity authors such as Jay Leno, Maria Shriver, Billy Crystal and Madonna, none of whom, Yolen says, "can really write kids books well", in order to recoup the large advances given to those more visible authors, forcing Yolen to hire her own publicist.^[5]

Yolen has named among her favorite authors Mordicai Gerstein, Shannon Hale, Gail Carson Levine, Linda Sue Park, Bruce Coville, Robert Sabuda, Kate DiCamillo, Richard Peck, Julius Lester, Nikki Grimes, Lee Bennet Hopkins, Jackie Woodson, as well as members of her own writing group, Patricia MacLachlan, Ann Turner, Leslea Newman, Corinne Demas, Barbara Diamond Goldin, Anna Kirwan.^[5]

Bibliography[link]

The Pit Dragon Trilogy[link]

1. Dragon's Blood (1982)
2. Heart's Blood (1984)
3. A Sending of Dragons (1987)
4. Dragon's Heart (2009)

Selected novels and books[link]

(She has written over 300)

• The Bird of Time (illustrated by Mercer Mayer) (1971)
• The Simple Prince (illustrated by Jack Kent) (1978)
• The Gift of Sarah Barker (1981)
• Children of the Wolf (1984)
• The Stone Silenus (1984)
• Cards of Grief (1985, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature)
• Sister Light, Sister Dark (1989, Nebula Award finalist)
• The Dragon's Boy (1990)
• White Jenna (1990, Nebula Award finalist)
• Greyling (1991, picture book)
• Wings (1991, picture book)
• Wizard's Hall (1991)
• Briar Rose (1992, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, Nebula Award finalist)
• The One Armed Queen (1998)
• Armageddon Summer (1998, with Bruce Coville, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers)
• The Wizard's Map (1999)
• Queen's Own Fool (2000, with Robert J. Harris)
• Wild Wings: Poems for Young People (2002, with Jason Stemple. National Outdoor Book Award (Children's Category))
• Girl in a Cage (2002, with Robert J. Harris)
• Sword of the Rightful King (2003, ALA Best Books 2004, ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2004, ALA Top 10 Fantasy Books for Youth 2004)
• Prince Across the Water (2004, with Robert J. Harris)
• The Young Merlin Trilogy: Passager, Hobby, and Merlin (2004)
• Pay the Piper: A Rock and Roll Fairy Tale (2005, with Adam Stemple)
• The Rogues (2007, with Robert J. Harris)
• Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters (2011, illustrated by Kelly Murphy)

Selected novellas and novelettes[link]

• "The Devil's Arithmetic" (1988 novella, Nebula Award finalist; 1999, made into a movie starring Kirsten Dunst, Mimi Rogers and Brittany Murphy)
• "Lost Girls" (1998 novelette, Nebula Award winner)

Selected poems[link]

• "Tintagel Morning: Song" (Asimov's Science Fiction, v.14 #4, April 1990)
• "Angels Fly Because They Take Themselves Lightly" (Asimov's Science Fiction, v.15 #14, No.179, December 1991) (1991 Asimov's Readers' Award, poetry)
• "Will" (Broadside, Midsummer Night's Press; The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spring 1992) (1993 Rhysling Award winner)
• "Lies" (Paradox, Issue 8, Winter 2005-2006)
• "War Memorial: Edinburgh" (Paradox, Issue 8, Winter 2005-2006)
• "Fife Map" (Paradox, Issue 9, Summer 2006)
• "Suzy and Leah"

Short story anthologies edited by Jane Yolen[link]

• Werewolves (1988, with Martin H. Greenberg)
• Xanadu (1992, with Martin H. Greenberg)
• Xanadu 2 (1993, with Martin H. Greenberg)
• Xanadu 3 (1994, with Martin H. Greenberg)
• 2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers (1994, with Connie Willis and Anne McCaffrey)
• Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens (2005, with Patrick Nielsen Hayden)

Folklore collection edited by Jane Yolen[link]

• Favorite Folktales From Around the World (winner of the World Fantasy Award)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jane Yolen

• Official Website
• Jane Yolen at the Comic Book DB
• Jane Yolen's online writing journal
• Jane Yolen at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Bibliography on SciFan
• 2001 interview with Jane Yolen and a review of Briar Rose
• 2007 interview with Jane Yolen at Childrensbookradio
• Bio at Endicott Studio
• Works by or about Jane Yolen in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Rita Berman Frischer, Biography of Jane Yolen, Jewish Women Encyclopedia

Mark Hart
Hart with Crowded House, 2007 Photo: Mick Muise
Background information
Born	(1953-07-02) 2 July 1953 (age 58)
Origin	Fort Scott, Kansas United States
Genres	Rock, pop, film score
Occupations	Musician, Producer
Instruments	Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Capitol, A&M
Associated acts	Supertramp, Crowded House, Ringo Starr
Website	Official Website

Mark Hart (born July 2, 1953, Fort Scott, Kansas), is a multi-instrumentalist best known for his participation as a member of Supertramp and Crowded House.

A student of classical music, Mark worked as a full time session musician with popular artists, notably the group Supertramp. He began his association with them in 1987 as a studio and touring musician, able to play several instruments and sing lead vocals. Hart shared the same manager as the band Crowded House, who suggested he fill in for Eddie Rayner, with session work for the band after they experienced difficulties replacing their keyboardist.

He contributed to Woodface in 1991 as a session musician, later joining the band fully a while after Tim Finn left, and is credited as a full member on Together Alone from 1993. He stayed with the band after founding drummer Paul Hester left, he is seen along with Neil Finn and Nick Seymour in the photographs from the sleeve for Recurring Dream, the 1996 greatest hits album. Hart played with the band during their farewell concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in November 1996, known as Farewell to the World.

Following the demise of the group, Hart stated that he thought the band had more in them. He would later join Neil Finn on stage for some of his solo concerts supporting Finn's debut solo album Try Whistling This in 1998, before rejoining Supertramp, producing for Tim Finn and releasing his own album Nada Sonata, in 2002.

Hart has also scored the motion pictures Life Among the Cannibals (1996) and Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001) both directed by Harry Bromley Davenport.

In January 2007, Neil Finn announced that he would be reforming Crowded House with Nick Seymour, Mark Hart and a new drummer, confirmed as former Beck drummer Matt Sherrod, releasing a new album, Time on Earth, and embarking on a year-long world tour. The album was initially intended to be Finn's third solo album, but was converted to a Crowded House album late in the sessions. As a result, Hart contributed on only four songs to the new album. Both he and Sherrod have fully contributed to the next album, Intriguer, which was released in June 2010 and both can be seen on the DVD supplements to that album.

References[link]

• Bourke, Chris, Something So Strong, Macmillan Australia, 1997, ISBN 0-7329-0886-8
• Twomey, Chris & Doole, Kerry, Crowded House: Private Universe, Omnibus Pr, 1998, ISBN 0-7119-4816-X
• Dix, John, Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock and Roll, 1955 to the Modern Era, Penguin Books, 2005, ISBN 0-14-301953-8

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