Nan A. Talese

Nan A. Talese
Talese in 2009
Born
Nan Ahearn[1]

(1933-12-19) December 19, 1933 (age 90)[2][3]
United States
Occupation(s)Editor, publisher[4][5]
Spouse
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(m. 1959)​
Children2

Nan Talese (née Ahearn; born December 19, 1933) is a retired American editor, and a veteran of the New York publishing industry. Talese was the senior vice president of Doubleday. From 1990 to 2020, Talese was the publisher and editorial director of her own imprint, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, publishing authors such as Pat Conroy, Ian McEwan, and Peter Ackroyd.[6]

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  2. ^ "Gay Talese Marries Miss Nan I. Ahearn". The New York Times. New York City. June 12, 1959. Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via timesmachine.nytimes.com.
  3. ^ Welsh, James M. (2010). The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0810876507. Retrieved April 4, 2015 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Oprah vs. James Frey: The Sequel". TIME. July 30, 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  5. ^ Celia McGee (December 1, 2010). "Once an Editor, Now the Subject". The New York Times. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  6. ^ "Nan A. Talese | Knopf Doubleday". Knopf Doubleday. Retrieved December 3, 2017.