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SAYRE has held a range of senior positions in publishing. She started at Simon & Schuster where she eventually became Vice President & Subsidiary Rights Director, a position she has also held at what is now Henry Holt, and (NY) Times Books. She served as Director of Publicity, Promotion and Advertising at Andre Deutsch in London and subsequently, as book club editor for Time Life Book Clubs. She moved to Viking Penguin as VP & Marketing Director and then Associate Publisher, and left to launch Grove Weidenfeld, now Grove Atlantic. She currently serves on the board of the Council of Literary Magazines & Presses and is a member of Women's Media Group and PEN. She is a graduate of Barnard College.
LORRAINE
SHANLEY began her career at Book-of-the-Month Club, helping launch its Quality Paperback Book Club. She spent twelve years at the clubs, where she became Executive Vice President in charge of editorial, marketing and merchandise, before starting her own consulting company. She returned to corporate life to become Editorial Director of HarperCollins, but left to launch Market Partners International. Shanley, a member (and past president) of Women’s Media Group, is on the marketing committee for the National Book Foundation and is an advisor to New York University’s Publishing Program. She graduated with honors in English and Philosophy from the University of Rochester and received her M.A. from the University of Virginia, where she is a member of the Jefferson Foundation scholarship committee.
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