Leslie M. “Les” Pockell[1] (June 19, 1942 – July 26, 2010) was an American publishing executive and anthologist. He was the vice president and associate publisher of Grand Central Publishing and compiled numerous anthologies during his career.[2]
Biography
editPockell was born on June 19, 1942, in Norwalk, Connecticut and graduated from Columbia University in 1964.[3] Pockell worked at St. Martin's Press, Doubleday and the Book-of-the-Month Club before joining Warner Books,[4] which became Grand Central Publishing. During his career, he edited works for a diverse group of authors from novelists Donald Westlake and Anna Porter to the physicist Leonard Mlodinow to the former Whitewater controversy prosecutor Ken Starr to the critic Harold Bloom to the actor and children's writer John Lithgow.[3][5][6] He was also a colleague of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at Doubleday.[7]
He was also an editor of the Avant-Garde magazine.[8]
He died on July 26, 2010, at 68 years old.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Obituaries | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ Italie, Hillel (2010-07-27). "Editor-anthologist Les Pockell dies at 68". Boston.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ a b Italie, Hillel (2010-07-27). "Editor-anthologist Les Pockell dies at 68". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ WIRED Staff. "King 'Plants' News on His Site". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ Porter, Anna (2018-09-25). In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-9515-7.
- ^ Mlodinow, Leonard (2011). Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life. Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-307-94649-2.
- ^ Lawrence, Greg (2011-01-04). Jackie as Editor: The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4299-7518-6.
- ^ Res. 920, United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Special Subcommittee on H. (1970). Associate Justice William O. Douglas: Final Report, Pursuant to H. Res. 93 ... September 17, 1970. U.S. Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Les Pockell Has Died". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.