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John Geoghegan
Jack Geoghegan in his office at Coward, McCann & GeogheganGeoghegan in his office
Born1917
Philadelphia, US
DiedDecember 28, 1999
Walnut Creek, California, US
OccupationPublisher
Military career
Years of service1942-1945
Editor in Chief at Coward-McCann
In office
1959–1961
President then Chairman at Coward-McCann
In office
1961–1981

John Geoghegan (1917 – December 28, 1999) was an American publisher.

Early life

Geoghegan was born in Philadelphia.

Career

Geoghegan started his career as a book salesman, a job he did for 14 years.

He served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945.

In 1959, Geoghegan joined the publishers Coward-McCann in 1959 as editor-in-chief, and in 1961, became president, and then chairman. The company later became Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, and he was chairman until his resignation in 1981, over the corporate business school mentality that was coming to dominate publishing. Afterwards, he was an editor-at-large at William Morrow and Company from 1981 to 1982.

He and the literary scout Lena Wickman are credited with "discovering" John le Carré and his debut novel The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

Personal life

Geoghegan died on December 28, 1999, in a hospital in Walnut Creek, California, of complications from a brain aneurysm.

He was married to Carole, and had a daughter, Maggie Geoghegan-Bedecarre; three sons, Michael, Peter, and John; and a stepson, Arthur E. de Cordova III.

References

  1. ^ McDowell, Edwin (30 December 1999). "John Geoghegan, 82, Publisher; Acquired le Carre Best Seller". New York Times. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. McDowell, Edwin (1981-06-30). "Geoghegan and Marek Join New Book Houses". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  3. McDowell, Edwin (1982-06-27). "About Books and Authors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  4. "Smiley's safe house: Tucked away in West London and very hard to watch". Alex Peake-Tomkinson. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. Adam Sisman (19 October 2015). John le Carré: The Biography. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 242–243. ISBN 978-1-4088-4944-6. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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