http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/01/22/oprahs-next-pick-looks-like-a-harpercollins-book/ Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:05:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/01/22/oprahs-next-pick-looks-like-a-harpercollins-book/#comment-21026 D. Cloyce Smith Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:32:33 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/01/22/oprahs-next-pick-looks-like-a-harpercollins-book/#comment-21026 It's a glitch. Oprah has picked dead authors before (John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Carson McCullers), but (1) the Harper reps are selling the title, according to <em><a href="http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/01/22/oprahs-next-pick-looks-like-a-harpercollins-book/" rel="nofollow">Publishers Weekly </a></em>, as "nonfiction" and Krumgold (as far as I know) published only fiction and (2) I can't imagine Oprah picking a children's book for her club. It’s a glitch. Oprah has picked dead authors before (John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Carson McCullers), but (1) the Harper reps are selling the title, according to Publishers Weekly , as “nonfiction” and Krumgold (as far as I know) published only fiction and (2) I can’t imagine Oprah picking a children’s book for her club.

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