May Brown Bag Lunch Wrap Up

Living Legend Phyllis Grann
Tuesday, May 16th

Phyllis Grann has been in the business for almost 50 years. Beginning in 1958 as Nelson Doubleday’s secretary she rose to become CEO and President of Penguin Putnam, Inc. from 1996 through 2001. She has now returned to the editorial foundations from whence she sprung, and is currently working as a Senior Editor at Doubleday.

Here's a wrap up of the event from Patty Park, a Publicist at Random House:

“What a throwback to a by-gone era! “Living Legend” Phyllis Grann embodied the glamorous book publishing type I have always romanticized. Her talk coupled savvy business stats with a realistic picture of the future of publishing, sprinkled with dishy—but tasteful—gossip. Ms. Grann’s talk made me realize how much ground women of her generation had covered, in order for women of my generation to get to where they are now. Thank you, YPG, for hosting yet another successful Living Legend lunch.”