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Carolyn K. Reidy

Carolyn K. Reidy was named President and  Chief Executive Officer of Simon & Schuster, Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2008, upon the retirement of Jack Romanos.

Since 2001, Reidy has been President of the Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Division, responsible for the editorial, marketing and business functions of the groups numerous imprints, including Atria, Free Press, Howard Books, Pocket Books, Scribner, Simon & Schuster, and Touchstone/Fireside.  During that time, the Division has added numerous imprints and lines that have increased its ability to publish to nearly every segment of the marketplace, and the publishing operations under her supervision have grown more that 20%.  The division has published some of the most popular and bestselling books of recent years, including Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, YOU: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, M.D and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., and John Adams by David McCullough. 

Reidy first joined Simon & Schuster in 1992 as President and Publisher of what was then the company's Trade Division.  She came to Simon & Schuster from Avon Books, where she had been president and publisher since 1988.  Reidy began her publishing career in at Random House in 1976, and moved to William Morrow as subsidiary rights director in 1983.  She returned to Random House in 1986 as publisher of Vintage Books and Associate Publisher of the Random House imprint. 

A native of Washington D.C., Reidy graduated from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Russian, and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Indiana University.  She resides in New York City with her husband.