Ann Godoff papers, 1959-2025
Collection context
- Creator:
- Godoff, Ann, 1949-2026 and LaFarge, Annik
- Extent:
- 1 linear feet (3 document boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, memoranda, contracts, documents relation to the professional cereers of Ann Godoff and Annik La Farge.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ann Godoff founded Penguin Press in 2003 and was President and Editor-in-Chief until her death in 2026. She had a distinguished and singular career in book publishing, editing and publishing many award-winning and bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction. She first joined the editorial department of Simon & Schuster in 1980, and in 1987 became Senior Editor at Atlantic Monthly Press; in two years she became Editor-in-Chief. In 1991, Godoff was appointed Executive Editor at Random House, where she would eventually be named Vice President and Editorial Director. In 1997 she became President, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of the Random House Trade Publishing Group and Executive Vice President of Random House, Inc. Among the authors and books she edited were John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, Caleb Carr's The Alienist, Michael Pollan, Ron Chernow, Zadie Smith, Mary Oliver, Ocean Vuong, Thomas Pynchon, and Steve Coll
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is located on-site.
- Terms of access:
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Single reproductions may be made for research purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to secure permission for publication or use from the appropriate copyright holder.
- Location of this collection:
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- Contact:
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