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Nebraska Authors

Susan Petersen

AKA: Susan Petersen Kennedy

Born ≈ 1944

Susan Petersen Kennedy grew up in Nebraska has served as chairman of Viking Penguin and Plume Books, president of Penguin Putnam, Inc., and the publisher of Riverhead Books. She has served on the board of the Association of American Publishers.

Places Lived

Omaha, NE
New York, NY

Author Of

  • Other

Keywords

Publishers

Education

Graduate, Omaha Westside High School, Omaha, NE.
Graduate, 1966, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Occupation

President of Penguin Putnam, Inc. in 1990

Places Worked

Ballantine Books

Honors

Westside Schools Foundation Hall of Fame, 2006.

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