Judith Appelbaum (1939–2018)

Judith Appelbaum was born in Manhattan, New York on September 26, 1939. She graduated from Vassar College in 1960 and began her career in publishing at Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly. She later became the managing editor of Publishers Weekly, wrote the New and Noteworthy column for the New show more York Times Book Review, and was an editor of the IBPA Independent. Her book, How to Get Happily Published, was published in 1998. She co-founded and was the managing director of Sensible Solutions, Inc., which specialized in target marketing for writers and publishers. She received the Publishers Marketing Association Lifetime Achievement Award and the Book Industry Study Group Lifetime Service Award. She died from ovarian cancer on July 25, 2018 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) show less