Leslie Pockell Explained

Leslie M. “Les” Pockell^[1] (June 19, 1942 – July 26, 2010) was an American publishing executive and anthologist. He was the vice president and associate publisher of Grand Central Publishing and compiled numerous anthologies during his career.^[2]

Biography

Pockell was born on June 19, 1942, in Norwalk, Connecticut and graduated from Columbia University in 1964.^[3] Pockell worked at St. Martin's Press, Doubleday and the Book-of-the-Month Club before joining Warner Books,^[4] which became Grand Central Publishing. During his career, he edited works for a diverse group of authors from novelists Donald Westlake and Anna Porter to the physicist Leonard Mlodinow to the former Whitewater controversy prosecutor Ken Starr to the critic Harold Bloom to the actor and children's writer John Lithgow.^{[5] [6]} He was also a colleague of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at Doubleday.^[7]

He was also an editor of the Avant-Garde magazine.^[8]

He died on July 26, 2010, at 68 years old.^[9]

References

1. Web site: Obituaries Columbia College Today. 2022-01-27. www.college.columbia.edu.
2. News: Italie. Hillel. 2010-07-27. Editor-anthologist Les Pockell dies at 68. Boston.com. 2022-01-28.
3. Web site: Italie. Hillel. 2010-07-27. Editor-anthologist Les Pockell dies at 68. 2022-01-28. San Diego Union-Tribune. en-US.
4. WIRED Staff. King 'Plants' News on His Site. en-US. Wired. 2022-01-28. 1059-1028.
5. Book: Porter, Anna. In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time. 2018-09-25. Simon and Schuster. 978-1-4767-9515-7. en.
6. Book: Mlodinow, Leonard. Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life. 2011. Vintage Books. 978-0-307-94649-2. en.
7. Book: Lawrence, Greg. Jackie as Editor: The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. 2011-01-04. Macmillan. 978-1-4299-7518-6. en.
8. Book: Res. 920, United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Special Subcommittee on H.. Associate Justice William O. Douglas: Final Report, Pursuant to H. Res. 93 ... September 17, 1970. 1970. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.
9. Web site: Les Pockell Has Died. 2022-01-28. www.adweek.com. en-US.