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Carolyn Kroll Reidy (May 2, 1949 – May 12, 2020) was an American business executive who was president and CEO of the American publishing company Simon & Schuster.
While CEO, Reidy was named the publishing industry's Person of the Year by the trade publication Publishers Weekly in 2019. In 2018, she was recognized as the PEN America Publisher Honoree.
In 1992, she joined Simon & Schuster as president of its Trade Division, then in 2001 became president of the Adult Publishing Group. She was made CEO of the entire publishing house in 2008.
She is known for navigating the company through the Great Recession and for publishing authors such as Doris Kearns Goodwin, David W. Blight, Stephen King, Jennifer Weiner, and Jason Reynolds.
Carolyn Reidy died of a heart attack in Southampton, New York, on May 12, 2020, aged 71. She was survived by her husband and three siblings. She was posthumously awarded the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community.
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