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Shannon Ravenel
Shannon Ravenel, a St. Louis fiction editor who had studied creative writing with Louis Rubin, founded Algonquin Books with him in 1982. In 1990 Rubin turned control of the press over to his son Robert and to Ravenel, who closed the company's office in her St. Louis home and moved to Chapel Hill.
Source: UNC Libraries finding aid: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Records, 1982-2017
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- Louis Rubin and Shannon Ravenel start the press that became Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Rubin, then a UNC English professor, and editor Shannon Ravenel formed Bright Leaf Press, Inc., working from a garage at Rubin's home with money for a first pr… People: Shannon RavenelSearch the index · UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Records, 1982-2017
- Louis Rubin hands Algonquin Books to Shannon Ravenel and Robert Rubin A year after Workman Publishing of New York bought Algonquin, Rubin turned control over to his son Robert and to Shannon Ravenel, who moved the St. Louis offic… People: Shannon RavenelSearch the index · UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Records, 1982-2017
- Shannon Ravenel leaves Algonquin's editorial directorship for her own imprint Ravenel stepped down as editorial director of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill to choose books for Shannon Ravenel Books, an imprint within Algonquin, by then a …Search the index · South Carolina Encyclopedia: Ravenel, Shannon
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