Local figure
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
1938– · Dates from the Library of Congress · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Life and Orange County connections
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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 printing of 1,500 copies. As Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill it went on to publish Clyde Edgerton, Dori Sanders and Jill McCorkle. People: Shannon Ravenel, Clyde Edgerton, Jill McCorkleSearch 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 office to Chapel Hill. 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 division of Workman Publishing.Search the index · South Carolina Encyclopedia: Ravenel, Shannon
People named in the same events
People named in the same dated entries as Shannon Ravenel, those sharing the most entries first. Each line links one of the shared entries in the chronology, where its source is cited. A shared entry shows these people in the same event, not how well they knew each other.
- Louis D. Rubin Jr. 2 entries, including Louis Rubin and Shannon Ravenel start the press that became Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (1982)
- Clyde Edgerton 1 entry: Louis Rubin and Shannon Ravenel start the press that became Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (1982)
- Jill McCorkle 1 entry: Louis Rubin and Shannon Ravenel start the press that became Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (1982)
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