Robert caro has appeared on q a and is also appeared through the National Book festival in september. House of stone, you remembered that Anthony Shadid died in syria while covering syria for the Washington Post. His wife will be here representing him and that is not a lottery. Katherine boo has been nominated in the nonfiction category, behind a beautiful forevers about a slum in mumbai india and finally Anne Applebaum has been nominated for iron curtain. That book is just out and she is scheduled to appear under q a and show in december, so you will be able to see her as well and robert caro will be interviewing those others as we go and we will be watching the red carpet here as some of the authors have their pictures taken that right now we want to talk to the chairman of the National Book foundation and this is david steinberger. David steinberger is the head of the Perseus Book Group. If you would, tell us for those who dont know what is the National Book award . The National Boo
Were on the red carpet. Finalist in poetry, young adult literature, nonfiction, and fiction books, and of course being booktv, we focus on the nonfiction. We want to let you know who some of the nine fiction finalist are. Domingo martinez, his book is boy kings of texas. His fourth volume on the lbj legacy, and robert caro appeared on q a and at the National Book festival in september. The late Anthony Shadid has been nominated. He died in syria while covering syria for the Washington Post. His wife will be here representing him, and thats nada bachary. Katherine boo has been nominated, behind the beautiful forever, about mumbai, and Anne Applebaum has a book out and is scheduled on our q a show in september. So well be interviewing those authors as we go. Well be watching the red carpet here as some of the authors have their picture taken. Right now we want to talk to the chairman of the National Book foundation, and this is david steinberger. Mr. Steinbergers is also head of the beco
Agency. My only rule at five in the morning, i had to start writing, get right into the story before i could put the water on for coffee. Most of the fiction i wrote at daybreak sold the magazine. For 2 cents a word. 310 to yuma in 1953, 4500 words western, sold 490. Two years later, a studio paid 4000 to make a movie starring glenn ford. And i liked it a lot, but walter called the picture three hours and 10 minutes past high noon. [laughter] in 1969, i wrote my first book that wasnt a western called the big bounce. My agent in hollywood at the time to read, called and said kidd, im going to make you rich. He saw the big bounce as a quick movie sale. Send it out to producers over the next few months and got 84 rejections. I did top that record. I got 105 rejections for another story that offered hitchcock bought, but then died on [laughter] but the book did so, and, and twice was adapted for the screen. Now, i cant believe anyone in this room so that either version of the picture or re
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