Just after 4p.m. on Monday afternoon in New York, Simon & Schuster c.e.o. Jonathan Karp announced in a letter to his staff that the company's owner, Paramount Global, had agreed to sell S&S to KKR (Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co), one of the world's largest investment firms. Read more
'I'm very reassuringly honest'
‘My settings of Europe and English visitors weren't really doing it for them, so we decided Scotland would be good. I thought an island would be great, because it's a small community, and it's an opportunity for my main character to get away from it all. The team at HarperCollins have been so supportive and enthusiastic... Read more