Previous recipients included Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Arthur Miller, Studs Terkel and Garrison Keillor. Maddow is the third woman to receive the prestigious award and the first recipient under the age of 40.

Thomas Steinbeck, son of the great John Steinbeck, had this statement in the release: “My father would have adored Rachel Maddow … Listening to Rachel Maddow is like listening to Walter Cronkite. We have that kind of trust in her. When I watch Rachel Maddow, I feel like I’m part of an alliance. I hope she’s in it for the long haul, because we really need her.”

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With such popular series as the Hunger Games and Twilight ending, voracious readers looking for the next great series devoured Beth Revis’s first novel, Across the Universe, catapulting her from an unknown to a bestseller overnight. Fans of that YA Sci-Fi romantic thriller will be thrilled to find out that the second book in the trilogy, A Million Suns, is now available.

In Across the Universe, protagonist Amy had her cryogenically frozen body unplugged before the spaceship Godspeed reached its intended planet. As a result, she was thrown into the midst of intrigue aboard the ship and its sheltered, strange community ruled by a tyrannical Eldest. That first novel held readers with its combination of exciting space travel, plots and counter-plots, and compelling main character’s romance with the one called Elder.

Now Amy’s back, and in even more dire straits: not only is the society aboard the spaceship ever more claustrophobic, but the Godspeed itself has begun to fall apart. With resources dwindling, how long can Amy and her allies and enemies alike—2,298 people—stay aboard the ship? And where will they go if not? The solution may be found in a centuries-old mystery about the Godspeed, which Amy and Elder must work together to solve. Whether readers preferred Amy or Elder in the first book, they’ll have their choice, as A Million Suns bounces back and forth between both viewpoints. The new book is getting as much praise as the first, with Kirkus Reviews calling it a “ripping space thriller” with “unforgettable” characters, in a starred review. According to Booklist it’s a “crackerjack read, with two game-changing surprises that will effectively drop jaws…Revis might just make straight-up sci-fi cool again.”

Revis has been a big supporter of group author tours, and she’s been traveling around the country as part of several of them: the Smart Chicks Kick it tour, the Ash to Nash tour, and a Breathless Reads tour. Check for an appearance in your area.

With such popular series as the Hunger Games and Twilight ending, voracious readers looking for the next great series devoured Beth Revis’s first novel, Across the Universe, catapulting her from an unknown to a bestseller overnight. Fans of that YA Sci-Fi romantic thriller will be thrilled to find out that the second book in the trilogy, A Million Suns, is now available.

In Across the Universe, protagonist Amy had her cryogenically frozen body unplugged before the spaceship Godspeed reached its intended planet. As a result, she was thrown into the midst of intrigue aboard the ship and its sheltered, strange community ruled by a tyrannical Eldest. That first novel held readers with its combination of exciting space travel, plots and counter-plots, and compelling main character’s romance with the one called Elder.

Now Amy’s back, and in even more dire straits: not only is the society aboard the spaceship ever more claustrophobic, but the Godspeed itself has begun to fall apart. With resources dwindling, how long can Amy and her allies and enemies alike—2,298 people—stay aboard the ship? And where will they go if not? The solution may be found in a centuries-old mystery about the Godspeed, which Amy and Elder must work together to solve. Whether readers preferred Amy or Elder in the first book, they’ll have their choice, as A Million Suns bounces back and forth between both viewpoints. The new book is getting as much praise as the first, with Kirkus Reviews calling it a “ripping space thriller” with “unforgettable” characters, in a starred review. According to Booklist it’s a “crackerjack read, with two game-changing surprises that will effectively drop jaws…Revis might just make straight-up sci-fi cool again.”

Revis has been a big supporter of group author tours, and she’s been traveling around the country as part of several of them: the Smart Chicks Kick it tour, the Ash to Nash tour, and a Breathless Reads tour. Check for an appearance in your area.

This week, Sixth&Spring Books is hiring an art/production/design assistant, while Workman Publishing Co. is on the hunt for a new managing editor. ALM is seeking a legal book editor, and Macmillan High Education Publishing Group is looking for a director of its high school division. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional just-posted jobs on mediabistro.com.

• Art/Production/Design Assistant Sixth&Spring Books (New York, NY)
• Managing Editor Workman Publishing, Co. (New York, NY)
• Legal Book Editor ALM (New York, NY)
• Editorial Assistant DC Literary Agency (Washington, DC)
• Director, High School Macmillan High Education Publishing Group (New York, NY)

For more job listings, go to the Mediabistro job board, and to post a job, visit our employer page. For real-time openings and employment news, follow @MBJobPost.

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

This week, Sixth&Spring Books is hiring an art/production/design assistant, while Workman Publishing Co. is on the hunt for a new managing editor. ALM is seeking a legal book editor, and Macmillan High Education Publishing Group is looking for a director of its high school division. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional just-posted jobs on mediabistro.com.

• Art/Production/Design Assistant Sixth&Spring Books (New York, NY)
• Managing Editor Workman Publishing, Co. (New York, NY)
• Legal Book Editor ALM (New York, NY)
• Editorial Assistant DC Literary Agency (Washington, DC)
• Director, High School Macmillan High Education Publishing Group (New York, NY)

For more job listings, go to the Mediabistro job board, and to post a job, visit our employer page. For real-time openings and employment news, follow @MBJobPost.

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

This week, Sixth&Spring Books is hiring an art/production/design assistant, while Workman Publishing Co. is on the hunt for a new managing editor. ALM is seeking a legal book editor, and Macmillan High Education Publishing Group is looking for a director of its high school division. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional just-posted jobs on mediabistro.com.

• Art/Production/Design Assistant Sixth&Spring Books (New York, NY)
• Managing Editor Workman Publishing, Co. (New York, NY)
• Legal Book Editor ALM (New York, NY)
• Editorial Assistant DC Literary Agency (Washington, DC)
• Director, High School Macmillan High Education Publishing Group (New York, NY)

For more job listings, go to the Mediabistro job board, and to post a job, visit our employer page. For real-time openings and employment news, follow @MBJobPost.

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Here’s more from the release: “Andi had written more than 40 percent of the book when she contacted and started collaborating with Swedish musician and YouTube sensation FreddeGredde. Together they developed the book’s soundtrack including two original songs: ‘Don’t Look Back’ and ‘This Falling World,’ lyrics written by Andi and music composed by Fredde.”

The book will be Open Road Integrated Media’s first original young-adult enhanced eBook. Buchanan’s Gift comes out on March 27th, priced at $16.99.

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