Posted by EdJH on September 06, 2010 at 13:34:31:
In Reply to: Re: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book - How did Bellevue do it? posted by JeanC on September 05, 2010 at 12:37:11:
It's true. It sat in a drawer for three years before tiny Bellevue Literary Press was willing to print a few paperbacks of it.
: I heard Tinkers was turned down by every major publisher.
: : We've all been reading about how a tiny, specialized publisher (Bellevue Literary Press) published a Pulitzer prize-winning novel (Tinkers by Paul Harding), but how did they manage to get the attention of the Pulitzer committee?