The dynamic publisher, known for memorable parties and famous friends, is credited with many of publishing’s enduring bestsellers
Stephen Rubin, a longtime publishing executive with an eye for bestsellers and a passion for music and public life who helped launched the career of John Grisham, among others, and released such blockbusters as The Da Vinci Code and Fire and Fury, has died. He was 81.
Rubin died Friday at a hospital in Manhattan after “a brief and sudden illness”, according to his nephew, David Rotter.
