19-544: Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New York–based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011) and Roberta Bender Grossman (1946–1992). Kensington is known as "America's Independent Publisher". It remains a multi-generational family business, with Steven Zacharius succeeding his father as president and CEO, and Adam Zacharius as general manager. It is the house of many New York Times bestselling authors, including Fern Michaels , Lisa Jackson , Joanne Fluke and William W. Johnstone . In addition to
38-421: A PhD and embarking on an academic career, but regarded making documentaries as a more effective way to convey history and engage with historical subjects. She released her first film in 1983, a biography of blues singer-songwriter Sippie Wallace called Sippie . The film was co-directed with Michelle Paymar. In 1995, Grossman produced and co-wrote Jack Leustig’s 500 Nations , an 8-hour CBS mini-series on
57-483: A Hunk of Lightning , aired on PBS's "American Masters" in 2014 and was produced by Grossman. She directed Above and Beyond (2015) for producer Nancy Spielberg. The feature-length documentary told the story of Jewish American World War II era pilots who volunteered to fight for Israel in its 1948 War of Independence, also establishing the Israeli Air Force. Interviews with pilots who flew these missions
76-738: A distribution agreement with Penguin Random House Publisher Services’ global sales force. Roberta Bender Grossman [REDACTED] This article relies largely or entirely on a single source . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . Find sources: "Roberta Bender Grossman" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( October 2017 ) Not to be confused with Roberta Grossman . Roberta Grossman (born 1946)
95-537: A feature documentary about her father, Abraham Joshua Heschel. In 2020, Grossman received the Taube Jewish Peoplehood Award. The award honors Jewish men and women who have worked to foster pride in Jewish identity and heritage for new generations, making a uniquely Jewish contribution to global culture. In 2021, along with Caroline Libresco, Grossman launched Jewish Story Partners (JSP),
114-471: A range of popular genres such as romance, military thrillers and espionage, women's fiction, African American, young adult and nonfiction, as well as true-crime , western, and mystery titles. Kensington Books was founded by Walter Zacharius and Roberta Bender Grossman in 1974 as the successor to the paperback publisher Lancer Books , specializing in paperback romance novels . The Zebra Books and Pinnacle Books imprints debuted in 1975. Rather than bookstores,
133-802: Is an American filmmaker . Her documentaries range from social justice inquiries to historical subjects with a focus on Jewish history . Grossman was born and raised in Los Angeles , California . She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a major in History and earned her MA in Producing from the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles. She considered obtaining
152-577: Is one of the highlights of the film. Grossman produced, wrote and directed a documentary about the secret archives of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. The archive, known as Oyneg Shabbos , was assembled and hidden under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum . The film, called Who Will Write Our History? is based on the book of the same name by historian Samuel Kassow of Trinity College in Connecticut. Grossman optioned
171-548: The Hebrew Bible for A&E and Women on Top for AMC . In 1999, Grossman founded the non-profit production company Katahdin Productions together with Lisa Thomas. Katahdin released its first feature film in 2005, Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action . Music from the movie, "Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Mother Earth" won the 2005 Grammy for Best Native American Album. In 2008, Katahdin released Blessed Is
190-573: The Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh. The film was produced by Marta Kauffman, written by Sophie Sartain and directed by Grossman and told the story of Hannah Senesh , a World War II era poet and diarist who parachuted behind enemy lines to rescue her mother and other Hungarian Jews. It won the audience award at 13 Jewish film festivals, was broadcast on PBS, nominated for a Primetime Emmy , and shortlisted for an Academy Award . Grossman and Sophie Sartain’s Hava Nagila: The Movie
209-739: The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. The film garnered numerous other awards on the festival circuit. On January 27, 2019, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the film was simultaneously screened on over 600 screens in 62 countries around the world. The film was also broadcast on NDR, Arte and the Discovery Channel in early 2020 and continues to be screened and discussed by community centers, organizations, museums and more and on college and high school campuses around
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#1732780034033228-633: The company since 1993 and has been president and CEO since 2005. He is also chairman of Kensington. The company's senior vice president, Michael Rosamilia, has been the CFO since 1989. Adam Zacharius, Steven's son, is the Vice President - General Manager and originally started working with Kensington seven years ago. Kensington is believed to be the only publishing company with three generations of family management. The staff totals over 85 employees and, in addition to its internal sales team, Kensington has
247-705: The company's books were generally sold in railroad stations, airports, bus terminals, and drug stores. In 2008, Kensington acquired the publishing assets of Holloway House (publishers of Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines ). Co-founder Walter Zacharius died in 2011. In addition to having run Lancer Books from 1961 to 1973, Zacharius authored the World War II novel Songbird , published by Simon & Schuster in 2004 and republished by Kensington Books in 2007 as The Memories We Keep . In 2022, Kensington acquired speculative fiction publisher Erewhon Books. Steven Zacharius, son of founder Walter Zacharius, has been with
266-589: The history of Native Americans. Executive producers were Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner . In the following years, she created several more historical documentaries for TV, including In the Footsteps of Jesus for The History Channel , The History of Sex and Rock and Roll for VH1 , Special Report: Las Vegas for MSNBC , Christianity: The First 1000 Years , Mysteries of the Bible: Judas , Heroines of
285-502: The over 500 new titles that the company publishes each year, it has a vast and diverse backlist that includes classics such as The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick , Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo , I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max and Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre . Kensington's imprints include Zebra Books , Pinnacle Books, Dafina, Citadel Press, and Lyrical Press, which provide readers with
304-479: The rights to the book and worked with Executive Producer Nancy Spielberg to raise money for the film. Who Will Write Our History was released in 2018 to great acclaim. Featuring the voices of three-time Academy Award nominee Joan Allen and Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, the film was a New York Times Critic’s Pick in 2019. It played in over 50 film festivals around the world, including Berlinale, Festa del Cinema di Roma, Palm Springs International Film Fest and
323-556: The world. Also in 2018, Grossman co-directed with Sophie Sartain the Netflix Original Documentary Seeing Allred , about women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred, which premiered in competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Along with producer Nancy Spielberg, Grossman is currently producing a documentary about famed photographer Roman Vishniac , directed by Laura Bialis. She is also collaborating with Sophie Sartain and Dr. Susannah Heschel on
342-1142: Was an American publisher. She was born in Brooklyn , New York City , and died March 13, 1992, at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan . She was founder and managing director of a number of book publishing companies, including Kensington Books and its imprint Zebra Books . References [ edit ] ^ "Roberta Grossman, 46, Head of Zebra Books" . The New York Times . The New York Times Company . Retrieved 6 October 2017 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roberta_Bender_Grossman&oldid=1144591145 " Categories : 1945 births 1992 deaths American publishing chief executives Hidden categories: Articles needing additional references from October 2017 All articles needing additional references Date of birth missing Roberta Grossman Roberta Grossman (born January 7, 1959)
361-427: Was released in 2012. The film was produced by Marta Kauffman. The feature-length documentary traced the journey of the song, Hava Nagila, from Ukraine to YouTube. Released theatrically and screened at 80 Jewish film festivals, Hava Nagila: The Movie was either opening or closing night at more than half of those festivals. Director Dyanna Taylor’s film about her grandmother, the photographer Dorothea Lange , Grab
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