>> we have doris kearns goodwin, long time simon & schuster author, writing "leadership in turbulent times", what doris does, she takes four of other favorite presidents, four presidents she's written about extensively. teddy roosevelt, fdr, and of course, lincoln. what she's doing, she's looking at their presidencies through the lens of leadership and management. she's been delivering a speech to business authors for many years and the i thithing she ta about is coalesced into an argument, what makes a great leader. she looks the a the president, not only in the formative experiences, but in the oval office and generous among the four. he has his own sort of unique-- they all have unique formative experiences, but, so she looks at them all and i think the take away is in terms of-- that's a big book for us. >> and you referred to doris kearns goodwin as a house author. >> i don't know that doris kearns goodwin is a house author. she's her own, but simon & schuster is proud to have published here. and rebecca tracer, she's a contributing writer and she had a best seller, "all the sing

it's one of the topics we want to discuss with our friend, presidential historian and author doris kearns goodwino is here with us in new york, and that is notable because -- i'm going to hold your hand as i say this -- you lost your husband, richard goodwin, just a few days ago, and we join everyone else in extending our condolences to you and remembering him. >> thank you, brian. indeed i'm so glad to be on with you because the tribute you gave to him was so incredible that it meant so much to me and my kids. i've spent a lifetime telling stories about people who are no longer alive. and having stories told now about everything my husband did for jfk, for bobby kennedy, more importantly for the country, for lbj, and having that out there, it's everything i care about. it's how a person lives on after they're gone. so it meant everything, and i'm so glad to share it with you tonight. >> well, we're grieving with you. as i tried to point out that night, he helped so many americans who never knew his name or never got to meet him, and that's, i think, the measure -- >> he was the best. >> -- of a

and gentlemen, jonathan karp, president of simon & schuster adult publishing on behalf of of doris kearns goodwin you. [applause] >> doris kearns goodwin couldn't be here but she was kind and generous enough to write this introduction which i now would like to read to you. what a special honor for me to introduce carolyn kroll reidy, my longtime publisher at simon & schuster, my good friend at this year's pen america honoree. the story of carolyn's love affair witbos gins with the image of a little girl holding a flashlight under the covers so she could read her favorite books long past the time she was supposed to be asleep, into the early hours of the morning. her love affair deepened in college and graduate school where she studied english literature on her way to obtaining a phd and becoming an english professor. little could she have realized or imagined the focus of her dissertation, the complex relationship between the writer and the reader and the high victorian novel would come to fruition from the height of the publishing industry where in a profoundly personal way she would help thousa