Publisher and Atheneum co-founder Alfred A. (“Pat”) Knopf Jr., 90, died on February 14, 2009, from complications after a fall. He left the eponymous publishing house run by his parents, Alfred A. & Blanche Wolfe Knopf, after they refused to hire editor Simon Michael Bessie as their eventual successor. With Bessie and editor Hiram Haydn, Knopf founded Atheneum in 1959, and over the years the company has published SF/fantasy authors … Continue reading Alfred A. Knopf, 1918-2009