R.I.P. Jim Sutton, who helped launch Tom Clancy
Publisher's Weekly noted the passing of Jim Sutton, a book marketing and sales consultant who helped Tom Clancy get his start. Sutton died in Germany after suffering a heart attack and collapsing at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
PW said Sutton had a hand in Clancy’s career launch with the publication of "The Hunt for Red October," by the Naval Institute Press in Annapolis, where Sutton was sales and marketing director from 1978 to 1993. At the time of his death, Sutton was owner of Specialist Marketing International.
Clancy went on to become the king of the technno-thriller novel, and his books were adapted for wildly popular movies and video games -- earning enough for him to recently buy a Baltimore harborside penthouse worth more than $12 million.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, Baltimore.
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