The publishing world is in mourning after learning of the death of Adrienne Vaughan, president since 2021 of the US division of the publishing house responsible for the Harry Potter phenomenon, Bloomsbury USA.
The woman, who was traveling by boat with her family along the Amalfi coast, in southern Italy, fell into the sea and hit the propellers of a large 45-meter sailboat, in which some eighty people were celebrating a wedding.
Vaughan, 45, who before running the influential publishing house worked for the multinational Disney, had rented the small boat to enjoy a day of sailing with her husband and two children, who have been unharmed. The skipper of the boat in which the family was traveling, about 30 years old. has tested positive in toxicology tests, according to the investigations advanced this Friday by the local media.
Graduated from New York University and with a long career in the American publishing world, Vaughan had traveled to Italy to spend a few days on vacation in Rome and on the Amalfi coast, one of the favorite European destinations for North American tourists, according to what was published. herself on social media.
