The Inner Sanctum

JACK KENNEDY: Elusive Hero is a new portrait of John F. Kennedy by Chris Matthews, bestselling Kennedy expert and host of MSNBC’s Hardball. Read by Holter Graham with an introduction from Matthews, JACK KENNEDYfocuses on the relationships between Kennedy and twelve of the people who were around him the most and knew him the best, from his days at Choate (the Connecticut prep school that inspired his famous “Ask Not….” speech), through his heroism during World War II, his political career, and, always, his devotion to the Kennedy family.  Available as a digital download from iTunes and Audible now, the UAB CD will be available from bookstores in December!

Listen to our exlcusive interview with Chris Matthews:       Chris Matthews on JACK KENNEDY

The highly-anticipated biography STEVE JOBS from Walter Isaacson is now available on CD and for download. Read by Dylan Baker (The Good Wife) with an introduction from Isaacson, STEVE JOBS  is a riveting audiobook based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years, as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues.

Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple’s hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

A piercing look at the dark side of love and friendship for three women, as they face infidelity, the trials of parenting teens, and turning 40, read by four amazing actresses: January LaVoy, Jan Maxwell, Michele Pawk, and Janel Moloney. Watch our exclusive interview with author Ellen Hopkins as she discusses the audiobook HERE



The most ambitious and mesmerizing story Alice Hoffman has ever told, THE DOVEKEEPERS is about murder, magic, faith, love, loyalty, fate and personal destiny– and one of the most dramatic passages in ancient history.

Actresses Aya Cash, Tovah Feldshuh, Jessica Hecht, and Heather Lind narrate the story from the perspective of four Jewish women as their lives and fate interwine during the Roman siege of Masada in 70 C.E. Watch our exclusive interview with Alice Hoffman: http://bit.ly/nJw1vx

Bestselling author Susan Orlean narrates her latest audiobook, RIN TIN TIN: The Life and The Legend.  Watch out interview with Susan about the story behind the book and why it was so important for her to read the audiobook herself! Susan Orlean on the audiobook, RIN TIN TIN

It’s finally here! The last installment of the LEVIATHAN trilogy, GOLIATH, is now available on CD and for download. Check out our exclusive interview with author Scott Westerfeld and narrator (and Emmy Award-nominee) Alan Cumming HERE!

Jodi Picoult, the internationally bestselling and award-winning author of numerous books, and her daughter Samantha Van Leer, have teamed up to write a new teen novel: Between the Lines, planned for release in the Summer 2012 season.

Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several adult novels, including My Sister’s Keeper, House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart and Nineteen Minutes. Her daughter, Samantha Van Leer, is a junior in high school and pitched the idea of the book to Picoult, while she was in the middle of a book tour.

Between the Lines will be published jointly by Simon Pulse and Emily Bestler Books, and will be released on June 2012. This will be Van Leer’s debut book, while it will serve as Picoult’s debut teen book.

And another internationally bestselling adult author, Philippa Gregory, will also publish a series of young adult historical romance titles with Simon Pulse! Her first title is scheduled to release in Summer 2012.

Gregory is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Red Queen, with her Tudor series being adapted as a TV drama and The Other Boleyn Girl as a major film in 2008.

With this new deal, Gregory, and her historical and storytelling expertise, will be exposed to a new generation of young adult readers around the world.

Perfect by New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins is on sale now! A companion novel to the bestselling book Impulse, Perfect is a deeply empathetic and riveting portrait of teens striving past the possible to be perfect—and their quest to let perfection go and follow their hearts.

Ellen’s new revamped site has a bunch of online assets include the video trailer, a video interview, an excerpt of the book, as well as video excerpts of the audiobook. Click to get to Ellen’s new YA focused site: http://ellenhopkins.com/YoungAdult/perfect/

Also, Banned Books Week is coming up on 9/25! Visit our Banned Book Weeks site for PDFs of Ellen’s manifesto and more! Visit: http://pages.simonandschuster.com/bannedbooksweek

Twenty-six writers. One mystery. NO REST FOR THE DEAD is now available on CD as well as audio download. We spoke with DAVID BALDACCI, KATHY REICHS, JEFFERY DEAVER, and R.L. STINE about the audiobook and more. Check out the interviews here:

DAVID BALDACCI           KATHY REICHS           JEFFERY DEAVER          R.L. STINE

**Profits will be donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.**