Harriet Popham McDougal Rigney was born on August 4,1939 and is an American editor.
22 Facts About Harriet McDougal
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Harriet McDougal Stoney Popham was born on August 4,1939, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Louisa McCord Popham and William Sherbrooke Popham.
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Harriet McDougal's maternal grandmother died the year she was born, and Harriet McDougal's mother Louisa soon inherited the family home in downtown Charleston.
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When William was made acting Commandant of the Charleston Naval Shipyard after the war, the family lived at the Yard briefly; but they soon returned to the downtown home, where Harriet McDougal spent the rest of her childhood.
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Harriet McDougal attended Ashley Hall where she was a distinguished member of the French and Latin clubs and president of the student body.
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Harriet McDougal graduated in 1960 and returned to Charleston for a year; she became engaged and un-engaged three times before leaving to find work in New York City.
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In 1977, Harriet McDougal returned to Charleston when her father died, following her mother's death the preceding year.
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Harriet McDougal met writer James Rigney and published his first book.
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Harriet McDougal lived with Harriet in the family home, doing his writing in the carriage house, until his death in 2007.
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In Charleston, Harriet McDougal participates in local societies and charitable causes.
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Harriet McDougal has served on the Board of Trustees for Ashley Hall, and to this day she meets with a group of schoolmates who call themselves the "First Graders", as they all began first grade together in Charleston.
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When Harriet McDougal finished college in 1960, she worked for a year as the assistant archivist at the South Carolina Historical Society, making $42.50 a week.
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When Harriet McDougal was editorial director for Ace, Doherty hired Jim Baen to work under her, and when Doherty left Ace to start Tor Books in 1980, Baen followed, working at Tor for a few years before starting his own imprint, Baen Books.
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Harriet McDougal's father died in 1977, just over a year after the death of her mother.
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Harriet McDougal met Robert Jordan through a local bookstore, where she learned from the owner that Jordan had sold his first novel, Warriors of the Altaii, to Jim Baen, and that when Baen had left Ace for Tor, Susan Allison had taken over for him at Ace and had reverted the rights for the book to Jordan, leaving him unpublished.
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Harriet McDougal left her contact information for Jordan on an index card.
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Harriet McDougal edited Robert Jordan's books until his death in 2007, though her role lessened as the years went on.
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Harriet McDougal chose up-and-coming author Brandon Sanderson for the task.
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Harriet McDougal put in front of me a print-out, and it was the eulogy for Robert Jordan that Brandon had posted on his web site.
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Harriet McDougal continued to play a highly active role in the fandom, attending many conventions and book signings with Sanderson, and edited Sanderson's work on the series along with Jordan's long-time assistants, Maria Livingston Simons and Alan Romanczuk.
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An encyclopedia for the series had been in the works for many years and, with the contract signed prior to Jordan's death, Harriet McDougal continued working with Team Jordan on the project.
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Harriet McDougal has contributed to the editing of The Way of Kings, the first book in Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive series, which was published in 2010.