How Did Stephen Rubin Climb Back Atop The Publishing Industry?

Two words: Michael Wolff. “Roughly nine years ago, when [Rubin] left Random House — where over the years he had made the authors Dan Brown and John Grisham into household names — for the less-glamorous perch of Henry Holt, some in the industry speculated that his once-powerful career was all but over. But Mr. Rubin now finds himself with a book that has arguably matched the heights of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘The Firm.'”