Adrienne Vaughan: Bloomsbury Publishing government dies in boat crash aged 45

A US publishing government has died after a boating accident off Italy’s Amalfi Coast.

Adrienne Vaughan fell into the water when a rented motorboat she was on together with her household crashed right into a sailboat that was carrying greater than 80 vacationers on Thursday, studies stated.

The 45-year-old was pulled out of the water and delivered to a dock however died earlier than an air ambulance arrived, in line with Italian media.

Ms Vaughan was president of Bloomsbury Publishing’s US department, which publishes the Harry Potter books and different titles within the US.

The firm confirmed Ms Vaughan’s demise – with tributes calling her an “extraordinary human being”.

Her husband Mike White was taken to hospital with a shoulder damage. Their two younger kids had been reported to be unhurt.

None of crew or vacationers on board the sailboat – a few of whom had been celebrating a marriage – are thought to have been damage.

The motorboat carrying the Vaughan household was rented via a skipper who allegedly examined constructive for substance use, in line with Italian information company ANSA – though it’s unclear whether or not the consequence was because of alcohol or drug consumption.

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The skipper, an Italian aged round 30 years outdated, broke his pelvis and ribs within the crash, the company stated.

The motorboat crashed when it was on its technique to Positano, probably the most well-liked vacationer resorts on the Italian shoreline.

An investigation into the crash has been launched by the Italian coastguard, overseen by prosecutors at a courthouse within the southern port metropolis of Salerno.

Ms Vaughan joined Bloomsbury in 2020 as government editor and chief working officer earlier than being promoted to president a 12 months later.

Under her management, the ebook Chasing Me To My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South received the celebrated Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2022.

Ms Vaughan, who had a grasp’s diploma in enterprise from New York University, beforehand labored at Oxford University Press and the Disney Book Group.

She additionally served on the board of trade commerce group the Association of American Publishers.

The affiliation stated Ms Vaughan was “the leader of a dazzling talent and infectious passion and had a deep commitment to authors and readers”.

“Most of all she was an extraordinary human being and those of us who had the opportunity to work with her will be forever fortunate,” an announcement added.