Bloomsbury USA President Adrienne Vaughan Killed During Boating Accident in Italy’s Amalfi Coast – E! Online

The publishing world has misplaced a vibrant star.

Adrienne Vaughan, the president of Bloomsbury USA, was killed in a tragic boating accident on Aug. 3 whereas vacationing together with her household in Italy. She was 45.

“Adrienne Vaughan was a frontrunner of dazzling expertise and infectious ardour and had a deep dedication to authors and readers,” mentioned board chair Julia Reidhead and president and CEO Maria A. Pallante in a press release to the Associated Press. “Most of all she was a unprecedented human being, and people of us who had the chance to work together with her can be ceaselessly lucky.”

In response to U.Okay.’s The Times, Vaughan was “thrown into the water when her 6m boat crashed right into a 40m crusing yacht” off of the Amalfi Coast. She was then struck by a propeller, the outlet reviews, and later died from the accidents.

After information of her loss of life emerged, one in all Vaughan’s former colleagues paid tribute to her on social media.