J. Neil Schulman Author's Photo, 1979
J. Neil Schulman 1979 Alongside Night author's photo

Victor Koman photo of J. Neil Schulman,
used on Alongside Night Crown hardcover, 1979.



Cartoon: The Adventures of Oscar Collier, Literary Agent PANEL 1, Oscar Collier Literary Agent's office: Text Balloon, Oscar talking: Lisa, get Neil Schulman on the phone. We'd better tell him that after lying around the office for 11 months ...PANEL 2: Lisa Collier's desk: Text balloon, Oscar still talking: ... his book Alongside Night has been bought by Berkley. Text balloon, Lisa Collier talking: Gee, Dad, the phone keeps ringing but there's no answer. PANEL 3: In foreground: typewriter with paper showing words: Goodbye cruel world! and feet hanging down in background, sound: Brnnng! Brnng!

Cartoon, written by J. Neil Schulman (artist: Jeff Grimshaw), announcing the first sale of Alongside Night to Berkley Publishing in 1978.

Literary agent Oscar Collier had submitted the book 17 times before it was accepted. (The rights were reverted to Schulman before publication, and a year later Alongside Night was published by Crown.)

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