Background
Vestal, Jeanne Marie Goodspeed was born on October 30, 1930 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Daughter of Alvin Francis and Margaret Josephine (Stoddart) Goodspeed.
book publishing company executive
Vestal, Jeanne Marie Goodspeed was born on October 30, 1930 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Daughter of Alvin Francis and Margaret Josephine (Stoddart) Goodspeed.
Bachelor of Arts, Nazareth College, 1952.
Secretary, G.P. Putman's Sons, New York City, 1953-1956; assistant editor, Alfred A. Knopf, New York City, 1956-1960; editor-in-chief, Dial Press, Inc., New York City, 1960-1963; vice president, editor-in-chief, J.B. Lippincott, Inc., New York City, 1963-1973; senior vice president, editorial director, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York City, 1975-1991; public, 21st Century Books division Henry Holts & Company. New York City, since 1991.
Member Children's Book Council (president 1966-1967).
Married Fred Lowe Vestal, July 17, 1959.