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| Liz Perle | |
Liz Perle, a writer and former publishing executive "who co-founded Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families navigate the complex worlds of entertainment, media and technology," died Thursday, the New York Times reported. She was 59. Perle held executive posts at Times Books, Bantam Books, Prentice Hall and Addison-Wesley. In 2006, her book Money, a Memoir: Women, Emotions and Cash was published. She "eventually got a job as an editor at large for HarperSanFrancisco, where she worked with the actor Sidney Poitier and the primatologist Jane Goodall. She and [Jim] Steyer started Common Sense Media a few years later," the Times noted.
A remembrance on Common Sense Media's website noted: "Those of us who had the unbelievable pleasure of working with Liz since Common Sense was founded 12 years ago know that her talent, passion, wisdom, humor and loving spirit infuse every aspect of our organization and the work we do for kids and families. We recently created the Liz Perle Fellowship for Editorial Excellence as one of several ways to recognize her extraordinary contributions and gifts to all of us."