Mehta raised one of the book world’s top imprints to new heights through prize-winning literature by Toni Morrison, among others.

The fantasy writer quietly opened Beastly Books last month in Santa Fe next to the movie theater he revived in 2013.

“Strange Academy” is described as a supernatural coming-of-age saga set at a New Orleans school for teenagers from across the universe who have mystical powers.

The publisher of Barack and Michelle Obama has pledged to donate up to 300,000 children’s books to a leading educational organization, adding to the 1 million copies already given