 Heinlein's correspondence with his agent shows this was the reason why he ceased to write for Scribners, taking "Starship Troopers" to George Putnam's Sons, where it was successfully published, winning the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Novel.In a letter dated September 19, 1960, Heinlein refers to an approach made to him to resume writing for Scribners through Heinlein's agent Lurton Blassingame in which he refused to return to their stable of juvenile book authors even though "I do know that Alice Dalgliesh is no longer there".The Choosing Book 1932 Macmillan, illustrated by Eloise Wilkins