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Farrar, Straus and Giroux is creating MCD/FSG, an imprint headed by Sean McDonald that will publish "work and experiment with publishing styles, forms, and genres that are at the edges of FSG's traditions and/or are new enough to have no tradition--publishing in new formats and exploring new perspectives on literary publishing."
FSG president and publisher Jonathan Galassi called McDonald "one of the most inventive, intuitive, and adventurous publishers of his generation.... I expect MCD/FSG will bring a fresh spirit and a new kind of creativity to the house."
McDonald, who is publisher of MCD/FSG and continues as v-p and director of digital and paperback publishing and publisher of FSG Originals, said: "When Jonathan suggested this--to create what he called a kind of lab in which we could find new ways to grow our business, and to grow the range of how and what FSG publishes--it felt like a dream come true: to get to build a team and try something new, but still work with my colleagues here, who I already know to be scary smart, impassioned, and inspiring. I can't imagine a better set-up." Before joining FSG six years ago, McDonald worked at Riverhead Books, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday and Arcade Publishing.
Daphne Durham has been named executive editor of MCD/FSG. She is a 15-year veteran of Amazon.com, where she has been editorial director in books and editor-in-chief and publisher of Amazon Publishing. She will work from Seattle.
In a related change, Emily Bell, now senior editor, FSG, will take on the additional role of director, FSG Originals.