Seal Press is moving within Perseus Books from being an imprint of the Avalon Group to an imprint of Da Capo Press. Renee Sedliar, Da Capo Lifelong editorial director, will now also be editorial director of Seal, continuing to report to Da Capo publisher John Radziewicz. Seal executive editor Laura Mazer and senior editor Stephanie Knapp report to Sedliar, while associate publicist Molly Conway reports to Da Capo publicity director Lissa Warren. The position of Seal Press publisher is being eliminated, and Krista Lyons will leave the company effective July 1.
In a letter announcing the change, Susan Weinberg, senior v-p, publisher of Perseus Books, wrote: "There are many affinities between the Seal and Da Capo publishing programs, and our hope and expectation is that joining forces will strengthen them both. Meanwhile I’d like to thank the entire team at Avalon for their long and successful stewardship of Seal and its publishing mission."
"Seal Press has been an extraordinary presence for 40 years," Sedliar noted. "We're looking forward to furthering Seal's mission of publishing life-changing books that range from gutsy to provocative to hilarious--books that start conversations and keep them going."
Avalon publisher Bill Newlin said Lyons "has been Seal's champion, publishing books for an expanding readership while remaining true to Seal's roots in the feminist movement. For 19 years Krista has been a leader, a mentor and a friend to countless authors and colleagues at both Seal and Avalon Travel, for which we're enormously grateful."