Thomas Dunne, who has been an editor at St. Martin's Press since 1971 and had his own imprint since 1986, is changing his role and imprint to create a "smaller and more focused group"; St. Martin's president and publisher Sally Richardson said the imprint will have a "boutique" list.
Emphasizing that he has "no interest in retirement or semi-retirement" and is "still having fun," Dunne said that "overseeing a list of 15 editors and assistants who report to me is more than I feel I want to manage at this point in my career."
The smaller, restructured Dunne imprint will include executive editor Peter Joseph, associate editor Melanie Fried and Dunne's assistant, Cameron Jones. The rest of the Thomas Dunne Books staff will move into other roles at St. Martin's. Dunne will focus on acquisitions and noted that he will continue to be involved in St. Martin's strategic planning.
The restructured Thomas Dunne Books will, Dunne said, acquire "several dozen titles a year, a mix of very commercial works and also books of unusual quality that might not fit the typical definition of commercial. In other words, we will continue much as before."