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Kensington Publishing has launched John Scognamiglio Books, an imprint headed by Kensington editor-in-chief John Scognamiglio that will publish four to six hardcovers a year specializing in "the high-quality commercial fiction that readers love." Its first two titles are The Last Suppers by Mandy Mikulencak (January 2018) and This I Know by Eldonna Edwards (May 2018).
Scognamiglio joined Kensington in 1992 as an editor and became editor-in-chief in 2005. He commented: "My hope for the program is to shine a special spotlight on those novels that I feel are extra special. There's nothing I love more than discovering new authors and sharing them with others."
President and CEO Steven Zacharius said, "We're so pleased to offer John his own imprint. It's very well deserved, as shown by his contribution to Kensington during his 25-year tenure editing bestselling authors such as Lisa Jackson, Joanne Fluke and Ellen Marie Wiseman.... For him to curate and shape his own list will give readers a special opportunity to be introduced to wonderful stories and discover new authors."
Publisher Lynn Cully added, "John has been instrumental in shaping Kensington Publishing into the broad-based commercial publisher that it is today. When John joined the company 25 years ago, Kensington was primarily a publisher of mass market romance, horror and true crime. With his keen eye for quality and unerring sense of commercial taste, John has nurtured and developed authors into bestsellers, expanded our women's fiction and mystery program, and made significant contributions to our trade line."