John Radziewicz, who has been v-p and publisher of Da Capo Press since 1999, is retiring, effective November 30. He earlier worked at Harcourt Brace and Houghton Mifflin.
Susan Weinberg, senior v-p & publisher of Perseus Books, commented that "during his nearly 20-year tenure, Da Capo has been responsible for the nurturing of some true publishing gems, including Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, Esmeralda Santiago's When I Was Puerto Rican, and the classic cookbook Veganomicon. The music list has grown to embrace bestselling artists as varied as Corey Taylor and Brian Wilson, NOFX and Buddy Guy. The history list launched Alex Kershaw, Stephen Harding, and Harlow Giles Unger onto the New York Times bestseller list and has expanded to include contemporary military accounts like We Were One and Brothers Forever. On the Lifelong wellness list, Jenny McCarthy's bestselling Belly Laughs has become a backlist classic, joined recently by titles as wide-ranging as The Microbiome Diet and I Wish My Teacher Knew. Two years ago, Seal Press became part of Da Capo, and the team this year launched the Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo."
Weinberg added: "John's commitment and work ethic have been outstanding, and we will miss his erudite e-mails, his witty sotto voce remarks, and his enthusiasm for his authors, his colleagues, our books and the business of publishing."