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Gary Fisketjon

Gary Fisketjon was an Editor and vice-president of Knopf Publishing until his dismissal in May 2019. Fisketjon created the Vintage Contemporaries line of paperbacks at Random House. He was the editorial director for the Atlantic Monthly Press from 1986 to 1990. Fisketjon joined Alfred A. Knopf in 1990 as editor-at-large.

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Gary Fisketjon (born 1954) was an Editor and vice-president of Knopf Publishing1 until his dismissal in May 2019.2 Fisketjon created the Vintage Contemporaries line of paperbacks at Random House.3 He was the editorial director for the Atlantic Monthly Press from 1986 to 1990.3 Fisketjon joined Alfred A. Knopf in 1990 as editor-at-large.3

Authors that Fisketjon has edited include Jay McInerney,3 Cormac McCarthy, Donna Tartt, Bret Easton Ellis, Tobias Wolff, Julian Barnes, Patricia Highsmith, Haruki Murakami, and Richard Ford.3

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  1. "Writing conference shows career paths, insight into world of writing". Montana Kaimin. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  2. "Knopf Fires High-Profile Editor Over Policy Breach". The New York Times. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2021-07-27. also access here via Wayback Machine
  3. McDowell, Edwin (May 2, 1990). "Book Notes". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-05-21.