Gary Fisketjon

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Gary Fisketjon (born 1954) was an Editor and vice-president of Knopf Publishing [1] 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] and Richard Ford. [3]

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