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Effective February 27, Ben Sevier is joining Hachette Book Group as senior v-p and publisher of Grand Central Publishing and will join HBG's executive management board.
Sevier has 17 years of publishing experience and most recently was v-p and publisher of Dutton, where he worked for 10 years. Earlier, Sevier held editorial positions at Simon & Schuster, St. Martin's Press and HarperCollins Children's Books.
"I have admired Ben Sevier's work for many years," HBG CEO Michael Pietsch said. "He is a superb publisher of commercial fiction and nonfiction both, and combines acquisitions acumen with strong marketing, team-building, financial, and leadership skills. I know he will work excitingly with Grand Central Publishing's excellent staff and with HBG's superb sales team. I'm excited to welcome Ben to HBG's executive management board and to the writers and literary agents GCP works with. I'm confident that they will value the energy, quality of thought, and close partnership that Ben is renowned for."
Sevier commented: "Grand Central is doing some of the most dynamic and effective publishing in the business, and taking the helm there is a rare opportunity to lead an already superb publishing program to greater heights. I'm thrilled to join GCP's extraordinary and talented editorial and publishing teams. And I'm especially excited to begin working with GCP's spectacular writers, many of whom I've been reading with pleasure for years, to help them achieve their goals."
As announced late last year, Jamie Raab, Grand Central's president and publisher, is stepping down at the end of the month after 30 years with the company and its predecessor, Warner Books.