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| Devi Pillai | |
Fritz Foy is retiring as president and publisher of Tom Doherty Associates, and is being succeeded by Devi Pillai, effective immediately.
Pillai joined Macmillan in 2016 as associate publisher, Tor/Forge Books. She was promoted to publisher, v-p, Tor/Forge Books in 2018, and assumed responsibility for the Tor Teen and Starscape imprints in 2020. At Tom Doherty Associates, she has edited authors including Brandon Sanderson, Christopher Paolini, Jenn Lyons and Arkady Martine. She started her career at Harper Business/HarperVoyager, and later moved to Warner Books and Orbit at Hachette Book Group, where she rose to the position of editorial director. At Orbit, she worked with such authors as Joe Abercrombie, Brent Weeks, Gail Carriger, Kate Elliott, Lilith Saintcrow and N.K. Jemisin.
Pillai said, "Tom Doherty Associates has seen year-on-year growth, and we have a record breaking number of awards and nominations. I am excited for the chance to lead TDA as we continue to ascend to new heights and become more diverse and inclusive both on the shelf and behind the scenes."
Jon Yaged, president of Macmillan Publishers US (Trade), called Pillai "incisive, passionate, and decisive--perfect qualities to lead TDA into the future and sustain its status as the preeminent science fiction and fantasy publisher."
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| Fritz Foy | |
Foy joined Macmillan from Simon & Schuster in 1997 as chief technology officer, a time when, Macmillan Publishers CEO Don Weisberg recalled, "there was a one-person IT 'department,' all data was outsourced, and no one had e-mail. Fritz helped create the myriad systems we use every day, including the royalty system, the data warehouse, and sales reporting. He put systems in place in our offices in Germany, the U.K., and at Macmillan Learning as well, and did all of this on a shoestring budget."
Foy also "helped build Tor.com from a website into the powerhouse it is today," Weisberg continued. "When Macmillan Learning's new platform had a meltdown, Fritz dropped his day job in Trade and fixed it. He started both the central/digital marketing and supply chain departments. When the digital transformation in publishing arrived, Fritz played a key role in developing the AAP relationship with Google, shaping the future of copyright."
Weisberg thanked Foy for his "contributions throughout the last 25 years, not only to TDA but to Macmillan as a whole."