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| Luisa Cruz Smith | |
Luisa Cruz Smith has been named editor-in-chief of the Mysterious Press, effective July 1. For many years, Smith has been head buyer at Book Passage, Corte Madera and San Francisco, Calif. For the past three years, she has also been editor-in-chief, a part-time position, of Scarlet, which like the Mysterious Press, is an imprint of Penzler Publishers; she will retain that position. She can be reached at Luisa@penzlerpublishers.com.
"In my more than four decades in publishing, I have never known another editor so skilled at working with authors on all facets of a manuscript to make it the best it can be," said Otto Penzler, president of Penzler Publishers. "The books on which she has worked have received consistently exceptional reviews.... Having Luisa join Penzler Publishers on a full-time basis is thrilling and will enable us to continue the growth that we've experienced over the past year."
Smith commented: "I am thrilled to be given this opportunity as some of my favorite writers are published by The Mysterious Press. I am looking forward to working with the impressive list of current authors and discovering exciting new voices to best represent the imprint in its next chapter."
Charles Perry, publisher of all four Penzler Publishers imprints, added: "Luisa has done a great job acquiring and developing psychological suspense authors for Scarlet over the past three years, and I'm excited to see her bring her editorial vision and expertise to The Mysterious Press."