Author Robert J. Sawyer, who is also the editor of his eponymous imprint at Red Deer Press, reports that “long-time publisher Dennis Johnson has moved on to greener pastures, and Richard Dionne will be the new publisher starting 1 September 2007.” Two years ago, Toronto’s Fitzhenry & Whiteside bought Calgary-based Red Deer Press.
Sawyer says: “My profound thanks to Dennis for taking a chance on me as an editor, and for giving Robert J. Sawyer Books such a great start. Richard, Sharon Fitzhenry, and Red Deer Managing Editor Kirstin Morrell have all vigorously confirmed their commitment to Robert J. Sawyer Books. Our next title, Matthew Hughes’s The Commons, comes out this fall.”
Dionne is currently a senior editor at Fitzhenry & Whiteside.