John Freeman, most recently the Executive Editor of Lit Hub and the former editor of Granta, has joined Knopf as an Executive Editor, effective March 15.“I’ve long admired John’s achievements as an editor and writer, and I can’t wait for him to bring his excellent, adventurous, wide-ranging taste to our list, where he’ll be acquiring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry,” said Reagan Arthur, EVP and Publisher, Knopf/Pantheon/Schocken.
Freeman will report directly to Arthur.In addition to Lit Hub and Granta, Freeman is the founder of Freeman’s, a literary annual published in several countries around the world.
Writers he has worked with include Valeria Luiselli, Sayaka Murata, Mohsin Hamid, Barry Lopez, Marlon James, Lydia Davis, Aminatta Forna,
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