PW: Dolin Quits at Plume/Dutton

The announcement of his departure was made by the company's new president, Clare Ferraro, who said that Dolin's "superb literary taste and his savvy sense of the marketplace" had been a great asset to those imprints, and before that to New American Library. Dolin said his 18 years there had been an "exciting and satisfying time," but "now that there has been a complete reorganization of the company, following the merger with Putnam, it seems a good time to seek challenges elsewhere."

Dolin joined New American Library as executive editor in 1980 after working at Harper &Row and Praeger in senior editorial positions, and was later instrumental in helping build Plume from a small imprint into a significant trade paperback line with an impressive backlist, particularly in literary and multicultural fiction, and later in gay fiction, too. Among authors he has worked with are Russell Baker, E.L. Doctorow, Gloria Steinem, Erica Jong, August Wilson, Terrence McNally and Toni Morrison.