Pat Walsh Returning to MacAdam/Cage

By Rachel Deahl -- Publishers Weekly, 4/15/2008 2:24:00 PM

Pat Walsh is returning to MacAdam/Cage in the newly created position of editor-in-chief. Walsh, who left his editor job at the literary San Francisco house in 2005 to pursue his writing career, remained in touch with staffers throughout his time away. According to publicity director Julie Burton, Walsh was in close contact with publisher David Poindexter and, after the two “casually” discussed Walsh coming back on board, Poindexter has “made it official.”

Walsh, who was among the founding editors of MacAdam/Cage in 1998, will be taking on a more executive role than he previously held, overseeing the editorial department and, as Burton noted, maintaining “a heavy hand in marketing.” Walsh will not, however, be taking over anyone else’s workload.

Since he left the house, Walsh has published three books, including 78 Reasons Why Your Book Will Never Be Published and 14 Reasons Why It Just Might (Penguin); he will be returning to the Bay Area with his family for the job, after living in Portland, Ore. With Walsh on board, McAdam/Cage will have 14 employees, five of whom are in the editorial department.