Chronicle Publisher Christine Carswell to Retire
Longtime Chronicle Books publisher Christine Carswell will retire in April of this year. Carswell joined Chronicle in 1994 as executive director of the adult trade division, and was named publisher in 2007.
Carswell began her publishing career in the U.K. at the publishing imprint Chatto & Windus and left the company as its deputy managing director and publisher of the Hogarth Press. After moving to the U.S., she became a book packager, managed a computer publishing company, and worked at Ten Speed Press, before joining Chronicle.
"Little could I have imagined, way back as a student in Scotland determined to get her start in publishing, that one day I’d be here in California with the best job in the business," said Carswell in a statement. "It has been the gift of a lifetime to collaborate with partners near and far, especially my beloved and super-talented Chroniclers, on a purpose we all hold so dear: to spark explorations, connections, and new ways of seeing—and to bring smiles of discovery, enrichment, and enjoyment."
