Renowned American Fiction Editor Gary Fisketjon Dies at 72, Leaving Significant Literary Legacy
Gary Fisketjon, a highly influential American fiction editor, has passed away at the age of 72. Fisketjon was known for his significant contributions to modern American literature, having worked with acclaimed authors such as Don DeLillo, Cormac McCarthy, Jay McInerney, Donna Tartt, and Joy Williams. He began his distinguished career as the founding editor of Random House’s Vintage Contemporaries line in 1984. After a brief period at Atlantic Monthly Press, he returned to Random House in the early 1990s as an editor at Knopf, where he remained for 29 years. In 2006, Fisketjon was honored with the Center for Fiction’s Medal for Editorial Excellence. Although he was dismissed from Knopf in 2019 over a breach of company policy, he was tapped in July 2025 to lead the fiction book imprint Panamerica for the periodical County Highway.
