Head of publisher Twelve forced out after 4 months

[January 12, 2011]  NEW YORK (AP) -- For the second time in four months, the leadership has changed at the publisher of books by such authors as Sen. Edward Kennedy and Christopher Hitchens.

Author-editor-producer Susan Lehman has been forced out as publisher of Twelve after taking over in September.

Twelve is an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, which announced Tuesday in an company e-mail shared with The Associated Press that associate publisher Cary Goldstein will replace Lehman effective immediately.

Grand Central executive vice president and publisher Jamie Raab praised Lehman as "extremely insightful, creative and talented" but added that "the role of publisher just wasn't the perfect fit."

Jonathan Karp started Twelve in 2005, but left in June to head the flagship trade imprint of Simon & Schuster.

[Associated Press; By HILLEL ITALIE]

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