Seymour Lawrence

Seymour Lawrence (1926–1994) was an American publisher, first with the Atlantic Monthly Press, and later with his own imprint, Seymour Lawrence, Inc.

Early life and career

Seymour Lawrence was born on 11 February 1926 in New York City, to Jack and Sophie L. Lawrence. He attended Harvard University, where he was the editor of the literary magazine Wake, and graduated in 1948. He was married to Merloyd Ludington, with whom he had a son and a daughter, from 1952 to their divorce in 1985. In the year before the divorce, she created her own imprint, Merloyd Lawrence Books.

In his later years, he lived with writer Joan Williams.