Frank Wilson, Inquirer books editor, is leaving

Frank Wilson, the books editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, is leaving the newspaper. (I just saw the news on Sarah's site.)

I wrote for Frank for the past few years and it was always a great experience. He was one of the good people in a tough business, and someone who truly loved books -- all kinds of books. Under Frank's guidance, the Inquirer covered literary fiction and non-fiction and true crime and science fiction and poetry and lots of crime fiction -- anything a reader could want.

This is pure speculation, but I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't signal a decrease in books coverage by the Inquirer. I hope that I'm wrong.

Comments

[Patti Abbott]

Exactly what happened at the Detroit Free Press. We haven't had an inhouse or even local review since and the coverage has shrunk.

[Karen Olson]

A little bird — reliable — has told me there might be another round of layoffs at the Inquirer.