Wise Out at John Murray; Saddler Goes Independent Again The John Murray imprint is doing so well that publishing director Gordon Wise has been fired, even as the editorial department is expanded. (Managing director Roland Philipps says the changes come “in the light of rapid growth John Murray has achieved since its acquisiton by Hodder Headline in 2002.”) Both a nonfiction publisher and a fiction editor will be recruited, PN reports. Separately, agent John Saddler is leaving Curtis Brown UK to set up his own agency again. Saddler had run an eponymous agency up until joining Curtis Brown in November […]