St. Martin’s Press publisher Matthew Shear, 57, died on Wednesday after a three-year battle with cancer that was unknown to nearly all of his colleagues. He joined St. Martin’s in 1995, and prior to that he worked at Bantam. The memorial service is tomorrow at 10:00 at Riverside Memorial Chapel (180 W 76th Street in NYC), with the family greeting guests starting at 9:00. The family will also receive guests at their apartment, 895 West End Avenue, Apartment 4A, after the service and all day Saturday. The family asks that those wishing to make a donation in Shear’s memory do so to the […]