Alex Clark steps down as Granta editor

Granta will be looking for its fourth editor in little over 18 months following the departure of Alex Clark from the literary quarterly
Alex Clark
Alex Clark: had only been in the job since September. Photograph: Sophia Evans

Granta will be looking for its fourth editor in little over 18 months following the departure of current incumbent Alex Clark from the literary quarterly.

The title's publisher issued a brief statement today confirming that Clark had left and that American editor John Freeman would become acting editor.

Clark had only been in the job since September, following the departure of Jason Cowley, who himself left just seven months into his tenure to become the editor of the New Statesman.

A former deputy literary editor of the Observer, Clark became the magazine's first female editor when she was promoted from deputy to take over in the wake of Cowley's departure.

The statement from Granta's board thanked Clark for her "positive contribution" and wished her success for the future.

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