as intent on crossing genres as we are enthusiastic about our first three authors. It only gets weirder from here." In October 2011, Ecco announced that Dennis Lehane would have his own eponymous publishing line, acquiring ". . . literary fiction with a dark urban edge.” One of the initial books in the line was Ivy Pochoda's Visitation Street. In 2020, it was announced that founding editor Daniel Halpern would move to an editor at large position; in 2021, fifty years after founding Ecco Press, Halpern joined Alfred A. Knopf as executive editor. Selected Awards Notes and references External links An interview with Ecco Press founding editor Daniel Halpern An interview with Ecco Press editor Matt Weiland Book publishing companies based in New York (state) Publishing companies established in 1971 HarperCollins books American companies established in 1971 1971 establishments in New York City