[1] John Donatich's writing has appeared in various periodicals including Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly and The Village Voice.
[1] From 1995 to 2003, Donatich served as publisher and vice president of Basic Books.
While at Basic Books, Donatich published such authors as Christopher Hitchens, Steven Pinker, Samantha Power, Alan Dershowitz, Sir Martin Rees and Richard Florida.
Donatich began the Margellos World Republic of Letters, a literature in translation series that published such authors as Adonis, Norman Manea and Claudio Magris, as well as the Nobel laureates Patrick Modiano, Elfriede Jelinek and Annie Ernaux.
Donatich is married to Betsy Lerner, a literary agent and author; together they have a daughter, Raffaella.