Laura Hruska, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Soho Press, died Saturday. She was 74. With her her husband, Alan, and Juris Jurjevics, former editor-in-chief of the Dial Press, she founded Soho Press in 1986. Hruska also launched Soho Crime in 1994, followed by a third imprint, Soho Constable, in 2008. She played a major role in the careers of writers such as Edwidge Danticat, Dan Fesperman, Robert Hellenga, Susan Richards, Garth Stein and Jacqueline Winspear.

Effective January 1, Bronwen Hruska, Laura Hruska's daughter, became publisher of Soho Press. The company said: "All of us here are looking forward to carrying on the legacy, and the editorial integrity, to which Laura devoted so much of her life."