Sag Harbor Publisher Dr. Martin Shepard Dies 2 Photos
Judith and Dr. Martin Shepard in 2013. EXPRESS FILE
Judith and Dr. Martin Shepard.
Judith and Dr. Martin Shepard in 2013. EXPRESS FILE
Staff Writer on Jan 11, 2021
Dr. Martin Shepard, a psychiatrist, author, and with his wife, Judith, a trailblazing publisher, has died.
Dr. Shepard passed away at his home in Sag Harbor on December 17, 2020, at the age of 86. The cause was recently diagnosed cancer.
He was the subject of an extensive interview with book reviewer Norm Goldman on the website bookpleasures.com in 2011. The piece began with the author noting that The Permanent Press, which the Shepards owned, was committed “to publishing works of social and literary merit and has, over the decades, gained a reputation as one of the finest independent presses in America.”