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I have searched the Writer's Market database of book publishers. This
is widely regarded as the most comprehensive list. Below is a list of
U.S. book publishers that publish mystery and suspense books. I've
gone through the complete listing and have focused below on publishing
houses that are medium- to large-sized.
ARCADE PUBLISHING
141 Fifth Ave.
New York NY 10010
Phone: (212)475-2633
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has recently changed.
Date of change: 5/29/2001
Publisher/editor-in-chief: Richard Seaver. Publisher/executive editor:
Jeannette Seaver.
Acquisitions:
Webb Younce, senior editor
About ARCADE PUBLISHING:
Arcade prides itself on publishing top-notch commercial nonfiction and
literary fiction, with a significant proportion of foreign writers.
ATHENEUM BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10020
Phone: (212)698-2715
Website: www.simonsayskids.com
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has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/13/2001
Nature of change: Minor revisions to text.
Associate Publisher/Vice President: Ginee Seo.
Acquisitions:
Anne Schwartz, editorial director, Anne Schwartz Books; Caitlyn
Dlouhy, senior editor; Richard Jackson, editorial director(Richard
Jackson Books)
About ATHENEUM BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS:
Atheneum Books for Young Readers publishes books aimed at children
from pre-school age, up through high school.
BALLANTINE BOOKS
Random House, Inc.
1540 Broadway
New York NY 10036
Phone: (212)782-9000
Website: www.randomhouse.com/BB
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/23/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Publisher: Gina Centrello. Senior VP/Editor-in-Chief: Nancy Miller.
VP/Editorial Director: Linda Marrow.
Acquisitions:
Joe Blades, vice president/executive editor (fiction: suspense,
mystery, nonfiction: pop culture, film history and criticism, travel);
Peter Borland, vice president/editorial director (fiction: commerical
and literary, nonfiction: narrative, popular culture, social history);
Tracy Brown, senior editor (fiction: literary, quality commerical,
paperback reprint nonfiction: history, travel, issue-oriented, nature,
narrative, biography, paperback reprint);
Allison Dickens, assistant editor (fiction: literary, women's fiction,
commercial, nonfiction: biography, narrative, history (art, culinary,
travel);
Anita Diggs, One World imprint, senior editor (fiction: literary,
mystery, commerical, romance, nonfiction: autobiography,
African-American studies, contemporary affairs, humor, essay, travel,
performing arts and film);
Charlotte Herscher, associate editor (fiction: historical and
contemporary romance);
Linda Marrow, vice president/editorial director (fiction: suspense,
women's, crime);
Leslie Meredith, Wellspring imprint, vice president/executive editor
(nonfiction: holistic health and nutrition, women's health and
spirituality, psychological spirituality, popular religion, popular
science and psychology, psychological astrology, self-help and
how-to);
Nancy Miller, senior vice president/editor-in-chief (nonfiction:
serious commercial, narrative, memoirs, issue-oriented health,
parenting);
Leona Nevler, vice president, executive editor (nonfiction:medical,
issue-oriented, inspirational narratives, fiction: literary,
thrillers, women's commercial, mystery);
Maureen O'Neal, vice president/editorial director (nonfiction: health,
childcare, parenting, narrative, diet, fiction: women's, quality
commercial, Southern fictiom, Ballantine Reader's Circle, trade
paperback);
Patricia Peters, assistant editor (nonfiction: biography, history,
travel, narrative, fiction: commercial, literary, mysteries);
Jeremie Ruby-Strauss, senior editor (nonfiction: celebrity,
youth-oriented, pop culture);
Dan Smetanka, senior editor (nonfiction: adventure, narrative,
science, religion, fiction: literary, quality commercial paperback
reprint, story collections);
Anika Stretfeld, assistant editor (nonfiction: narrative, psychology,
memoirs, women's studies, biography, spirituality, fiction: literary);
Shauna Summers, senior editor (fiction: historical and contemporary
romance, general women's fiction, thrillers, suspense).
About BALLANTINE BOOKS:
Ballantine Books publishes a wide variety of nonfiction and fiction.
BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
Random House Children's Publishing, Random House, Inc.
1540 Broadway
New York NY 10036
Phone: (212)782-9000
Fax: (212)782-9452
Website: www.randomhouse.com/kids
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has recently changed.
Date of change: 5/29/2001
Vice President/Publisher: Beverly Horowitz.
Acquisitions:
Michelle Poploff, editorial director
About BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS:
"Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers publishes award-winning
books by distinguished authors and the most promising new writers."
The best way to break in to this market is through its two contests,
the Marguerite de Angeli Contest and the Delacorte Press Contest for a
First Young Adult Novel, listed in the Contests & Awards section of
this book.
BENOY PUBLISHING
Imprint of P&D
735 Bragg Dr.
Unit H
Wilmington NC 28412
Phone: (910)796-0424
Fax: (910)796-0424
E-Mail: buzzy@benoypublishing.com
Website: www.benoypublishing.com
Acquisitions:
Buzzy Benoy, publisher (adult nonfiction); Deborah S. Hughes, senior
editor (fiction).
THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP
Penguin Putnam, Inc.
375 Hudson St.
New York NY 10014
Phone: (212)366-2000
Website: www.penguinputnam.com
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has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/16/2001
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Acquisitions:
Denise Silvestro, senior editor (general nonfiction, business); Tom
Colgan, senior editor (history, business, inspiration, biography,
suspense/thriller, mystery, adventure); Gail Fortune, senior editor
(women's fiction, romance, mystery); Martha Bushko, associate editor
(mystery, literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, history,
suspense/thriller); Kimberly Waltemyer, editor (adult western,
romance, mystery); Christine Zika, senior editor (women's fiction,
romance, mystery, health, diet, parenting, self-help, New Age,
relationships); Allison McCabe, senior editor (women's fiction,
literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, suspense/thriller, romance)
About THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP:
The Berkley Publishing Group publishes a variety of general nonfiction
and fiction including the traditional categories of romance, mystery
and science fiction.
CAGE CONSULTING, INC.
P.O. Box 69034
Tucson AZ 85737
Phone: (520)579-4318
Fax: (520)744-1792
E-Mail: cheryl@cageconsulting.com
Website: www.cageconsulting.com
Acquisitions:
Cheryl A. Cage, president.
CARROLL & GRAF PUBLISHERS INC.
Avalon Publishing Group
161 William St.
New York NY 10038
Phone: (646)375-2570
Fax: (646)375-2571
Website: www.avalonpub.com
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has recently changed.
Date of change: 4/10/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Acquisitions:
Herman Graf, publisher; Phillip Turner, executive editor; Tina
Pohlman, senior editor
About CARROLL & GRAF PUBLISHERS INC.:
Carroll and Graf Publishers offers quality fiction and nonfiction for
a general readership.
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
10 E. 53rd St.
New York NY 10022
Phone: (212)207-7000
Website: www.harpercollins.com
About HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS:
"HarperCollins, one of the largest English language publishers in the
world, is a broad-based publisher with strengths in academic, business
and professional, children's, educational, general interest, and
religious and spiritual books, as well as multimedia titles."
HENRY HOLT & COMPANY BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
Henry Holt & Co., Inc.
115 W. 18th St.
New York NY 10011
Phone: (212)886-9200
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 4/30/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Acquisitions:
Laura Godwin, associate publisher and editorial director
Christy Ottaviano, executive editor
Nina Ignatowicz, senior editor
Reka Simonsen, editor
Adriane Fry, associate editor
Kate Farrell, associate editor.
About HENRY HOLT & COMPANY BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS:
"Henry Holt Books for Young Readers publishes highly original and
cutting-edge fiction and nonfiction for all ages, from the very young
to the young adult."
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Houghton Mifflin Company
222 Berkeley St.
Boston MA 02116
Phone: (617)351-5959
Fax: (617)351-1111
E-Mail: children's_books@hmco.com
Website: www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/15/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Acquisitions:
Hannah Rodgers, submissions coordinator; Kim Keller, managing editor;
Ann Rider, Margaret Raymo, senior editors; Amy Flynn, editor; Kate
O'Sullivan, assistant editor.
About HOUGHTON MIFFLIN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN:
"Houghton Mifflin gives shape to ideas that educate, inform, and above
all, delight."
Editor's Note: Ranked as one of the best fiction and nonfiction book
markets in Writer's Yearbook Extra magazine's annual "Top 100 Book
Markets," 2001.
LITTLE, BROWN AND CO., CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Time Life Building
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10020
3 Center Plaza, Boston MA 02108. (617)227-0730. Associate Editor: Amy
Itsu.
Phone: (212)522-8700
Website: www.littlebrown.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/26/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Editorial Director/Associate Publisher: Maria Modugno. Senior Editor:
Cindy Eagan. Associate Editor: Amy Hsu
Acquisitions:
Leila Little
About LITTLE, BROWN AND CO., CHILDREN'S BOOKS:
Little, Brown and Co. publishes board books, picture books, middle
grade fiction and nonfiction YA titles. "We are looking for strong
writing and presentation, but no predetermined topics."
MORROW/AVON BOOKS
HarperCollins
10 E. 53rd St.
New York NY 10022
Website: www.avonbooks.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/17/2001
Nature of change: Information updated and verified. Name altered, new
address.
Acquisitions:
Editorial Submissions
POCKET BOOKS
Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10020
Phone: (212)698-7000
Website: www.simonsays.com
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has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/17/2001
Nature of change: Changed to agented submissions only.
Vice President/Editorial Director: Tracy Behar
About POCKET BOOKS:
Pocket Books publishes general interest nonfiction and adult fiction.
RANDOM HOUSE, TRADE PUBLISHING GROUP
Random House, Inc.
1540 Broadway
New York NY 10036
Phone: (212)782-9000
Website: www.randomhouse.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/30/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
About RANDOM HOUSE, TRADE PUBLISHING GROUP:
"Random House is the world's largest English-language general trade
book publisher. It includes an array of prestigious imprints that
publish some of the foremost writers of our time--in hardcover, trade
paperback, mass market paperback, electronic, multimedia and other
formats."
RISING TIDE PRESS
P.O. Box 30457
Tucson AZ 85751-0457
Phone: (520)888-1140
Fax: (520)888-1123
Website: www.risingtidepress.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 6/25/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Acquisitions:
Debra Tobin, partner (mystery, adventure, nonfiction)
Brenda Kazen, partner (science fiction, young adult fiction)
About RISING TIDE PRESS:
"We are committed to publishing books by, for and about strong women
and their lives.
SCRIBNER
Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10020
Phone: (212)698-7000
Website: www.simonsays.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 2/22/2002
Nature of change: Minor revisions to text.
Acquisitions:
Nan Graham (literary fiction, nonfiction); Rachel Sussman (fiction,
nonfiction); Brent Rumble (fiction, nonfiction); Colin Harrison
(nonfiction)
SOHO PRESS, INC.
853 Broadway
New York NY 10003
Phone: (212)260-1900
Website: www.sohopress.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/30/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Acquisitions:
Juris Jurjevics, publisher/editor-in-chief; Laura Hruska, associate
publisher
About SOHO PRESS, INC.:
Soho Press publishes literate fiction and nonfiction. Currently
emphasizing mystery, literary fiction, thrillers. De-emphasizing
cooking, how-to.
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS
175 Fifth Ave.
New York NY 10010
Phone: (212)674-5151
Fax: (212)420-9314
Website: www.stmartins.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 7/30/2002
Nature of change: Writer's guidelines added.
About ST. MARTIN'S PRESS:
General interest publisher of both fiction and nonfiction.
TIMBERWOLF PRESS, INC.
202 N. Allen Dr., Suite A
Allen TX 75013
Phone: (972)359-0911
Fax: (972)359-0525
E-Mail: submissions@timberwolfpress.com
Website: www.timberwolfpress.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 8/15/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Acquisitions:
Carol Woods, senior editor
VIKING
Penguin Putnam Inc.
375 Hudson St.
New York NY 10014
Phone: (212)366-2000
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 5/8/2002
Nature of change: Information updated and verified.
Publisher: Clare Ferraro.
About VIKING:
Viking publishes a mix of academic and popular fiction and nonfiction.
WARNER BOOKS
Time & Life Building
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10020
Phone: (212)522-7200
Website: www.twbookmark.com
This market entry
has recently changed.
Date of change: 2/22/2002
Nature of change: Minor revisions to text.
President/Time Warner Book Group: Maureen Egen
Acquisitions:
(Ms.) Jamie Raab, senior vice president/publisher (general nonfiction
and fiction)
Les Pockell, associate publisher (general nonfiction)
Rick Horgan, vice president/executive editor (general nonfiction and
fiction, thrillers)
Amy Einhorn, editorial director, trade paperback (popular culture,
business, fitness, self-help)
Beth de Guzman, editorial director, mass market (fiction, romance,
nonfiction)
Rick Wolff, vice president/executive editor (business, humor, sports)
Sara Ann Freed, editor-in-chief, Mysterious Press (mysteries,
suspense)
Caryn Karmatz Rudy, senior editor (fiction, general nonfiction,
popular culture)
Rob McMahon, senior editor (fiction, business, sports)
Diana Baroni, senior editor (health, fitness, general nonfiction and
fiction)
John Aherne, editor (popular culture, men's health, New Age, movie
tie-ins, general fiction)
Rolf Aettersten, vice president/Warner Faith (books for the CBA
market)
(Ms.) Jaime Levine, editor/Aspect (science fiction)
Karen Kosztolnyik, senior editor (women's fiction)
Jessica Papin, editor (general nonfiction, spirituality/New Age,
memoir/biography).
About WARNER BOOKS:
Warner publishes general interest fiction and nonfiction.
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publisher database. I searched for nonfiction book publishers in the
United States and the United Kingdom that publish either mystery or
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