Quercus is a formerly independent publishing house, based in
London
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, that was acquired by
Hodder & Stoughton in 2014. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies.
Quercus is known for its lists in crime (publishing such authors as
Elly Griffiths
Elly Griffiths is the pen name of Domenica de Rosa (born 17 August 1963, in London), a British crime novelist. She has written three series as Griffiths, one featuring Ruth Galloway, one featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and Max Meph ...
,
Philip Kerr
Philip Ballantyne Kerr (22 February 1956 – 23 March 2018) was a British author, best known for his Bernie Gunther series of historical detective thrillers.
Early life
Kerr was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, where his father was an enginee ...
,
Peter May,
Peter Temple), its MacLehose Press imprint (formerly headed by
Christopher MacLehose), which publishes translated (often prize-winning) works by authors such as
Philippe Claudel,
Stieg Larsson, and
Valerio Varesi, its literary fiction titles (including by
Kimberley Freeman
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,
Prajwal Parajuly
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) and its Jo Fletcher Books imprint, which publishes
science fiction
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,
fantasy
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, and
horror.
Details
Smith and Davies had previously worked together at the
Orion Publishing Group.
In 2011, Quercus was chosen as the
Bonnier Publishing Publisher of the Year at the
Bookseller Industry Awards
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in London.
American imprint SilverOak was co-owned with
Sterling Publishing.
In March 2016, Quercus launched fiction and non-fiction imprint riverrun.
References
External links
* Quercus
Official Jo Fletcher Books websiteOfficial MacLehose Press websiteQuercus catalogue
Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Companies based in the City of London
Publishing companies established in 2004
2004 establishments in the United Kingdom
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