Soho Press is a New York City-based publisher founded by Juris Jurjevics and Laura Hruska in 1986 and currently headed by Bronwen Hruska. It specializes in

literary fiction Literary fiction, mainstream fiction, non-genre fiction or serious fiction is a label that, in the book trade, refers to market novels that do not fit neatly into an established genre (see genre fiction); or, otherwise, refers to novels that are ch ...

and international

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series. Other works include published by it include

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s. Its

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imprint Soho Teen, which focuses on YA mysteries and thrillers. Soho Press releases an average of 90 titles per year. Its fiction backlist holds titles from several notable authors, such as

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finalist

Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat (; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian-American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, '' Breath, Eyes, Memory'', was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written ...

(''Krik? Krak!''),

Sue Townsend Susan Lillian Townsend, FRSL (née Johnstone, 2 April 194610 April 2014), was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole. After writing ...

(''Adrian Mole: The Lost Years''), Maria Thomas (''Antonia Saw the Oryx First''), Jake Arnott (''Long Firm-C''), John L'Heureux (''The Handmaid of Desire''),

Delores Phillips Delores Phillips (26 September 1950 – 7 June 2014) was an American author who is known for her acclaimed debut novel, '' The Darkest Child'' (Soho Press, 2005). Born in Georgia, Phillips explores the racial dynamics of the 1950s rural South ...

, and Jacqueline Winspear, recipient of the Agatha Award.

Soho Crime

Soho Crime is a department of Soho Press that focuses on exotic crime series. It has produced works from widely read authors like

Cara Black Cara Cavell Black (born 17 February 1979) is a Zimbabwean former professional tennis player. Black was primarily a doubles specialist, winning 60 WTA Tour and 11 ITF doubles titles. A former doubles world No. 1, she won ten major titles. By ...

Stuart Neville Stuart Neville (born 1972) is a Northern Irish author best known for his novel ''The Twelve'' or, as it is known in the United States, ''The Ghosts of Belfast''. He was born and grew up in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Works ''The Twelve'' was plac ...

, Colin Cotterill, Timothy Williams, and

Peter Lovesey Peter (Harmer) Lovesey (born 1936), also known by his pen name Peter Lear, is a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detect ...

. Each crime novel or series explores a foreign country or exotic culture. Settings have included Paris, Bath, Northern Ireland, Laos, South Korea,

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, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Bristol, Madrid, and Berlin.

Soho Constable

Soho Constable was a co-publishing venture with UK publisher

Constable & Robinson Constable & Robinson Ltd. is an imprint of Little, Brown which publishes fiction and non-fiction books and ebooks. Founded in Edinburgh in 1795 by Archibald Constable as Constable & Co., and by Nick Robinson as Robinson Publishing Ltd in 198 ...

, through which Soho Press releases British procedural mysteries in the United States. Authors have included Alison Bruce, David Dickinson, Suzette A. Hill,

Pat McIntosh Pat McIntosh is a Scottish writer of historical mystery fiction and fantasy. Life and career McIntosh was born and raised in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Having begun to write at age seven, she credits the author who inspired her to write as "probab ...

, R.T. Raichev, James Craig, and

Barbara Cleverly Barbara Cleverly is a British author born in Yorkshire and a former teacher. She graduated from Durham University and now works in Cambridgeshire. She is known for her ''Detective Joe Sandilands Mystery'' series, of which she has written thirte ...

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