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, serious fiction, high literature, or artistic literature, and sometimes just literature, encompasses fiction books and writings that are more character-driven rather than plot-driven, that examine the human condition, or that are ...

and international

crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definiti ...

series. Other works include published by it include

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autob ...

s. Its

Young Adult In medicine and the social sciences, a young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence, sometimes with some overlap. Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages ...

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

National Book Award The National Book Awards (NBA) are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. ...

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 (; 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 in secret from the a ...

(''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, and Jacqueline Winspear, recipient of the Agatha Award.

Soho Crime

Soho Crime is a department of Soho Press that focuses on international 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 Women's Circuit, ITF doubles titles. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked dou ...

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 (10 September 1936 – 10 April 2025), also known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of Historical mystery, historical and Detective fiction, contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known ser ...

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

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

, 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. History Constable & Co. was founded in 1795 by Archibald Constable, and became the publisher of works by Sir Walter Scott. In ...

, through which Soho Press releases British procedural mysteries in the United States. Authors have included Alison Bruce,

David Dickinson David Dickinson (born David Gulesserian; 16 August 1941) is an English antiques dealer and television presenter. Between 2000 and 2004, Dickinson hosted the BBC One antiques show '' Bargain Hunt'', where he was succeeded by Tim Wonnacott. D ...

, Suzette A. Hill, Pat McIntosh, 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 Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public resear ...

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