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Mysterious Press
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Fiction genresmystery
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The Mysterious Press is an American publishing company specializing in mystery fiction based in New York City.[1] The company has been associated with various publishing companies, most recently with Grove Atlantic, where it was an imprint from 2011 to 2019.[2] As of January 1, 2020, it became an independent imprint as part of Penzler Publishers.[3] The offices of the Mysterious Press are located within The Mysterious Bookshop.[4]

History

Mysterious Press was founded in 1975 by

Grove/Atlantic, Inc., though without publication rights to any of the previous imprint's back titles.[6] In 2020, Mysterious Press became fully independent as part of Penzler Publishers, distributed by W. W. Norton & Company.[7] Mysterious Press has also partnered with Open Road Integrated Media since 2011 for ebooks.[8]

In its earliest days, Mysterious Press published works by Cornell Woolrich, Ross Macdonald, and Isaac Asimov.[5] It went on to publish Maxwell Grant, James Ellroy, Patricia Highsmith, Ruth Rendell, Donald E. Westlake, Kingsley Amis, and Eric Ambler, among others.[9]

References

  1. ^ "About Mysterious Press - Mysterious Press". mysteriouspress.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  2. ^ "Grove Atlantic". Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. ^ Deedy, Carmen Agra. "Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, February 5, 2020". www.shelf-awareness.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  4. ^ "About Us". The Mysterious Bookshop. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  5. ^ a b "The Mysterious Press". Grove/Atlantic inc. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. ^ Weinman, Sarah. "Bringing Back The Mysterious Press". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Distribution Partners". wwnorton.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  8. ^ Dilworth, Dianna (2011-06-07). "Open Road Partners With Mysterious Press For Digital Crime Books". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  9. ^ "Finding Aid: The Mysterious Press Archive - Rare Books and Manuscripts, The Ohio State University Libraries". library.osu.edu. Retrieved 3 May 2017.

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