Riverhead Books
Parent company Penguin Group | |
| Founded | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Susan Petersen Kennedy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
Riverhead Books is an imprint of
Penguin Group (USA)
founded in 1994 by Susan Petersen Kennedy.
Writers published by Riverhead include
Chang-rae Lee, Meg Wolitzer, Dinaw Mengestu, Daniel Alarcón, Daniel H. Pink, Steven Johnson, Jon Ronson, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Gilbert, James McBride, Jing Tsu[1] and C Pam Zhang
.
Authors published by Riverhead won the
Stonewall Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender fiction, and the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 for the best young emerging voices. Four authors were included in The New Yorker's "20 under 40" list of young fiction writers. In 2019, Riverhead author Olga Tokarczuk won the Nobel Prize in Literature
.
The publisher of Riverhead is Geoffrey Kloske.
References
- ^ "Kingdom of Characters". Penguin Random House. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ "Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, ayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2011 Finalists". Dayton Literary Peace Prize.