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TarcherPerigee
Parent company
Penguin Group
Founded1973
FounderJeremy P. Tarcher (1932–2015)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
Publication typesBooks
Official websiteTarcherPerigee at Penguin.com

TarcherPerigee is a book publisher and imprint of Penguin Group focused primarily on mind, body and spiritualism titles, founded in 1973 by Jeremy P. Tarcher in Los Angeles. (Tarcher was married to ventriloquist Shari Lewis, and his sister was novelist Judith Krantz).

Tarcher began his career in publishing in the early 1960s, putting together packaged book deals for celebrities such as

Big Sur, California.[1]
Receiving no interest from the New York publishing establishment in publishing books on these subjects he began his own publishing venture, and went on to publish bestselling books from many previously-unknown authors working on health, psychology, philosophy, and
The Aquarian Conspiracy by Marilyn Ferguson.[1][2] He "discovered" many of these authors through his ongoing relationship with Michael Murphy, the co-founder of Esalen Institute, who also published several books with Tarcher[3] and served on the board of Esalen for years.[4]

Over the years the company expanded to include

nonfiction books of all types. Putnam purchased the company in 1991, and the offices were moved to New York. Tarcher remained head of the company until early 1996, when Joel Fotinos was named publisher. The firm merged with sister imprint Perigee to form TarcherPerigee in 2015.[5]

Tarcher died in Los Angeles in 2015 from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 83.[1][2]

TarcherPerigee publications cover a broad spectrum of topics in the areas of wellness, self-improvement, spirituality, esoterica, occultism, creativity, social consciousness, prosperity, and more.

The Wonder of Boys, Energy Medicine, The Power of Kindness, and Think & Grow Rich.[7][8]

In the field of 'success literature' TarcherPerigee publishes authors such as

Wallace D. Wattles, Dale Carnegie, and James Allen. Among the imprint's authors in the field of mind, body, and spiritualism are Robin Norwood, Stephen Mansfield, Betty Edwards, Heinrich Harrer, Marilyn Ferguson (author of The Aquarian Conspiracy), Bikram Choudhury, and Jim Knipfel.[9]

References

  1. ^
    LA Times
    . Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Fox, Margalit (September 23, 2015). "Jeremy P. Tarcher, Publisher of Nonfiction Best Sellers, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  3. ^ Vickrey, Bob (October 1, 2015). "JEREMY TARCHER: WEST COAST PUBLISHING LEGEND". Boryanabooks. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  4. ^ Sluyter, Dean (December 1, 2015). "THIS MAN CHANGED YOUR LIFE". LA Yoga. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Tarcher, Perigee to Combine". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  6. ^ "Tarcherbooks.com, About Tarcher/Penguin". Archived from the original on 2009-11-03.
  7. ^ "8 reasons why this is the dumbest generation". The Boston Globe. 2008-05-09.
  8. ^ "Book of Daniel". Village Voice. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  9. ^ Fox, Margalit (September 23, 2015). "Jeremy P. Tarcher, Publisher of Nonfiction Best Sellers, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
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