Macmillan Publishing

Founded in 1946, Farrar, Straus and Giroux is known especially for its literary fiction, but also publishes quality titles in a range of adult, children's, and academic subject areas. FSG has an excellent reputation for publishing award-winning quality literature and is acknowledged to be one of the leading literary houses in the US. Farrar, Straus and Giroux authors have won extraordinary acclaim over the years, including numerous National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, and 21 Nobel Prizes in Literature. Prize winners include Pablo Neruda, Joseph Brodsky, Shirley Hazzard, Susan Sontag, Alice McDermott, Seamus Heaney, Nadine Gordimer, Richard Powers, Marilynne Robinson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, C. K. Williams, Tom Wolfe, John McPhee, Thomas Friedman, Jonathan Franzen, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Richard Powers.

From the poetry of Robert Frost to classic works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Erich Fromm, and Norman Mailer, Henry Holt and Company has, for almost a century and a half, published writers that define their era and endure far beyond it. Founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt, Henry Holt is one of the oldest trade publishers in the US. Today the company continues to build upon its illustrious history by publishing bestselling, award-winning books in the areas of literary fiction, mysteries and thrillers, history, biography, politics, current events, science, psychology, and books for children and young adults.

Papercutz, a new graphic novel publishing company for tweens 8-14, launched in the Spring of 2005 with the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. With writers Scott Lobdell and Stefan Petrucha, and artists such as Lulu Award winner Lea Hernandez and Sho Murase on board, these classic characters are poised to make an impact in the exploding graphic novel market. "With the years of experience we have in graphic novels, I don't think anyone can accuse us of hopping on the bandwagon," founder and president Terry Nantier says. Nantier is a thirty-year veteran of the comics industry and noted pioneer of the graphic novel form in the US. "We're focusing on the tween market with Papercutz. This is truly a huge market. As you know, Nancy Drew was recently given a big relaunch by Simon & Schuster, with the introduction of an all-new Nancy Drew series, bringing the original girl detective into our modern world. It's a major success - with the first book landing on the New York Times best-seller list."

Picador is a division of Macmillan specialising in outstanding literary writing.

Founded in 1952 by Macmillan in London, St Martin's Press was for many years primarily a distributor of Macmillan books. However, particularly during the last 30 years, St Martin's has grown rapidly as a publisher in its own right, becoming one of the seven largest publishers in America. Some of SMP's most successful authors include: James Herriot, Rosamunde Pilcher, Dan Brown, Thomas Harris, Stephen Coonts, and Janet Evanovich. St Martin's Press is dedicated to publishing emerging new authors, and offering a fresh perspective on classic genres, while maintaining a diverse and interesting range of books, consistently producing the occasional blockbuster. The vast majority of SMP hardbacks are published in paperback through its own internal paperback lines.

St Martin's Griffin publishes mainstream paperback books, including science fiction and romance.

Mystery, suspense and thrillers are the subject area of St Martin's Minotaur.

Seven Seas Entertainment was founded in 2004 by Jason DeAngelis, who realised the potential for producing original manga for the North American market. The company is dedicated to producing the highest-quality manga, comics and graphic novels while building a reputation for strong stories and dynamic artwork.

Tor Books is the most successful science fiction and fantasy publisher in the world. Winner of the Locus Award for best SF publisher 20 years in a row, Tor regularly puts books like Robert Jordan's Knife of Dreams and Terry Goodkind's Chainfire atop national bestseller lists. Tor's Orb imprint offers trade paperback editions of outstanding, award-winning SF and fantasy backlist titles. Additionally, the Tor Kids program includes Starscape, Tor Teen, and one of the largest classics lines in North America.

The Forge imprint publishes a wide range of fiction, including a strong line of historical novels and thrillers, plus mysteries, women's fiction, and a variety of nonfiction titles. Tor/Forge has also become the leading modern publisher of American westerns.