The Overlook Press

The Overlook Press
The Overlook Press
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Founded 1971
Founder Peter Mayer
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location New York City
Publication types Books
Imprints Ardis, Duckworth
Official website www.overlookpress.com

The Overlook Press is an American independent publishing house based in New York. It was formed in 1971 by Peter Mayer, who had previously worked at Avon and Penguin Books, where he was CEO from 1978 to 1998.[1] A general-interest publisher, Overlook has over one thousand titles in print, including fiction, history, biography, drama, and design. Overlook's publishing program consists of nearly 100 new books per year, evenly divided between hardcovers and trade paperbacks. Imprints include Tusk Books, whose format was designed by Milton Glaser.[1]

Writers published by Overlook include Robert Littell, Charles McCarry, Mervyn Peake, Paul Auster, Penny Vincenzi, Ken Auletta, R. Scott Bakker, Joseph Roth, John Crowley, Susan Hill, Edward Albee, Milton Glaser, Walter Moers, David Mamet, David Crystal, P. G. Wodehouse, R.J. Ellory, Elizabeth Abbott, P.F. Kluge, Gerald Seymour, Charles Portis, Richard Zimler, Charles Dickens, Paul Cartledge, John Cowper Powys, W. F. Hermans, Edward Albee, Harry Sidebottom, David Mamet, Andre Schwartz-Bart, Peter Quinn, Robert Coover, Katie Arnoldi, Jim Nisbet, Max Frei, Ludmila Ulitskaya, John Cowper Powys, Raymond Loewy, Walter R. Brooks, Nigel Slater, and Les Walker.

In 2002, Overlook acquired Ardis Publishing, a publisher of Russian literature in English. More recently, Overlook took ownership of the venerable British publishing company Duckworth.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c The Overlook Press web site. "About Us". Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20080415023148/http://www.overlookpress.com/about.php. Retrieved 2008-06-06. 

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