St. Martin's Press
| St. Martin's Press | ||
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| Parent: | Macmillan Publishers (UK) | |
| Founded: | 1952 ( 72 years old ) | |
| Country: | United States | |
| Headquarters: | Equitable Building 120 Broadway <New York]], NY USA  10271
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| Distribution: | Macmillan Publishers (US) Melia Publishing Services (UK)< | |
| Key people: | George Witte, Sally Richardson, Jennifer Enderlin, Andrew Martin, Laura Clark | |
| Imprints: | Castle Point Books, Griffin, Minotaur, St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin's Essentials, Wednesday Books | |
| Owner: | Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck | |
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under six imprints.
The imprints include St. Martin's Press (mainstream and bestseller books), St. Martin's Griffin (mainstream paperback books, including fiction and nonfiction), Minotaur (mystery, suspense, and thrillers), Castle Point Books (specialty nonfiction), St. Martin’s Essentials (lifestyle), and Wednesday Books (young adult fiction).
St. Martin's Press's current editor-in-chief is George Witte. Jennifer Enderlin was named publisher in 2016.
History
Macmillan Publishers of the UK founded St. Martin's in 1952 and named it after St Martin's Lane in London, where Macmillan Publishers was headquartered. St. Martin's acquired Tor-Forge Books (science fiction, fantasy, and thrillers). In 1995, Macmillan was sold to Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, a group of publishing companies held by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, a family-owned publishing concern based in Stuttgart, Germany, which also owns publishing houses including Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (of mostly literary fiction), Holt Publishers (literary non-fiction).
Authors published by St. Martin's include Mary Kay Andrews, Jeffrey Archer, Steve Berry, C. J. Box, Linda Castillo, Ann Cleeves, Kristin Hannah, Lynda Lopez, Ben Coes, Louise Penny, Nora Roberts, Rainbow Rowell, Ian K. Smith, Rick Campbell, and Jocko Willink. It also publishes the New York Times crossword puzzle books.
It's textbook division, Bedford-St. Martin's was founded in 1981. In 1984, St. Martin's became the first major trade-book publisher to release its hardcover books by its in-house mass-market paperback company, St. Martin's Mass Market Paperback Co., Inc.
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