Little, Brown Book Group

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Founded in its present form in 1992, Little, Brown Book Group has twice won the KPMG Publisher of the Year Award. It has a proven history of success with three consecutive record years in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The company prides itself on the depth and range of its publishing, and has three distinct divisions: literary; commercial; and SF and fantasy, as well as a flourishing audio and digital list.

Little, Brown publishes literary fiction, history, memoir, science and travel, with authors such as Alexander McCall Smith, Anita Shreve, Iain Banks and Tom Holland. Little, Brown’s list is published in paperback by Abacus. Since 1973 Virago has been publishing literature by women – including Sarah Waters, Åsne Seierstad and Margaret Atwood, winner of the Booker Prize in 2000.

Sphere publishes high-quality commercial fiction and non-fiction. It has created such notable bestsellers as Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s Long Way Round and Sharon Osbourne’s Extreme. Its bestselling fiction authors include: Mitch Albom; Jenny Colgan; Nicholas Evans; Dorothy Koomson; and Polly Williams, and exceptional crime and thriller writers such as Patricia Cornwell, Mark Billingham, Jeff Abbott and Mark Gimenez. Piatkus Books is the newest member of the Group. It specialises in lifestyle titles, business, popular psychology, personal development and commercial fiction. Its authors include the internationally bestselling novelist Nora Roberts, who also writes as J. D. Robb and the distinguished non-fiction writers Patrick Holford, David Allen and Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Orbit is the UK’s leading SF and fantasy imprint, with a market share twice that of any other publisher. Founded in 1974, its authors include Iain M. Banks, Trudi Canavan and Terry Brooks. Atom publishes SF and fantasy for teen readers. Launched in 2002, it has rapidly established itself with authors of the highest calibre including Stephen R. Lawhead, Catherine Webb and the international bestselling author Stephenie Meyer.

Visit their website: www.littlebrown.co.uk