Soho Press
Soho Press is a New York City-based publisher founded by Juris Jurjevics and Laura Hruska in 1986 and currently headed by Bronwen Hruska. It specializes in literary fiction and international crime series. Other works include published by it include memoirs.
Soho Press
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- 1986
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- New York City
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Soho Press is a New York City-based publisher founded by Juris Jurjevics and Laura Hruska in 1986 and currently headed by Bronwen Hruska. It specializes in literary fiction and international crime series. Other works include published by it include memoirs.
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Its Young Adult imprint Soho Teen, which focuses on YA mysteries and thrillers. Press releases an average of 90 titles per year. Its fiction backlist holds titles from several notable authors, such as National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat (Krik? Krak!), Sue Townsend (Adrian Mole: The Lost Years), Maria Thomas (Antonia Saw the Oryx First), Jake Arnott (Long Firm-C), John L'Heureux (The Handmaid of Desire), Delores Phillips, and Jacqueline Winspear, recipient of the Agatha Award.
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• Founded — 1986 • Founder — Laura Hruska, Juris Jurjevics • Successor — Bronwen Hruska • Country — United States • Headquarters — New York, New York • Distribution — Penguin Random House Publisher Services • Publications — Books • Genre — Literary fiction, narrative nonfiction and crime • Imprints — Soho Crime, Soho Teen • Url — http: sohopress.com/
Soho Crime
Soho Crime
Soho Crime is a department of Soho Press that focuses on international crime series. It has produced works from widely read authors like Cara Black, Stuart Neville, Colin Cotterill, Timothy Williams, and Peter Lovesey. Each crime novel or series explores a foreign country or US subculture. Settings have included Paris, Bath, Northern Ireland, Laos, South Korea, Guadeloupe, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Bristol, Madrid, and Berlin.
Soho Constable
Soho Constable
Soho Constable was a co-publishing venture with UK publisher Constable & Robinson, through which Soho Press releases British procedural mysteries in the United States. Authors have included Alison Bruce, David Dickinson, Suzette A. Hill, Pat McIntosh, R.T. Raichev, James Craig, and Barbara Cleverly.
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1986
Soho Press established.
1986
Soho Press is recorded from 1986.
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- 1.Roberts, Sam. Juris Jurjevics, Enterprising Publisher and Novelist, Dies at 75. Nov 9, 2018.
- 2.Soho Press Publisher Laura Hruska Dies. Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind.
- 3.Fiction Book Review: Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat.
- 4.Fiction Book Review: Adrian Mole, the Lost Years by Sue Townsend.
- 5.BRUNET, ELENA. ANTONIA SAW THE ORYX FIRST by Maria Thomas (Soho Press: $8.95). Los Angeles Times. 1988-09-25. 0458-3035.
- 6.Fiction Book Review: Long Firm-C by Jake Arnott.
- 7.Fiction Book Review: The Handmaid of Desire by John L'Heureux.
- 8.The Agatha Awards: A Literary Award for Crime Fiction. awards.omnimystery.com.
- 9.Skeleton Hill by Peter Lovesey – review Spinetingler Magazine. www.spinetinglermag.com.
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