W. W. Norton & Company

• Status — Active • Founders — * William Warder Norton • Mary Dows Herter Norton • Country — United States • Headquarters — 500 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York • Distribution — self-distributed (US) Penguin Random House (Canada trade) Nelson Canada (Canada textbooks) John Wiley & Sons (UK, Australia) • Keypeople — Julia A. Reidhead (President) • Publications — Books • Imprints — Countryman Liveright Norton Professional Norton Young Readers • Numemployees — 500 • Url — https: wwnorton.com/ • Illustration — 500 Fifth Avenue, the headquarters of W. W. Norton and Company

The roots of the company date to 1923, when William Warder Norton founded the firm with his wife Mary Dows Herter Norton, and became its first president. In the 1960s, Mary Norton offered most of her stock to its leading editors and managers. Storer D. Lunt took over in 1945 after Norton's death, and was succeeded by George Brockway (1957–1976), Donald S. Lamm (1976–1994), W. Drake McFeely (1994–2017), and Julia A. Reidhead (2017–present). Reidhead was vice president and publishing director of Norton's College division and a former editor of the Norton Anthologies. Imprints of W. W. Norton include Norton Professional Books (professional works in mental health, well-being, architecture and design, and education), Countryman Press (lifestyle and instructional books, including healthy-living, cookbooks, and hiking guides), Liveright (20th century classics and new works), and Norton Young Readers (books for preschoolers to young adults). In 2023, the company celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Norton Anthologies collect canonical works from various literatures; perhaps the best known anthology in the series is the Norton Anthology of English Literature, which, As of 2018, is in its 10th edition. Norton Anthologies offer general headnotes on each author, a general introduction to each period of literature, and annotations for every anthologized text.

The States and the Nation series was published in celebration of the United States Bicentennial. It comprised 51 volumes, one for each state and the District of Columbia. The series was administered by the American Association for State and Local History via a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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