William Morrow
William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation (now News Corp) in 1999. The company is now an imprint of HarperCollins.
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William Morrow
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- 1926
- Founder
- William Morrow
- Headquarters
- New York City
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William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation (now News Corp) in 1999. The company is now an imprint of HarperCollins.
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Morrow has published many fiction and non-fiction authors, including Ray Bradbury, Michael Chabon, Beverly Cleary, Neil Gaiman, Erle Stanley Gardner, B. Liddell Hart, Elmore Leonard, Steven Levitt, Steven Pinker, Judith Rossner, and Neal Stephenson. Francis Thayer Hobson was president and later chairman of the board of William Morrow and Company.
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• Parent — HarperCollins • Founder — William Morrow • Country — United States • Headquarters — New York City • Publications — Books • Imprints — Custom House, Witness Impulse • Url — harpercollins.com
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• American Men of Letters • Americans Abroad Series • Americans-Discover-America Series • Apollo Editions • Asterix • Beginning of Things (series) • Britain at War • The Film Encyclopedia • Forms and Colors Series • Freedom's Battle • The Gardener's Catalogue Series • Gods and Heroes of the New World • Lathrop Craft Books • Luis Mendoza Mystery (series) • Morrow Junior Books • Morrow Mystery • Motor Boating & Sailing Guide Series • National Poetry Series • Pocket Books • Quill Mysterious Classic (series) • Rabbi Small Mystery (series) • Reynal's World History of Great Sculpture • Science Club Series • Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Series
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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