William Morrow and Company









































William Morrow and Company
William Morrow and Company
Parent company HarperCollins
Founded 1926
Founder William Morrow
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location New York City
Publication types Books
Imprints Custom House, Witness Impulse
Official website www.harpercollins.com

William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926.[1] 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.


William Morrow has published many renowned fiction and non-fiction authors, including Ray Bradbury, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Erle Stanley Gardner, B. H. Liddell Hart, Elmore Leonard, Judith Rossner, and Neal Stephenson.


Francis Thayer Hobson was President and later Chairman of the Board of William Morrow and Company.[2]



Morrow authors




  • Christopher Andersen

  • Harriet Brown

  • Harry Browne

  • Meg Cabot

  • Beverly Cleary

  • Charles Dickinson

  • Warren Ellis

  • Bruce Feiler

  • Neil Gaiman

  • David J. Garrow

  • John Grogan

  • Andrew Gross

  • Joe Hill

  • Steven D. Levitt

  • Walter Lord

  • Elizabeth Lowell

  • Gregory Maguire

  • Aubrey Mayhew

  • Margaret Mead

  • Christopher Moore

  • Gerard K. O'Neill

  • Wayne Pacelle

  • Laurence J. Peter

  • Cokie Roberts

  • James Rollins

  • Judith Rossner

  • Thomas Savage

  • Nick Schuyler

  • Sidney Sheldon

  • Margot Lee Shetterly

  • Nevil Shute

  • Dean Silvers

  • Neal Stephenson

  • Mary Stewart

  • Jacqueline Susann

  • Stephanie S. Tolan

  • Paul G. Tremblay

  • Irving Wallace

  • David Wallechinsky

  • Morris West




References





  1. ^ Books, Trivion (2016-09-07). Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline (Trivia-On-Books). Trivia-On-Books..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Thayer Hobson: An Inventory of His Papers in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center". University of Texas Harry Ransom Center. Retrieved 2008-06-24.




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