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]

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References

  1. Books, Trivion (2016-09-07). Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline (Trivia-On-Books). Trivia-On-Books.
  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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