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Riverhead Books is a division of [[Penguin Group (USA)]].
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'''Riverhead Books''' is an imprint of [[Penguin Group (USA)]] founded in 1994 by Susan Petersen Kennedy.
Notable books and major bestsellers published by Riverhead include ''Journals'' by [[Kurt Cobain]]; ''The Art of Happiness'' by His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]]; ''The Color of Water'' by James McBride; ''Native Speaker'', ''A Gesture Life'', and ''Aloft'' by [[Chang-rae Lee]]; ''Fever Pitch'', ''High Fidelity'', ''About a Boy'', ''How To Be Good,'' ''Songbook'', and ''A Long Way Down'' by [[Nick Hornby]]; ''The Beach'' by [[Alex Garland]]; ''Fingersmith'' and ''The Night Watch'' by [[Sarah Waters]]; ''Drown'' by [[Junot Diaz]]; ''CivilWarLand in Bad Decline'', ''Pastoralia'', ''[[The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil]]'', and ''In Persuasion Nation'' by [[George Saunders]]; ''The Kite Runner''' by Khaled Hosseini; ''Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human'' by [[Harold Bloom]]; ''[[The Wu-Tang Manual]]'' by the RZA; ''Everything Bad is Good For You'' by [[Steven Berlin Johnson]]; ''My Friend Leonard'' by [[James Frey]]; ''The Areas of My Expertise'' by [[John Hodgman]]; and ''Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings'' by [[Tyler Perry]].


Writers published by Riverhead include [[Ali Sethi]], [[Marlon James (novelist)|Marlon James]], [[Junot Díaz]], [[George Saunders]], [[Khaled Hosseini]], [[Nick Hornby]], [[Anne Lamott]], [[Carlo Rovelli]], [[Randall Munroe]], [[Patricia Lockwood]], [[Sarah Vowell]], the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]], [[Chang-rae Lee]], [[Meg Wolitzer]], [[Dinaw Mengestu]], [[Daniel Alarcón]], [[Daniel H. Pink]], [[Steven Johnson (author)|Steven Johnson]], [[Jon Ronson]], [[Ellen Burstyn]], [[Elizabeth Gilbert]], [[James McBride (writer)|James McBride]], Jing Tsu<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kingdom of Characters|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/550748/kingdom-of-characters-by-jing-tsu/|access-date=February 14, 2022|website=Penguin Random House}}</ref> and [[C Pam Zhang]].
Riverhead was founded in 1994 by Susan Peterson Kennedy (now President and Publisher of [[Penguin Group (USA)]]). Riverhead had an early focus on Buddhism and spirituality and literary fiction by young ethnic writers. In 2003, Julie Grau and Celina Spiegel, two of Riverhead's original editors, became co-publishers of Riverhead; they left the company in 2005 to form Spiegel & Grau, a division of [[Doubleday]].


Authors published by Riverhead won the [[Dayton Literary Peace Prize]]<ref>[http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2011-finalists-press_release.htm "Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, ayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2011 Finalists"]. Dayton Literary Peace Prize.</ref> for four out of its first six years. Four authors have won [[MacArthur Genius Grant]]s and many writers Riverhead has published have given [[TED Talks]]. Riverhead authors have won PEN and other literary awards, including the [[Booker Prize]], the [[Hurston/Wright Legacy Award]] for writers of African descent, the [[Stonewall Award]] for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender fiction, and the [[National Book Foundation]]'s 5 Under 35 for the best young emerging voices. Four authors were included in ''[[The New Yorker]]''{{'}}s "20 under 40" list of young fiction writers. In 2019, Riverhead author [[Olga Tokarczuk]] won the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].
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The current publisher of Riverhead is [[Geoffrey Kloske]].


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The publisher of Riverhead is [[Geoffrey Kloske]].
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[http://www.riverheadbooks.com Riverhead Books website]
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* [http://www.riverheadbooks.com Riverhead Books website]

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Riverhead Books
Parent companyPenguin Group
Founded1994; 31 years ago (1994)
FounderSusan Petersen Kennedy
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City, New York, U.S.
Publication typesBooks
Official websitewww.riverheadbooks.com

Riverhead Books is an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) founded in 1994 by Susan Petersen Kennedy.

Writers published by Riverhead include Ali Sethi, Marlon James, Junot Díaz, George Saunders, Khaled Hosseini, Nick Hornby, Anne Lamott, Carlo Rovelli, Randall Munroe, Patricia Lockwood, Sarah Vowell, the Dalai Lama, Chang-rae Lee, Meg Wolitzer, Dinaw Mengestu, Daniel Alarcón, Daniel H. Pink, Steven Johnson, Jon Ronson, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Gilbert, James McBride, Jing Tsu[1] and C Pam Zhang.

Authors published by Riverhead won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize[2] for four out of its first six years. Four authors have won MacArthur Genius Grants and many writers Riverhead has published have given TED Talks. Riverhead authors have won PEN and other literary awards, including the Booker Prize, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for writers of African descent, the Stonewall Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender fiction, and the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 for the best young emerging voices. Four authors were included in The New Yorker's "20 under 40" list of young fiction writers. In 2019, Riverhead author Olga Tokarczuk won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The publisher of Riverhead is Geoffrey Kloske.

References

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  1. ^ "Kingdom of Characters". Penguin Random House. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, ayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2011 Finalists". Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
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