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| Parent company | Penguin Young Readers Group (Penguin Group) |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Sharyn November |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
Firebird Books (launched January 2002)[1] is an imprint ofPenguin Group (USA) Inc., publishing mainly paperback reprint editions ofscience fiction andfantasy for teenagers and adults.
It was created bySharyn November, one of the few children's book editors who works with teenagers. In the process, she discovered that some of her best readers lovedspeculative fiction, and were going into the adult genre sections of bookstores and libraries in order to find it.
Firebird has quickly become the most recognizable imprint of its kind, andSharyn November was named aWorld Fantasy Award Finalist in both 2004 and 2005 for her work.Firebirds Rising, the second anthology November edited for the imprint, is a 2007World Fantasy Award Finalist.
"Firebirds", the first anthology, consists of short sci-fi/fantasy stories by the likes ofLloyd Alexander,Emma Bull,Charles Vess,Michael Cadnum,Kara Dalkey,Nancy Farmer,Nina Kiriki Hoffman,Diana Wynne Jones,Patricia A. McKillip,Garth Nix,Meredith Ann Pierce,Delia Sherman,Sherwood Smith,Nancy Springer,Megan Whalen Turner,Elizabeth E. Wein, andLaurel Winter.
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