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| Parent company | Penguin Group |
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| Founded | 1994; 31 years ago (1994) |
| Founder | Susan Petersen Kennedy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City,New York, U.S. |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
Riverhead Books is an imprint ofPenguin Group (USA) founded in 1994 by Susan Petersen Kennedy.
Writers published by Riverhead includeAli Sethi,Marlon James,Junot Díaz,George Saunders,Khaled Hosseini,Nick Hornby,Anne Lamott,Carlo Rovelli,Randall Munroe,Patricia Lockwood,Sarah Vowell, theDalai 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]C Pam Zhang,Garrard Conley andNicholas Binge.
Authors published by Riverhead won theDayton Literary Peace Prize[2] for four out of its first six years. Four authors have wonMacArthur Genius Grants and many writers Riverhead has published have givenTED Talks. Riverhead authors have won PEN and other literary awards, including theBooker Prize, theHurston/Wright Legacy Award for writers of African descent, theStonewall Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender fiction, and theNational Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 for the best young emerging voices. Four authors were included inThe New Yorker's "20 under 40" list of young fiction writers. In 2019, Riverhead authorOlga Tokarczuk won theNobel Prize in Literature.
The publisher of Riverhead isGeoffrey Kloske.
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