Penguin Group (USA) is the US affiliate of the internationally renowned
Penguin Group, one of the largest English-language trade book publishers in the
world. Formed in 1996 as a result of the merger between Penguin Books USA and
The Putnam Berkley Group, Penguin Group (USA), under the stewardship of Chief
Executive Officer, David Shanks, and President, Susan Petersen Kennedy, is a leading
U.S. adult and children's trade book publisher. The Penguin Group, with operations
in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Ireland,
South Africa and China, is led by CEO and Chairman, John Makinson, and is owned
by Pearson plc. Pearson is an international media company with market-leading
businesses in education, business information, and consumer publishing.
Penguin Group (USA) publishes under a wide range of prominent imprints and
trademarks, among them Viking, G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Penguin Press, Riverhead
Books, Dutton, Penguin Books, Berkley Books, Gotham Books, Portfolio, New American
Library, Plume, Tarcher, Philomel, Grosset & Dunlap, Puffin, and Frederick
Warne. The company possesses perhaps the world's most prestigious list of bestselling,
award-winning authors and a backlist of unparalleled breadth, depth, and quality.
Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is also a global leader in children's publishing,
through its Young Readers Group, with preeminent imprints such as Dial Books,
Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, Philomel, Puffin, Speak, Firebird, G. P. Putnam's
Sons, Viking, and Frederick Warne. Penguin Young Readers Group is also proud
of perennial favorites such as The Little Engine That Could and the Nancy Drew
and Hardy Boys series. |
