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Riverhead Books

Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) founded in 1993 by Susan Petersen Kennedy. Founded 1994 in United States.

About Riverhead Books

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, Erri De Luca, James McBride, Jing Tsu, C Pam Zhang, Garrard Conley and Nicholas Binge. Authors published by Riverhead won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize 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.

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