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Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Founded1987
FounderJessica Kingsley
Headquarters locationLondon, UK
Philadelphia, USA (office)
DistributionWorldwide
Nonfiction topicsSocial sciences, behavioral sciences, special education
Official websitewww.jkp.com

Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) is an independent, multinational publishing house headquartered in London, and founded in 1987 by Jessica Kingsley. JKP publishes books pertaining to the social sciences and behavioural sciences, with special attention to art therapy and autism spectrum disorders, respectively. In 2004, the company opened an American office in Philadelphia.

Awards

In 2007, at the first year of the Independent Publishers Awards, it won the van Tulleken Publisher of the Year Award for "encapsulating the very best of independent publishing in the UK". and also the Taylor Wessing Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year award [1][2]

Selected list of publications

2

References

  1. ^ Tom Tivnan, "State of Independence" The Bookseller Mar 13, 2007
  2. ^ Philip Jones, "Kingsley, Faber and Kogan win indie awards" The Bookseller Mar 5, 2007 [1]