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William Morrow and Company
William Morrow and Company
Parent companyHarperCollins
Founded1926
FounderWilliam Morrow
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
Publication typesBooks
ImprintsCustom House, Witness Impulse
Official websitewww.harpercollins.com

William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926.[1] The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation (now News Corp) in 1999. The company is now an imprint of HarperCollins.

William Morrow has published many renowned fiction and non-fiction authors, including Ray Bradbury, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Erle Stanley Gardner, B. H. Liddell Hart, Elmore Leonard, Judith Rossner, and Neal Stephenson.

Francis Thayer Hobson was President and later Chairman of the Board of William Morrow and Company.[2]

Morrow authors

References

  1. ^ Books, Trivion (2016-09-07). Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline (Trivia-On-Books). Trivia-On-Books.
  2. ^ "Thayer Hobson: An Inventory of His Papers in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center". University of Texas Harry Ransom Center. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

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