William Morrow and Company
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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.[2][3][4] The company is now an imprint of HarperCollins.
Parent company | HarperCollins |
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Founded | 1926 |
Founder | William Morrow |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York City |
Publication types | Books |
Imprints | Custom House, Witness Impulse |
Official website | harpercollins |
William Morrow has published many fiction and non-fiction authors, including Ray Bradbury, Michael Chabon, Beverly Cleary, Neil Gaiman, Erle Stanley Gardner, B. H. Liddell Hart, Elmore Leonard, Steven Levitt, Steven Pinker, Judith Rossner, and Neal Stephenson.
Francis Thayer Hobson was president and later chairman of the board of William Morrow and Company.[5]