Penguin Group

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Penguin Group is the second largest trade book publisher in the world. It is owned by Pearson PLC. Its U.S. arm is Penguin Group (USA), and its British division is Penguin Books. The company uses many imprints which used to be independent publishers.^[1]:

Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is the U.S. affiliate of the internationally renowned Penguin Group, the second-largest English-language trade book publisher 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, is a leading U.S. adult and children's trade book publisher. The Penguin Group, with primary operations in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and Canada, and smaller operations in South Africa and India, is led by its 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 Berkley Books, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, New American Library, Penguin, Philomel, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Riverhead Books, Viking and Frederick Warne. The company possesses perhaps the world's most prestigious list of best-selling authors and a backlist of unparalleled breadth, depth, and quality. The Penguin Group's roster of bestselling authors is a Who's Who of the industry, including among hundreds of others Dorothy Allison, Nevada Barr, Saul Bellow, A. Scott Berg, Maeve Binchy, Harold Bloom, Sylvia Browne, Tom Clancy, Robin Cook, Patricia Cornwell, Catherine Coulter, Clive Cussler, Eric Jerome Dickey, Richard Paul Evans, Helen Fielding, Ken Follett, Sue Grafton, W. E. B. Griffin, Nick Hornby, the Dalai Lama, Spencer Johnson, Jan Karon, Anne Lamott, James McBride, Terry McMillan, Arthur Miller, Jacqueline Mitchard, Toni Morrison, Kathleen Norris, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert B. Parker, Nora Roberts, John Sandford, Carol Shields, John Steinbeck, Amy Tan, and Kurt Vonnegut.

Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is a global leader also in children's publishing, through its Books for Young Readers, with preeminent imprints such as Dial Books, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, Philomel, Puffin, Speak, Firebird, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Viking, and Frederick Warne. These imprints are home to Ludwig Bemelmans, Judy Blume, Jan Brett, Eric Carle, Roald Dahl, Tomie dePaola, Don Freeman, Hardie Gramatky, Eric Hill, Brian Jacques, Robert McCloskey, A. A. Milne, Richard Peck, Patricia Polacco, and dozens of other popular authors. Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers are also proud of perennial favorites such as The Little Engine That Could and the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series.

The Young Readers division continues to broaden the worldwide licensing of its renowned Spot and Beatrix Potter brands. More than two hundred companies worldwide now license Beatrix Potter merchandise; The World of Beatrix Potter is the largest international literary licensed merchandise program.

In addition to its burgeoning list of bestselling frontlist titles, Penguin Group (USA) takes full advantage of its extensive backlist of classic titles, all of which can be browsed at Penguin Classics.