Arrow

Arrow is one of the most successful paperback imprints in the UK, with more Sunday Times No. 1 bestsellers in 2012 than any other imprint in UK publishing. On the fiction side we're privileged to publish some of the biggest and best authors writing today - from crime and thriller giants such as James Patterson, Robert Harris, Kathy Reichs and Karin Slaughter to some of Britain's best-loved women's fiction authors: Katie Fforde, Susan Lewis, Lisa Jewell, Katie Flynn and Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James, and bestselling historical novelists such as Alison Weir and Ben Kane. And the impressive range and depth of Cornerstone's hardback imprints is well illustrated by the strength of Arrow's non-fiction list: from celebrity autobiographies from Rod Stewart, James Corden, Peter Kay and Dawn French to the high profile political memoirs of Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell and Bill Clinton.

Hammer

Arrow is also home to the Hammer list, which launched in Spring 2011. Working in association with Hammer Films, Hammer publishes compelling and intelligent horror in the form of film tie-ins, backlist classics re-imagined to bring them to a whole new market with a modern and sophisticated twist, as well as new novellas by established authors Jeanette Winterson and Helen Dunmore, and in 2013, Melvin Burgess, Julie Myerson and Sophie Hannah.  

Century

Century was founded in 1981 and immediately established itself as an exceptionally dynamic publisher of bestselling authors, a tradition continued to this day. The Century list includes brand-name novelists such as James Patterson, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Jewell and Katie Fforde, and we are also proud to be publishing compelling and powerful debut novels such as Wool by Hugh Howey and the forthcoming Until You’re Mine by Samantha Hayes. Century's diverse non-fiction list includes Sunday Times bestseller Ross Kemp and autobiographies from major celebrities such as Rod Stewart, Peter Kay, Dawn French, James Corden, Eric Clapton and David Jason, and a broad range of exceptional non-fiction writing from authors such as Richard Bacon, Duncan Hamilton, Paul Lake and Christopher Sykes.

Hutchinson

Founded in 1887 by George Hutchinson with capital of three thousand pounds, Hutchinson opened for business in the basement of 25 Paternostor Row, near St Paul's Cathedral.

Hutchinson is the home of fiction that you have to press into the hands of your friends. We are proud to have published bestselling authors Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Douglas Kennedy and Ruth Rendell since the beginning of their careers and are also committed to discovering new talent that combine a distinctive voice with great storytelling skills.  Our narrative non-fiction is entertaining and erudite and while the subjects may vary, they will always be written from a passionate and original perspective and we are privileged to have published era-defining political memoirs, including the autobiographies of Tony Blair and Bill Clinton.

While all our books have an attention to detail that makes them objects to own as well as download, we also publish a small number of gift books that celebrate what can be done with some paper and ink.

Preface

Preface was established in 2007 to publish commercial fiction and non-fiction.  Preface’s fiction list includes Sunday Times bestseller Ben Kane, historical novelist James Aitcheson, thriller writer Patrick Woodhead and Donna Douglas author of the second biggest Cornerstone debut of 2012, The Nightingale Girls. In non-fiction, the list includes big history (Peter Caddick-Adams, Monte Cassino and his up-coming Ardennes; Michael Williams’, History of the Railway during World War II; Alan Williams, Operation Crossbow), ‘Middle England’ (Hugh Thomson’s The Old Roads into the Trees), popular culture (Dylan Jones When Ziggy Played Guitar and his up-coming One Day, One Decade: A Personal History of the 1980s), biography (Diane Atkinson, The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton), stories of people and place (Tessa Hainsworth, Seagulls in the Attic), music  (we are long time publisher’s of U2), humour (Jem Roberts’ The True History of the Blackadder, which had contributions from all the main characters from Atkinson and Curtis, to Elton and Lloyd; Forty years of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and the up-coming tie-in book to Radio 4s  The Unbelievable Truth with David Mitchell). In just two years we have created one of the most vibrate cookery book lists in the UK with the bestselling Hawksmoor at Home by Huw Gott and Will Beckett, J. Sheekey Fish by Allan Jenkins and the up-coming books from Alexis Gauthier (Vegetronic), Comptoir Libanais by bestselling cookery writer Dan Lepard and restaurant owner Tony Kitous and, for Autumn 2013, Michael Caines’ At Home: New Ways with Classic Ingredients.

Random House Books

Random House Books publishes a wide range of non-fiction, from business through to history.  The business element of the list boasts such well-known and highly regarded authors as Jim Collins (Good to Great and Great by Choice), Chris Anderson (The Long Tail and Makers), Sir Terry Leahy (Management in 10 Words), and Chip and Dan Heath (Made to Stick and Decisive). More generally, the imprint covers books on topics such as language (Simon Heffer’s Strictly English), history (Dan Cruickshank’s The Secret History of Georgian London, Clarissa Dickson Wright’s History of English Food), and popular culture (Mark Kermode’s The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex, Steve Roud’s London Lore). Random House Books is also proud to be the publisher of John Cleese’s forthcoming autobiography.

William Heinemann

William Heinemann is one of the oldest literary imprints still publishing today. Founded in 1890, the imprint boasts both a rich literary heritage and a forward-thinking, cutting-edge list of contemporary fiction and non-fiction.

Historically we have published Harper Lee, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Anthony Burgess, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Graham Greene, John Steinbeck and Nabokov to name just a very few. Today William Heinemann publishes acclaimed fiction from both sides of the Atlantic (David Vann, Douglas Coupland, James Ellroy, Nick Harkaway, John Niven, Paul Harding, Jenni Fagan, Johanna Skibsrud, Amy Waldman, Lauren Groff, Jonathan Lee) and in translation (Michel Houellebecq, Alonso Cueto), as well as some of the best upmarket crime and thriller writers (Thomas Harris, Kathy Reichs, Donna Leon, Don Winslow and Annie Hauxwell).

The non-fiction list is an eclectic mix that includes history, current affairs, reportage, popular culture, popular science, memoir and narrative non-fiction from authors such as Azar Nafisi, Tony Judt, Ben Mezrich, Kevin Dutton, Antonio Damasio, Liaquat Ahamed, Charles Duhigg and Thomas Harding.

Windmill

Cornerstone’s Windmill imprint launched in 2009, publishing literary fiction and non-fiction in paperback.  The list is comprised of prize winners, exceptional new voices and expert non-fiction writers publishing across a broad range of genres.                                        

In  fiction we publish books by  Aimee Bender, Douglas Coupland,  James Ellroy, Nick Harkaway,  Paul Harding, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Tinkers,  Jonathan Lee, Tim Pears, Anna Quindlen, Barry Unsworth and David Vann.

Our non-fiction authors include Liaquat Ahamed, (Lords of Finance, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, and shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize),  Dan Cruickshank, Duncan Hamilton, two-time winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Simon Heffer, Kevin Jackson, Marc Morris, Azar Nafisi and Matthew Parker.

• Susan Sandon, Managing Director
• Selina Walker, Publisher, Century and Arrow, Cornerstone Editorial
• Jason Arthur, Publisher, Heinemann Editorial
• Jocasta Hamilton, Publishing Director, Hutchinson Editorial
• Ben Dunn, Publishing Director, Century, Century Editorial
• Jenny Geras, Publishing Director, Century Editorial
• Jack Fogg, Editorial Director, Century Editorial
• Trevor Dolby, Publisher, Preface Publishing
• Nigel Wilcockson, Publishing Director, RH Books and RH Business Books 
• Julie Jefferies, Head of Commercial Affairs, Cornerstone Finance
• Charlotte Bush, Director of Publicity and Media Relations
• Rebecca Ikin, Marketing Director