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| name = Quercus Publishing <br />
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| parent = [[Hodder & Stoughton]]<br />
| status = acquired company<br />
| founded = 2004<br />
| founder = Mark Smith and Wayne Davies<br />
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| country = [[United Kingdom]]<br />
| headquarters = [[London]]<br />
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| publications = [[Book]]s<br />
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| imprints = MacLehose Press, Jo Fletcher Books, riverrun<br />
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| url = {{URL|http://www.quercusbooks.co.uk}}<br />
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'''Quercus''' is a formerly independent publishing house, based in [[London]], that was acquired by [[Hodder & Stoughton]] in 2014. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies.<ref>{{cite web|author=Shaffi, Sarah |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/hodder-buys-quercus |title=Hodder buys Quercus|website=[[The Bookseller]]}}</ref><br />
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Quercus is known for its lists in crime (publishing such authors as [[Elly Griffiths]], [[Philip Kerr]], [[Peter May (writer)|Peter May]], [[Peter Temple]]), its '''MacLehose Press''' imprint (formerly headed by [[Christopher MacLehose]]),<ref>{{cite web|author=Gardner, Anthony | url= http://www.anthonygardner.co.uk/interviews/christopher_maclehose.html | title= Christopher MacLehose — The champion of translated fiction who struck it rich with Stieg Larsson (interview)|website=anthonygardner.co.uk}}</ref> which publishes translated (often prize-winning) works by authors such as [[Philippe Claudel]], [[Stieg Larsson]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Clark, Nick |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/the-publishing-house-that-stieg-larsson-built-2044818.html |title=The publishing house that Stieg Larsson built|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> and [[Valerio Varesi]], its literary fiction titles (including by [[Kimberley Freeman]], [[Prajwal Parajuly]]) and its '''Jo Fletcher Books''' imprint, which publishes [[science fiction]], [[Fantasy literature|fantasy]], and [[Horror fiction|horror]].<br />
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==Details==<br />
Smith and Davies had previously worked together at the [[Orion Publishing Group]].<br />
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In 2011, Quercus was chosen as the [[Bonnier Group|Bonnier Publishing]] Publisher of the Year at the [[Bookseller Industry Awards]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|author=Campbell, Lisa | url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quercus-publisher-year-bookseller-industry-awards.html |title=Quercus publisher of the year at The Bookseller Industry Awards|website=The Bookseller}}</ref><br />
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American imprint SilverOak was co-owned with [[Sterling Publishing]].<ref name="Jones">{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/114020-page.html|title=Indie publishers put books on Bloomsbury's digital library shelf|last=Jones|first=Philip|work=The Bookseller|access-date=3 March 2010}}</ref> In March 2016, Quercus launched fiction and non-fiction imprint '''riverrun'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/quercus-launches-new-upmarket-imprint-riverrun-324240|title=Quercus launches new 'upmarket' imprint: Riverrun |website= The Bookseller|language=en|first= Katherine|last= Cowdrey|access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Modern and contemporary fiction authors==<br />
*[[Lucy Diamond]]<br />
*[[Beth O'Leary]]<br />
*[[Rebecca Wait]]<br />
*[[Adrienne Young]]<br />
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==Thriller authors==<br />
*[[JP Delaney]]<br />
*[[Charlotte Duckworth]]<br />
*[[Emily Freud]] <br />
*[[Olivia Kiernan]]<br />
*[[Victoria Selman]]<br />
*[[Jo Spain]] <br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Quercus {{Official|http://www.quercusbooks.co.uk}}<br />
* [http://www.jofletcherbooks.com Official Jo Fletcher Books website]<br />
* [http://www.maclehosepress.com Official MacLehose Press website]<br />
* [http://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/catalogue/ Quercus catalogue]<br />
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