Tag: Author relationships

Periodicals: Harper’s Weekly, Harper’s New Monthly and Harper’s Bazaar

The Harper brothers consistently sought ways to reach more readers with less expensive publications, and in 1850 they revolutionized the concept of the modern literary magazine with Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. More

2015: HarperCollins expands into a global publisher…

HarperCollins expands from a primarily English-language publisher to one publishing in 17 languages, with operations in 18 countries around the world. More

American Gods

An instant classic and winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. More

The Inklings

Clive Staples Lewis (better known as C. S. Lewis) loved nothing more than sitting in the back room of his favorite pub, The Eagle and Child, surrounded by his closest literary friends, including J. R. R. Tolkien. More

A Bear Called Paddington

The original story of the bear who arrived at Paddington Station from darkest Peru. More

Marketing and publicity brochure for Charlotte’s Web

This 1963 marketing and publicity brochure for Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White includes a letter from White explaining how he got the idea for the story. More

A Woman of Substance

With her unforgettable heroine Emma Harte, Bradford popularized the rags-to-riches family saga. More

Bel Canto

Patchett’s critically acclaimed novel that won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction. More

Angus & Robertson in Australia

Ten thousand miles from his homeland, Scotsman David Mackenzie Angus paid £50 to open a small bookshop on Market Street in Sydney, Australia. More

Wolf Hall

Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. More

Profiles in Courage

Pulitzer Prize winner that helped propel the young senator to the White House. More

Charlotte’s Web

Considered a classic of children’s literature; a novel of friendship, love, life, and death. More

Brave New World

Huxley’s best-known novel; a prophetic classic of speculative fiction that continues to resonate. More

1924: “Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie joins the house of Collins…

“Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie joins the house of Collins, and two years later publishes her seminal Hercule Poirot novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. More

2012: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel wins the Man Booker Prize…

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, published by HarperCollins in the UK, wins the Man Booker Prize. Mantel becomes the first woman ever to win the prize twice, having first won for Wolf Hall in 2009. More

Brochure from the 2009 celebration of Debbie Macomber’s fictional town of Cedar Cove

In August 2009, the real town of Port Orchard, Washington (bestselling romance author Debbie Macomber’s hometown), turned itself into Macomber’s fictional town of Cedar Cove for five days... More

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Classic children’s story about imagination that has never been out of print. More

A Light in the Attic

Classic collection of poems and illustrations by Shel Silverstein; ALA Notable Children’s Book. More

Candy package with Timothy Findley’s plans for his novella You Went Away

Canadian author Timothy Findley’s only novella, You Went Away (1996), was based on his parents’ marriage. More

Handwritten letter from John Gray regarding his manuscript for Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

John Gray sent 330 pages of his manuscript for Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus to his editor Susan Moldow on September 25, 1991, accompanied by this handwritten note. More

1956: Harper & Brothers publishes Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy…

Harper & Brothers publishes Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy, which wins the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and helps propel the young senator to the White House. More

The Complete Works of Mark Twain: Authorized Edition

Twain worked directly with Harper & Brothers to produce this authorized edition of his works. More

Judith Kerr

Why I write: Usually, so that I can do the illustrations. More

Judith Kerr

1937: Harper & Brothers publishes This Is My Story by Eleanor Roosevelt…

Harper & Brothers publishes This Is My Story by Eleanor Roosevelt. More

Peace with God

First book from Billy Graham, said to be the most influential Christian voice of this century. More

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

One of Harper & Brothers’ most famous and influential authors was Aldous Huxley, who signed with the publisher in 1927 and published his first book, Texts and Pretexts, with them in 1932. More

Becoming Children’s Authors: Sendak, Silverstein And Ursula Nordstrom

Neither Maurice Sendak nor Shel Silverstein started their careers with children’s literature as a focus. More