Kensington Publishing Corporation
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| Predecessor | Lancer Books |
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| Founded | 1974 |
| Founder | Walter Zacharius and Roberta Bender Grossman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Distribution | Penguin Random House Publisher Services |
| Key people | Steven Zacharius, Adam Zacharius |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | romance, women’s fiction, African American, young adult, nonfiction, true-crime, western, mystery |
| Imprints |
Zebra Books Pinnacle Books Dafina Urban Soul Citadel Press Lyrical Press |
| No. of employees | 85 |
| Official website | www |
Kensington Publishing Corp. is a New York-based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011) and Roberta Bender Grossman (1946–1992). Kensington is known as “America’s Independent Publisher.” It remains a multi-generational family business, with Steven Zacharius succeeding his father as President and CEO, and Adam Zacharius as General Manager.
It is the house of many New York Times bestselling authors, including Fern Michaels, Lisa Jackson, Joanne Fluke and William W. Johnstone. In addition to the over 500 new titles that the company publishes each year, it has a vast and diverse backlist that includes classics such as The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick, Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max and Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Kensington's imprints include Zebra Books, Pinnacle Books, Dafina, Citadel Press, and Lyrical Press, which provide readers with a range of popular genres such as romance, women’s fiction, African American, young adult and nonfiction, as well as true-crime, western, and mystery titles.
Kensington Books was founded by Walter Zacharius and Roberta Bender Grossman in 1974 as the successor to the paperback publisher Lancer Books, specializing in paperback romance novels. The Zebra Books and Pinnacle Books imprints debuted in 1975. Rather than bookstores, the company's books were generally sold in railroad stations, airports, bus terminals, and drug stores.
In 2008, Kensington acquired the publishing assets of Holloway House (publishers of Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines).
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