Parent company | HarperCollins |
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Founded | 1926 |
Founder | William Morrow |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York City |
Publication types | Books |
Official website | www |
William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation (now News Corp) in 1999. The company is now an imprint of HarperCollins.
William Morrow has published many renowned fiction and non-fiction authors, including Ray Bradbury, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Erle Stanley Gardner, B.H. Liddell Hart, Elmore Leonard, Judith Rossner, and Neal Stephenson.
Francis Thayer Hobson was President and later Chairman of the Board of William Morrow and Company.