Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) is an independent

Independent business

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, multinational publishing house headquartered in London

London

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, and founded in 1987 by Jessica Kingsley. JKP publishes books pertaining to the social sciences

Social sciences

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 and behavioural sciences

Behavioural sciences

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, with special attention to art therapy

Art therapy

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 and autism spectrum disorders, respectively. In 2004, the company opened an American office in Philadelphia.

Awards

In 2007, at the first year of the Independent Publishers Awards, it won the van Tulleken Publisher of the Year Award for "encapsulating the very best of independent publishing in the UK". and also the Taylor Wessing Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year award