Three Rivers Press
Encyclopedia
Three Rivers Press is the trade paperback imprint
of the Crown Publishing Group
, a division of Random House
. It publishes original paperback titles as well as paperback reprints of books issued initially in hardcover
by the other Crown imprints.
, East
and Hudson
rivers that border Manhattan
, as well as the three hardcover imprints (Crown, Harmony, and Clarkson Potter) that initially fed the list.
Three Rivers Press is headquartered at 1745 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY, United States.
Imprint
In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...
of the Crown Publishing Group
Crown Publishing Group
-External links:*...
, a division of Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
. It publishes original paperback titles as well as paperback reprints of books issued initially in hardcover
Hardcover
A hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...
by the other Crown imprints.
History
The Crown Publishing Group launched its first paperback imprint, Crown Trade Paperbacks, in 1992. Five years later, the imprint decided to re-brand itself as Three Rivers Press, named for the HarlemHarlem River
The Harlem River is a navigable tidal strait in New York City, USA that flows 8 miles between the Hudson River and the East River, separating the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx...
, East
East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland...
and Hudson
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
rivers that border Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, as well as the three hardcover imprints (Crown, Harmony, and Clarkson Potter) that initially fed the list.
Three Rivers Press is headquartered at 1745 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY, United States.
Authors
Three Rivers Press authors include:- Chris BohjalianChris BohjalianChristopher Aram Bohjalian, who goes by the pen name Chris Bohjalian, is an American novelist. Bohjalian is the author of 14 novels, including New York Times bestsellers Midwives, "Secrets of Eden," The Law of Similars, Before You Know Kindness, The Double Bind and Skeletons at the Feast...
- Stacey BradfordStacey BradfordStacey Bradford is an American financial journalist, author, and commentator. She is the author of The Wall Street Journal Financial Guidebook for New Parents, writes the Family Finance blog on CBS MoneyWatch.com, and has given personal financial advice on various TV shows...
- Max BrooksMax BrooksMaximillian Michael "Max" Brooks is an American author and screenwriter, with a particular interest in zombies. Brooks is also a television and voice-over actor.- Early life and education :...
- Dick CouchDick Couch-Biography:Dick Couch was born in Mississippi and raised in Southern Indiana. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1967. After attending DASH controller training, he reported aboard the naval destroyer USS Mansfield DD728. He graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Class 45...
- Howard DullyHoward DullyHoward Dully is one of the youngest recipients of the transorbital lobotomy, a procedure performed on him when he was 12 years old. Dully received international attention in 2005, following the broadcasting of his story on National Public Radio...
- Dominick DunneDominick DunneDominick John Dunne was an American writer and investigative journalist, whose subjects frequently hinged on the ways in which high society interacts with the judicial system...
- Thomas KohnstammThomas KohnstammThomas Kohnstamm is an American author, and travel writer who worked previously for Lonely Planet.Kohnstamm's travel writing mainly covers Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition to Lonely Planet, he has worked for various magazines and newspapers...
- Megan McCaffertyMegan McCaffertyMegan Fitzmorris McCafferty is an American author known for The New York Times bestselling Jessica Darling series of young-adult novels published between 2001 and 2009...
- Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
- Rob SheffieldRob SheffieldRob Sheffield is an American music journalist and author. He is currently a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, writing music reviews and essays on pop culture. Prior to that, he was a contributing editor at Blender before the print version of the magazine folded in 2009, and at Spin...
- Suzanne SomersSuzanne SomersSuzanne Somers is an American actress, author, singer and businesswoman, known for her television roles as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company and as Carol Lambert on Step by Step....
- David Wellington
- Dave WhiteDave White (author)Dave White is a Derringer Award-winning mystery author and educator. White, an eighth grade teacher for the Clifton, NJ Public School district, has written two novels featuring former New Brunswick, New Jersey police detective turned private investigator Jackson Donne. The novels take place in...
- Michelle MoranMichelle MoranMichelle Moran is an American novelist. She was born in California's San Fernando Valley. She took an interest in writing from an early age, purchasing Writer's Market and submitting her stories and novellas to publishers from the time she was twelve...
- Dan Dunn (journalist)Dan Dunn (journalist)Dan Dunn is an American journalist who writes the comedic wine and spirits column called “The Imbiber” for the website Food Republic. He formerly penned "The Imbiber" for Playboy...
- Cesar MillanCesar MillanCesar Millan, is a Mexican-born American dog trainer. A self-taught expert, he is widely known for his television series The Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, now in its seventh season and broadcast in more than eighty countries worldwide...
- Tobe HooperTobe HooperTobe Hooper is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. His works include the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , along with its first sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ; the three-time Emmy-nominated Stephen King film adaptation...