Recognized Publishers
The following is a list of ITW-recognized publishers. If your publisher is not recognized by ITW and meets all ITW criteria for a commercial publisher, either you or they may apply to ITW for recognition.
To apply, please click and download the appropriate application form. Once completed, mail it along with any additional requested information to:
ITW Publisher Application
P.O. Box 1402
Medina, OH 44258
Publisher Questionnaire (.docx format, MicroSoft Word 2007 and up)
Publisher Questionnaire (.pdf format)
Qualified Publishers are those which do not contractually obligate their authors to pay for such services as advertising, sales, marketing, editing, or promotion of their books. A qualified publisher would normally acquire rights to a publication because it is investing capital; undertaking marketing efforts with a sales and/or marketing force; and utilizing the sale of books as means of recouping capital outlays and realizing a profit.
There are varying means of accomplishing these goals. Qualified publishers invest in their authors in a variety of different and imaginative ways. In deciding whether a publisher is qualified, ITW may consider samples of the publisher’s contracts with authors; whether and how the publisher pays advances; does the publisher charge fees to authors for any service; is there a sales force; the publisher’s distribution practices, are the publisher’s books reviewed in recognized publications; documented complaints against any publisher; and does the publisher expend money for marketing and advertising for either the author and/or the work. Again, no one factor is determinative, nor would the lack of one be fatal. Recognizing that good judgment and reasonableness should always govern, any and all determinations of whether a publisher is qualified will be made on a case-by-case basis.
With particular regard to self-published books, where there is no publisher beyond the author, any determination of the author being a qualified publisher shall be on a case-by-case basis and such factors as the work itself, the breadth of its marketing, the extent of its distribution, the editorial process, its sales, the author’s personal history, reviews in recognized publications, and any other factor relevant to the particular situation may be considered in making such determination. Self published writers are not automatically excluded from being a qualified publisher, but they bear a higher burden to demonstrate their status.
By definition, vanity and hybrid presses do not qualify as recognized publishers. However, should an author employ the services of a third party to assist in the publication of their book, they are encouraged to apply as an indie author as these services are considered work for hire.
ITW reserves the right to modify and/or revoke the status of any recognized publisher at any time, based on new information or any change in circumstances that may occur.
Note: Imprints of ITW-recognized publishers are not automatically included on the ITW recognized-publisher list and must obtain their own separate recognition. Depending on the circumstances, however, imprints may qualify for a more streamlined application process. If you are seeking recognition for an imprint of a previously-recognized publisher that is currently on the ITW recognized-publisher list, before submitting a full application, please contact us at: info@thrillerwriters.org
Please note that inclusion in this list does not signify that the publisher has received ITW’s stamp of approval. While these publishers and imprints have met ITW’s vetting requirements, we encourage all authors to conduct their own independent research to determine the best fit.
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Abaddon Books
Abingdon Press
Aethon Books
Affirm Press
Akashic Books
Albert Whitman & Co.
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Algonquin Books
Alibi
All Due Respect
Allen & Unwin
Amazon Crossing
Amazon Original Stories
Amberjack Publishing
Amble Press
Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC
Amy Einhorn Books
Anchor Books
Angry Robot Books
Apprentice House
Arcade Publishing
Arcadia Books
Arte Público Press
Atlantic Books
Atlantic Crime
Atlantic Monthly Press
Atomic Fez Publishing
Atria
Au Diable Vauvert
Audible.com
Avid Reader Press
B
B&H Publishing Group
Babylon Books
Baen Books
Baker Book House
Baleine
Ballantine Books
Balzer + Bray
Bancroft Press
Bantam Books
Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Bastei-Lubbe
Beaufort Books
Bella Books
Bella Rosa Books
BelleBooks
Berkley
Berlin Verlag
Bethany House
Beyond the Page Publishing
Bitter Lemon Press Ltd
Black & White Publishing Ltd.
Black Rose Writing
Black Spot Books
Blackstone Publishing
Blanvalet
Bloodletting Press
Bloomsbury Publishing
Blue Rider
Bold Strokes Books Inc.
Bompiani
Bonnier Zaffre
Book Folks
Bookouture
booksBnimble
Brash Books
Brava
Braveship Books
Brilliance AudioBooks
Britain’s Next Bestseller
Broadman & Holman
Broadway Books
Bywater Books
C
Caffeine Nights Publishing
Cambridge University Press
Camel Press
Canelo Publishing
Carina Press
Carolrhoda Books
Casemate Publishers
Casperian Books LLC
Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Celadon Books
Cemetery Dance Publications
Center Street
Chicken House Ltd.
ChiZine Publications
Choc Lit Limited
Chronicle Books
Cinco Puntos Press
Citadel Press
Clan Destine Press
Coffeetown Press
Columbia University Press
Conundrum Press
Corvus
Counterpoint Press
Covenant Communications, Inc.
Crimson Romance
Crooked Lane Books
Crossroad Press
Crown Archetype
Crown Publishing Group
Crux Publishing
D
Dafina Books
Dark Oak Mysteries
Dark Sky Publishing
Datura Books
DAW
Dead Sky Publishing
Delacorte
Dell
Del Rey
Deseret Book Company
Dial Books for Young Readers
Disney Editions
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Diversion Books
Doubleday
Doubleday Canada
Down & Out Books (closed in 2025)
Down East Books
Down The Shore Publishing
DTV
Duckworth
Dundurn Group
Dutton
Dutton Books for Young Readers
E
Earthling Publications
Ecco
Echo Publishing
ECW Press
Ediciones Siruela
Éditions Rivages
Edizioni Lindau
Einaudi Stile Libero
EKSMO/AST Holding
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Emily Bestler Books
Emons
En Route Books & Media, LLC
Entangled Publishing LLC
Entangled Select Suspense
Erewhon Books – Kensington
Escape Publishing
Europa Editions
F
47North
Faber and Faber, Ltd
Fairwood Press
Fanucci
Fernwood Publishing
Fischer Verlage
Fire & Ice YA
Flame Tree Press
Flatiron Books
Forever Yours
Forge
Freeform
Fremantle Press
G
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Gallaudet University Press
Gallery Books
Garzanti
GemmaMedia
Gemma Halliday Publishing
Georgia McBride Media Group
Giunti
Glass House Press
Globe Pequot Press
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Grand Central Publishing
Granite Publishing & Distribution
Graydon House Books (closed in 2025)
Grey Matter Press
Grove Atlantic
Gryphonwood Press
Guanda
Guernica Editions
Guideposts
Gummerus
H
Hachette Livre Australia
Hampton Creek Press
Harbor House
Hard Case Crime
Harlequin Books
Harlequin – Hanover Square Press
Harlequin – MIRA Books
Harlequin – Park Row
Harmony Ink Press
Harper
HarperCollins
HarperCollins HQ
Harper Paperbacks
HarperTeen
Harper Voyager
Harriman House
Harvest House
Head of Zeus
Headline Books
Heaven Lake Press
Helion & Company Ltd.
Hell’s Hundred
Hellbender Books
Hellgate Press
Henery Press
Henry Holt & Co.
Hex Publishers
Hobeck Books Limited
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Headline
Hogarth
Holiday House
Houghton Mifflin Company
House of Anansi
Howard Publishing
HQN Books
Human & Rousseau
Hydra
Hyperion
Hyperion Books
I
Imajin Books
Immortal Works
Inanna Publications
Integration Press
InterMix
Intrigue Publishing
J
Jacana
Joffe Books
Joggling Board Press
Jonathan Ball
JournalStone
L
Lake Union
LAPA
Legend Press
Lerner Publishing Group
Level Best Books
Library of America
Linden Publishing, Inc.
Literary Wanderlust
Little, Brown & Co.
Live It Publishing
Liveright
Llewellyn
Longanesi
Lume Books
LUNA
Lyrical Press
Lyrical Underground
M
Macmillan
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Marshall Cavendish International
Marsilio
McBooks Press
MCD x FSG Originals
McFarland & Company, Inc.
McGraw-Hill Education
Melange Books, LLC
Meulenhoff/Boekerij
Michael Joseph, Ltd.
Milford House Press
Mills & Boon LTD
Minerva Kustannus Oy
Minotaur
MIRA Books
Momentum Books
Mondadori
Monsoon Books
Montlake Romance
Moonstone
Mulholland Books
Multnomah Publishing Inc.
Murdoch Books
Mysterious Press
Mystery Magazine
Mystery Tribune Magazine
N
NAL
Nancy Paulsen Books
Nanmeebooks Publications Co., Ltd
Naval Institute Press
NeWest Press
New Pulp Press
Newton Compton
Nimbus Publishing
Nord
Norstedts
North Atlantic Books
Norwood Press
O
O Brien Press Ltd., The
Oceanview Publishing
Ohio University Press
Oldcastle Books Ltd
Onyx
Ooligan Press
Open Road Media
Orca Book Publishers
Orenda Books
Orion Books
Other Press
Overlook Press
P
Pajama Press
Pamela Dorman Books
Pan Macmillan
Pantera Press
Parisian Phoenix Publishing
Pegasus Books
Pegasus Crime
Penguin/Putnam
Penguin Press
Penguin Teen
Penguin Young Readers
Pen-L Publishing
Per Aspera
Perfect Crime Books
Permuted Press
Perseus Books Group
Piemme
Pine & Cedar (Flatiron)
Pinnacle Books
Piper Verlag GmbH
PM Press
Pocket Books
Point Blank Press
Poisoned Pencil
Poisoned Pen Press
Polygon Publishers
Post Hill Press
Prometheus Books
Prospect Park Books
Protea Boekhuis
Q
Quercus
Quill Driver Books
Quill Tree Books
R
Random House
Random House Audio
Rare Bird Books
Raven Crest Books
Raw Dog Screaming Press
ReAnimus Press
Rebellion Publishing
Recorded Books
Red Adept Publishing
Red Dress Ink
Red Hen Press
Redhook
Regalo Press
Regnery Publishing
Revell Publishing
Rising Action
River City Publishing
riverrun
Riveted Press
Rizzoli
Rogue Phoenix Press
Rowohlt Verlag
Running Wild Press
S
Saga Press
Salani
Sapere Books
Saturday Evening Post
Scarlet
Scholastic
Scribner
Sellerio
Serpent s Tail
Seventh Street Books
Severed Press
Severn House
Severn River Publishing
Shadow Mountain
Shotgun Honey
Shuter & Shooter
Signet
Silhouette Books
Simon & Schuster
Simon Maverick
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Skyscape
Soho Crime
Soho Press
Soho Teen
Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks Fire
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Sourcebooks Landmark
Speaking Volumes LLC
Spectra Books
Sperling & Kupfer
Sphere
Spiegel & Grau
St. Martin s Griffin
St. Martin s Press
Stark House Press
Start Publishing
State University of New York Press
STE Publishers
Steeple Hill
Summer Solstice Publishing
Sunbury Press, Inc.
Suspense Publishing
Syracuse University Press
T
Tafelberg
Tammi Publisher
The RoadRunner Press
The Story Plant
Thomas Dunne Books
Thomas & Mercer
Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Thorndike Press
Three Rivers Press
Tirgearr Publishing
Titan Books
Tor
Torrey House Press
TorTeen
TotalRecall Publications
Touchstone Fireside Publishing
TouchWood Editions
Transit Publishing
Transworld Publishers
Tule Publishing
Turner Publishing Company
Two Dogs
Tyndale House
U
Ullstein
Ulysses Press
Umuzi-Random House SA
Underland Press
Union Square & Co., LLC
Unionsverlag
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press (UL Press)
University of New Mexico Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
University Press of Florida, The
V
Vagrant Press
Vanguard Press
Vesuvian Books
Viking
Viking Books for Young Readers
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
W
W Publishing Group
W.W. Norton & Company
WaterBrook Press
Wednesday Books
WildBlue Press
Wildside Press
Wild Wolf Publishing
William Morrow
Witness Impulse
Wolfpack Publishing LLC
Woodhall Press
Woodland Press, LLC
WordCrafts Press
WordFire Press
Writer’s Digest
WSOY
Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
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Y
Yale University Press
Z
Zaffre Books
Zando
Zebra
Zondervan