Hawthorne Books

Hawthorne Books

Founded	2001
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Portland, Oregon
Publication types	books
Official website	www.hawthornebooks.com

Hawthorne Books is an independent publisher founded in 2001 in Portland, Oregon, U.S., specializing in literary fiction and creative nonfiction original trade paperbacks.

Authors

• Kristen Wiig has optioned the film rights for Monica Drake's Clown Girl.[1]
• Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water, won the 2012 PNBA Award[2] and is shortlisted for the 2012 Oregon Book Award.[3]
• Frank Meeink of Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead was featured on WHYY's Fresh Air.[4]
• Hawthorne's title The Well and The Mine by Gin Phillips won her the 2008 Barnes & Noble Discover Award.[5] Penguin Press bought the rights to The Well and The Mine shortly after.[6]
• Scott Nadelson won the Oregon Book Award[7] and the Great Lakes Colleges Association Award for Saving Stanley in 2004.[8]
• Hawthorne's rediscovery series celebrates American writers by bringing back to print titles by authors such as Richard Wiley, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Tom Spanbauer and Toby Olson.[9]
• Introductions to Hawthorne Books' writers are often written by esteemed authors including Wole Soyinka, Ursula Hegi, Chuck Palahniuk, A. M. Homes, Robert Coover, Fannie Flagg and Robin Givens.[10]

See also

• List of companies based in Oregon

References

1. Baker, Jeff. The Oregonian. May 18, 2011.
2. http://www.pnba.org/2012sl/shelftalkers/ba12st-yuknavitch.pdf^[permanent dead link‍]
3. Literary Arts, 2012.
4. NPR. A Recovering Skinhead on Leaving Hatred behind, April 7, 2010.
5. The Penguin Speakers Bureau.
6. Overcash, Anita. Gin Phillips mines rich material in the Well and the Mine. July 7, 2009.
7. Braodway Books. Saving Stanley: The Brickman Story
8. Braodway Books. Saving Stanley: The Brickman Story
9. Kinsella, Bridget. Hawthorne to Reissue Prize Winners, October 20, 2006.
10. "Titles published by Hawthorne Books".

External links

• Official website