Quercus (publisher)
Quercus was an independent publishing house based in London. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies, and was acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in 2014.
Quercus is known for its lists in crime, its MacLehose Press imprint, which publishes translated works by authors such as Philippe Claudel, Stieg Larsson, and Valerio Varesi, its literary fiction titles and its Jo Fletcher Books imprint, which publishes science fiction, fantasy, and horror.Details
Smith and Davies had previously worked together at the Orion Publishing Group.
In 2011, Quercus received the Bonnier Publishing Publisher of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards in London.
American imprint SilverOak was co-owned with Sterling Publishing. In March 2016, Quercus launched fiction and non-fiction imprint riverrun.
