Bloomsbury Publishing plc is an independent, London-based publishing house best known as the publisher of the Harry Potter series of novels, written by J. K. Rowling. It was named Publisher of the Year in 1999 as well as 2000. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling, OBE (born 31 July 1965) is an English fiction writer who writes under the name of J. K. Rowling. ...

Other noted authors published by the company include Margaret Atwood, John Berger, Patricia Highsmith, Nora Ephron, Carlos Fuentes, William Goldman, Nadine Gordimer, David Halberstam, Jay McInerney, Michael Ondaatje, Edward Said and Hunter S. Thompson. The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... John Berger (b. ... Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers. ... Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941 in New York City, New York) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. ... Carlos Fuentes Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes Macías (born November 11, 1928) is one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. ... William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... Nadine Gordimer (b. ... David Halberstam (born April 10, 1934), American journalist and author, was born in New York City. ... Jay McInerney (born 1955) is an American writer. ... Michael Ondaatje OC (born September 12, 1943) is a Canadian/Sri Lankan novelist and poet perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning novel adapted into an Academy Award winning film, The English Patient. ... Edward Said Edward Wadie Said (November 1, 1935 – September 24, 2003; Arabic: ) was a well-known Palestinian-born American literary theorist, critic and outspoken Palestinian activist. ... Hunter S. Thompson (Photo by Allen G. Arpadi) Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. ...

However they also publish works by the following authors- A

• Leila Aboulela
• Marc Acito
• Jennifer Ackerman
• Hanan Al-Shaykh
• Clare Allan
• Al Alvarez
• Julia Alvarez
• Steven Appleby
• Eve Arnold
• Elizabeth Arthur
• The Asham Award
• Margaret Atwood

B

• Chris Bachelder
• Anita Rau Badami
• Rajeev Balasubramanyam
• Kevin Baldwin
• Russell Banks
• John Banville
• Mourid Barghouti
• Jackson R. Bryer & Cathy W. Barks
• Suzy Barratt & Polly Beard
• Mikhail Baryshnikov
• Glen Baxter
• Josiane Behmoiras
• Derrick Bell
• Gioconda Belli
• Alex Bellos
• Ronan Bennett
• Paula Benson
• John Berger
• Nella Bielski
• Ambrose Bierce
• Peter Biskind
• Hans Blix
• Amy Bloom
• Steven Bochco
• Dennis Bock
• Yves Bonavero
• Bono
• Caroline Bott
• Anthony Bourdain
• Peter Bowler
• T.C. Boyle
• Matthew Branton
• Suzanne Braun Levine
• Frédéric Brenner
• Gene Brewer
• Joanna Briscoe
• Martin Brookes
• Mick Brown
• James Brown
• Clare Brown
• David Browne
• Liam Browne
• Alexia Brue
• Paul Bryers
• Chico Buarque
• Carolyn Burke
• D. Graham Burnett
• John Burningham
• Jimmy Burns
• David M. Buss
• Aldo Buzzi

C

• Angus Calder
• Ethan Canin
• John Carlin
• Emmanuel Carrère
• Steven Carter
• Justin Cartwright
• Ruy Castro
• Javier Cercas
• Jerome Charyn
• Annping Chin
• Sandra Cisneros
• Laura Claridge
• Susanna Clarke
• Yvonne Cloetta
• Tim Coates
• Marika Cobbold
• Terry Coleman
• Lindsey Collen
• Paul Collins
• Kevin Conley
• David Cordingly
• Douglas Coupland
• Patricia Craig
• Justin Cronin
• Helen Cross
• Simon Crump
• Laura Shaine Cunningham

D

• Sophie Dahl
• Wade Davis
• Jill Dawson
• Gavin de Becker
• Clare de Vries
• Thomas de Zengotita
• Meaghan Delahunt
• Jim DeRogatis
• Christopher Dewdney
• Janine di Giovanni
• Silvia Di Natale
• Irene Dische
• Martin Doerry
• Jennifer Donnelly
• Doris Dorrie
• Stephanie Doyon
• Bill Duncan
• Patricia Duncker
• Nic Dunlop
• Karen Duve

E

• Gwen Edelman
• Lucy Ellmann
• Tomás Eloy Martínez
• Nora Ephron
• Jeffrey Eugenides
• Martina Evans
• Richard Eyre

F

• Adam Feinstein
• Harry Ferguson
• Lorna Fergusson
• Eva Figes
• Jeff Fisher
• Anne Taylor Fleming
• Jacky Fleming
• Emma Forrest
• Gavin Friday
• Mariella Frostrup
• Carlos Fuentes

G

• Mavis Gallant
• Tom Gauld
• Lisa Gee
• Masha Gessen
• Graeme Gibson
• Elizabeth Gilbert
• Lesley Glaister
• Gail Godwin
• William Goldman
• Daniel Goleman
• Nadine Gordimer
• Edward Gorey
• Tony Gould
• Niven Govinden
• Temple Grandin
• Alasdair Gray
• A. C. Grayling
• Lavinia Greacen
• David Grossman
• Trevor Grove
• Romesh Gunesekera
• Abdulrazak Gurnah
• David Guterson

H

• Axel Hacke
• David Halberstam
• Libby Hall
• Tony Hanania
• Sheila Hancock
• Nicholas Harberd
• Ann Harries
• Colin Harrison
• Milton Hatoum
• Ethan Hawke
• Anthony Hayward
• Thomas Heffernan
• Fergus Henderson
• Hayden Herrera
• Mark Hertsgaard
• Patricia Highsmith
• Myles Hildyard
• Edmund Hillary
• Russell Hoban
• Will Hodgkinson
• Chuck Hogan
• Jerry Hopkins
• Richard Horne
• Tony Horwitz
• Barney Hoskyns
• Khaled Hosseini
• David Hughes
• Helen Humphreys
• Michelle Huneven
• Samuel Hynes

I

• James Innes-Smith
• The Very Best of the Innovations Catalogue
• Vicki Iovine
• John Irving
• Pico Iyer

J

• Marni Jackson
• Deborah Jackson
• Oliver James
• Tama Janowitz
• Donna Jarrell
• Diarmuid Jeffreys
• Liz Jensen
• Nick Johnstone
• Dom Joly

K

• Karen Karbo
• David Katz
• John Keane
• Daren King
• Ruth Klüger
• Lynn Knight
• James & Elizabeth Knowlson
• Malcolm Knox
• Sheila Kohler
• Elizabeth Kolbert
• Gunnar Kopperud
• Tim Krabbé
• Michael Kustow

L

• John Lahr
• Camille Laurens
• David Leavitt
• Adam LeBor
• Chang-rae Lee
• William Leith
• Leiths Cookery
• J.T. Leroy
• Simone Lia
• Alan Lightman
• George & Frieda Lindemeyer
• Art Linson
• Carol Loeb Shloss
• Jacqui Lofthouse
• Antonia Logue
• Isabel Losada
• Jim Lynch

M

• Colin MacCabe
• Alberto Manguel
• Ian Marchant
• David Margolick
• Lou Marinoff
• Michael Marmot
• Sam Martin
• Patrick Matthews
• Susan Maushart
• Nichola McAuliffe
• Alice McDermott
• Helena McEwen
• Patrick McGrath
• Jon McGregor
• Ian McGuire
• Jay McInerney
• Bill McKibben
• Gil McNeil
• Patrícia Melo
• Pauline Melville
• Anne Michaels
• Sue Miller
• Rebecca Miller
• Magnus Mills
• Anchee Min
• Brian Moore
• Piers Moore Ede
• Peter Morgan
• Paul Morley
• Jim Mullen
• Ryu Murakami
• Sarah Murgatroyd

N

• Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
• Kamran Nazeer
• Patrick Neate
• Elizabeth Neuffer

O

• Harriet O'Brien
• Conor O'Callaghan
• Garry O'Connor
• Patrick O'Keeffe
• Stewart O'Nan
• Joseph Olshan
• Steve Olson
• Michael Ondaatje
• Michael Ondaatje et al.
• Elsa Osorio
• Dennis Overbye
• Alistair Owen
• John Geiger and Owen Beattie
• Agnes Owens
• Helen Oyeyemi

P

• A. P.
• Erna Paris
• David Park
• Anna Pavord
• Tim Pears
• Roger Pearson
• Susan Perabo
• Marco Perella
• Barry Pilton
• Joanna Pitman
• Mark Poirier
• Michael Pollan
• Jeremy Poolman
• Charles Portis
• Amanda Prantera
• Mark Prendergast
• Richard Price
• Peter Prince

Malcolm Pryce

R

• Dorit Rabinyan
• Lou Reed
• Janet Reibstein
• Beau Riffenburgh
• Peter Robb
• Paul Roberts
• Bruce Robinson
• Anne Roiphe
• Colette Rossant
• Virginia Rounding
• J.K. Rowling
• James Runcie
• Paul Rusesabagina
• Gus Russo

S

• Edward W. Said
• Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury
• Sarah Salway
• Mark Salzman
• James Sanders
• Tanya Sassoon
• Stacy Schiff
• Ben Schott
• Meryle Secrest
• Lisa See
• Maurice Seezer
• Hubert Selby Jr
• Will Self
• Danzy Senna
• Kamila Shamsie
• Wendy Shanker
• Paula Sharp
• William Shaw
• Sue Shephard
• Kathryn Shevelow
• Gary Shteyngart
• Lauren Slater
• Rebecca Smith
• Andrew Smith
• Rebecca Solnit
• Ahdaf Soueif
• Tamsin Spargo
• Susan Spaull
• Ralph Steadman
• Kate Sterns
• Barbara Strauch
• Ira Sukrungruang
• Manil Suri
• Luke Sutherland

T

• Sloane Tanen
• Donna Tartt
• Peter Taylor
• Frederick Taylor
• P.F. Thomese
• Hunter S. Thompson
• Rupert Thomson
• Uwe Timm
• Polly Toynbee
• Barbara Trapido
• Joanna Traynor
• Joanna Trollope
• Sasha Troyan
• Tsunami
• Steve Turner
• Kelly Tyler-Lewis

U

• Jane Urquhart

V

• Dan van der Vat
• Gijs van Hensbergen
• Jonathan van Meter
• Caetano Veloso
• Stephen Venables
• Koen Vergeer
• Janni Visman
• Patricia Volk

W

• Caroline Waldegrave
• Rosie Walford
• Stephen Walker
• Gabrielle Walker
• Kathy Watson
• Ethan Watters
• Simonetta Wenkert
• Paul West
• Edmund White
• Patrick Wilcken
• John Williams
• Conrad Williams
• Gordon Williams
• Stephen Wilson
• Andrew Wilson
• Daniel H. Wilson
• David Winner
• Dirk Wittenborn
• Tobias Wolff
• Thea Wolff
• The Writer and the City

Z

• Benjamin Zephaniah
• Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall
• Mary Kay Zuravleff

External links

• Bloomsbury.com - web portal for the Bloomsbury publishing group