Jessica Kingsley Publishers




































Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Founded 1987
Founder Jessica Kingsley
Headquarters location
London, N1
United Kingdom
Distribution
Macmillan Distribution (UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Far East)
Books International (US)
UBC Press (Canada)
Footprint Books (Australia)
United Publishers Services (Japan)
Taylor & Francis (Far East)[1]
Real Books (South Africa)[2]
Nonfiction topics
Social sciences, behavioral sciences, special education
Imprints Singing Dragon
Official website www.jkp.com

Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) is an independent, multinational publishing house headquartered in London, and founded in 1987 by Jessica Kingsley. JKP publishes books pertaining to the social sciences and behavioural sciences, with special attention to art therapy and autism spectrum disorders, respectively. In 2004, the company opened an American office in Philadelphia.




Contents






  • 1 Awards


  • 2 Selected list of publications


  • 3 Selected notable authors


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Awards


In 2007, at the first year of the Independent Publishers Awards, it won the van Tulleken Publisher of the Year Award for "encapsulating the very best of independent publishing in the UK" and also the Taylor Wessing Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year award.[3][4]



Selected list of publications



  • Nobody Nowhere

  • Somebody Somewhere

  • Trueman Bradley



Selected notable authors



  • Donna Williams

  • Gunilla Gerland

  • Jacqui Jackson

  • Jennifer Cook O'Toole

  • Jennifer Elder

  • Paul Newham

  • Rudy Simone

  • Simon Baron-Cohen

  • Tony Attwood



References





  1. ^ Distributors


  2. ^ PUBLISHERS


  3. ^ Tom Tivnan, "State of Independence" The Bookseller Mar 13, 2007


  4. ^ Philip Jones, "Kingsley, Faber and Kogan win indie awards" The Bookseller Mar 5, 2007 [1]




External links


  • Official website













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