Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Founded | 1987 |
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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
^ Distributors
^ PUBLISHERS
^ Tom Tivnan, "State of Independence" The Bookseller Mar 13, 2007
^ Philip Jones, "Kingsley, Faber and Kogan win indie awards" The Bookseller Mar 5, 2007 [1]
External links
- Official website
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