Firebird Books (launched January 2002) is an imprint of
Penguin Group (USA) Inc., publishing mainly paperback reprint editions of
science fiction and
fantasy for teenagers and adults.
It was created by
Sharyn November, one of the few children's book editors who works with teenagers. In the process, she discovered that some of her best readers loved
speculative fiction, and were going into the adult genre sections of bookstores and libraries in order to find it.
Firebird has quickly become the most recognizable imprint of its kind, and
Sharyn November was named a
World Fantasy Award Finalist in both 2004 and 2005 for her work. Firebirds Rising, the second anthology November edited for the imprint, is a 2007
World Fantasy Award Finalist.
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abjoint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft,
Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
^joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.