Europa Editions

Europa Editions
Founded2005
FounderSandro Ferri (editorial director)
Sandra Ozzola (president)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
DistributionPublishers Group West (US)[1]
Key peopleMichael Reynolds (editor-in-chief)
Kent Carroll (publisher-at-large)
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genresLiterary fiction, general fiction, non-fiction, crime, young adult fiction
ImprintsEuropa Compass, Tonga Books, Europa World Noir, The Passenger, Europa Editions
Official websitewww.europaeditions.com

Europa Editions is an independent trade publisher based in New York. The company was founded in 2005 by the owners of the Italian press Edizioni E/O [it] and specializes in literary fiction, mysteries, and narrative non-fiction.

Europa has published books by authors from over 30 countries during its years in business.[2] In a 2013 interview, co-founder Sandro Ferri said the company was "born with the intention to create bridges between cultures."[3] As of 2020, Europa Editions publishes about 40 titles per year.[4] Among authors the company has published, Europa counts two ABA IndieBound bestsellers, two New York Times bestsellers, three Booker Prize-shortlisted novels, five New York Times Editors' Picks, two New York Times Notable Books of the Year, two Goncourt Prize winners, one German Book Prize winner,[5] and two winners of the Strega Prize for Fiction.[6] In 2013, the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association awarded Europa Editions its Paperback Book of the Year award.[7] Europa was listed as one of the fastest growing publishers of 2017 by Publishers Weekly.[8]

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  5. ^ "Archive". www.deutscher-buchpreis.de (in German). Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  6. ^ "Labyrinth Books". www.labyrinthbooks.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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  8. ^ "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2017". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 16, 2020.