Tom Doherty

For other people with the same name, see Thomas Doherty (disambiguation).

Tom Doherty
Tom Doherty, 2006
Born
Thomas Doherty

April 23, 1935
EducationTrinity College (Connecticut)
Occupation(s)Chairman, former President & Publisher
Years active1958–present[1]
Employer(s)Tom Doherty Associates, Macmillan Publishers, Holtzbrinck Publishers
Known forTor Books, The Wheel of Time

Tom Doherty (born April 23, 1935) is an American publisher and the founder of the science fiction and fantasy book publisher Tor Books.[2] He started as a salesman for Pocket Books and rose to be Division Sales Manager. From there, he went to Simon & Schuster as National Sales Manager, then became publisher of paperbacks at Grosset & Dunlap, including Tempo Books, in 1969.[3] In 1975, he became publisher for Ace Books. In 1979, he left Ace to establish his own company, Tom Doherty Associates, publishing under the Tor Books imprint starting in 1980, which has grown to become the largest publisher of science fiction and fantasy in the United States.[4]

TDA became a subsidiary of St. Martin's Press in 1987; both are now separate divisions of Macmillan Publishers, ultimately owned by Holtzbrinck Publishers. Doherty continues as Chairman of Tom Doherty Associates, publishing under the Tor, Forge, Tordotcom, Starscape, Tor Teen, and Nightfire imprints.[5][6]

  1. ^ "World Without End". Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  2. ^ Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter, eds. (1993). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc. p. 1235. ISBN 0-312-09618-6.
  3. ^ "Tom Doherty: Story First". 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Publishers". 2021. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "Fritz Foy to Take Over Tor/Forge". 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "About Tom Doherty Associates". 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.