Razorbill
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, is dedicated to young adult and middle grade books. Razorbill publishes between 30 and 40 titles each year.
Razorbill’s young adult hardcover fiction list includes Jay Asher’s debut novel, Thirteen Reason Why, a New York Times Bestseller that has won the California Book Award, among other prizes, and Spud, by John van de Ruit, the #1 fastest selling book in South Africa's history. Razorbill also publishes original trade paperbacks, like New York Times Bestselling author Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy, and its sequels, Frostbite and Shadow Kiss. Other paperback series include Talent by New York Times bestselling author of The A-List Zoey Dean.
Razorbill’s non-fiction titles include the coffee-table book Influence by Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen and, upcoming, The Teen Vogue Handbook: An Insider's Guide to Careers in the Fashion Industry.
In 2009, Razorbill will publish I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I want to be your Class President by Emmy Award-winning Daily Show writer and co-executive producer Josh Lieb. Other middle grade titles are Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger by Kevin Bolger and Zorgamazoo, a debut novel-in-rhyme by Robert Paul Weston that has been called “a natural descendant of the works of Dr. Seuss and Roald Dahl.”*
*Booklist, Starred Review
Look for Razorbill to continue to publish the very best of young adult and middle grade fiction and non-fiction.
Ben Schrank
President and Publisher
Ben Schrank joined the Penguin Group in 2006, after serving as Editorial Director of Alloy Entertainment. Mr. Schrank has been a creative writing professor in the MFA program at Brooklyn College, and has written novels for adults and teenagers.
