publications . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message orbit books parent company hachette lagard re publishing founded 1974 country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london distribution united kingdom united states australia south africa fiction genres science fiction fantasy official website orbitbooks.net orbit books is an international publisher that specialises in science fiction and fantasy books . it was founded in 1974 as part of the macdonald futura publishing company . in 1992 its parent company was bought by little brown & co. at that stage part of the time warner book group . in 1997 orbit acquired the legend imprint from random house . 1 in 2006 orbit s parent company little brown was sold by time warner to the french publishing group hachette livre . in summer 2006 it was announced that orbit would expand internationally with the establishment of orbit imprints in the united states and australia . orbit publishing director tim holman relocated to new york to establish orbit us as an imprint of hachette book group usa . in june 2007 orbit announced the appointment of bernadette foley as publisher for orbit australia an imprint of hachette livre australia . authors edit allen steele amanda carlson amanda downum andy remic angus watson ann leckie barb & jc hendee brandon sanderson brent weeks brian ruckley brian w. aldiss celia friedman celine kiernan charles stross charlie fletcher charlie huston christopher moore daniel abraham david brin david dalglish david farland elizabeth moon fiona mcintosh gail carriger gail z. martin glenda larke helen lowe iain m. banks ian graham ian irvine james clemens james s.a. corey jaye wells jeff somers jennifer rardin jesse bullington jim butcher jo graham joe abercrombie joel shepherd john r. fultz jon courtenay grimwood jv jones k.j. parker karen miller karen traviss kate elliott kate griffin kelley armstrong ken macleod kevin hearne kevin j. anderson kristen painter kim stanley robinson laurell k hamilton lilith saintcrow m.l.n. hanover marianne de pierres marjorie m. liu michael cobley michael j. sullivan mike carey mira grant mur lafferty n.k. jemisin nicole peeler orson scott card pamela freeman paolo bacigalupi patricia briggs philip palmer r scott bakker rachel aaron rachel neumeier robert buettner robert jackson bennett russell kirkpatrick sean williams simon morden stephen aryan t.c. mccarthy tad williams tanya huff terry brooks terry dehart tim lebbon trent jamieson tricia sullivan trudi canavan walter jon williams references edit dozois gardner 1998 . the year s best science fiction fifteenth annual collection . st. martin s griffin . external links edit official website v t e lagard re sca lagard re publishing hachette livre armand colin calmann l vy dalloz 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