1997 founder robert rosenwald barbara g. peters susan malling country of origin united states headquarters location scottsdale arizona key people robert rosenwald publisher and president barbara g. peters senior editor jessica tribble associate publisher publication types books fiction genres mystery imprints the poisoned pencil number of employees 8 official website www.poisonedpenpress.com poisoned pen press is a publisher of hardcover mystery fiction in the united states . it is based in scottsdale arizona . poisoned pen press typically publishes thirty six new hardcover mysteries per year thirty six new large type editions of those hardcovers and between thirty and forty new trade paperback editions of previously published hardcovers . audio books of new titles are produced by blackstone audio . all titles are distributed through ingram publisher services . contents 1 history 2 the poisoned pencil 3 lifetime achievement award 4 ellery queen award 5 notable authors 6 references 7 external links history edit poisoned pen press was founded in 1997 by barbara g. peters robert rosenwald and their daughter susan malling . peters who had founded scottsdale arizona s the poisoned pen a mystery bookstore a decade ago sees consolidations in the publishing industry as a threat to cultural diversity and to the survival of the independent bookstore . 1 poisoned pen press began by selling out of print books but soon expanded to publish original titles . they earned two edgar award nominations 1998 and 2000 and many of their books receive positive reviews in trade publications and general press . 2 the poisoned pencil edit in 2012 the poisoned pencil an imprint of poisoned pen press was founded to publish mysteries for young adults . 3 ellen larson was named editor of the poisoned pencil . 4 the first release from the poisoned pencil was death spiral by janie chodosh on april 1 2014 . 5 lifetime achievement award edit in recognition of barbara peters and robert rosenwald s contribution to the publishing industry they received the lifetime achievement award at the 2008 bouchercon crime and mystery conference . 6 ellery queen award edit on april 29 2010 at the mystery writers of america s 64th annual edgar awards dinner barbara peters and robert rosenwald were given the ellery queen award which honors writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery publishing industry . 7 8 notable authors edit notable authors the company has published include james anderson robert barnard claudia bishop kate charles ruth dudley edwards martin edwards kerry greenwood steven f. havill libby fischer hellmann h.r.f. keating laurie r. king ken kuhlken cornelius lehane edward marston peter may val mcdermid keith miles susan moody paul moorcraft michael norman barbara g. peters james sallis rick shefchik david waltner toews betty webb joseph jefferson farjeon references edit poisoned pen press website history of the company . archived from the original on december 11 2008 . retrieved 2008 11 30 . interview with barbara peters . archived from the original on october 6 2008 . retrieved 2008 11 30 . about young adult mystery publisher the poisoned pencil . the poisoned pencil . retrieved 3 may 2015 . poisoned pen press creates ya imprint . publishers weekly . 24 september 2012 . retrieved 3 may 2012 . werris wendy 11 march 2014 . the poisoned pencil announces first ya title . publishers weekly . retrieved 3 may 2015 . bouchercon conference details of guests of honor . retrieved 2008 11 30 . a good night for minotaur at the edgars . archived from the original on may 3 2010 . retrieved 2010 04 30 . ellery queen award winners . retrieved 2010 04 30 . not in citation given external links edit official website article in the drood review by barbara peters interview with robert rosenwald in the mytery reader retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title poisoned pen press & oldid 738774703 categories book publishing companies of the united statescompanies based in scottsdale arizonapublishing companies established in 1997hidden categories all articles with failed verificationarticles with failed verification from september 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 00 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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