stoughton founded 2004 founder mark smith and wayne davies country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london publication types books imprints maclehose press jo fletcher books official website www.quercusbooks.co.uk quercus is an independent publishing house based in london . it was founded in 2004 by mark smith and wayne davies . it was acquired by hodder & stoughton in 2014 . 1 quercus is known for its lists in crime e.g. philip kerr peter may peter temple its maclehose press imprint headed by christopher maclehose 2 which publishes translated often prize winning works by authors such as philippe claudel stieg larsson and valerio varesi its literary fiction titles e.g. prajwal parajuly kimberley freeman and its jo fletcher books imprint which publishes science fiction fantasy and horror . details edit smith and davies had previously worked together at the orion publishing group . in 2011 quercus received the bonnier publishing publisher of the year at the bookseller industry awards in london . 3 american imprint silveroak is co owned with sterling publishing . 4 references edit sarah shaffi hodder buys quercus the bookseller 25 march 2014 . anthony gardner christopher maclehose the champion of translated fiction who struck it rich with stieg larsson interview 2010 . lisa campbell quercus publisher of the year at the bookseller industry awards the bookseller 17 may 2011 . jones philip 3 march 2010 . indie publishers put books on bloomsbury s digital library shelf . the bookseller . retrieved 3 march 2010 . external links edit quercus official website official maclehose press website official jo fletcher books website quercus catalogue nick clark the publishing house that stieg larsson built the independent 6 august 2010 . v t e lagard re sca lagard re publishing hachette livre armand colin calmann l vy dalloz fayard gautier languereau grasset hachette hatier larousse librairie g n rale fran aise 80 % jc latt s pika stock hatier edelsa hachette usa black dog & leventhal center street faithwords grand central hyperion little brown mulholland books orbit yen 49 % hachette uk hachette children s orchard books1 franklin watts1 wayland headline hodder & stoughton coronet hodder faith mulholland quercus sceptre two roads yellow kite hodder education chambers galore park gibson philip allan updates teach yourself john murray little brown constable & robinson orbit virago sphere octopus cassell illustrated conran octopus gaia godsfield hamlyn mitchell beazley philip s spruce orion books weidenfeld & nicolson gollancz lagard re active hachette filipacchi elle france dimanche ici paris le journal du dimanche le journal de mickey 50 % paris match pariscope photo picsou premi re psychologies t l 7 jours groupe marie claire 42 % ditions philippe amaury 25 % tv & radio delta radio canal j europe 1 evropa 2 gulli 66 % jacaranda 94.2 20 % mcm mcm group mezzo 60 % radio zet part owner tiji vibe fm virgin radio france virgin 17 lagard re services curtis circulation hds retail ls travel retail asia pacific virgin megastores france virgin books and music lagard re unlimited agencies sportfive world sport group 70 % events bnp paribas showdown citi open copa del sol hero indian open nordea masters ice wars singapore open superstars swedish open venues commerzbank arena groupama arena volksparkstadion 1 lagard re sca owns these brands in the united kingdom only . these brands are owned by scholastic corporation in the united states . this article about a publishing company in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quercus publisher & oldid 731594556 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in londoncompanies established in 20042004 establishments in the united kingdomunited kingdom publishing company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 26 july 2016 at 10 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view