Quercus Books
Anne Perry has a diverse work experience in the publishing industry. Anne is currently working as the Publishing Director at Quercus Books since September 2022. Prior to that, they were a Literary Agent at Ki Literary Agency from September 2020 to August 2022. Before that, they worked as an Editorial Director at Simon & Schuster UK from January 2017 to September 2020. Anne Perry also had various roles at Hodder & Stoughton, including Commissioning Editor from August 2015 to January 2017, Editor from April 2013 to July 2015, and Assistant Editor from June 2012 to April 2013. Anne founded and worked as an Editor at Jurassic from July 2011 to June 2012.
Anne Perry attended the University of Chicago from 1997 to 2001, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Anne then pursued a Juris Doctor degree specializing in Employment Law and Human Rights at the University of California, Davis - School of Law from 2001 to 2004. Lastly, they returned to the University of Chicago from 2004 to 2010 to complete a Master of Arts degree in British History.
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Quercus Books
Quercus is a young, vibrant, internationally successful and award-winning publisher of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. Quercus was established by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies in May 2004. The Directors had previously worked together at the Orion Publishing Group. Starting out in a small office in Dorset Street, London, the company quickly expanded, producing best sellers with each of its first two titles, Universe and Speeches that Changed the World. These titles have now generated sales of approximately 250,000 and 800,000 copies respectively, and both continue to sell strongly around the world. In July 2006 Quercus made its debut appearance on the UK bestseller lists with Peter Temple’s The Broken Shore, and by October the company had been listed on Plus Markets, attracting new levels of investment and ensuring a strong financial platform for future development. 2007 began with our first major literary prize, for Stef Penney’s The Tenderness of Wolves. It not only won the Costa Best First Novel Award, but was ultimately named as victor in the overall Book of the Year category. We were also pleased to be unveiled as one of three finalists at the Fast Growth Business Awards 2007, in the ‘PLUS New Company of the Year’ category. In 2008, under our MacLehose Press imprint, we published Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which won a Galaxy British Book Award. In 2009 the book’s sequel, The Girl Who Played with Fire, became the company’s first number one bestseller. It was the first translated title to top the UK hardback fiction chart – a landmark in British publishing history.