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Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house with companies in London, New York, Berlin and Sydney. Its four divisions include:
Bloomsbury Adult Publishing – a substantial list of successful authors including Khaled Hosseini, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sarah J. Maas, William Boyd, Susanna Clarke, Ann Patchett, Johann Hari, Lisa Taddeo, Richard Ford, David Guterson, John Irving, Jay McInerney, Ben Schott, Anthony Bourdain, William Dalrymple, Ben Macintyre, Dava Sobel, Heston Blumenthal, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Man Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson. The trade division also features significant reference projects including Wisden, Who's Who, Reed's Nautical and Whitaker’s Almanack.
Bloomsbury Children's Publishing – a highly successful list including authors such as J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Brigid Kemmerer, Sarah Crossan, Debi Gliori, Alyxandra Harvey, Carrie Jones, Shannon Hale, Louis Sachar and Benjamin Zephaniah.
Bloomsbury Academic and Professional Publishing – Bloomsbury Academic specialises in the humanities and social sciences. The division includes Berg, Methuen Drama and Arden Shakespeare. Bloomsbury Professional leads in UK law and tax.
Bloomsbury Information – includes a number of information databases for electronic as well as print publications. Publications include The Encarta World English Dictionary, The English Language Teaching Database, The Macmillan English Dictionary, Business: The Ultimate Resource, QFINANCE.com, and others. Bloomsbury also provides management services for Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, a division of the Qatar Foundation.