Who founded PublicAffairs Books and when was it started?
PublicAffairs was founded by Peter Osnos in 1997. It is based in New York City and publishes non-mainstream non-fiction focused on politics and current affairs.
Questions about PublicAffairs
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What publishing group owns PublicAffairs Books?
PublicAffairs has been part of the Hachette Book Group since 2016. Before that, it operated within the Perseus Books group.
What Nobel Prize-winning authors has PublicAffairs published?
PublicAffairs published Muhammad Yunus's Banker to the Poor and two books by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo: Poor Economics and Good Economics for Hard Times. All three authors are Nobel Prize winners.
Did PublicAffairs publish The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff?
Yes. PublicAffairs published Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism in 2019. The book became an international bestseller.
What kind of books does PublicAffairs specialize in?
PublicAffairs focuses on non-mainstream non-fiction about politics and current affairs, covering both American and international subjects.
Who is the current publisher of PublicAffairs Books?
Clive Priddle is the current Publisher of PublicAffairs Books.