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Soho Press

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Adapted from the English Wikipedia article Soho Press, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 28 November 2025
Soho Press
Company typeIndependent publisher
IndustryPublishing
Founded1986
FounderJuris Jurjevics, Laura Hruska
Headquarters
New York City
,
United States
Key people
Bronwen Hruska (manager)
ProductsLiterary fiction, international crime fiction, memoirs, young adult mysteries and thrillers

Soho Press, established in 1986 by Juris Jurjevics and Laura Hruska, operates out of New York City and is presently managed by Bronwen Hruska. The publisher primarily focuses on literary fiction alongside international crime fiction series, while also producing memoirs. Its Young Adult division, Soho Teen, specializes in YA mysteries and thriller titles.

Each year, Soho Press publishes approximately 90 new books. The fiction catalog includes prominent authors such as Edwidge Danticat, a National Book Award finalist known for Krik? Krak!, Sue Townsend with Adrian Mole: The Lost Years, Maria Thomas’s Antonia Saw the Oryx First, Jake Arnott’s Long Firm-C, John L'Heureux’s The Handmaid of Desire, Delores Phillips, and Jacqueline Winspear, recipient of the Agatha Award.

Soho Crime

A branch of Soho Press, Soho Crime dedicates itself to international crime fiction series. It showcases bestselling writers like Cara Black, Stuart Neville, Colin Cotterill, Timothy Williams, and Peter Lovesey. The series are set across a variety of global settings and distinct American subcultures, spanning cities and regions such as Paris, Bath, Northern Ireland, Laos, South Korea, Guadeloupe, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Bristol, Madrid, and Berlin.

Soho Constable

Soho Constable represented a collaborative publishing effort with UK-based Constable & Robinson, bringing British procedural mystery novels to the United States audience. Distinguished authors associated with this partnership include Alison Bruce, David Dickinson, Suzette A. Hill, Pat McIntosh, R.T. Raichev, James Craig, and Barbara Cleverly.