Thomas Dunne Books
| Company type | Imprint |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Defunct | April 2020 |
| Products | Trade fiction and nonfiction books |
| Parent | St. Martin's Press (Macmillan Publishers) |
Thomas Dunne Books functioned as an imprint under St. Martin's Press, itself a branch of Macmillan Publishers. Operating from 1986 until April 2020, it specialized in publishing widely read trade fiction and nonfiction titles.
History
In 1996, the imprint entered into an agreement with historian David Irving to publish a biography of Joseph Goebbels. However, the project was terminated after Irving's identification as a Holocaust denier and his association with the Institute for Historical Review, a U.S.-based Holocaust denial organization, came to light.
In October 1999, St. Martin's Press withdrew and destroyed Dunne’s book Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President due to disclosures regarding author J. H. Hatfield’s criminal history and an anonymous allegation concerning Bush. This incident prompted the resignation of a St. Martin's executive editor. Following this, editors from Dunne stopped participating in St. Martin’s editorial meetings and began conducting their own separate sessions.
By June 2016, the staff at Thomas Dunne Books had been reduced to four individuals.
The imprint was discontinued in April 2020 by St. Martin's Press amid workforce reductions and hiring freezes caused by financial difficulties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors
- Jesse Slattery The Juliet Effect
- James MacGregor Burns
- J.P. Donleavy
- Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François
- Joe Haldeman (The Forever War)
- Homer Hickam
- Bobby Knight
- Ralph Nader
- Paul Beatty
- Michael Palin along with members of Monty Python
- Frederik Pohl
- Judd Trichter
- Bernie Sanders (Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In)
- William Shatner
- Jincy Willett
- David Wong (John Dies at the End)
- Viv Albertine
- John Hart (author)
- Steve Hamilton (author)
- D.C.A. Hillman, PhD (author) (The Chemical Muse: Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization)
Macmillan Entertainment
Macmillan Films was initiated by Thomas Dunne Books in October 2010 and produced the docudrama series Gangland Undercover, which is adapted from Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs by Charles Falco and Kerrie Droban, published by the imprint in 2013.
Subsequently, Macmillan Films was rebranded as Macmillan Entertainment. As of April 2020, the division’s website showed no active personnel, ongoing projects, or available intellectual properties.