Forge, Doherty’s other imprint, focuses on fiction, including historical novels and thrillers, while Tor - of course - focuses on science fiction and fantasy. Tor is one of the two primary imprints of New York-based publishing company, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. Martin’s Press in 1986 and later became part of the Holtzbrinck group, now known as Macmillan Publishers. Dick.Since its founding by Tom Doherty in 1980, Tor Books has won every major science fiction and fantasy award, and for 25 consecutive years, has won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Publisher. Cohen, Susanna Clarke, Allan Folsom, Eric Lustbader, Elizabeth Haydon, Gene Wolfe, Morgan Llewelyn, David Lubar, David Weber, Christopher Pike, and Philip K. Anderson, Andre Norton, Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan, former Secretary of Defense William B. Greeley, Douglas Preston, Orson Scott Card, Michael & Kathleen O’Neal Gear, Harold Robbins, Susan Kearney, Jonathan Carroll, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Well-known authors recently published by Tor and Forge include Andrew M. Tor/Forge has also become the leading modern publisher of American westerns. The Forge imprint publishes a wide range of fiction, including a strong line of historical novels and thrillers, plus mysteries, women’s fiction, and a variety of nonfiction titles.

Additionally, the Tor Kids program includes Starscape, Tor Teen, and one of the largest classics lines in North America. Tor’s Orb imprint offers trade paperback editions of outstanding, award-winning SF and fantasy backlist titles. Winner of the Locus Award for best SF publisher 20 years in a row, Tor regularly puts books like Robert Jordan’s Knife of Dreams and Terry Goodkind’s Chainfire atop national bestseller lists.

Tor Books is the most successful science fiction and fantasy publisher in the world.

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