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American science fiction and fantasy publisher
DAW Books
is an American
science fiction
and
fantasy
publisher
, founded by
Donald A. Wollheim
, along with his wife,
Elsie B. Wollheim
,
[1]
following his departure from
Ace Books
in 1971. The company claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy."
[1]
The first DAW Book published was the 1972 short story collection
Spell of the Witch World
by
Andre Norton
.
[2]
In its early years under the leadership of Wollheim and his wife Elsie, DAW gained a reputation of publishing popular, though not always critically acclaimed, works of science fiction and fantasy. Nevertheless, in the 1970s the company published numerous books by award-winning authors such as
Marion Zimmer Bradley
,
Fritz Leiber
,
Jerry Pournelle
, and
Roger Zelazny
. In 1982,
C. J. Cherryh
's
Downbelow Station
became the first DAW book to win the
Hugo Award
for
best novel
.
[3]
Until June 1984, all DAW books were characterized by yellow spines, and a prominent yellow cover box containing the company's logo as well as a chronological publication number. When the design was changed, the chronological number was retained, but moved to the copyright page and renamed the DAW Collectors' Book Number.
Although it has a distribution relationship with
Penguin Group
and is headquartered in Penguin USA's offices in New York City, DAW is editorially independent and closely held by its current publishers,
Betsy Wollheim
(Donald's daughter) and Sheila E. Gilbert.
[4]
[5]
In July 2022, DAW was acquired by
Astra Publishing
.
[6]
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