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Quirk Books company history timeline

2002

Before 2002, Quirk Books was a creative studio that would pitch novel ideas to other publishers.

Quirk Books was founded as a publishing company in 2002 by David Borgenicht, co-author of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook.

2009

The release of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Seth Grahame-Smith, 2009) was the publisher's first venture into the novel mashup genre.

2013

In 2013, Quirk Books launched the William Shakespeare's Star Wars series (Ian Doescher, 2013). Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children sold more than 9 million copies and spent more than 108 consecutive weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List for Young Adult fiction.

2018

In May 2018, Quirk Books moved into the graphic novel arena with the release of Manfried the Man (Caitlin Major, Kelly Bastow), followed by the release of Giraffes on Horseback Salad (Josh Frank, Manuela Pertega) based on an original story by Salvador Dalí.

2021

In April 2021, after a 20-year career, Brett Cohen resigned as president and publisher of Quirk Books.

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