Notable Titles and Authors
North Atlantic Books is the publisher of the first installment of the New York Times bestselling book 'Walter the Farting Dog' by William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray, with a 10th Anniversary edition of the book published in August 2011. The publisher is also credited with publishing the complete thirteen-volume series of short stories from Nebula Award-winning science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon. Other notable works from North Atlantic include Jon Klimos's Channeling: Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources (1998, ISBN 1-55643-248-8), described by Newsweek as "the sacred text on channeling," and Patrick Doud's The Winnitok Tales, a series the Midwest Book Review praised for "memorable characters, poetic language, and driving narrative to these timeless tales that recall the classic epic adventure stories.”
According to filmmaker, author, and performer Miranda July, Grossinger and Hough's daughter, her brother and her were part of the company's early operations which included "packing Jiffy bags with books for shipment." July claims her upbringing, North Atlantic Books presence specifically, instilled in her a love of writing "that is at the basis of all the things that I do." Bestselling author and writer Jonathan Lethem has also been tied to North Atlantic Books as the publisher's first paid employee, and later provided an introduction for Theodore Sturgeon's book, The Man Who Lost the Sea.
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