Simon & Schuster will handle sales and distribution for Penzler Publishers in the U.S. and Canada, effective February 1, 2026.
Penzler Publishers was founded in 2018 by two-time Edgar Award-winner Otto Penzler, founder of New York City's Mysterious Bookshop. Penzler Publishers includes four mystery imprints: the Mysterious Press (which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year), Scarlet (featuring domestic suspense), American Mystery Classics (reissuing Golden Age detective fiction), and Crime Ink (true crime).
Current Penzler Publishers authors include Lee Child, Charles Todd, Amy Bloom, Andrew Klavan, Joyce Carol Oates, Nicholas Meyer, Thomas Perry, and Charles Cumming.