Editing DAW Books

{{Short description|American science fiction and fantasy publisher}}
{{Infobox publisher
| image        = [[Image:DAW Books Logo.jpg|150px|First logo]]
| parent       = Astra Publishing
| status       = 
| founded      = {{start date and age|1971}}
| founder      = [[Donald A. Wollheim]]<br>Elsie B. Wollheim
| successor    = 
| country      = United States
| headquarters = New York City, United States
| distribution = [[Penguin Random House#Penguin Random House Publisher Services|Penguin Random House Publisher Services]]
| keypeople    = [[Betsy Wollheim|Elizabeth R. Wollheim]]<br />Sheila E. Gilbert 
| publications = Books 
| owner        = 
| genre        = [[Science fiction]], [[fantasy]], [[Horror fiction|horror]]
| imprints     = 
| revenue      = 
| numemployees = 
| nasdaq       = 
| url          = {{URL|dawbooks.com}}
}}
[[File:DAW SF collection.jpg|thumb|A number of paperback books published by DAW]]

'''DAW Books''' is an American [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] [[publisher]], founded by [[Donald A. Wollheim]],  with his wife, [[Elsie B. Wollheim]],<ref name=penguin-daw>{{Cite web |url=https://www.penguin.com/publishers/daw/ |title=DAW - Penguin Books USA |access-date=2020-11-03 |archive-date=2022-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129065012/https://www.penguin.com/publishers/daw/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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."<ref name=penguin-daw/> The first DAW Book published was the 1972 short story collection ''[[Spell of the Witch World]]'' by [[Andre Norton]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publication: Spell of the Witch World |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?205225 |publisher=The Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>
==Overview==
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, most of these [[paperback originals]], 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 [[Hugo Award for Best Novel|best novel]].<ref name="Hugo82">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1982-hugo-awards/ |title=1982 Hugo Awards |date=26 July 2007 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2010-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164650/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1982-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2011-05-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.

DAW has a distribution relationship with [[Penguin Group]] and was headquartered in Penguin USA's offices in New York City. DAW is editorially independent and, until 2022, was closely held by its current publishers, [[Betsy Wollheim]] (Donald's daughter) and Sheila E. Gilbert.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lassen |first=Jeremy |title=A View From Corona #12 |url=http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2003/07/?cat=5 |publisher=Night Shade Books |access-date=11 October 2010 |date=July 26, 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325002753/http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2003/07/?cat=5 |archive-date=25 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name=wollheim200606>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/06Wollheim.html|title=Locus Online: Betsy Wollheim interview excerpts|magazine=Locus |date=June 2006 | access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref><ref name="astra acquisition">{{Cite web |title=Astra Publishing House Acquires DAW Books |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/89841-astra-publishing-house-acquires-daw-books.html |access-date=August 1, 2022 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>

In July 2022, DAW was acquired by [[Astra Publishing House]].<ref name="astra acquisition"/>

==Partial list of authors==
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*[[Ben Aaronovitch]]
*[[Saladin Ahmed]]
*[[Camille Bacon-Smith]]
*[[Bradley Beaulieu]]
*[[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]
*[[Kristen Britain]]
*[[John Brunner (author)|John Brunner]]
*[[Kenneth Bulmer]]
*[[C. J. Cherryh]]
*[[Julie Czerneda]]
*[[Philip K. Dick]] 
*[[Emily Drake]]
*[[Suzette Haden Elgin]]
*[[Kate Elliott (writer)|Kate Elliott]]
*[[Jane Fancher]]
*[[M. A. Foster]]
*[[C. S. Friedman]]
*[[Kathleen O'Neal Gear]] and [[W. Michael Gear]]
*[[David Gerrold]]
*[[ElizaBeth Gilligan]]
*[[Tracy Hickman]]
*[[Jim C. Hines]]
*[[Tanya Huff]]
*[[Katharine Kerr]]
*[[Gini Koch]]
*[[Mercedes Lackey]]
*[[Laura Lam]]
*[[Tanith Lee]]
*[[Fritz Leiber]]
*[[Stephen Leigh]]
*[[Edward Llewellyn-Thomas|Edward Llewellyn]]
*[[Karen Lord]]
*[[Violette Malan]]
*[[John Marco]]
*[[Marshall Ryan Maresca]]
*[[Seanan McGuire]]
*[[R. M. Meluch]]
*[[Lisanne Norman]]
*[[Nnedi Okorafor]]
*[[Fiona Patton]]
*[[Melanie Rawn]]
*[[Mickey Zucker Reichert]]
*[[Laura Resnick]]
*[[Mike Resnick]]
*[[Jennifer Roberson]]
*[[Deborah J. Ross]]
*[[Patrick Rothfuss]]
*[[Diana Rowland]]
*[[Christopher Ruocchio]]
*[[Sean Russell (author)|Sean Russell]]
*[[Michelle Sagara]] (a.k.a. [[Michelle West]])
*[[Sherwood Smith]]
*[[John Steakley]]
*[[S. Andrew Swann]]
*[[Margaret Weis]]
*[[Tad Williams]]

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://astrapublishinghouse.com/imprints/daw-books/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200718040421/https://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/daw1-100.html Fan listing of DAW Books (first page)]
*[http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Publisher:DAW Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) listing of DAW Books]

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[[Category:American speculative fiction publishers]]
[[Category:Book publishing companies based in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Fantasy book publishers]]
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[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1971]]
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[[Category:1971 establishments in New York City]]