Transworld Publishers was established in 1950 and since 1981 has been owned by Bertelsmann, becoming part of The Random House Group in 1998 when Bertelsmann acquired Random House.

In the ‘60s and ‘70s, Transworld published such classics as Joseph Heller’s Catch 22, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal and John Irving’s The World According to Garp in Corgi paperback.

During the ‘80s and ‘90s, Transworld grew organically, creating imprints Black Swan in ‘83, Bantam Press in ’85, Bantam paperbacks in ’87 and Doubleday in ’89. In ’92 it acquired the bestselling Expert gardening list. Transworld formed new partnerships with The Eden Project in 2001 and with Channel 4 in ’04. It founded a new subsidiary company Transworld Ireland in Dublin in ’08.

Today, Transworld in firmly established as the UK’s leading fiction publisher. Many of the nation’s biggest-selling brand name authors have been published by Transworld for their entire writing careers, including Kate Atkinson, Dan Brown, Lee Child, Jilly Cooper, Frederick Forsyth, Robert Goddard, John Irving, Simon Kernick, Sophie Kinsella, Allan Mallinson, Armistead Maupin, Anne McCaffrey, Andy McNab, Terry Pratchett, Susan Sallis, Patricia Scanlan and Joanna Trollope. Other No.1 bestselling novelists who have joined Transworld include Danielle Steel (since ’89), Ben Elton (’98), Joanne Harris (‘99) and Tess Gerritsen (’02).

Transworld’s leading non-fiction authors include Bill Bryson, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Dr D.G.Hessayon, Paul McKenna and Robert Winston.

In 2010, Transworld publishes memoirs by Susan Boyle, Derren Brown, Cheryl Cole, Gen Sir Richard Dannatt and Paul O’Grady, and new landmark books by Bill Bryson and Stephen Hawking. In July, it will publish the paperback of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, the Bantam Press edition of which in 2009 became the biggest-selling adult hardback novel ever published.

Publishing fewer than 250 new titles across its lists in hardback and paperback each year, Transworld regularly has more titles on the Sunday Times bestsellers lists than any other publishing house.

Transworld is based in Ealing, W5, sharing offices with Random House Children’s Books.

How do I contact one of your authors?

Please write to the author care of the Publicity Department, who will forward it on, or email the author at info@transworld-publishers.co.uk, stating 'care of the Publicity Department'.

Where is Transworld located?

Our offices are at 61-63 Uxbridge Road, London W5 5SA. For directions, please see the How To Find Us section below.

How do I find out which books you have in print?

Please use the Search facility at the top of this page or go to the Advanced Search page if you wish to browse through the different categories of books we publish. All our books in print are listed and you can search by author name, title or ISBN number.

Where does the paper used in the production of Transworld books originate?

Papers used by Transworld are natural, recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests.

Where can I get information about using Transworld books for promotions or incentives?

We would be pleased to talk about any idea that you have for using Transworld books as premiums, incentives, covermounts or media promotions. Please visit our books for promotions website at www.booksforpromotions.co.uk for details.

We only accept for consideration those submissions which come via a literary agent. This decision has been taken in response to the vast number of unsolicited submissions we have been receiving, which we simply do not have the time or the manpower to evaluate properly.

We therefore suggest that you try to get taken on by an agent as they are in the best position to assess your work, send it to the most appropriate publishers, and negotiate on your behalf should your work be accepted for publication. Literary agencies are listed in The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook, which is published annually by A & C Black and can be found in all good bookshops and libraries. Another good source of information is Book Trust who have details of courses and competitions as well as tips for submitting your manuscript and getting published. You may also find The Literary Consultancy useful for advice and manuscript assessment.

The usual requirement by agents is a synopsis and a few sample chapters (approximately 50 pages), all typed and double-spaced.

Our offices are in Ealing, West London, at 61-63 Uxbridge Road, London W5 5SA. The map below shows our location, just off Ealing Broadway.

The nearest tube station is Ealing Broadway, which is on the Central and District lines. British Rail trains run from Paddington Station through Ealing Broadway to Slough and Reading. Transworld is about ten minutes walk from the station.

Buses 83, 207, E2, E7 and E8 all travel to within easy walking distance.