Boson Books is an independent publisher based in

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. It was founded in 1994 by Nancy McAllister, President and Director of Acquisitions, and David McAllister, Vice President and Director of Technical Operations. The company publishes

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and paperbacks; it also features a limited number of titles from The New South Company.

History

Initially, Boson Books published acclaimed contemporary writers of American

Southern literature Southern United States literature consists of American literature written about the Southern United States or by writers from the region. Literature written about the American South first began during the colonial era, and developed significan ...

, such as

Fred Chappell Fred Davis Chappell (born May 28, 1936 in Canton, North Carolina) is an author and poet. He was an English professor for 40 years (1964–2004) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1 ...

and

Kelly Cherry Kelly Cherry (December 21, 1940 – March 18, 2022) was a novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary critic Bob McDonnell Robert Francis McDonnell (born June 15, 1954) is an American attorney, businessman, politician, and former military officer who served as the 71st governor of Virginia from 2010 to 2014. His career ended after his corruption scandal and convic ...

in 2011 as the state's new poet laureate. Over time, the company published more broadly, including American and international authors of fiction, non-fiction, and drama. As of 2012, the company publishes 140 titles. From the time of its founding, Boson embraced emerging technologies such as

and participated in academic conferences of the

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and

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Notable authors

, poet and novelist

Kelly Cherry Kelly Cherry (December 21, 1940 – March 18, 2022) was a novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary critic Francis Marion University Francis Marion University is a public university near Florence, South Carolina. It is named in honor of American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion. History The university dates back to 1957, when the University of South Carolin ...

Leon Katz, dramatist and professor emeritus at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

Robert Rodman Robert Rodman (1940-2017) was a professor of computer science at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Rodman attended UCLA, where he worked with linguist Victoria Fromkin and authored the bestselling linguistics textbook ...

, computer scientist and novelist at

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Steven Vivian, novelist and

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References

External links

* Publisher's websit

* The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technolog

Publishing companies established in 1994 Ebooks Publishing companies of the United States Companies based in Raleigh, North Carolina 1994 establishments in North Carolina