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Tor Books

Logo: Tor Forge, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

American book publisher

Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1980Founded1
  • HeadquartersEquitable Building1
  • Legal formsubsidiary company1

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Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles.2

Corporate structure

Tor Books is part of a group headed by St. Martin's Press. 11 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • St. Martin's Press New York City
    • Tor Publishing Group Equitable Building, United States
      • Tor Books Equitable Building
      • Forge Books Subsidiary
      • Nightfire Subsidiary
      • Orb Books Subsidiary
      • Tor Essentials Subsidiary · New York City, United States
      • Tor Fantasy Subsidiary · New York City, United States
      • Tordotcom Publishing Subsidiary
    • St. Martin's Griffin Subsidiary
    • Thomas Dunne Books Subsidiary · United States

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Tom Doherty in 1980.1

Tor was founded by Tom Doherty in 1980, with Harriet McDougal and Jim Baen joining him from Ace as the editorial staff. (Baen and Doherty founded Baen Books three years later.) They were soon joined by Barbara Doherty and Katherine Pendill, who then composed the original startup team.

Tor is a word meaning a rocky pinnacle, as depicted in Tor's logo. Tor Books was sold to St. Martin's Press in 1987. Along with St. Martin's Press; Henry Holt; and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, it became part of the Holtzbrinck group, now part of Macmillan in the US.

In June 2019, Tor and other Macmillan imprints moved from the Flatiron Building, to larger offices in the Equitable Building.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tor Books, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Tor Books, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1980Founded Founded1

Sources

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