Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews is an American book review journal located at 770 Broadway in New York City. Founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893-1980),
it serves the book and literary trade sector, including libraries, publishers, literary and film agents, film and TV producers and booksellers. It is owned by The Nielsen Company, and is part of Nielsen Business Media's US Music & Literary Group.
Kirkus Reviews is published on the 1st and 15th of each month and reviews, two to four months pre-publication, approximately 5,000 titles per year: fiction, mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, translations, nonfiction and children's and young-adult (YA) books. Kirkus has long been a respected, authoritative pre-publication review source within the literary and film industries.
As of January 2008, Eric Liebetrau is the managing editor and nonfiction editor; Elaine Szewczyk is the fiction editor; Karen Breen is the children's and YA editor.
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