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Boson Books is an independent publisher based in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded in 1994 by Nancy McAllister, President and Director of Acquisitions, and David McAllister, [1] Vice President and Director of Technical Operations. The company publishes e-books and paperbacks; it also features a limited number of titles from The New South Company.

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History

Initially, Boson Books published acclaimed contemporary writers of American Southern literature, such as Fred Chappell [2] and Kelly Cherry, named by Virginia governor Bob McDonnell in 2011 as the state's new poet laureate. [3] [4] 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 e-books and participated in academic conferences of the IEEE [5] and SIGDOC. [6]

Notable authors

Fred Chappell, poet and novelist

Kelly Cherry, poet and novelist

Phillip Gardner [7] [8] novelist and English faculty member at Francis Marion University

Leon Katz, [9] dramatist and professor emeritus at Yale University

Robert Rodman, computer scientist and novelist at North Carolina State University

Steven Vivian, novelist and liberal nationalist social critic [10] [11] [12]

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  7. ↑ "South Carolina Fiction Project: 2008 Winners". South Carolina Arts Commission. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
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