Kensington Publishing
| Predecessor | Lancer Books |
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| Founded | 1974 |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Distribution | Penguin Random House Publisher Services |
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| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | Romance, women's fiction, African American, young adult, nonfiction, true-crime, western, mystery |
| Imprints | Zebra Books Pinnacle Books Dafina Urban Soul Citadel Press Lyrical Press |
| No. of employees | 85 |
| Official website | kensingtonbooks |
Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New York–based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius and Roberta Bender Grossman. Kensington is known as "America's Independent Publisher". It remains a multi-generational family business, with Steven Zacharius succeeding his father as president and CEO, and Adam Zacharius as general manager.
It is the house of many New York Times bestselling authors, including Fern Michaels, Lisa Jackson, Joanne Fluke and William W. Johnstone. The company publishes around 500 new titles each year, and its backlist includes classics such as The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick, Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max and Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Kensington's imprints include Zebra Books, Pinnacle Books, Dafina, Citadel Press, and Lyrical Press, which provide readers with a range of popular genres such as romance, military thrillers and espionage, women's fiction, African American, young adult and nonfiction, as well as true-crime, western, and mystery titles.