paperback) and Orbit (science fiction) lists, and authors including Iain Banks. Feminist publisher Virago Press followed in 1996. Also in 1996, Wolters Kluwer acquired Little, Brown's legal and medical publishing division and incorporated it into its Aspen and Lippincott-Raven imprints. 21st century In 2006, the Time Warner Book Group was sold to French publisher Hachette Livre. Following this, the Little, Brown imprint is used by Hachette Livre's U.S. publishing company, Hachette Book Group USA. In 2011, Little, Brown launched an imprint devoted to suspense publishing: Mulholland Books. In February 2013, Reagan Arthur was selected to be publisher of Little, Brown, while closing her five-year-old imprint, Reagan Arthur Books. In October 2017, Little, Brown started an unnamed imprint devoted to health, lifestyle, psychology, and science with the appointment of Tracy Behar as the imprint's vice president, publisher, and editor-in-chief. The imprint Little, Brown Spark launched in fall 2018. In February 2020, Hachette Book Group acquired 1,000 titles for young readers from Disney Book Group for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. See also Badminton Library Books in the United States List of largest UK book publishers Little, Brown Book Group References Further reading Little, Brown and Company, One Hundred Years of Publishing, 1837-1937. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co. Oliver, Bill (1986), "Little, Brown and Company", in Peter Dzwonkonski (ed.), Dictionary of Literary Biography - Volume Forty-nine - American Literary Publishing Houses, 1638–1899 Part 1: A–M. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company. External links (Little, Brown and Company) Little, Brown Book Group | Hachette UK 1837 establishments in Massachusetts Publishing companies based in New York City Book publishing companies based in New York (state) Former Time Warner subsidiaries Lagardère Media Publishing companies established in 1837 American companies established in 1837