Serpent's Tail

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Serpent's Tail is a British independent publishing firm founded in 1986 by Pete Ayrton. It is notable for its translated works, particularly European crime fiction, and is the British publisher of Elfriede Jelinek and Lionel Shriver. In January 2007 it was bought out by British publisher Profile Books.

The press publishes predominantly fiction, leaning towards edgy, left of centre writing. Its non-fiction output tends to focus on popular culture, film and music, and left-field politics. It publishes the current output of authors such as Nicholas Royle and Stella Duffy and the back catalogues of Derek Raymond and Kathy Acker.

Prizes won by its authors include: Nobel Prize for Literature - Kenzaburo Oe and Elfriede Jelinek; Orange Prize for Fiction - Lionel Shriver (We Need To Talk About Kevin); and John Llewellyn Rhys Prize - Jonathan Trigell (Boy A).

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• Official site