Mission

Transit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 2015, Transit Books is committed to the discovery and promotion of enduring works that carry readers across borders and communities.

Transit Books publishes a carefully curated list of award-winning literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, essay, and literature for children. Transit authors have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, a National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN Translation Prize, and have been finalists for the National Book Award, the International Booker Prize, the National Translation Award, and more.

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MASTHEAD

Adam Z. Levy – Publisher
Ashley Nelson Levy – Publisher
Lizzie Davis – Editor and Rights Manager
Jarrod Annis – Sales and Marketing Manager
Lily Burnes Heath – Publishing Assistant

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Adam Z. Levy • Ashley Nelson Levy • Haley Marwell • Beverly
Mislang • Amanda Nadelberg • Silvia Oviedo

National Advisory Council

Susan Bernofsky • Andrew Eisenman • Jennifer Hastings • Anderson
Tepper • Alex Zucker • Jeffrey Zuckerman

DISTRIBUTION

Transit Books titles are sold and distributed to the trade throughout North America by:

Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
34 Thirteenth Avenue NE, Suite 101
Minneapolis, MN, 55413

PRESS & MARKETING INQUIRIES

To request advance or review copies of any of our titles, email editors [at] transitbooks [dot] org. Along with your request, please include your affiliation and provide links to previous reviews, if available.

Academic desk copy requests should be sent to the address listed above. Please include the name of the professor, course description, and expected enrollment.

For all other requests please use the form below.