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At Europa Editions we publish works of literary fiction, high-end mystery and noir, and narrative non-fiction from around the world.
Europa Editions was founded in 2005 by Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola Ferri, who are also the owner-publishers of Rome-based Edizioni E/O, one of Europe’s most prestigious independent publishing houses. Our idea was to capitalize on Edizioni E/O’s decades-long experience to bring fresh voices to the American market and provide quality English editions of international literature by enlisting some of the best translators in the business. Our appearance would be distinct, incorporating both European and U.S. jacket design standards, reflecting our conviction that books today must be pleasing to the senses as well as to the mind. Our catalog is eclectic, for we believe that dialogue between nations and cultures is of vital importance and that this exchange is facilitated by literature chosen not only for its ability to entertain and fascinate, but also to inform and enlighten.
In 2005, Sandro and Sandra were joined by veteran publisher Kent Carroll, formerly editor-in-chief at Grove Press and founder-publisher at Carroll & Graf. Kent heads up our New York offices.
Daniela Petracco, previously an agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates Literary Agency, is the director of Europa Editions' new UK office.
Tonga Books, a Europa Editions imprint specializing in works of literary fiction by American authors, was launched in September 2011. The first four titles to be published by Tonga Books were selected and edited by guest editor Alice Sebold.
In North America, we are distributed by Penguin USA and Penguin Canada
In the U.K. and Ireland, we are distributed by Turnaround Publisher Services.
Our publications since 2005 include: two ABA IndieBound bestsellers; A New York Times Bestseller, three Booker Prize-shortlisted novels, five New York Times Editors Picks, two New York Times Notable Books of the Year, two Goncourt Prize Winners, one German Book Award Winner, and two winners of The Strega Prize for Fiction. Additionally, our books have several times been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, The Best Translated Book Prize, the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Prize, and the Florence Gould Translation Prize.
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Europa Editions is:
 Sandro Ferri, editorial director and founder, was born in New York in 1952 to an Italian father and an American mother. He has lived and studied in both France and Italy. In Rome, Italy, in 1979, he founded the publishing house Edizioni E/O, whose catalog features a wide selection of authors from all corners of the world. In 2005 in New York, he founded Europa Editions, publisher of international authors in English. The goal of Europa Editions is to create a list where readers can find a selection of the best international authors in quality English translations.
 Sandra Ozzola Ferri, editorial director and president. Born in Northern Italy in 1949, Sandra Ozzola studied languages and literature both at high school and university, where she majored in Slavic languages. She moved to Rome in 1969 to continue her studies. In 1979, together with Sandro Ferri she founded the Rome-based publishing house Edizioni E/O, where she is now editorial director and manager, and in 2005 she and Sandro Ferri founded Europa Editions.
 Kent Carroll, publisher, was the editorial director of Grove Press from 1975 to 1981. In 1982, he co-founded Carroll & Graf, where he was both publisher and Editor-in-Chief. He has been working as publisher for Europa Editions since its foundation in 2005.
 Karin Wessel, global sales and marketing director, was born in 1971 in the Netherlands. She studied History and Philosophy at the University of Utrecht and the University of Lund (Sweden). She began working for Edizioni E/O, where she was responsible for publicity and foreign rights, in 2001. Since 2005, she has been working full time for Europa Editions. She travels frequently between Rome and New York, developing our rapport with distributors and bookstores and managing international public relations.
 Michael Reynolds, Editor in chief. Authors he has worked with at Europa Editions include: Alina Bronsky, Rebecca Connell, Alessandro Piperno, Amelie Nothomb, Richard Beard, and Peter Kocan. He is the author of a collection of short stories entitled 'Sunday Special,' and a children's tale, 'La notte di Q,' illustrated by Brad Holland. He edited the anthology '1989', which was published in eight languages, and frequently collaborates with the Italian composer and performer, Valerio Vigliar. His translations include three crime novels by Carlo Lucarelli, Daniele Mastrogiacomo's Days of Fear, and children’s fiction by Altan and Wolf Erlbruch. His translation of Viola Di Grado's prize-winning debut novel 70% Acrylic 30% Wool is forthcoming. He was born in Australia in 1968 and now lives in New York with his girlfriend, the agent Paola Quintavalle, and their two children.
 Simona Olivito, production manager, is a graduate of Umberto Eco’s masters program in publishing and a specialist in Anglo-American literature. She coordinates Europa's editorial and production aspects and relations with our many translators.
 Gianluca Catalano, sales and marketing assistant, is a native of Salerno (Italy), birthplace of esteemed physicians, daring seamen, and male models. Born in 1975, he shares the day and month of his birth, 7 March, with Alessandro Manzoni and Bret Easton Ellis. A fencing prodigy, after an appalling mishap, he dedicated himself to the care and maintenance of two-stroke motorbike engines. After graduating high school he moved to Siena where, in addition to a degree in History, he also obtained a much-desired international chef’s diploma. Following graduation he spent several years between Milan and the Mediterranean, where he worked as a skipper. In 2003, he arrived in Bologna where, as a student of Umberto Eco (he rocks!), he completed his masters in Publishing at the Institute of Higher Studies in Humanities. From 2003 to 2005, he worked at the RCS publishing group, and then finally realized his dream of moving to Rome to work for Edizioni E/O, where he currently tenders his matchless talents. Cook, trumpet player, drummer, and amateur photographer, he is currently organizing a two-wheeled invasion of Latin America. May God have mercy on him!
 Julia Haav, publicist, comes to Europa by way of the Portland (Oregon) Arts and Lectures Series and the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival at the American Museum of Natural History. She was graduated with high honors from Barnard College, Columbia University, and is currently completing a master's degree in the humanities at NYU.
 Rosa Finamore, accounts and administration. Born in 1982 at the foot of Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Rosa later moved north to Latina, where she studied Economics. She began working for Edizioni E/O in 2005, the same year in which Europa Editions was founded. She is now responsible for overseeing all accounting and administrative issues pertaining to Europa Editions. She is an enthusiast of ancient history and mythology.
Europa Editions in the press
“A new and, on first evidence, excellent source for European fiction for English-speaking readers.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"A godsend for those into contemporary European writing."—New York Magazine
“You could consider Europa Editions, the sprightly new publishing venture [Kent Carroll] has just started in New York, as a kind of book club for Americans who thirst after exciting foreign fiction.”—LA Weekly (read complete article)
"Europa Editions . . . is good news if you’re a lover of crime novels.”—National Public Radio
“Best New Crime Imprint, 2005.”—Booklist
“Readers with a taste—even a need—for an occasional inky cup of bitter honesty should lap up The Goodbye Kiss . . . the first book of Carlotto’s to be published in the United States by the increasingly impressive new Europa Editions”—The Chicago Tribune
“To insist that if work is good, no matter what, people will read it? Crazy! But perhaps that’s why I like Europa . . . They believe in what they are doing above everything. Viva Europa Editions!”—Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones (read complete text)
“Europa Editions has its first indie bestseller, Elena Ferrante’s The Days of Abandonment.”—Publishers Weekly
“The best of [Mediterranean noir] is making its way to the United States via publishing houses such as Europa Editions.”—Boston Phoenix (read complete article)
"Europa Editions, a small press founded just five years ago, has been doing the Lord's work in terms of introducing European literary novels, many of them in translation, to an American readership."—Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
“[Europa Editions offers] a distinctly different brand of literary pleasure, thoughtfulness and, yes, even entertainment.”
—The Ruminator
"A mix of readability and provocation is apparent in Europa Editions' list. Europa does the unthinkable in today's publishing climate: it successfully publishes literature in translation and books that happen to be particularly slim – works that can be read in a couple of sittings, like Algerian-Italian author Amara Lakhous' Clash of Civilizations, or Belgian author Amélie Nothomb's Tokyo Fiancée."—Hirsh Sawhney, The Guardian
"If you ask independent booksellers to name publishers they respect, one name that surfaces is Europa Editions. They publish high-quality literary fiction, primarily European in translation, as well as original British and American work, that is both well-written and entertaining."—Richard Krawiec, The News and Observer
“Europa Editions invites English-speaking readers to ‘experience all the color, the exuberance, the violence, the sounds and smells of the Mediterranean,’ with an intriguing selection of the crème de la crème of continental noir.”—Murder by the Bye
“I have customers who have read everything Europa Editions has published and want to know what they’re doing next . . . Congratulations on the great success of Europa Editions—they are flying off our shelves.”—Toby Cox, Three Lives & Co., New York
"I think that Europa is doing a great job with books that are entertaining and thought-provoking. They've become one of the imprints that I feel I can trust almost implicitly. Even if the subject matter isn't to my taste (or what I think is my taste), I have an expectation of quality that has yet to be disappointed. It makes my job much easier, both at the buying end and when making recommendations to customers."—Billie Bloebaum, Powell's Books
"We have a lot of faith in Europa's editorial sensibility.”—Sarah McNally, McNally Jackson
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