Ivan R. Dee publishes serious nonfiction trade books in history, politics, biography, literature, philosophy, and theater. Similar to Basic Books and The Free Press in their heyday, Ivan R. Dee books are provocative, authoritative, and aimed at the intelligent layperson. They are routinely reviewed in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, and other influential publications. Ivan R. Dee paperbacks are also used extensively in college courses as supplementary reading.

Founded in 1988 by Ivan Dee, the house was acquired in 1998 by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. Ivan Dee continues as publisher in the company’s Chicago headquarters. Ivan’s son, Alexander, serves as vice president of marketing in the same office.

Among the authors published by Ivan R. Dee are Isaiah Berlin, Robert Brustein, Anthony Burgess, John Gross, Raul Hilberg, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Aldous Huxley, Hilton Kramer, Richard Schickel, Budd Schulberg, and John Simon.

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