Orbit Announces New Horror Imprint, Run for It

NEW YORK, NY (July 22, 2024)—Orbit, a division of Hachette Book Group, announced today the launch of Run for It, a new horror imprint. Run for It will become the division’s fourth imprint, alongside the existing Orbit, Redhook, and Orbit Works imprints.

The new imprint will publish Orbit’s current horror authors and will be adding more in due course. The first titles from the new imprint are expected to be published in summer 2025.

“We’ve been steadily increasing the number of horror titles we publish each year, and with so many exciting things happening in the horror genre over recent years it seemed the perfect time to launch a dedicated imprint,” said Tim Holman, President and Publisher of Orbit. “Our goal is to make Run for It a destination imprint for the most exciting writers in the field—and we can’t wait to take the genre into new and possibly terrifying places.”

“Horror has long been a favorite genre of mine and many others on the team, and publishing authors such as Craig DiLouie and Andy Marino, amongst others, has certainly whetted our appetite for publishing more,” said Bradley Englert, Executive Editor at Orbit. “It’s a genre that allows writers to experiment, push boundaries, and test the limits of fiction (and good taste). Dedicating an imprint to horror will allow us to find more new voices, more terrifying stories, and more ways to keep readers up at night.”

About Orbit

Orbit is a division of Hachette Book Group, comprising the Orbit, Redhook, Orbit Works, and Run for It imprints. Launched in 2007, Orbit has established itself as one of the market-leading speculative fiction publishers in the US. Orbit US authors include New York Times bestsellers Joe Abercrombie, Iain M. Banks, James S. A. Corey, Rachel Gillig, Alix E. Harrow, N. K. Jemisin, Ann Leckie, Kim Stanley Robinson, Andrzej Sapkowski, Brent Weeks, and Hannah Whitten. Learn more at orbitbooks.net.

About Hachette Book Group
Hachette Book Groupis a leading U.S. general-interest book publisher made up of dozens of esteemed imprints within the publishing groups Basic Books Group, Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Audio, Little, Brown and Company, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Orbit, Running Press Group, and Workman Publishing. We also provide custom distribution, fulfillment, and sales services to other publishing companies. Our books and authors have received the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Booker Prize, Nobel Peace Prize and other major honors. We are committed to diversity in our company and our publishing programs, and to fostering a culture of inclusion for all our employees and authors. We are proud to be part of Hachette Livre, the world’s third-largest trade and educational publisher. Learn more at hachettebookgroup.com.