Del Rey Books

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Del Rey Books

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Company type	Subsidiary of Random House
Industry	Books, publishing
Founded	1977
Founders	Lester del Rey, Judy-Lynn del Rey
Key people	Lester del Rey, Judy-Lynn del Rey
Products	Books
Owner	Penguin Random House
Parent	Random House
Website	randomhousebooks.com

Del Rey Books is an imprint of the Random House Group, a division of Penguin Random House. The imprint was established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. Today, the imprint specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and fantasy romance.

The first new novel published by Del Rey was The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks in 1977. Del Rey formerly published Star Wars novels under the Lucasbooks sub-imprint (licensed from Lucasfilm, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios division of The Walt Disney Company) that are now published by its sister imprint, Random House Worlds.