Type Private Founded 1983 | Area served World Founders Joan Waricha, Jane Stine | |
Industry Publishing, Printing, Media Key people Joan Waricha CEO/Chairman
Jane Stine Co-Chairman
Susan Knopf Sr VP Marketing
Susan Lurie Sr VP/Publisher Products Books, CDs, DVDs, tv series, specialty films Services creates & produces: original fiction (preschool to young adult), nonfiction & book-plus projects; licensed books based on media properties; titles for education market; series for television, products for theme park attractions, videos & DVDs Headquarters New York City, New York, United States | ||
Parachute Press is a division of Parachute Publishing, a packager of book series for children and teenagers. The four women listed as the company's principals are all themselves authors of children's books (among others), and Jane Stine is married to R. L. Stine. The press first gained notice with the 1989 publication of R. L. Stine's Fear Street series, followed in 1992 by the release of the first of Stine's Goosebumps series.
Since that time the Parachute "umbrella" has expanded, and Parachute Press (as Parachute Publishing) has become a division of Parachute Properties, an "international company that comprises children’s, teen, and adult publishing, entertainment, and consumer products". Most of Parachute's literary products are produced under license for other publishing houses including HarperCollins.
Titles
Parachute still produces series written by its most successful author, R.L. Stine, including Dangerous Girls, Dangerous Girls 2, Mostly Ghostly and Beware! R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories. In 2003 all rights to his most famous series, Goosebumps, were acquired by Scholastic Corporation.
Some of Parachute's other continuing series:
The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Graduation Summer
Mary-Kate & Ashley Starring-In...
Thomas Kinkade: Cape Light and Home Song
Thomas Kinkade: The Girls of Lighthouse Lane
Full House: Dear Michelle
Two of a Kind
So Little Time
The Nightmare Room
Confessions of a Teen Nanny
The Dating Game
The Party Room