DNA Publications

DNA Publications was an American publishing company that existed from 1993 to 2007 and was run by the husband-and-wife team of Warren Lapine and Angela Kessler. Initially based in Massachusetts, DNA Publications relocated to Radford, Virginia.^[when?] As of 2004, it was the second-largest genre magazine publisher in the United States.^[1] Its first publication, in 1993, was the magazine Harsh Mistress, which Lapine produced in collaboration with Kevin Rogers and Tim Ballon.^{[citation needed]}

DNA Publications

Founded	1993
Defunct	2007
Headquarters	United States

DNA Publication distributed or published Aboriginal SF, Absolute Magnitude, Artemis, Dreams of Decadence, Fantastic Stories, Mythic Delirium, The Official KISS Magazine, Science Fiction Chronicle, and The Whole Cat Journal.^{[citation needed]} It also published the book imprints Spyre Books and Wilder Publications.^{[citation needed]}

For their work on the magazines, DNA Publications was a 2000 World Fantasy Award nominee, in the "special award: professional" category.^{[citation needed]} Absolute Magnitude was a 2002 Hugo Award nominee in the semiprozine category.^{[citation needed]} Notable authors published by the DNA Publications magazines include Chris Bunch, Hal Clement, Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster, and Allen Steele.^{[citation needed]} DNA Publications collapsed in early 2007.^{[citation needed]} Weird Tales had been bought in 2005 by Wildside Press and Mythic Delirium,^{[clarification needed]} which parted with DNA Publications around the same time.^{[citation needed]} Wilder Publications is now part of Tir Na Nog Press.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Dellinger, Paul (April 27, 2004). "Company will publish Kiss magazine", The Roanoke Times & World News, p. C6.