Simon & Schuster, Inc. is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. It was founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln ("Max") Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers and publishing houses, alongside Random House, Penguin, and HarperCollins. It publishes over two thousand titles annually under 35 different imprints.
Simon & Schuster, as well as its imprints Margaret K. McElderry Books and Simon Pulse, is the US publisher of The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, excluding The Wicked Powers. The publisher also distributes some books in the series in the United Kingdom and Australia. Simon & Schuster gave Clare her first book deal with City of Bones.