Melville House Publishing
| Founded | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Brooklyn, New York |
| Distribution | Penguin Random House Publisher Services (US) Turnaround Publisher Services (UK) |
| Publication types | Books |
| Imprints | Stop Smiling |
| Official website | www |
Melville House Publishing is an American independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The company was founded in 2001 and is run by the husband-and-wife team of Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians in Hoboken, New Jersey. The company is named after the author Herman Melville. It has a reputation as an "activist press" and publisher of left-leaning books.