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Michael O'Mara Books

Logo: mombooks.com4

British company based in London, founded in 19851

Michael O'Mara Books is a small, family-run, privately owned publishing house in the United Kingdom. Established in London in 1985, by an American expatriate, Michael O'Mara, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his British wife, Lesley, the company focuses on non-fiction books from autobiographies and memoir to colouring. O'Mara Books won the Independent Publishers Guild International Achievement Award in 2007 and the Lambeth Made Charter Mark Award for Best Apprenticeship Employer in 2021.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1
  • HeadquartersLondon1
  • Websitewww.mombooks.com
  • Legal formPrivate Limited Company3
  • LEI213800LJA4XOG1IC5J113
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address9 LION YARD, SW4 7NQ London, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 018699753

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Michael O'Mara Books is a small, family-run, privately owned publishing house in the United Kingdom. Established in London in 1985, by an American expatriate, Michael O'Mara, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his British wife, Lesley, the company focuses on non-fiction books from autobiographies and memoir to colouring. O'Mara Books won the Independent Publishers Guild International Achievement Award in 2007 and the Lambeth Made Charter Mark Award for Best Apprenticeship Employer in 2021.2

The story

Michael O’Mara Books was founded in July, 1985 and published its first book the same year. The company has since published thousands of titles, producing over one hundred and fifty new books a year across three imprints.

O'Mara Books' first publication was Alastair Burnet's biography of the Queen Mother, entitled The ITN Book of the Queen Mother, which topped the 1985 The Sunday Times bestseller list. One of the publishing house's most influential publications was Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton, the second highest-selling authored work in the UK in the 1990s. The publishing house has established a reputation for high-profile autobiographies and biographies (including In Strictest Confidence by Craig Revel Horwood, and My Word is My Bond by Roger Moore), innovative humour and non-fiction (The Wicked Wit series, The Good Bee), as well as children's books, published under the Buster Books imprint. In 2015, they established LOM ART, an art focused imprint that publishes colouring books, journals and gift books.

From Wikipedia’s article on Michael O'Mara Books, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

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