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<\/a>For nearly two centuries, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\u2019s Trade division has published some of the world\u2019s most renowned novels, non-fiction, children\u2019s books and reference works in hardcover, trade paperback, and eBook formats. Its distinguished author list includes eight Nobel Prize winners, forty-seven Pulitzer Prize winners, thirteen National Book Award winners, and more than one hundred Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, and Sibert Medal and Honor recipients. HMH publishes such distinguished authors as Philip Roth, Temple Grandin, Tim O’Brien, and Umberto Eco, and a celebrated roster of children\u2019s authors and illustrators including Lois Lowry, Chris Van Allsburg and David Wiesner. HMH is also home to The Best American
\nseries\u00ae; The American Heritage\u00ae and Webster\u2019s New World\u2122 dictionaries; Betty Crocker\u00ae, Better Homes and Gardens\u00ae, How to Cook Everything\u00ae, The Gourmet Cookbook, and other leading culinary properties; the Peterson Field Guides\u00ae; CliffsNotes; books by J.R.R. Tolkien; and many iconic children\u2019s books and characters including Curious George\u00ae, The Little Prince and The Polar Express. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com. <\/p>\nTHE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
\nFrom Academy Award\u00ae-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,\u201d the second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The screenplay for \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug\u201d is by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson & Guillermo del Toro, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Jackson also produced the film, together with Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner and Fran Walsh. The executive producers are Alan Horn, Toby Emmerich, Ken Kamins and Carolyn Blackwood, with Philippa Boyens and Eileen Moran serving as co-
\nproducers.<\/p>\n
New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Present a WingNut Films Production, \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.\u201d \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug\u201d is a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), with New Line managing production. Warner Bros. Pictures is handling worldwide theatrical distribution, with select international territories as well as all international television distribution being handled by MGM. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, official U.S. publisher of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s work, is thrilled to announce THE HOBBIT: OFFICIAL VISUAL COMPANION APP, an app designed to accompany the film experience of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, directed by Peter Jackson. A production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opened worldwide on December 13. <\/p>\n