Founded in 1924 by Richard Simon & Max Schuster, Simon & Schuster began as the first company to publish a crossword puzzle book, which soon became an international best-seller. Today, Simon & Schuster is dedicated to providing fiction, non-fiction, and children's books in all formats to readers in Australia and New Zealand, along with more than 200 countries worldwide. As the publishing operation for CBS, and a major player in today's publishing world, Simon & Schuster has won 56 Pulitzer Prizes and numerous National Book Awards, and aims to delight readers and provide material that both children and adults are excited to read.