heliotrope books is an award-winning independent publisher based in lower manhattan. founded and operated by naomi rosenblatt, heliotrope specializes in cross-genre books with mixed sales categories, memoirs by journalists (including the "memoir-noir", a category coined by heliotrope), and fiction set in new york city. heliotrope also publishes a line of children's books under the imprint heliotot. notable authors include humorist entrepreneur richard a. moran; award-winning professor and bestselling memoirist susan shapiro; catherine hiller, novelist, filmmaker, and author of the notable marijuana memoir "just say yes"; novelist, poet, and playwright sonia pilcer; author, playwright, and actor don cummings, and international foraging expert leda meredith.