Thomas Werner Laurie was a London publisher of books that were avant-garde in some cases, racy in others. He founded his T. Werner Laurie Ltd. publishing house in 1904 and was known for publishing the works of Yeats

Yeats

W. B. Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright.Yeats may also refer to:* Yeats ,* Yeats , an impact crater on Mercury* Yeats , an Irish thoroughbred racehorse-See also:...

, Wilde

Wilde

-In academia:* Henry Wilde , British engineer and inventor of the self-energizing dynamo* Winston Wilde, American sexologist-In the arts:* Andrew Wilde , English classical pianist* Andrew Wilde , English actor...

, and Moore

Moore

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as well as others of lesser renown. He published "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. , was an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle . It exposed conditions in the U.S...

 when that work had been rejected for publication in England by other publishers and Sinclair stayed with Laurie for many years in gratitude.

Laurie's father was a Scot and his mother a German. Joan Werner Laurie

Joan Werner Laurie

Joan Werner Laurie was the daughter of Thomas Werner Laurie, a London publisher with a reputation for publishing risqué titles...

 (1920–1964) his daughter, edited "She

She

She is the third person singular, feminine, nominative case pronoun in modern English.She can also may refer to:-Literature and film:* She: A History of Adventure, a novel by H...

" a periodical for women.