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Prospect Park Books is a publishing company based in Pasadena, California. It was founded in 2006 by writer and editor Colleen Dunn Bates; its first book, Hometown Pasadena, became a regional bestseller and earned a Best Nonfiction nomination from the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association and an Independent Book Publishers Award. Subsequent books have included The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions; Helen of Pasadena; EAT: Los Angeles, Celebrating with Julienne; and Hometown Santa Barbara. Upcoming titles include the children's book Vulture Verses: Love Poems for the Unloved; Things I Want to Punch in the Face; Little Flower: Recipes from the Cafe; Strawberry Yellow, the next Mas Arai novel; Elizabeth the First Wife; and the Break Up Activity Book.

Prospect Park publishes titles in four areas: popular fiction (romantic comedy, mystery, crime), humor, food/cooking and children's. Its authors include Lian Dolan, Naomi Hirahara, J.D. Rothman, Jennifer Worick, Lynn Chang, Diane Lang, Susan Campoy, Linda Burum, Jean T. Barrett, Christine Moore, and John Vorhaus. Designers, illustrators, and photographers include Joseph Shuldiner, Kathy Kikkert, Ryan Miller, Lauren Gallegos, Steven Nilsson, Jennifer Cheung, James Barkley, and Amy Inouye.

As of January 1, 2013, its books are distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution; previously they were distributed by SCB Distributors.