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Despite uncertainty about


how big a draw an afternoon opening would be, a
line had already formed
more than an hour before
the 1 p.m. opening of the
BEA show floor. Many in
line had attended blogger
programming earlier in
the day. A few authors,
including a childrens
writer from New Zealand,
were there to scope out an
industry in flux. The business has changed so much
I just wanted to reacquaint
myself, said Neal Ochsner, who took a multiyear
writing hiatus after publishing with Zebra and
Houghton Mifflin.
Bookseller excitement
was high, even though
many were unaware of
this years late start and
had planned to come to
the Javits much earlier in
the day. Pam Cady, manager of the general book
department at University
Book Store in Seattle,
said, Im super excited
this year. After Winter
Institute, which was great,
I wanted another fix. Still,
she found the afternoon
opening weird.
Personally I would
have preferred a full day
today and a half-day Friday, noted Karen Mizzi,
who runs the Movieplace,
an online book business,
from her home in Amityville, N.Y. Im geared
up more when its a full
day. Book Expo is like a
marathon.
The booths closest to the
doorways were packed
when the doors first
opened. But as the day
progressed the entire
show floor filled. Chronicle Books was one of the
publishers that saw a
huge amount of traffic

when the floor opened,


and stayed full, according
to senior publicist Lara
Starr. The press gave out a
number of totes and ARCs
within the first half hour,
and was pleased to report
it had its first book stolen
almost immediately.
For Penguin Random
House, this marked the
first time that the two
companies had a combined booth. In the past
few years Random House
has taken a smaller space
geared to autographings.
PRHs director of retail
marketing, Patty Berg,
called this years large
booth with four autographing tables and lots of
ARC giveaways a throwback to the past. Given
the crowd drawn to the

booth, it seemed to be
working.
Some publishers, like
Johnny Byrd of Cinco Puntos Press, were less concerned about the late start
than who will be left on
Friday afternoon. Others,
like one publisher who
asked to remain anonymous, said, [BookCon] is
the tail wagging the dog. If
I had my druthers, Id only
be here for BookCon.
Given the mixed sentiment, perhaps literary
agent Wendy Strothman of
Strothman Agency
summed up the mood of
the show best as cautiously optimistic. She
noted, No shoes have
dropped yet.
Judith Rosen, with
reporting by Claire Kirch

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A Promising, Weird Start

Attendees massed outside the show floor ahead of its opening yesterday
afternoon.

E-Books Subscription: Sustainable?


Subscription e-book services have been a buzzworthy topic in recent years,
but are they a good deal for
authors and publishers?
That was the topic of a
standing-room-only panel,
moderated by Smashwords
founder Mark Coker, who
noted the promise of sub-

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their involvement; and, of
course, the subscription
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Justo Hidalgo, from 24Symbols, which offers a Spanish-language service in
Europe; Noelle Millholt,
CEO of Speakaboos, a childrens service largely used
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for $8.99 a month.
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Franzen: It Gets Harder to Write Novels, Not Easier


have centered on family life in
America: Purity is about a young
woman in Oakland, burdened by
student debt, who follows a German peace activist to South America to intern for his WikiLeaks-like
organization. I have no idea
where this story came from,
Franzen said. He said the kernel of
the novel came from an idea hed
always had: the image of a girl fleeing East Germany in the 1950s. It
gets harder to write novels, not
easier. Over a writers career, he
said, you use up the easy and sur-

face stuff first,


is like better
and then dig
than I did at
deeper and
their age), and
deeper on each
science fictions
subsequent
early influence
project.
on him (Ive
Continuing
read more books
the discussion
by Asimov than
on process,
any other
Franzen said,
writer).
[It] helps to
Toward the
A lively discussion between bestselling author
start with peoend, Miller
Jonathan Franzen and Salons Laura Miller
ple in an unstabrought up
opened BookExpo America 2015. (l.r.),
ble, untenable
Franzens public
Franzen, Miller, and Roger Bilheimer, BEA
position. He
reputation,
Special Events director, enjoy a laugh before
the event.
added, You
which she
have to wing it. If
phrased as his
you dont, it seems like its coming
sometime curmudgeonliness.
from an outline. Franzen wrote the
Franzen took it in stride: No! What
first chapter of Purity very quickly,
makes you say that? Miller drew
then I was stuck for nearly a year.
out a comparison to the warmth he
But once he figured out the direchas for his characters as evidenced
tion the book would take, It was
in his fiction, and wondered if he
done a year later.
actually liked his characters betMiller and Franzen touched on a
ter than real people. Franzen
number of different subjects,
responded, I dont like them better.
including journalism, privacy in
But I like them almost as much.
the modern age, free speech, writGalleys of Purity will be at the
ing from the perspective of young
Macmillan booth (3056). 
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A capacity crowd of approximately


1,000 turned out to watch BEAs curtain-raising event, a highly anticipated conversation between bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen
and Laura Miller of Salon.com. The
discussion centered on Purity,
Franzens fifth novel (and his first
since 2010s Freedom), which will be
published by Farrar, Straus and
Giroux in September.
Miller began by asking Franzen
where the idea for the novel came
from, as its a bit of a departure
from his previous books, which

PW Launches Luminaries Awards


In association with the Frankfurt
Book Fair, Publishers Weekly has
announced the Publishers Weekly
Publishing Luminaries Awards,
which will identify and celebrate
talented young members of the U.S.
publishing community, and bring
recognition to them on a global
stage.
Together, PW and the Frankfurt
Book Fair, to be held this year October 1418, will put on a series of
events and promotions to commend and support the selected
group of young professionals. The
judging panel will comprise members of PW, the Frankfurt Book Fair,
and other industry leaders.
We take great pride in joining
with the Frankfurt Book Fair to recognize and nurture a new generation of industry leaders, said PW
publisher Cevin Bryerman. The
PW Luminaries Awards aligns perfectly with our mission to serve the
publishing community in the U.S.
and globally, and we look forward
to shining a much-deserved spotlight on those outstanding young
professionals who are taking our
industry to the next level.

The up-and-coming stars of


American publishing will be feted
at an event in New York, and covered in a special editorial feature in
PW. One finalist will be chosen to
receive an all-expense paid trip to
the Frankfurt Book Fair in October,
where he or she will be provided
with an all-access pass to the fair
and the Business Club.
The Frankfurt Book Fair has
long had a history of supporting the
next generation of publishing
through the Frankfurt Fellowship
Program, said Thomas Minkus,
v-p, emerging media and
English-language markets, Frankfurt Book Fair. This year, we are so
pleased to be joining Publishers
Weekly in expanding that to include
a wide variety of exceptional young
talent from all parts of the industry.
PW will begin accepting nominations on June 15 on PublishersWeekly.com. Nomination details
will include name, title, and any
achievements or examples of innovation to highlight why this candidate stands out among his or her
Clare Swanson
peers. 

Monday ended with the annual Editors Buzz panel. Panelists included
(l.r.) Sarah Bagby, moderator and owner, Watermark Books & Cafe
in Wichita, Kans.; Anna Devries, Picador; Alison Callahan, Scout
Press; Scott Moyers, Penguin Press; Deb Futter, Grand Central; Colin
Dickerman, Flatiron Books; and Diana Miller, Knopf.

Scribd pays publishers their share


of the full retail price, rather than a
share of a revenue pool. And 75% of
the Scribd catalogue has been
accessed, he noted, with publishers
able to view usage data.
Weinstein plugged the model as
eliminating buyers remorse, as
there is no buy button, enabling
readers to browse until they find a
book they want to read, at which
point publishers get paid the same
amount as they would from a retail
sale. So why are publishers still
reluctant to move ahead with more
titles offered through subscription
platformsand what fears hold
them back? Is the model sustainable?
Weve tried to eliminate the
most common fear, which is that
[publishers] will make less money,
Weinstein said, noting that the plat-

form is a new channel for publishers that pays them the same as
their other retail channels. I think
the fear is that it is too good to last
forever, he said, but everything is
too good to last forever. Ask publishers if they are being paid the
same amount from their retailers
as they were five years ago.
Weinstein stressed that Scribd
has invested in and built a new
sales channel at a time when retail
has flattened and become more
concentrated. Its about a balance
in the ecosystem, and I would argue
that the ecosystem is way out of balance right now, with a market
leaning heavily toward one retailer
with a lot of market concentration.
Weve invested heavily in becoming a player to become meaningful
to publishers for the long term.
Andrew Albanese


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E-books subscriptioncontinued from p. 1

Jon Colman, executive director of


the Childrens Book Council,
accepts BookExpo Americas
Industry Ambassador Award, presented by Steve Rosato, show manager of BEA. This is the fifth
annual award, which honors major
innovators and creative business
leaders in the book industry.

Bill Klein and Jennifer Arnold,


M.D., authors of Life Is Short
(No Pun Intended): Love, Laughter, and Learning to Enjoy Every
Moment, catch a breather at the
Simon & Schuster booth.

Members of a Wednesday panel on Chinas growing role in the international book market. (l.r.): Tom Allen, AAP president and CEO; Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on United States
China Relations; Clay Stobaugh, executive v-p and chief marketing
officer, John Wiley & Sons; Richard Charkin, president of International Publishers Association and Bloomsburys director of publishing;
Wu Shangzi, vice minister of State Administration of Press, Publication, Rradio, Film, and Television, China; Russell Grandinetti, senior
v-p, Amazon.com; Wu Xiaoping, president, Phoenix Publishing and
Media, Inc.

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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015 BEA SHOW DAILY

Listen Well and Carefully

The Dinosaurs Are Evolving

Drawing some of the biggest names in the business and focusing on the
changing nature of the industry, the 21st annual Audio Publishers Association Conference kicked off yesterday morning.
Technology has changed our industry a lotrecording at home, more
recordings happening, business models changingso, its really all about
being prepared for what those changes mean, said APA executive director
Michele Cobb about this years programming. Were trying to give tips as
the industry changes, as technology changes, on what you can do to roll with
those changes.
A keynote address titled Nailing Loyalty in the Era of the Mobile, Social,
& ADHD Customer, from entrepreneur and marketing guru Peter Shankman, and a panel on securing coverage by building relationships with
reviewers were just the start of a packed day dedicated to all things audio.
Steve Smith, publisher at Oasis Audio, praised Shankmans keynote and
its focus on engaging with current customers and generating new clients.
It was a great motivator to start the day, Smith said. We have to focus on
what our customers want. Thats one of the things I want to learn more
about at this conference, and [Shankman] addressed that right away.
This years conference hosted panels on topics ranging from social media
and online video strategy to consumer behavior and narration best practices. Among the highlights were sessions on building and maintaining a
career in the audio industry; the habits of successful narrators; and the
importance of authors, narrators, and publishers working together to promote new releases.
According to Anthony Goff, v-p and publisher at Hachette Audio, a key
part of APAC is the networking opportunities: Its a major part for me to
come to this show and see people reconnect with people and hear some of
the latest things people are trying to do to keep the growth alive and well,
and really just celebrate audio for a couple of hours.

After nearly a decade of digital transition, publishers are beginning to mark


how far theyve traveled. This years IDPF Digital Book 2015 offered assessments from publishing startups such as Michael Bhaskars Canelo Publishing and from publishing veterans like Bloomsbury publishing director Richard Charkin, and Macmillan Education CEO Ken Michaels.
Speakers grappled with the concept of Putting
Readers Firstthe new mantra of publishing in
the digital ageand offered reactions to this new
mandate and how it has been integrated into their
business models.
Bhaskar, Canelos publishing director, examined
the rise of the term curation and how it shapes
the views of a new generation of publishing startups. Bhaskar claims that the process of curation
selecting and arranging to add valuedefines
book publishing and market power today and in
the future. He claims that overproductionhe says
Jane McGonigal
e-books and the rise of self-publishing have left us
awash in books no one wants to readhas shifted
the power in the book market to readers.
Bloomsburys Charkin opened his presentationCan We Put Readers
First on a Global Scale? by announcing that he disagreed with Bhaskar.
The power in publishing has moved to authors, he said. Charkin emphasized that the real change has been away from serving retailers to understanding that authors are our customers. Charkin acknowledges the
importance of readers, while also understanding that during a time when
authors have a variety of options to publish directly to readers, publishers
need to focus on authors if they expect to keep them.
Probably the best illustration of engaging readers in new ways came from
author and game designer Jane McGonigal (Reality Is Broken: Why Games
Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World and the forthcoming
Super Better). She described how gaming produces certain emotions that
traditional book reading, arguably, does not.
For example, she discussed a 2011 gaming project she produced, in partnership with the New York Public Library, called Find the Future, based on
the familiar NYPL Schwarzman Building. The game was played by 500 teenagers, who spent the night in the library looking for 100 objects that were
hidden in books and displays, and tagged with QR codes; students searched
for the items (using mobile phones) and wrote short passages about them.
These were then collected to create a mammoth book with more than 1,180
stories that was printed and bound on the premises that night.
The executive panel, themed Taking It to the Reader, moderated by PW
editor-in-chief Jim Milliot, also surveyed the new publishing landscape and
a new social phobia called, nomophobia, said Macmillan Education CEO
Ken Michaels, who defined it as the fear of being without a wireless mobile
devices, of being unconnected. We live, he said, in a publishing age where
everything must be available on every device and in every channel: tagged,
transportable, and relevant.
Chantal Restivo-Alessi, HarperCollins chief digital officer, and Liz Perl,
S&S chief marketing officer, added updates on the transformation of digital
buzz concepts into workflows and tools in their businesses. Once again,
authors were primary. Were here to serve authors, not just the consumer,
Restivo-Alessi said. But she noted the importance of taking risks (in print
and digital) on new business models, like subscription e-books. We need to
be honest about what works and what doesnt. We can measure everything
now, so we have to be honest and learn from mistakes.
Perl emphasized that the big publishers are not dinosaurs. Everybody
gets it. We want to reach readers. Leaving Bill McCoy, IDPF executive
director, to close the morning session with if publishers are dinosaurs,
Calvin Reid
theyre evolving. 

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Tony DiTerlizzi and Mo Willems take a break from signing copies of The Story of Diva and Flea at the Hyperion
booth.
Librarians took advantage of the PW Librarians Lounge on Wednesday to relax, pick up
galleys, and meet authors. (r.l.): Marie
Beesley, head of circulation, Charlton Public
Library, Charlton, Mass.; Cheryl Hansen,
director, Charlton Public Library, Charlton,
Mass.; Lauri Taylor, author of The Accidental Truth.

The HarperCollins booth, near the front gates, got busy


immediately after the show floor opened.
A panel moderated by PWs Calvin Reid previewed the falls big
graphic novels. (l.r.): Reid; Derf
Backderf, author of Trashed
(Abrams ComicArts); Jeremy
Sorese, author of Curveball
(Nobrow); Ben Hatke, author of
Little Robot (First Second);
Maggie Thrash, author of the
graphic memoir Honor Girl (Candlewick Press).

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PW at BEA

The big show is here. And heres how you can use PW to get the most out of
your BookExpo experience:
Read PW Show Daily, the official news publication of BEA. You can pick
up a print copy for free at the Javits, or read it online at digitalpw.com.
Stop by PWs booth (1852) to pick up recent issues of PW and talk with
members of PWs editorial and business staff.
Librarians: make sure to visit the Librarians Lounge in room R420. Well
have food and drinks, galley giveaways (no lines!), daily raffles, author
meet and greets, and more.
Well also be at BookCon in booth 3276, and well publish
PW Show Daily @ BookCon on both Saturday and Sunday.
And, of course, you can keep up with all the show news at
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HIGHLIGHTS

BEA SHOW DAILY

THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015

OF THE DAY

MEETINGS AND EVENTS


89:30 a.m.: Adult Author Breakfast: Lee Child, Diana Nyad, Brandon
Stanton, with Kunal Nayyar as emcee (Special Events Hall)

8 a.m.5:30 p.m.: Press Room Hours


9 a.m.5:30 p.m.: BEA Exhibit Hall Open
9 a.m.5:30 p.m.: International Rights and Business Center
1010:20 a.m.: Reaching the Reader: Publicizing International Literature,
presented by PEN American Translation Committee (East Side Stage)

12:301 p.m.: In Search of Diverse Buyers: speakers include Marva Allen,


founder and CEO of Hueman Books, and Wade Hudson, founder of Just Us
Books (Downtown Stage)
1:302 p.m.: Inside the Writers Studio: Elin Hilderbrand, Kimberly Lawson
Roby, Jami Attenberg, and Julianne Baggott share their motivations, writing
habits, favorite writers and books, publishing in the e-book era, and much
more (Downtown Stage)

22:50 p.m.: Taking the Conversation Online: How Blogging & Social Media
Build Community (and Sell Books): Four independent bookstores share their
experiences (1E09)

3:154:15 P.M. Town Hallan opportunity for booksellers to express


opinions and share ideas (1E15/1E16)

4:155:15 p.m.: Annual ABA Membership Meeting (1E15/1E16)

AUTOGRAPHS
9:30 a.m.5 p.m.: Authors will be signing at appointed tables all day in the

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autographing area or at publishers booths. The list includes Jeff Alt, Sandra
Boynton, John Calu, Talia Carner, Robyn Carr, Ellen Datlow, Jennifer
Donnelly, Valerie Gorbachev, Andrew Gross, Matthew Guinn, Wendy Higgins,
Tama Janowitz, John Kloepfer, Ilana C. Meyer, Paul Morrissey, Carla Neggers,
Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez, Jennifer E. Smith, Wendy Corsi Staub, Neil
Stephenson, Margaret Stohl, Anne Ursu, Gig Wailgum, Dr. Ruth K.
Westheimer, Vu Tran, and many, many more.

Penguin trumpets its fall publication of Pharrell Williamss Happy!a book of photos of children from around the world celebrating happiness.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Daisy Maryles


MANAGING EDITORS Sonia Jaffe Robbins, Jonathan Segura
ART DIRECTOR Clive Chiu
PHOTOGRAPHER Steve Kagan

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STAFF REPORTERS Andrew Albanese, Adam Boretz, Annie Coreno, Rachel Deahl, Louisa
Ermelino, Rose Fox, Natasha Gilmore, Gabe Habash, Carolyn Juris, Claire Kirch, Jim Milliot, Calvin Reid, Diane Roback, Mark Rotella, Judith Rosen, Seth Satterlee, John A. Sellers,
Clare Swanson
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Alia Akkam, Joy Bean, Ann Byle, Paige Crutcher, Lucinda Dyer,
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What started as a photography blog
by former bond trader Brandon
Stanton grew into the bestselling
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Press) in 2013. Now, with more than
12 million followers on Facebook,
Brandons next offering, Humans
of New York: Stories (St. Martins,
Oct. ), is sure to make another big
splash. Stanton, who takes pictures
every day and posts them on Tumblr
and Facebook, says his second book
developed organically as his work
progressed. By the time the first
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where not only did I take someones
photo but I also found out something
unique about their life. The second
book centers around that interview
process.
Back in 2010, he was shy about
approaching people, but with experience, he got more courageous
about asking folks if he could take
their picture. He also learned that
many really wanted to talk to him.
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dominated by surface level conversations. I think theres a scarcity of
people that take a deep interest in
the themes and lessons of our individual lives. So when you have

somebody asking you these questions, even if its a stranger, theres


something very fulfilling and validating
about being able to
talk about your life,
and not just anything
about your life, but
the most significant
and powerful
aspects.
Asked about his
success rate with
getting participants,
he admits that one
out of three people turn him down.
And depending on the person, his
interviews range from a couple of
minutes to half an hour. Stanton
says certain themes show up again
and again: A lot of people have
work-life balance problems. I try to
get them to be specificlike what
exactly are you having trouble balancingso that I can present it in a
new way.
In a place as diverse as New York
City, Stanton captures the full
range of humanity. Some people
open up about very serious problems: What they feel most guilty
about; the affair that theyre having;
their sons suicide; their wifes can-

cer; their hatred of their


father. How does someone having an affair feel about
being photographed? Stanton
explains, I photographed their
hands. When its very heavy, I
always give them that option to
have an anonymous photo.
On the lighter side, Stanton says,
There was the boy who wanted to
invent a fart gun. Then I have an
80-year-old, eccentric woman who
was trying to break into a fashion
show. Theres also a cop called Officer Hollywood because he auditions for television and Broadway
shows. Asked if he ever got cast,
Stanton laughs and says, I actually
talked to him six months later, and
he had just gotten a job on the show

Gotham. He was so excited I


reposted his story on Facebook.
You can catch up with Stanton
at several locales. He will be participating in the Adult Breakfast
Panel this morning and autographing in the ABA Lounge immediately afterward. A little later, he
will sign posters at Macmillans
booth (30573059), at 11:30 a.m.
For BookCon, he will be at a ticketed poster autographing at
Macmillans booth on Sunday, 12
p.m. (Tickets will be given away at
the booth starting at 10 a.m. that
morning.) He will also be appearing in Room 1A21 for A Conversation with Brandon Stanton,
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Hachette Book Group and Simon & Schuster this week became the latest
Big Five publishers to offer audiobook titles to libraries via Midwest Tapes
nascent Hoopla digital platform. The Hachette and S&S deals, announced
May 26, follow Macmillans announcement earlier this month that it was
launching an audiobooks pilot with Midwest Tape, a longtime media distributor to libraries, which launched the Hoopla digital platform in 2013.
It should be a busy BEA for Midwest Tape
officialsin addition to its latest audiobook
deals with three Big Five publishers, the
company this month also launched its new
comics and e-book service on Hooplaa
transactional multiuser model that sets it
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that currently dominates the library e-book
market.
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public library systems across North America, and librarians have praised
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The Hoopla e-book service launched with thousands of titles from indie
publishersincluding comics. And while none of the Big Five are yet offering e-books through Hoopla, it may only be a matter of time. More and more
publishers are experimenting with new retail models to reach readers
including subscription servicesand among librarians support for multiuser library e-book access has been gaining momentum.
At a recent PW event, The Case for Libraries, New York Public Library
president Tony Marx spoke of his interest in a pay-per-lend model. Hoopla
is not the first or only player to offer a multiuser e-book lending model
(Library Ideas Freading, BiblioBoard and Total Boox, for example, all offer
various multiuse models), but its launch is timely. While librarians in the
past have questioned the budget implications of a transactional model, the
inefficiency and complexity of managing current e-book collections has
convinced many that multiuse, pay-per-lend models are worth a shot for
some collections.
Last year, at a panel at BEA, Hoopla founder Jeff Jankowski brought
librarians to a standing ovation with a spirited evaluation of the current
one-copy/one user model. Jankowski said it was imperative for libraries
and publishers not to be adversarial, but to work together to leverage technology the way technology is supposed to be leveraged, instead of putting
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Baker & Taylor will have reps on hand to discuss


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910 a.m.

Little, Brown presents Libba Bray and Barry Lyga in


conversation. A limited number of copies of Brays
Lair of Dreams and After the Red Rain, by Lyga, Peter
Facinelli, and Robert deFranco, will be given away.

10:15
11:15 a.m.

BRANDON STANTON SIGNING

Bella & Harry presents Lisa Manzione, Christmas in


New York City! The Adventures of Bella & Harry.

11:30
12:30 p.m.

Galley Giveaway

Rowman & Littlefield presents galley giveaways and


hosts authors Amy J. L. Baker and Bijan C. Bayne.

12:45
1:45 p.m.

1:30 PM:

Severn House invites librarians to drop in and meet


the Severn House team, joined by Peter Cannon, PW
mystery reviews editor, and receive an exclusive
short story giveaway by Michael Gregorio (in association with Ingram Content Group).

25:30 p.m.

SLOANE CROSLEY SIGNING

The Clasp Galleys (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)


Galley Giveaway

Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock (Picador)

11:30 AM:

Humans of New York: Stories Posters (St. Martins Press)


Prince of Darkness by Shane White (St. Martins Press)

CHARLIE JANE ANDERS SIGNING

All the Birds in the Sky (Tor Books)

2 PM:

Galley Giveaway

Friday, May 29

2:30 PM:

EVENT

TIME

NetGalley invites librarians to learn about the NetGalley digital review system and receive exclusive
NetGalley downloadable titles from Librarian
Lounge publisher partners

9:30
10:30 a.m.

Recorded Books invites you to meet actor and voiceover artist Barbara Rosenblat (Miss Rosa from
Orange Is the New Black). Digital downloads of
Orange Is the New Black and a digital sampler featuring Rosenblat will be available.

10:45
11:45 a.m.

The chairman of Sharjah Book Authority, Ahmed


Al-Amiri, presents information about the Sharjah
Book Authority, services and opportunities for publishers, and the Sharjah International Book Fair,
sharing important information regarding the ALASIBF conference.

noon1 p.m.

NetGalley invites librarians to learn about the NetGalley digital review system and receive exclusive
NetGalley downloadable titles from Librarian
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1:152:15 p.m.

Ingram Sparks presents Self-Publishing at Your


Library.

2:303:30 p.m.

The Librarian Lounge Passport Raffle takes place,


and librarians can mix and mingle with members of
PWs editorial staff

3:455 p.m.

Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford (St. Martins Press)

DAMON TWEEDY, M.D. SIGNING

Black Man in a White Coat Galleys (Picador)

3 PM:

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Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR))

3:30 PM:

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Benefit of the Doubt by Neal Griffin (Forge Books)

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Fairest Galleys (Feiwel & Friends)

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Browsing the Booths,


Chapter Two
For those charting a course through the Javits floor today and tomorrow,
heres a sampling of new books on display, in-booth author signings, and
giveaways at the booths of childrens publishers.
Penguin Young Readers has a flurry of author autographings scheduled
at booth 3119. This afternoon, 23 p.m., C. Alexander London will sign The
Wild Ones, the launch title of a middle-grade
animal fantasy series centering on an
orphaned raccoon on a search to uncover an
ancient secret. The series is written in the
vein of the Redwall saga by the late Brian
Jacques, one of the authors favorite writers,
who years ago encouraged London to follow
his literary aspirations. Fridays author signings include Marie Lu, The Rose Society
(9:3010:30 a.m.), Oliver Jeffers, The Day the
Crayons Came Home (10:3011:30 a.m.), Jake
Halpern and Peter Kujawinski, Nightfall (12
p.m.), Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopolous,
Ordinary People Change the World: I Am
Jackie Robinson (12 p.m.), Adam Rubin and
Daniel Salmieri, Robo-Sauce (34 p.m.), Lisa
Tyre, Last in a Long Line of Rebels (3:304:30
p.m.), and Moira Fowley-Doyle, The Accident
Season (45 p.m.).
Booksellers stopping by the booth can
pick up copies of ARCs at the following
times today: The Accident Season, 9 a.m.;
Last in a Long Line of Rebels, 10 a.m.;
Nightfall, 11 a.m.; and The Boys in the Boat,
by Daniel James Brown, 3 p.m. Tomorrows
galley giveaways are Richelle Meads
Soundless, 9 a.m.; Appleblossom the Possum,
by Holly Goldberg Sloan, 10 a.m.; The Last
Kids on Earth, by Max Brallier and Doug
Holgate, 11 a.m.; The Rose Society, 2 p.m.;
and Juniors, by Kaui Hart Hemmings, 2 p.m.
The publisher is also giving out The Day the
Running Press Stars new YA trilogy;
Crayons Came Home tote bags.
Lerners Friday Curiosity.
At booth 738, Running Press staffers are
talking up Inherit the Stars, the launch of a
YA trilogy by debut author Tessa Ellwood. Set in outer space, the saga
involves romance, family, dynasties, and political machinations. The publisher is giving away galleys of the book, as well as trading cards featuring a
QR code that enables readers to view additional content about the novels
characters and world. Galleys of two other YA titles are also up for grabs:
Ken Bakers Finding Forever: A Deadline Diaries Exclusive, the first in a
series starring a teenage Hollywood celebrity blogger, and One of Us, by
Jeannie Waudby, a debut novel about a teen who narrowly survives a bomb
attack and then agrees to go undercover to infiltrate the young radicals
held responsible.
Chronicle Books has a quartet of book signings scheduled at booth 2720.
Today, 23 p.m., Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld will autograph
copies of their picture book collaborations, Goodnight, Goodnight
Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train. Tomorrow, 1011 a.m.,
Mac Barnett sign copies of his picture book, Telephone, illustrated by Jen
Corace, and posters for Leo: A Ghost Story, a tale of an unexpected friendship between a girl and a ghost, with pictures by Christian Robinson.
Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrator Tom Lichtenheld will be at
the booth tomorrow, 11 a.m.noon, signing copies of three of their picture
books: I Wish You More, Wumbers, and Duck! Rabbit! These collaborators
will be followed by another creative duo, Annie Barrows and Sophie
Blackall, who will autograph copies of titles in their Ivy + Bean series, 12:30
1:30 p.m.
Also available at the booth are posters for Leo and I Wish You More, and
galleys of Chess Queen Enigma, the third book in Colleen Gleasons
Stoker & Holmes series; A History of Glitter and Blood, by Hannah
Moskowitz, a middle-grade novel about a fairy clan forced to venture into
the gnome underworld; and House Arrest, K.A. Holts YA novel about a
teen on probation who must take drastic measures to help his struggling
family.
Abrams hosts a handful of authors at booth 2827 on Friday. The lineup
includes Mac Barnett and Jory John, who will autograph copies of The
Terrible Two, illustrated by Kevin Cornell, 910 a.m.; Jesse Andrews, wholl
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well as movie posters for the June Fox Searchlight film based on the novel;
Tom Angleberger, autographing copies of his new picture book, McToad
Mows Tiny Island, with pictures by John Hendrix, 1:302:30 p.m.; and Jon
Scieszka, signing copies of Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger, illustrated by Brian Biggs, 2:303:30 p.m.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt welcomes Michael Buckley to booth 2541
tomorrow, 11 a.m.noon, when hell sign copies of Undertow, his debut YA
novel, a trilogy launch that opens with a race of ocean-dwelling warriors
emerging from the sea onto Coney Island. The publisher is also promoting
novels by three additional authors attending BEA: Estelle Laures This
Raging Light, a debut YA about a teen caring for her younger sister; Milo
Speck: Accidental Agent, Linda Urbans first foray into fantasy; and Sarah
Dursts The Girl Who Could Not Dream, which marks this YA fantasy novelists middle-grade debut.
Foodies will want to wander over to the Workman/Storey Publishing
booth (1039-1139) today at 2 p.m., when Deanna F. Cook will be demonstrating one of the recipes from her Cooking Class: 57 Fun Recipes Kids Will
Love to Make (and Eat!), a Storey Publishing title. The author will also sign
copies of the cookbook, aimed at readers ages 812, which includes stepby-step color photos for each recipe.
Akashic Books welcomes a pair of authors to booth 647A tomorrow, 11
a.m., when Adam Mansbach and Eric Morse will simultaneously sign ARCs
of their respective new books. Mansbach, renowned for his faux- childrens
picture books, Go the F**k to Sleep and You Have to F*****G Eat, will autograph his child-safe October release, Seriously, You Have to Eat, illustrated
by Owen Brozman. And Morse will sign What Is Punk? a pop culture primer
for the very young, with 3-D clay illustrations by Anny Yi. The book will be
published in October under the publishers Black Sheep imprint.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers hosts husband and wife collaborators Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann at booth 2620 today, 23
p.m. They will sign copies of their latest joint project, Bulldozers Big Day,
written by Fleming and illustrated by Rohmann, which centers on a little
bulldozer who thinks his fellow construction-site machines have forgotten
his birthday.
The publisher has the following galleys
available at the booth: The Blackthorn Key,
by Kevin Sands; Zeroes, by Scott Westerfeld,
Carol Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti; The
Nest, by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Jon
Klassen; and Erin Bows The Scorpion Rules.
Additional giveaways include an excerpt
sampler of Cassandra Clares Lady Midnight,
lanyards and tote bags promoting Clares
Shadowhunters, Dork Diariesthemed pens,
Peanuts Read bags and buttons, and Galactic
Hot Dogs hats.
At booth 475, Skyhorse Publishing has an
author autographing scheduled for this
morning, 11 a.m. Beth Vrabel will be on hand
to sign ARCs of her October novel, A Blind
Guide to Stinkville, a story about the strength
of community and friendship among smalltown neighbors who are contending with a
host of problems.
At booth 20382039, HarperCollins
Childrens Books is announcing the launch of
a new publishing program, Explore the
World with Margaret Wise Brown. The line
kicks off in fall 2016 with two newly reillustrated stories by Brown, The Dead Bird, featuring art by Christian Robinson, and
Christmas in the Barn, with pictures by Anna
Leopold spotlights at Turner;
Dewdney; and Browns never-before-pubWaiting for a HarperCollins fun gift.
lished North, South, East, West, illustrated by
Greg Pizzoli. Posters celebrating the program are available throughout the show.
Visitors to the booth this afternoon, 23 p.m., can meet Soman Chainani,
on hand to sign posters promoting his middle-grade series, School for
Good and Evil, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno. And tomorrow, 11 a.m.noon,
Kevin Henkes will sign a promotional item for his upcoming picture book,
Waiting.
The folks from Quirk Publishing are hosting an author this afternoon at
booth 3250. David Stabler will sign ARCs of Kid Athletes, illustrated by
Doogie Horner, the second book in the middle-grade Kid Legends series.
The publisher is giving away chaplets of Library of Souls, the third installment of Ransom Riggss Miss Peregrines Peculiar Children, due in
September. The following month, Quirk will publish a boxed set of the three
novels in the series. Also available at the booth are posters promoting

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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015

Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye,


Wide Eyed Editions publisher Rachel
the launch of a series created and illusWilliams looks forward to introducing
trated by Will Stachle and written by
booksellers to the new imprint, noting,
Tania del Rio, which introduces a cursed
Our hope is that our books draw peoVictorian orphan who works as a bellple into physical bookstores: they are
hop in his familys hotel. Posters are also
big, beautiful, and beg to be opened up.
being given away for Home Alone: The
We believe that every title should offer
Classic Illustrated Storybook, in which
hours of learning and discovery to
illustrator Kim Smith reimagines this
young readers and the adults sharing
film as a classic Christmas fable.
the book with them. Visitors to the
Algonquin Young Readers welcomes
booth can also peruse new childrens
two authors to booth 10391139 tomorofferings from other Quarto imprints,
row. At noon, Adam Shaughnessy will
including Frances Lincoln Books and
sign his debut book, The Entirely True
Walter Foster Jr., as well as its QEB
Swim over to Abrams on Friday; Quarto is Wide Eyed on The 50 States.
Story of the Unbelievable FIB, a midPublishing division.
dle-grade adventure. At 1 p.m., Winifred Conkling will be at the booth autoWeinstein Books, exhibiting at the Perseus Books Group booth (738), is
graphing Radioactive! How Irene Curie & Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science
highlighting a new debut YA novel, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl, by Paige
and Changed the World. Galley giveaways are today, 10 a.m., If Youre Lucky,
McKenzie, who is attending BEA. This launch of a trilogy about a teen who
by Yvonne Prinz; and tomorrow, Beastly Bones, by William Ritter, and Anton
can communicate with the ghosts haunting her house expands the plot line
and Cecil: Cats on Track, by Valerie and Lisa Martin, 10 a.m.
of the authors YouTube series of the same name, in which she plays the
At the IBPA Cooperative Booth (3046) , debut author Lowell H. Press will
title character.
sign his novel, The Kingdom of the Sun and Moon, tomorrow, 22:30 p.m.
At booth 20502051, Time Inc. Books is promoting its new partnership with
Released by Parkers Mill Publishing, this action-adventure story about a
Animal Planet to produce nonfiction childrens books. Giveaways include
society of mice living at Schnbrunn Palace in 1820 Vienna won the 2015
blads for the debut project, Animals: A Visual Encyclopedia, and Animal
Gold Benjamin Franklin Award for Teen Fiction.
Planetbranded merchandise. Visitors can enter raffles for themed swag
Staffers at the Quarto Publishing Group USA booth (2851) are announcbaskets containing merchandise from various Time Inc. brands. And tomoring the launch of its new imprint, Wide Eyed Editions, a visually driven nonrow, 9:3010 a.m., the publisher will give out copies of Discoverys Bugopedia:
fiction imprint focusing on natural history, art, and geography. On display
The Complete Guide to Everything Insect (Plus Other Creepy-Crawlies).
at the booth are titles from the imprints launch list, including The 50
Boyds Mills Press is spotlighting a new picture book at booth 2957.
States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 Fact-Filled Maps! by Gabrielle Balkan,
Written by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and illustrated by Fred Koehler, One Day,
illustrated Sol Linero; Atlas of Adventures, by Rachel Williams, illustrated
the End: Short, Very Short, Shorter-Than-Ever Stories compiles two-senby Lucy Letherland, offering a visual tour of the world; and The Wonder
tence tales accompanied by artwork that shares multiple visual story lines.
Garden, an exploration of five different habitats, written by Jenny Broom
The publisher has poster educator guides available for the book, as well as
and illustrated by Kristjana S. Williams.
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APA Books

Self-Help Books for Kids...and the Adults in Their Lives

APA Dictionary of Psychology

Lucy in the City

SECOND EDITION
This second edition of a landmark reference resource
created not only for psychologists, clinicians, students, and
professionals from allied mental health professions, but for
all interested readersoffers definitive information on the
lexicon of the field, including almost 26,000 entries.
2015. 1,204 pages.

A Story About Developing


Spatial Thinking Skills
Julie Dillemuth
Illustrated by Laura Wood
Lucy in the City is about a young raccoon who gets separated
from her family one night and has to find her way home. At
its heart, the story focuses on developing spatial thinking,
understanding the world around us, and using concepts of
space for problem-solving. 40 pages. Full-color illustrations.
Ages 4-8.

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Publication Manual of the


American Psychological Association

SIXTH EDITION
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the
writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the word
choice that best reduces bias in language. 2010. 272 pages.

Aspergers Teens

Understanding High School


for Students on the Autism Spectrum
Blythe Grossberg
High school students who have been diagnosed with Aspergers
syndrome will find this a welcome tool to add to their support
resources... Both teachers and counseling staff would be well
served to have this title in their collection
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160 pages. Ages 14-18.

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Dont Put Yourself


Down in Circus Town

APA LifeTools

Resources for Self-Knowledge and Better Living

A Story About Self-Confidence


Frank J. Sileo
Author Frank J. Sileo does an amazing job using circus
characters to describe how no one is perfect, everyone makes
mistakes, and sometimes we just have to practice more to get
the job done. This is a book parents should have on their childs
bookshelf, no matter what age.
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32 pages. 8" x 10". Full-color illustrations. Ages 4-8.
Paperback: $9.95 | ISBN 978-1-4338-1914-8

Happy Together

Thriving as a Same-Sex Couple in


Your Family, Workplace, and Community
Sharon S. Rostosky and Ellen D. B. Riggle
Filled with positive, life-affirming stories and coping
strategies, this resource will help same-sex couples deal
effectively with the daily challenges and stresses of
homophobia within their family, workplace, and community.
2015. 318 pages.
Paperback: $19.95 | ISBN 978-1-4338-1953-7

Stickley Sticks to It!

A Frogs Guide to Getting Things Done


Brenda S. Miles
Illustrated by Steve Mack
Stickley the frog has the gift of stick-to-it-ness: the ability
to stick with tasks and see them through no matter how
frustrating they may be. Stickley Sticks to It! shows kids how
to persevere on challenging tasks with determination and
confidence. 32 pages. Full-color illustrations. Ages 4-8.

Taking Control of Anxiety

Small Steps for Getting


the Best of Worry, Stress, and Fear
Bret A. Moore
This is a self-help book in the best sense of the term
conversational in tone, supportive, and filled with simple
tips and suggestions that can help people reduce their own
anxieties. 2014. 239 pages.

Hardcover: $14.95 | ISBN 978-1-4338-1910-0


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All My Stripes
FREE GIVEAWAY TODAY!
Visit us at Booth #1531
Thursday, May 28, 10:00 a.m.
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while supplies last.

A Story for Children With Autism


Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer
Illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
Zane, a zebra with autism, worries that his differences make him stand out from his peers.
With careful guidance from his mother, Zane learns that autism is only one of many
qualities that make him special. 40 pages. Full-color illustrations. Ages 4-8.
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At booth 1727, Lerner Publishing Group is celebrating the fifth anniversary of YA imprint Carolrhoda Lab, as well as its newly acquired list of titles
previously published by Egmont USA, which will be folded into Lerners
various imprints. The publisher will host an author signing of ARCs of The
Anatomy of Curiosity tomorrow, 910 a.m. The book collects three novellas,
one each by authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna
Yovanoff. Other featured titles whose authors are attending the show are
Last Night at the Circle Cinema, by Emily Franklin; Feeding the Flying
Fanellis: And Other Poems from a Circus Chef, by Kate Hosford; and One
Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia, by
Miranda Paul.
A picture book and a YA novel are the spotlighted titles at Turner
Publishings booth (1268). Leopold, by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer with Pierre
A. Lehu, illustrated by Suanne Beaky, introduces a lonely turtle who learns
to face his fears. Dr. Ruth will be at the booth tomorrow, 11 a.m., to sign
bookplates and stickers promoting the picture book, and copies of Leopold
are among the goodies in prize packs being raffled each day. The publishers featured fall YA, Plunder, by Pat Croce and Adam Slutsky, follows a

descendent of Sir Francis Drake as the teen visits exotic lands, trying to
determine his rightful place in the world.
Sourcebooks welcomes Marieke Nijkamp to booth 3039 tomorrow, 2
p.m., when shell sign ARCs of her debut YA novel, This Is Where It Ends.
Told from the perspective of four teens, the book is set in a high school held
hostage by a boy with a gun. Also featured by the publisher is Max the
Brave, by Ed Vere, a picture book starring a kitten who likes to chase
micebut isnt sure what a mouse looks like. Galleys and tote bags promoting the title are available at the booth.
And Carolyn Ahern, the author of Graphic Arts Books lead 2015 childrens title, will appear at booth 1169B today, 12:30 p.m., to sign copies of
Tino the Tortoise: Adventures in the Grand Canyon, illustrated by Eric
Brooks. Launching WestWinds Presss adventure series set in national
parks, this story reveals how Tino, a desert tortoise, and Rudi, a jumping
jerboa, help a Kaibab squirrel in the Grand Canyon. A portion of the books
proceeds will be donated to the Grand Canyon Natural History
Association. At her signing, Ahern will also be giving away Tino-themed
Sally Lodge
zipper pulls/key chains. 

J. Boylston & Company,


Publishers

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Launching
Voyagers
One might think of Voyagers,
Random House Books for Young
Readers new multiplatform
series for middle-grade readers,
as this generations version of the
beloved Star Trek TV series that
their parents and grandparents
grew up watching, dreaming of
visiting strange new worlds, to
seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man
has gone before. But in the
Voyagers novels, there arent any
Klingons to be found: its kids who
are boldly going forth and discovering strange new worldsand
readers can come along.

The publisher is producing


Voyagers in partnership with 42
Entertainment, a media company
that is creating an online experience to complement the six books,
each written by a different author.
The books will be published in rapid
succession, beginning in September
with Project Alpha, by D.J. MacHale,
followed by Robin Wassermans
Game of Flames in November and
Omega Rising, by Patrick Carman,
in January 2016. Subsequent
Voyagers installments will be written by Kekla Magoon, Jeanne
DuPrau, and Wendy Mass.
The gist of the series is that Earth
will become toast without a renewable source of clean energy. There
are six essential elements that, when
properly combined, will create a
new power source. But the elements
are scattered throughout the galaxy,
and only a spaceship piloted by chil-

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dren can search for them. In Project
Alpha, a team of four 12-year-olds
is chosen and sent into space to
retrieve the first element.
According to Carman, who is the
brains behind the series (and, incidentally, grew up watching NASA
missile launches and Star Trek),
readers will not just have the opportunity to join the Voyagers crew
online; they can oversee their own
robot commander, thus allowing
them to accompany the travelers
into space, and complete missions
and tasks in the form of games.
Carman anticipates that todays
kids will love Voyagers as much as
his generation loved Star Trek, for
several reasons. One, they wont have
to wait very long between books;
once a reader enters the Voyagers
world, theyll remain in orbit for an
entire year. In addition, Voyagers is
driven entirely by young explorers,
with no adults around.
Thats a fun place to be as a young
reader, Carman says. And there
are robots! Aliens! And whole
planets to explore. For an early
look at the Voyagers adventures,
booksellers can pick up ARCs of
Project Alpha at Table 1 in the
Penguin Random House booth
(3119) today, 12 p.m.  Claire Kirch

BEA SHOW DAILY

Buzzing Debut YA Titles

Heres an advance peek at why the


editors participating in todays
Young Adult Editors Buzz Panel
are especially enthusiastic about
the novels they will spotlight, as
well as their observations on the
value of this forum for generating
early book buzz. Moderated by
Tegan Tigani of Queen Anne Book
Company, the panel takes place
this morning, in Room 1E12/1E13,
1010:50 a.m.
Laura Chasen,
associate editor, St.
Martins Griffin, on
Marie Marquardts
Dream Things True:
This is a modern-day Romeo and
Juliet story about
the romance
between a wellto-do Southern boy
and an undocumented Mexican girl, and the challenges they face in their hostile
Georgia town. Ive rarely seen the
topic of undocumented immigration addressed in YA fiction, especially in such a nuanced and
thought-provoking way. And its a

fantastic love story! We


are so lucky to have a
forum like this to speak
directly to our readers
and say, Please pay
attention. This one is
really special!
Wendy Loggia, executive editor, Delacorte
Press, on Nicola Yoons
Everything, Everything:
Nicola tells the story of a
girl whos literally allergic to
the outside world, and who
begins a complicated romance
that challenges everything
shes ever known. Its told via
vignettes, diary entries,
charts, and illustrations. This
is the only manuscript Ive ever read
that, from page 10, I
knew we needed to
have on our list. Its
the type of book I always
dream of finding: unique,
fresh, voice-driven, and
un-put-downable.
Having the chance to
shine the spotlight on a
debut novel at this event,

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connecting directly with


the book community and
getting the conversation
started and amplified, is
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Arianne Lewin, executive editor, Putnam
Books for Young
Readers, on Nightfall, by
Jake Halpern and Peter
Kujawinski: Nightfall is
set on an island that has 14 years of
day, followed by 14 years of night.
Just as the townspeople are about
to board ships that will take them to
a safe place to wait out the Night, a
child goes missing. What follows is
a riveting thriller in which three
teenagers try desperately to escape the dark,
cold, island that used to
be their homeand save
themselves from the
creatures that live there.
Because the concepts
that make this book
scary are also universal
triggers of fear, its a
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Shadow Mountain Publishing

BRANDON MULL
The Caretakers Guide to

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Friday, May 29
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BEA Buzz Panels are the


most personal and organic
way to foster industry
excitement about up and
coming books.
Christian Trimmer,
senior editor, Simon &
Schuster Books for
Young Readers, on
Daniel Krauss The
Death and Life of
Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1: At
the Edge of Empire: This
story follows a young
man murdered in 1896,
resurrected minutes
later, and doomed to
wander Earth for eternity. The novel is an
astounding marriage of
ambition and craft.
Daniel expertly creates
each time period
Zebulon endures, and
his dedication to research is only
surpassed by the power of his language. At one point, Zebulon is
reunited with someone from his
past, and its one of the most devastating, elegant scenes Ive ever
read. The opportunity to speak to a
room full of booksellers and tastemakers is enormous. Hopefully, my

passion for this novel will


resonate with the folks
who attend the panel,
and theyll reserve a spot
for Zebulon, on their
reading lists and then in
their stores.
Elizabeth Bewley,
executive editor,
Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Books for
Young Readers, on
Estelle Laures This
Raging Light: In the
most basic sense, this a
story about a girl who is
abandoned by her parents and ends up falling
for her best friends
brother. But the novel is
really about what it
means to be young and
on your own. It has been
praised as remarkable,
authentic, brave, and poetic, and
there is no hyperbole there. Estelle
is the real deal, and I feel very lucky
to have the opportunity to introduce her writing to our industry
colleagues. In my opinion, the Buzz
Panels are usually the start of some
great word-of-mouth campaigns.
Compiled by Sally Lodge

Stage Laughter
The decibel level on both the performance platform and audience floor is
apt to be stratosphere-high this afternoon, 2:303 p.m., when three authors
known for their prowess for parody take to the Uptown Stage to sparer,
talkabout books.
Participating in the Talking About Books panel
are Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prizewinning humorist,
whose latest book for children, The Worst Class Trip
Ever (Disney-Hyperion, May); Adam Mansbach, of
Go the F**k to Sleep fame, whose October picture
book from Akashic Books is Seriously, You Have to
Eat (a G-rated version of his second not-for-primetime bedtime book, You Have to F*****g Eat); and
Alan Zweibel, comedy writer and producer, who collaborated with Mansbach on Dear Benjamin
Franklin: Huge Pain in My !, a middle-grade novel
(Disney-Hyperion, Sept.).
Before raising the curtain on the panel , heres a
glance at the authors new works. Barrys inspiration for the calamity-riddled The Worst Class Trip
Ever was his own daughters school trip to Spain,
which he and his wife chaperoned. The thought
that I was one of the so-called responsible adult
chaperones, and that any institution would let that
happen, is still terrifying to me, he says. But many
things on the trip ended up in the novelfart and
butt jokes are among the key literary elements. God
knows how we returned home with all the kids,
though one boy, who started the trip
with a broken arm, did break a leg. And
his dad was a chaperone, toogood job,
dad!
Mansbach and Zweibel decided to
collaborate on a childrens book after
meeting several years ago at the Tucson
Book Festival, where Zweibel was the
keynote speaker at the opening dinner.
Coincidentally, one of my children had
sent me the audio version of Go the F**k to Sleep not long before, and it
made me laugh my ass off! recalls Zweibel. I heard he was at the book
festival, I sought him out, and we spent a little time together. Mansbach
remembers having dinner with Zweibel and by the end of the meal we were

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talking on collaborating on a book, and we followed that discussion up with


e-mails. Since that was the nature of our communication, it occurred to
me that we should write an epistolary novel, and we came up with the idea
of a kid exchanging letters with a historical figure. And, not surprisingly,
the young protagonist of Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My! has attitude, starting his correspondence with First of all, let me just say that this
Assignment is Stupid. You are Dead. Why am I writing a letter to Some dead
guy Ive never even met?
Clearly humor will be in no short supply at todays stage event. But what
to expect?
Uncontrollable hilarity is Zweibels prediction for the stage event,
during which he hopes to make Barry, with whom he collaborated on Lunatics,
nothing short of extremely jealous. Dave and I appeared together often
promoting our book, and our chemistry is really a lot of fun, Zweibel says.
But at this event, I want to make him jealous to see me with another man.
Anything short of tears and Ill be disappointed. I want him blubbering and
begging, We have to write another book together!
Barry is quick with a return barb, noting that during the 30-minute program, Nobody will get a chance to speak but Alan. I may as well stay in
Miami and let him do all the talking. And will Barry be happy to stand in
Zweibels shadow? Im always standing in his shadowthe shadow cast by
his head, which happens to be huge, he quips. But you cant quote me on
that. No, Im serious, you cant. Though if you did, it would be telling the
truth. And theres nothing wrong with telling the truth. But seriously, Alan
and I love each otherin a manly way.
Theres certain to be more of the above during this afternoons panel.
Looking for a chuckle and perhaps some good clean mud-slinging? Hie thee
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Santa Claus, Ind., population 2,500, was founded in 1856 and eventually
came to boast the only Santa Claus post office in the U.S., where thousands
of letters from children and parents pour in every year. This December,
Indiana University Press will publish Letters to Santa Claus, a collection of
250 letters to Santa that span more than eight decades and were lovingly
handpicked by Pat Koch and
Emily Weisner Thompson.
Thompson is the
director of the Santa Claus
Museum & Village, which
Koch, whose husband owned
the property, opened in 2006.
The site is open seasonally,
from May to December,
Thompson says. It includes
the museum, the historic
Santa Claus statue, the original Santa Claus post office, and the 1880 Santa Claus church. It also has an
archive of about 2,000 letters, so Thompson had quite a job when she began
selecting the ones to include in Letters to Santa Claus. She had been thinking about a book for some time, but had no idea how to begin such a project.
In a serendipitous bit of timing, IUP contacted her last year about a publishing arrangement. The state will celebrate its bicentennial in 2016, and as
one way to commemorate that, the press decided to recognize the museum
as the areas most famous landmark.
Because of the busy Christmas selling season, Thompson wasnt
able to start work on Letters to Santa Claus until this January. I had to wrap
it up by the end of February, says Thompson, so I worked a lot of long days
and weekends. But this project was so important that it was absolutely
worth it. Volunteers at the museum are called Elves, and over the years
theyve saved their favorite letters, which are then designated for the
archives. Thompson went through the letters chronologically when she sat
down to pull the selection for the book; they are organized by decade and
category, for example, funny, sad, or poignant. As for getting permission to
use the letters in the book, all identifying personal information was
removed so that IUP could publish them freely.
All the letters received at the Santa Claus post office are answered
by one of the Elves each December. The Elves send best wishes and words of
encouragement to the young letter writers. What I love about the letters is
that they are a window into the past, Thompson says. The hopes and
dreams of generations are captured, and they also offer a glimpse into what
is going on in our society today. Some children ask for dolls or game systems,
but others mention gifts for victims of hurricanes or tornadoes. It really was
difficult to pick the best of the best, but it was a great problem to have.
Thompson is signing Letters to Santa Claus today in the English
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Tor Celebrates 35
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11:30 am
Author Signing: Robert Schnakenberg,
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Tom Doherty, president and publisher of Tor Books, worked his way up
through the sales force ranks at Simon & Schuster and was mentored by
Betty and Ian Ballantine when they launched the first science fiction and
fantasy line in the country. Still, in 1985, he dreamed of a better way to publish science fiction. I thought it would be unique to do something which
took a very broad view of science fiction and fantasy, and by a broad view I
mean from the prehistoric past to the far future.
What separates his company from the pack is Tors willingness to accommodate staff. I thought by structuring the jobs more openly, Doherty says,
I could attract the right people and do something that was really fine,
because creativity is what counted.

NASA brings us great


ideas
and free scientific
consultation.

Tom Doherty

He gives as example editor Harriet


McDougal, whod worked with Doherty at
Ace and Tempo, but wanted to move from
New York to a home she inherited in
Charleston, S.C., which had been in her family since before the Civil War. Doherty notes,
I said, Harriet, weve got an 800-number,
well get you a computer and a modem. And
she liked the idea. He mentions another
editor, Beth Meacham, who ran the SF department at Berkley. She
dreamed of living in the desert. She had arthritis and was convinced shed
feel better in a hot, dry climate. So I said, Great, Beth, come join us and live
in the desert. Its no surprise, then, that Tor Books has won the Lucas poll
for best publisher for 27 years in a row since 1988.
Looking back over the past 35 years, Doherty notes the presss biggest single title was Enders Game, by Orson Scott Card, originally published as a
novelette in an SF magazine. When Card started writing the sequel,
Speaker from the Dead (1994), for Tor Books, he realized he hadnt laid
enough groundwork in his first book. He asked Doherty if he could expand
Enders Game and publish it with Tor as a full novel, which turned out to be a
great idea. Were selling over a quarter of a million copies of it on the backlist, and last year it was back on the New York Times bestseller list.
One of the more recent developments is Tors new relationship with
NASA, which approached the publisher as part of the agencys mission to
get more of Americas youth interested in studying science and technology.
The first book developed out of this venture is Pillar to the Sky, by William R.
Forstchen, which came out this past January and features a space elevator,
a tower to the sky that harnesses the suns energy and supplies cheap
energy to the world. They bring us great ideas and give us free scientific
consultation and to those ideas we bring great storytellers, Doherty says.
In honor of Tors 35th year, publicity director Patty Garcia has come up
with a Class of 2015 concept to welcome new writers into the Tor family,
complete with class superlatives, like Most Artistic, which describes
Ilana Myer (a book critic at Huffington Post writing under her real name,
Ilana Teitelbaum). Myer says, I actually set out to write Last Song Before
Night [Tor Books, Sept.] to explore what art means to me, so they were very
perceptive to give me the most artistic label.
Then theres Class Rebel Seth
Dickinson, who was studying social neuroscience at NYU before embarking on a
writing career. Im prepared to be rebellious, he jokes. He describes his book, The
Traitor Baru Cormorant (Sept.), as a novel
about colonialism, tyranny, and freedom.
Its Game of Thrones meets Guns, Germs
and Steel.
You can meet Myer and Dickinson today
at a panel, Tor: The Next Generation, at
the Uptown Stage, 10:4511:45 a.m., where
they will play a rousing game of Would You
Rather: The SFF Edition with host John
Scalzi (The End of All Things, Aug.) along
with other Tor newcomers Lawrence M.
Schoen (Barsk: The Elephants Graveyard,
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The last time indie publisher Europa


Editions had a booth at BEA was in
2011, according to editor-in-chief
Michael Reynolds. Last year, the
house exhibited as part of the
Translation Market, and, he recalls,
we enjoyed the energy. So this
year, Europa is back, with its own
booth (3124). We returned because
BEA is evolving and flourishing,
and because we are celebrating our
10th anniversary. The house publishes more than 30 titles a year of
quality general fiction and high-end
crime fiction.
Multiple anniversary celebrations
included a party Tuesday evening
at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn.
Today Reynolds moderates a 9:30
a.m. panel, Europa Editions: 10
Years of Independent Thinking,
followed by an in-booth author signing at 11:30 a.m. to launch Jennifer
Tsengs debut novel, Mayumi and
the Sea of Happiness, and tomorrow, beginning at 2 p.m., theres an
in-booth galley giveaway of the
fourth Neapolitan novel by Europas
bestselling author Elena Ferrante.
Founders Sandro Ferri and Sandra
Ozzola Ferri, who live in Rome, will

also be on hand, together with their


daughter Eva Ferri, who has been
working as an editor for the Italian
side and is coordinating international sales. Reynolds believes that
Europa has thrived largely because
of its dual location. The fact that we
have one foot in Europe keeps us
connected with European publishing, literature, culture, and thought,
he says. Given that our mandates
are to bring that to American readers, its important to have that con-

A New Tolle Imprint


New World Library is launching its
new Eckhart Tolle Editions imprint
at BEA and will be displaying the
first two titles: Parenting with
Presence: Practices for Raising
Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids,
by Susan Stiffelman (Apr.) and The
Calm Center: Spiritual Reflections
and Meditations, by Steve Taylor
(May). Finished copies of Taylors
book will be handed out today at 10
a.m. at the New World Library booth
(938).
Tolle, one of the worlds leading
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nection. Then in
America, we
have the ability
to evaluate the
market here. I
think thats been
absolutely essen- Jennifer Tseng
tial.
The BEA panel was Reynoldss
idea. The more I thought about the
history of Europa, the more it
seemed to fit into an ecosystem of
independent businesses. Ive

watched
companies
like Melville
House,
Akashic,
Archipelago,
and Soho
have hit after
hit. It seems
like its a
great moment to be an independent publisher, and also a great
moment between independent
booksellers and independent pubDiane Patrick
lishers. 

develop titles for the line, most


of them written by other teachers and authors he has encountered over his past two decades
of teaching. Tolle will write the
foreword for each title in the
imprint, then use his vast social
media presence1.2 million
Facebook fans, 345,000 Twitter followers, and 120,000 YouTube subscribersto promote them.
Eckhart Tolle has had a phenomenal education and has read a wide
range of writings, from ancient
Greek philosophers to Christian
mystics to modern philosophers
and others almost no one has heard

of, says Marc


Allen, New
World Library
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teachings for our time, are filled
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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015

Coach House Turns 50


Along a downtown Toronto laneway
(back alley) named after Canadian
poet bpNichol, an eight-line poem is
carved into the concrete: A / Lake /
A / Lane / A / Line / A / Lone. This
literal concrete poem leads you to a
series of 19th-century coach houses
that are home to Coach House Books,
an independent publisher founded
50 years ago by artist Stan Bevington.
Coach House Books is a rare breed
in that it still prints nearly all of its
own booksspecializing in innovative poetry and fictionusing two
old Heidelberg presses. However,
its also been a leader digitally, long

offering print books bundled with


e-books for customers.
In its infancy, Coach House published early works by prominent
Canadian writers including Michael
Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, and
the houses patron saint, bpNichol.
In 2001, Coach House published
Christian Bks poetry book Eunoia,
which went on to win the Griffin
Poetry Prize (then worth C$40,000)
and became the bestselling Canadian
poetry book of all time.
Editorial director Alana Wilcox
has been with the press for 15 years,
and says its difficult to pin down a

specific Coach House sensibility. I


hope thats somewhat ineffable, but
a particular sensibility that pervades
this building is a little bit weird,
strange, odd, irreverent; a little bit
iconoclastic, she says.
The upcoming title Pillow, by debut
author Andrew Battershill, will be
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Uptown Stage today, and it certainly
embodies Wilcoxs description of a
Coach House book. The publisher
describes Pillow as a playful literary debut about a boxer-turned-enforcer for a crime syndicate run by
Andr Breton, the late French
writer and founder of surrealism.
Battershill notes that Coach House
is a huge presence for writers in
Toronto. The big thing with Coach
House is that on top of the quality of
the books in terms of the writing,
theyre just such beautiful books,
he says.
In addition to the publishers time
on the stage, Coach House can be
found at BEA this year in Consortium
Alley (booth 648) handing out galleys.
It will be promoting some of this
years titles, including Andr Alexiss
novel Fifteen Dogs (Apr.), which is
already gaining traction in the U.S.;
Jon Chan Simpsons Chinkstar
(June), a graphicless graphic
novel, about second-generation
Asian immigrants; and The
Xenotext: Book 1 (Oct.), a longawaited book of experimental
poetry from Christian Bk.
Its a different world than it was
50 years ago, but its the same kind
of energy, says Wilcox of Coach
Houses evolution. Were just going
to keep trying to get better at what
Laura Godfrey
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Checking HerCampus
Young women about to enter college will be glad to have one more
item to pack: The Her Campus Guide
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girls survival guide compiled by the
three cofounders of the popular
website hercampus.com, the #1
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While Stephanie Kaplan Lewis,
Windsor Hanger Western, and Annie
Chandler Wang will not be present,
visitors to the F+W booth (1339) can
pick up goodie bags containing
signed copies of the collegiettecentric book.
It was during their Harvard undergrad years that Lewis, Western, and
Wang formed Her Campus Media to
provide college women with resources
to help them navigate their college
years. Now, hercampus.com has six
million monthly users, chapters at
more than 250 colleges nationwide
and in seven countries, and has
been widely praised in the media.
Right now, the three are not only
five years out of college, but each is
newly married. That doesnt affect
the relevance of the site, Lewis
points out. The content is written
by college women, and our staff is
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Corban Addison
Writing on the World Stage
.

Corban Addison writes novels that speak to


the human condition and focus on people who
act on the world stage, who face struggles that
speak to the great injustices occurring around
the globe. I write because I care about justice, says Addison, who lives in Charlottesville, Va., a college town south of the nations
capital. I write for the world.
Addison began his writing career back in
2008 when he was practicing law, had a ninemonth-old child and was buried under a
mountain of school debt. My wife suggested
that I write something that married my writing and my love for justice, he says. I saw a
film called Trade and was inspired to write about human trafficking. I traveled widely to learn about it because I want my books to be truth and fact
woven into a fictional narrative.
That first book, A Walk Across the Sun, was published in the United
States by Sterlings SilverOak imprint (2012) and in the United Kingdom by
Quercus (2014). It became a bestseller and was published in 18 languages;
he Canadian edition, published by HarperCollins, sold 35,000. Addison
continues to speak often on human trafficking and the story behind A Walk
Across the Sun. His second book, The Garden of Burning Sand (2014), about
violence against women in Africa, did just as well. His third book, The
Tears of Dark Water, will be published in October by Thomas Nelson, a subsidiary of HarperCollins.
The Tears of Dark Water is set in the Horn of Africa and centers on the
collapse of Somalia, Islam, piracy, and other dimensions of the devastation
in that area of the world. Addison is quick to say that he travels to research
each book, placing his characters in the places hes been. Tears took him
on an odyssey that included sailing in the Seychelles archipelago, nights
spent on the USS Truman and the USS Gettysburg in the Indian Ocean,
through the Strait of Hormuz, into Somalia, and into Kenya and the
Dadaab refugee camp, the worlds largest. I wanted to write about the disintegration of an entire country and the effects on the rest of the world,
says Addison. I wanted to balance the beauty of a place with the gritty,
challenging parts of that same area.
Addison will sign galleys today, 1011 a.m., at Thomas Nelsons booth
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Raymond Barfield

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Inspired by Listening

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Dr. Raymond Barfield, a pediatric oncologist


at Duke University School of Medicine and an
associate professor of philosophy at Duke
Divinity School, credits the protagonist of his
novel, The Book of Colors (Unbridled Books),
for helping him learn to be his best in all
aspects of his life. I was at a place in my life
where I was ready to learn, to listen in a new
way, he says. Yslea told her story, and I listened. That sounds simple, but its the whole
secret. It changed me as a doctor and it
changed me as a human.
Yslea and inspiration for The Book of
Colors struck one morning while Barfield was
writing, before he went into work to run the bone marrow transplant unit.
I was doodling in my sketchbook. I was blank, and just sort of waiting.
Thats when I felt her. He wrote 50 chapter titles and went in to work. The
next day, Barfield started writing the chapters. Yslea showed up in sentence one. She persisted. As I crept forward in the dark, holding out the
dim lantern of my imagination that had been trained by voice after voice in
ERs and clinic rooms, I slowly began to see her more clearly. I trusted her,
and just kept writing.
Barfields extensive work with low-income African-American children
at Duke University Hospital, along with previous practice in the ERs of
Atlanta and Memphis inner-city hospitals, helped him to tap in to his protagonist. The Book of Colors is the story of pregnant 19-year-old Yslea, who
grew up in a crack house, and finds chaos and grace as she drifts into the
lives of four people who occupy row houses along the train tracks outside
of Memphis.
Barfield hopes readers will be as influenced by Yslea as hes been. If
you pass by three small houses on the railroad track, stay humble as you

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Gwenda Bond
Placing Lois Lane in the
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Since her 1938 debut, Lois Lane has played


pivotal roles in an array of comics, movies,
and TV shows. Now the heroine steps out
from behind Supermans shadow as the star
of a new YA series by Gwenda Bond, which
launches with Lois Lane: Fallout (Capstone/
Switch Press, May). In the series, produced
through Capstones licensing partnership
with Warner Bros. Consumer Products on
behalf of DC Entertainment, the author
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school student at the start of both her jour-

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think about who might live there. If the Troll dawdles on the steps of your
business with his pink backpack, think about the courage he might have
shown in the past 24 hours. Listen when the voice of another shows up, no
matter how surprising or strange, whether real or in your imagination. Be
willing to be changed by what you hear.
Bringing The Book of Colors to the Javits center, for his first time at the
show, Barfield is excited to connect with booksellers, librarians, and readers. Im most looking forward to sharing Yslea, of course, and talking to
people who may find themselves affected by her. If Yslea were able to
spring to life from the page, Barfield believes she would be as surprised
and delighted to be attending the show as he is. We would both be nervous
about what to say. Both of us would know, though, that once someone
noticed her presence, all eyes would be on her. Mine included.
Barfield signs copies of The Book of Color today, 11 a.m. 2 p.m., at
Unbridled Books booth (TM 12). 
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nalism career and her relationship with a certain mystery man.


A longtime Lois Lane fan, Bond (whose earlier YA novels include Girl
on a Wire and The Woken Gods) was intrigued by the project when her
agent, Jennifer Laughran, approached her. I have such clear memories
of watching the 1978 Superman movie with Christopher Reeve and loving
Margot Kidder in the Lois Lane role, Bond recalls. As a kid, Id steal my
brothers Superman comic books to supplement my Betty and Veronica
comics. A crackerjack reporter, Lois Lane also fueled Bonds teenage
affinity for journalismand served as a mentor of sorts. I was always the
high school nerd interested in reporting, and Lois was the first fictional
woman I remember who was famous for her job, she says.
When she was asked about her interest in bringing Lois Lane to the
YA page, Bond reports that her first question concerned the level of freedom shed have to develop the character. I am lucky that the team at
Capstone and Warner Bros. was supportive of the vision I had for the
series, she says. In Fallout, Lois and Clark Kent have a long-distance
friendship. She lands her first job in Metropolis, investigating a cyberbullying incident, and hes in Smallville, still discovering his powers.
This is the first year that Bond, who has written for Publishers Weekly
and Show Daily, is attending BEA as an author rather than a reporter. Ive
only been to the show with a press pass, and Im thrilled to be here as an
author, she says. It feels like coming full circle in a way. I love connecting
with other book people. And everyone seems to have a Lois Lane memory
or touchstone, and its so much fun to hear about those.
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Geraldine Brooks

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While Geraldine Brooks built her career as a


roving journalist, covering global hot spots like
the Middle East and the Balkans, she is also
renowned as a fiction writer who reaches into
the past to write such critically acclaimed
novels as her 2001 debut, Year of Wonders, set
in 1660s England, and the 2005 Pulitzer Prize
winner March, inspired by Louisa May Alcotts
Little Women, set during the U.S. Civil War.
Brookss next novel, her fifth, The Secret Chord
(Viking, Oct.), goes back much, much further:
to biblical times.
It got a little out of hand, Brooks admits
with a laugh, acknowledging that it was difficult
to write about a historical character like King
David, when the only contemporary reference
to him, aside from the Bible, of course, is a stone inscription. But the lack
of source material on King David didnt hold back this intrepid journalist:
Brooks says she did a lot of field researchliterally. Not only did she travel
to Israel, visiting places associated with David and boning up in the
archives there on what daily life was like in biblical times, but she and her
son even herded sheep, as David did before the famous battle with Goliath
catapulted him to fame and fortune. She consulted with an Israeli military
strategist as well on how David might have strategized in conquering
Jerusalem. And because spoken Hebrew during biblical times was abrupt,
rather than flowery [prose] like the King James version of the Bible with a
tribal, consonant type of sound, thats how she penned dialogue between
the characters.
Brooks is fascinated with King David. She describes his story as encompassing most of human experience: theres love and loss, triumph and
despair, victory and defeat. Everything happens to him, she says, pointing
out that the biblical account is the first piece of history writing that we
have, predating Herodotus by 500 years. The Bible tells the story of a king;
its a human story. There are no miracles here.
Although she admits that King David did some terrible things, such
as sending Bathshebas husband to the front lines so that hed be killed,
Brooks says he must have been quite the charmer. He inspired loyalty in
men and women alike. People forgave him even when he did terrible
things, like stealing another mans wife.
Brooks is participating in a q&a at the Downtown Stage with Washington
Post Book World editor Ron Charles today, 11:1511:45, and will do an
in-booth signing of The Secret Chord at the Penguin Random House booth
Claire Kirch
(3119), 1:302:30 p.m. 

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so excited to tell you about. We have a book that
shows how to do chalk lettering, and a book about
how to hack ramen like a prisoner. A book that
explains why the other
line always moves faster
(a phenomenon we will
all be aware of when we
try to order lunch). And
if youre one to sigh and
think, How much longer
must I do this?, a book
on how to retire with
plenty of money. And
much more.

A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, MAY 28
9:00 a.m. | Pick up a bound galley of Crossroads, the upcoming
cookbook by the most lauded vegan chef in the country, Tal Ronnen
(Artisan).

Alex Brunkhorst

11:30 a.m. | Come say hi to Sandra Boynton, signing a limitededition print for her upcoming book, Chocolate.

A Window on the Wealthy

12:00 p.m. | Pick up a copy of the indie bestseller The Crossroads of


Should and Must.

FRIDAY, MAY 29
10:00 a.m. | Meet Tracey Stewart,
signing galleys of her upcoming
book, Do Unto Animals (Artisan).
Artisan).
3:00 p.m. | Meet the New
York Times bestselling
author Austin Kleon,
signing copies of Show
Your Work!
4:00 p.m. | Enjoy a healthy
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honored writers mantra. What Alex Brunkhorst knows is the world of lavish estates and
the opulent lifestyle that comes with them.
When shes not writing, she works as a real
estate agent at the Agency, which specializes
in luxury estates, and is the creator of Bungalux, a website featuring curated properties
for sale and articles on luxury living. Through
my work life, Ive been able to get a glimpse
inside the upper stratosphere of Los Angeles
society, says Brunkhorst. But observing the
behavior of very wealthy people throughout
the world, not just in Los Angeles inspired her
upcoming novel, The Gilded Life of Matilda
Duplaine (Mira, Sept.). I was fascinated with
the idea that the wealthiest people in the world were using their money to
buy isolationvast estates with guards, private yachts, and planes, even
islands.
In The Gilded Life of Matilda Duplaine, a young, low-level beat reporter
for the Los Angeles Times is assigned the obituary for a legendary film producer. The producers eccentric daughter offers him entre into Hollywood
society, where he meets the beautiful, mysterious, and privileged Matilda.
There follows a secret love affair and the unraveling of potentially devastating and long-buried secrets. You might think that Matilda leads a magical life, says Brunkhorst, but the reality is shes never left the luxurious
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Matt
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In Praise of Thinking

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Probably not. I think of Matildas insular life on six beautifully manicured


acres as a dark fairy tale.
Mira bought the novel with what executive editor Erika Imranyi describes
as an aggressive pre-empt. We see it as a modern-day Gatsby talea unique
spin on classic themes of privilege, power, and identity. With echoes of
Beautiful Ruins and Rules of Civility, and with a fresh modern voice for fans
of J. Courtney Sullivan, we have high hopes for this very special novel.
While this is Brunkhorsts first BEA, shes sure to see some familiar faces,
as Mira has already sent her on a pre-pub meet and greet with booksellers
in San Francisco; Los Angeles; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle. Shell be signing
ARCs of The Gilded Life of Matilda Duplaine at the Harlequin booth (2909)
Lucinda Dyer
today at 3:30 p.m. and Friday at 10:30 a.m. 

Motivated by the birth of his first


child, a girl named Violet, Matt Burriesci, a former executive director of
the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and
author of Nonprofit, a prize-winning
novel, revisited the established
canon of classical literature and wrote a book-length letter to his daughter,
titling it, provocatively, Dead White Men (Cleis Press/Viva Editions, Fathers
Day release in June). Addressed to Violet as he imagines shell be at the
age of 18, Burriesci uses the Great Books of the Western World to probe
societys big questions: When it is right to do the wrong thing? Is there any
justice in the world? What is happiness? Who should be in charge? Do the
ends justify the means? Is America exceptional?
The works he readby Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Machiavelli, St. Augustine,
Locke, Rousseau, etc.have a lot to teach, he says, even if they were written
by dead white men. I worked for 15 years in the arts and humanities,
mainly literature, he explains. This Western tradition felt as if it was vanishing, and I wanted my daughter to understand it, to learn how to think,
rather than what to think. He refers to thinking as an endangered act.
His favorite chapter is the first, about Platos Apology, which he
describes as a cultivation of skepticism and the realization that we dont
have all the answers. It provided the spark. I wouldnt have continued if
the Apology hadnt been the first book I read. It was such a revelation, and
it really pushed me forward.
Burriesci (pronounced Burr-EE-see) says the experience of writing the
book was liberating. When you think of these great books, you think that
theyre difficult and inaccessible, but making them accessible and relevant,
as I tried to do, opens up the joy in them. They have a lot of humor once
you get used to the language.
Though addressed to his daughter, Burriesci would like his book to be
read by the general public, educators, other parents, and other kids, in the
hopes that it will prompt a conversation about how we approach education
in this country. Our system should not be to produce hands for industry
but to produce responsible citizens, he says.
A second-time BEA-goer, Burriesci says that talking to booksellers is a
dream come true for him. Who wouldnt want that?
Burriesci will have an in-booth signing today, 10:3011 a.m., at the PGW
Pavilion (Cleis booth 947B). Also today, he will be in the autographing area
Suzanne Mantell
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In the opening scene of Make Me (Delacorte,


Sept.), the 20th Jack Reacher novel, someone
is digging a grave with a backhoe. You dont
know why or even who it is theyre burying,
says Lee Child. Even Child didnt know the
answer when he started the book. I write by
asking a question at the beginning and then
answer it as late in the story as possible. I know it
sounds pretentious, but writing is very musical
for meits like composing a symphony and
somewhere in the final movement everything
gets resolved in big chords.
While the last book in the series was set in
Europe, Reacher is now back in America. I do
try and change it up a little bit. Personal put

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Reacher into a James Bond kind of roleprivate jets, Paris, London. This book
is set in the middle of a million miles of wheat. I had a lot of fun writing it, as
Reachers happy in this book, and I always enjoy that because people think
his character isnt full of humor. Its also very romantic, which is unusual for
Reacher as hes usually a love em and leave em man. Theres actually more
romance than humor in Make Me even though its a hardcore Reacher book.
Reacher fans will be relieved to know that once again, hes going low tech
and will not be carrying a cellphone or tablet. Hes very annoyed that he
even has to carry ID and an ATM cardhis main possession is his folding
toothbrush. Child readily admits that when it comes to technology, hes a
bit like Reacher. Im the last but one adopter. I didnt have a cellphone
until well into the 21st century and dont own an iPad.
Child, who lives in New York City, will have a quick commute to the Javits
Center for his BEA appearances. I go everywhere on the subway, thats how
you take the temperature of whats going on. I dont generally speak to people.
I like to observeI love those little fragments of conversation you overhear.
Once he arrives, Child will be a featured speaker at todays Adult Book &
Author Breakfast and then head over to the Random House booth (3119),
where hell sign paperback copies of Personal and broadside posters for
Make Me.
Lucinda Dyer

Larry Correia

The Saga of the Prolific Writer


Fantasy author Larry Correia is fantasizing, but not the way you think. While
hes at BEA, hes in a culinary state of mind. Im a food guy, he admits,
and I dont often get to hang out in New York. My editor, Jim Minz, used to
live in Manhattan, so when Im here, I hook up with him and we bounce
around from restaurant to restaurant.
First things first, though. The creator of the bestselling Monster Hunter
series is autographing galleys of Son of the Black Sword today, the first title
in his new epic fantasy series, the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior.
But it wont be long before the Audie Award winner is back to work,

upholding his reputation as a prolific writer


averaging 10,000 words a week. After all,
theres this series to deliver, with three books
under contract. I have a planned story arc
for three books, about this character set in
this world. But you know how it goesyou
plan and then it goes a totally different way.
Correiawho grew up reading J.R.R.
Tolkien, Terry Brooks, Raymond Feist, and
David Eddingsdescribes the setting of the
series as a world with rigid, brutal caste systems. The main character is a roving magical
law enforcement officer from the strict central government, and hes the agent of the
inquisition. When it starts, hes a bad guy in a merciless system. He adds,
Its my first epic fantasy where Im building a world from scratch. This
world is not any kind of western society.
His own world is split between writing and promoting. Since 2009, hes
written, on average, two books a year, even before he quit his full-time job
as an accountant two years ago. His last book was Monster Hunter Nemesis,
which pubbed in August 2014. Son of the Black Sword will be my 12th book,
he says, quickly adding, but the 13th is done. Also, Ive written 24 short
stories, and those are just the paying ones. Not to mention that hes a
blogger with a very big social media presence, whose fans are known as
the Monster Hunter Nation.
As for promoting, Correia says that his publisher, Baen, calls him its
road warrior because he tours all over the country. He wasnt able to do
BEA last year because he appeared at 13 (mostly sci-fi fan) conventions,
including ComicCon (New York and Salt Lake City), GenCon, WesterCon,
ConVergence, ConGregate, and ConStellation. I will never do that many
againI couldve written another book, he says, laughing. So this year,
Im only doing six.
Today, 10:3011:30 a.m., Correia will be signing galleys of his new book at
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Elisabeth Egan
A Story of Having It All

First-time novelist Elisabeth Egan wears two


hats this year at BEA: as an aisle-walker
checking out what touted books she might
have missed as books editor of Glamour magazine, and as an author-participant with her
first novel, A Window Opens (Simon & Schuster, Aug.).
Inspired by her own life, Egan tells the story
of Alice Pearse, a young woman who takes on
a high-powered job in a trending book-industry company, commuting daily from New Jersey
to New York while trying to maintain a
well-functioning household (husband and three
kids) and deal with the emotional trauma of a
dying father.
Im a working mom, Egan says, and I
have three kids like the character in the book. I wrote it about the time
Lean In came out. I felt my experience wasnt represented in that conversation. Im not a CEO, I take the train, I juggle family obligations. I dont
expect my book to be a treatise on the subject, but Lean In made me think
about how to show the experiences of the average working momto show
what its like to do all those things at once when its necessary financially,
and what happens when one extra thing is thrown onto the balance. I hate
the term balance, but its all so precarious.
Writing a novel of her own, Egan says, has made her view the mountains
of galleys she receives at Glamour in a new light. I hold them in my hand
and think, this represents hundreds of hours of someones life. I think I am
a little kinder. I have much more appreciation for the loneliness of writing
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It was definitely a struggle to write this
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for Wings (Ballantine Books, Aug.), the follow-up
to her smash debut, The Language of Flowers.
The hardest part was that I listened too much
to my critics and wanted to fix things that
werent right. I wasted a lot of time until I
remembered what I was good at. Once I stopped
trying to write something better or different
than my first book, it was a lot easier.
We Never Asked for Wings might have been
written sooner, but Diffenbaugh spent almost
two years of travel around the world promoting The Language of Flowers. That novel spent
69 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was translated into a 43
languages.
We Never Asked for Wings, like Language, is a family love story. It centers
on a Mexican-American family headed by Letty, a mother struggling to
make ends meet for her two children in a crumbling housing development
outside of San Francisco. Diffenbaugh, through the work of her husband,
superintendent of schools in Monterey, Calif., hosts programs that helps
teens write college essays. One of the children she helped was the inspiration for the story.
Im very interested in getting inside the heads of people society discards, people on the fringe, especially immigrant kids. We dismiss them
without getting into details of who they are. I love getting into the details
with fiction, Diffenbaugh says. She would like her readers to get into the
heads of these people, too, from a heart perspective, not from a policy or
politics experience.
Does she have any favorite characters in the book? I have so many,
which is funny, because there were so many days when I hated all of them.
The mother, the boyone of my very favorite is the boys friend, Yesenia,
who has physical problems, one leg is shorter than the other. I met someone
just like that, in San Luis Obispo. And I thought, this story needs to be told.
Diffenbaugh signs galleys today at 11 a.m. at Table 3 in the autographing
area. She will join Annie Barrows and Paula McLain on the panel The Book
Club Insider: Three Bestselling Authors on the Power of Reading Together
at BookCon on Saturday, 11 a.m.noon, at the Penguin Random House
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A Voice for the Dispossessed

Greetings from mars!


We would like to introduce you to Brent LeVasseurs sci-fi YA/MG novel, Aolon
The Martian Girl, which is, wellout of this world. This is not unexpected
because Brent is an intergalactic space traveler himself.
Were looking for parents, teachers and library luminaries to transmit to terra
firma (thats planet Earth) what Aolon The Martian Girl is all about (hint:
shes got psionic powers and the most gorgeous blue eyes!).
Her story comes in five partsthe action is just way too intense to pack into one
volume. The illustrations are so vivid you can just about climb right into them.
The author and illustrator, Brent LeVasseur, is offering you a
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or library to see what Aolon is all about and to spread the
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The eBook (Kindle and PDF) has been receiving rave reviews on Amazon,
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Fiction was a great liberation, she says. I am used to writing reviews. In


fiction you can make your character completely different from real life,
and there is no fact checking. That was fun.
As for BEA, Egan is a big collector of freebie tote bags. But BEA has taken
a little bit of a nose dive, she says. Now theyre not canvas, but Tyvek. I
miss those days when they were canvas. I dont love the chaos or the Javits
Center. But walking around and seeing book people in one place is pretty
exciting. Its a book-lovers Christmas.
Egan appears today on the debut fiction panel with Bill Clegg (Debut
Fiction from Industry Insiders, Downtown Stage, 2:303 p.m.), as well as at
a Simon & Schuster in-booth signing (2620, 2621), at 3:15 p.m.
Suzanne Mantell

Jesse Eisenberg
A Club Member and Interloper

When Jesse Eisenbergs first book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups (Grove/Atlantic),


is published in September, the Oscar-nominated actor might pick up as
many fans for his edgy comedic writing as he already has for his work in
the acclaimed films and plays hes appeared in.
Eisenberg, 31, first became a familiar name when he starred in The Social
Network, the 2010 hit film about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Yet
he is not new to the literary world. At around the same time, Dave Eggers
began publishing Eisenbergs work in his McSweeneys literary quarterly.
Since then, several of his short stories have been featured there, as well as
in the New Yorker, and no matter how busy Eisenberg might be with acting
work he is equally dedicated to his writing. Theres more of an overlap
between the two than might be apparent, Eisenberg says during a break
from rehearsals for his latest play, The Spoils, which he wrote and is also
directing in New York City (previews start May 5, and it opens on June 2).
Ive been trained to think about people from the inside out, and even
though my writing is focused on emotional turmoil, my sole goal is to try to
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of good people behaving badly.


Bream Gives Me Hiccups is a collection of
short stories and essays that are both hilarious
and thought provoking, grounded in his quick
wit and astute observations of people and
families. The opening stories are told in the
voice of a nine-year-old boy who accompanies
his neurotic mother to dinner in various
restaurants and then rates them when they
get home. We went to a place called Organix,
Eisenberg writes in one piece, and it is an
organic and vegan restaurant, which is kind
of like going to the doctor for dinner. Im giving it 162 out of 2,000 stars. Broken families
and narcissistic sisters feature in other stories,
all of which show Eisenbergs penchant for
illuminating the best and the worst in people, but always with kindness.
Asked if he finds himself laughing out loud while writing a funny piece,
he replies, Not really. Mostly I just face the computer with an intense, discouraged stare, but I suppose humor is the priority, at least nominally.
So sophisticated and droll is Eisenbergs writing that its surprising to
learn he didnt begin reading the New Yorker until the last few years. I
never knew my style until I read the Shouts & Murmurs column in the
magazine, he says. I didnt know writing could be that way. Now he is
published there on a regular basis, and counts among his friends such New
Yorker writers as Simon Rich, George Sanders, and Teddy Wayne, who also
serve as literary inspirations to him.
As he joins the ranks of published authors, Eisenberg places himself in
a dual position. I see myself in the book business as both an interloper
and a member of the club, he notes wryly. In fact, I have more friends in
the book business than in acting. Once Bream Gives Me Hiccups is released,
that circle of friends could grow exponentially.
New and old friends can meet Eisenberg today at 11 a.m. in the autoWendy Werris
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Creative Collaboration

The wife-husband creative team who first collaborated on 2012s Oh, No!
has arrived at BEA to talk about their latest work together, Bulldozers Big
Day (Atheneum, May). Written by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric
Rohmann, the picture book introduces a little bulldozer whos convinced
that his work buddies have forgotten his birthdaybut maybe, just
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Big Day? I wish we were that smart and savvy to have seen the combination from the start, replies Rohmann, who won the Caldecott for My
Friend Rabbit and Caldecott Honors for Time Flies. As it happens, the idea
surfaced when we were driving through Indiana, talking about memorable
books for younger readers, and Candys mind just started going.
I had never written a book where the main character was an inanimate
object, Fleming says. And it had been a long time since either one of us
had made a book for the youngest readers. I asked, What do kids love?
and we found our way to a little bulldozer. Adds Rohmann, Candy
blended and mashed, scooped and stirred all this together and out rose a
story. And I made bright, bold, and chunky pictures to illustrate itpictures that look like carved wooden blocks.
Both Fleming and Rohmann have collaborated with other illustrators
and authors in their publishing careers, and working together is not a different creative experience for them. Of course its always an advantage to
be able to just call down the hall to discuss a books progress, says
Rohmann. For Candy, its pretty much the same no matter who makes the
pictures. Good picture book writers create stories that simply fit in the picture-book format. They can hear the page turns and know what to leave in
and what to leave out to make room for the illustrators take on the story.
When I get a manuscript from Candy, I always know where the text is
placed and the page turns occur.
The couple has already dug into Bulldozers second adventure, and the
little machine may well reappear. We believe that Bulldozers world is rich
with preschool adventures that we both want to explore, Fleming says. Yet
another collaboration between the two is scheduled for fall 2017 release by
Roaring Brooks Neal Porter Books, Giant Squid.
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As a Washington insider, former Speaker of


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In his newest offering, Duplicity (Center Street,
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embassy hostage crisis in Somalia and an
American president running for re-election.
Interestingly, he has chosen a female president as the nations leader in this time of crisis. Asked whether shes a Democrat or a
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Warren. We thought it would be interesting and fun to have a woman president,


just as our most effective protagonist on the American side in Somalia is an
African-American Marine female who ends up playing a very leading role.
Gingrich did a lot of research in Minneapolis where he talked to members
of the Somali community (about 125,000 live there) and learned some of their
deep concerns about children being recruited by radical groups. One person
said to me, Its a little bit like gang recruitments in Los Angeles except
theres a much greater danger attached to it. In Duplicity, the author posits
what would happen if in one family one brother is the #2 leader in Al-Shabaab
in Mogadishu, and the other is running for Congress in Minneapolis.
The former congressman and bestselling author, whos been in the public
eye for so long, says that a few things in his latest novel will be unexpected
by his fans. Since Im an Army brat, readers will be a little surprised that we
picked a Marine as the hero. We also have a very tough segment involving
Congress, and as somebody who spent his career in the House and loves
the institution, I think some people will be surprised at how tough I am on
some of the behaviors and the nature of the place. Finally, we really show
an intense competition between the needs of re-election and the needs of
national security. I happen to think this is realand I think its real for
every president.
Asked what he would like readers to take away from his book, Gingrich
says, Id like them to understand that large bureaucracies have their own
goals and momentum, and in a free society its really hard to get them under
control because they can just bulldoze their way toward the world they want.
I also want readers to understand how many humans are engaged in these
issues. These arent stick figures, these are real people with real passions
and values. They have real weaknesses and strengths, and thats part of
the drama that were all caught up in now.
The former congressman signs galleys of Duplicity today at the Hachette
Hilary S. Kayle
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A Poet Casts His Eye on


Some Famous Photos
The ancient Greeks had a word for it:
ekphrasis, the literary description of a
visual work of art, or a commentary on
it. Traditionally this has to do with
paintings more than with photographs,
says Adam Kirsch, whose book of
poems, Emblems of the Passing World:
Poems After Photographs by August
Sander (Other Press, Oct.), uses the
great German photographers austere
portraits as a starting point for thoughts
on society and history.
A 2004 exhibit of Sanders work at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, depicting working class, bourgeois, and revolutionaries from WWI to the end of the Weimar Republic, was the spark
that ignited Kirschs poetic interest. The photos stuck with me. They were
very powerful. All were from Germany in the first half of the 20th century, a
very fateful time. The people in the pictures were very ordinary, very representative of their class, occupation, or family role. They made me think
about class conflicts and politics in a new way. I started writing about the
pictures five years ago.
In the book, each photo is accompanied by a poem about the person in
the portrait. The photos make you think about how society works and how
individual lives are affected by history, Kirsch says. Their fate is predestined, yet they are innocent of the future. This gives an unusual perspective
on history. The biggest challenge, he says, was figuring out how to write
about an image using it as a springboard for other ideas.
I hadnt written about photos before and it wasnt something I thought I
would ever do, he says. But I have written about history and politics, and
these photos enabled me to approach those subjects in a new way.
His favorite poem accompanies the photo Revolutionaries, which depicts
three bearded and bespectacled young men sitting on a door stoop. The
poem tries to capture the grim confidence that these men shared, the
belief that the future would mean terrible conflict, but one that would lead
to a new society. That belief has been totally discredited, but to see what it
meant to these revolutionary leaders is still moving. (Twelve years on,
the poem begins, the beard that Lenin wore/ still sharpens revolutionary
chins/ to dagger-points...)
The author of several other poetry collections and books of criticism,
Kirsch describes the audience for poetry as small, but passionate and
committed. I would hope that this book with its photos and its poems
would offer people two ways into the subject.

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Mary Kubica
Living the Dream

When Mary Kubica arrived last year for her


first BEA, she was uncertain what to expect. It
certainly wasnt a huge banner hanging from
the buildings rafters and sporting an image of
her first novel, The Good Girl. I was, Kubica
remembers, absolutely stunned. Miras confidence in its debut author was soon rewarded
as The Good Girl became an immediate bestseller when it was released in July 2014; sales
have now passed 100,000, and Anonymous
Content, the company behind HBOs True
Detective has just acquired the screen rights.

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Today at 3:30 p.m. Kirsch signs prints from the book at the Other Press
Suzanne Mantell
booth (3126).

Not surprisingly, Kubicas first visit to BEA left her so overwhelmed by


everything that was going on that I missed out on a lot of author signings.
This year, shes planning ahead. Ill scavenge the BEA website for information, download the app, and be much better prepared. Im really looking
forward to meeting other authors... and gathering up their galleys. Thats
if she has time between events for her much anticipated second novel,
Pretty Baby (Mira, July). Its the story of Heidi Wood, who, one freezing
Chicago morning, notices a homeless teenager holding a crying baby. Over
her familys objections, Wood invites the girl into their home. As clues into
the girls past start to surface, and Wood grows increasingly attached to the
baby, she is forced to decide how far shes willing to go to help a stranger.
Pretty Baby will, promises Kubica, have the twists and turns that made
The Good Girl such a hit with readers.
While Kubica is still adjusting to the reality that you write books in
seclusion and then have to step out of your box and be social online, shes
happy to report, 95% of my life hasnt really changed. Im at home with
the kids, and I love volunteering at the local animal shelterthe dogs and
cats dont care if I wrote a book. Occasionally, Ill change out of jeans and
put on a dress and go do something for The Good Girl. Im still waiting for
the moment when it will all feel
realits not quite there yet.
During BEA Kubica will make
three appearances, two at the
Harlequin booth (2909), signing
ARCs of Pretty Baby today at 3:30
p.m. and tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.,
while also signing in the autographing area today at 10 a.m. at
Table 16. At BookCon, she will sign
copies of The Good Girl on Sunday
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I love stories that span periods of time, says Mackler. You see how
the characters evolve. They get a happily-ever-after moment, and then you
turn the page and something terrible happens. High school is the perfect
framework for a teen saga novel. Its perfect, she notes, because that adolescent span is particularly formative: From the moment you start freshman year to the moment you end senior year, there are so many moments
that happen that define who you are. You start as a kid and end up almost
an adult.
And like most of us, Mackler has some kicker high school moments that
are seared into her memory. I was trying out for the school play and I still
remember the sting of humiliation when my voice cracked and the cute
boy I had a crush on, sitting in the front row, laughed, she recalls.
Mackler first appeared at BEA in 2001, so she knows the show well. It
isnt a long trek to Javits from her Manhattan apartment, and she is
pleased to be here. Its the book, she says. Im so excited about it. Ive
been working on it for such a long timethree years. I kept coming back
to it, to get it just right, and now Im ready to share it with the world.
Theres another reason Mackler is happy to hit the convention aisles
this year: I have a 10-and-a-half-year-old son who is an ber reader, she
says. If I can score some hot galleys for him, I will win the mom-of-thespring award!
Next on her plate is a middle-grade novel for Scholastic. I hope to have
a first draft done by summer, she says. Her first foray into middle-grade
fiction, Best Friend Next Door (Scholastic), hits shelves May 29. I wanted to
try something different and fresh, notes Mackler. I wrote the novel I wish
I had had in fifth gradethat was a difficult time for me.
Mackler signs galleys of Infinite in Between today, noon12:30 p.m., at
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Barry Lyga
MergingThree Creative
Minds
An actor, a Hollywood producer, and a bestselling author have pooled their talents to
create a YA novel set on a future Earth
plagued by environmental collapse and mass
poverty. A beleaguered girl befriends a beautiful boy with a secretive past and unusual abilitiesand the name of Rose. The novel, After
the Red Rain (Little, Brown Books for Young
Readers, Aug.), came about sort of by accident, says Barry Lyga, whose earlier books
for teens include The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl and
the I Hunt Killers series.
The author was surreptitiously contacted by Rob DeFranco, producer of
the film Loosies and the series Pacific Blue, who with actor Peter Facinelli
(the Twilight movies) founded A7SLE Films. Rob said that he and Peter were
interested in optioning the I Hunt Killers series for their production company,
Lyga recalls. When I told him that the series had already been optioned,
Rob said, OKwell weve got another project to talk with you about.
After hearing the premise, Lyga was happy to sign on to help shape the
story that would become After the Red Rain into a novel. I was intrigued,
because I wouldnt come up with this sort of postapocalyptic story on my
own, but I could see myself coming up with the details, he says.
Given geographic logistics (Lyga lives in Brooklyn and DeFranco and
Facinelli in L.A.) and the trios busy schedules, theirs was largely a long-distance collaboration. We met a couple of times in person, but there were
lots of conference calls where the three of us would have the same pages
in front of us, says Lyga. Its difficult at this point to tell who brought what
to the table, but we all contributed ideas. What most interested me was not
the story of half-human/half-plant Rose, but the story of this girl trying to

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find her place in what is a kind of future medieval world, where so much
bad has happened that no one knows whats good any more.
To the obvious questionwill After the Red Rain have a second life on
the screen?Lyga replies, Ive washed my hands of that, and told Rob and
Peter that its in their handsthey are the movie guys. I dont think its any
secret that wed all love to see a film adaptation, but this has to work as a
book first.
Booksellers interested in an early glimpse of how the novel works can
find Lyga signing galleys of After the Red Rain today, 3-4 p.m., at Table 13. 

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Stephanie Clifford
The High Life
Having grown up in Seattle, it was a bit of a culture shock when Stephanie
Clifford, now a New York Times reporter, went to school on the East Coast
in the 1990s. In Seattle theres no old money, really, but when I went to
boarding school I was kind of fascinated to find out that it existed and was
still relevant. That idea combined with the
economic boom in 2005 and 2006, replete with
debutante balls and an environment where
recent college graduates working on Wall Street
were buying Adirondack homes, inspired her
to write Everybody Rise (St. Martins Press,
Aug.), about one Evelyn Beegan, who strives to
become part of Manhattans rarefied, upper-class
world. Clifford says, I was interested in getting inside of the head of somebody who falls
in love with this way of life and why its so
important to her to fit in.
She started writing the book about 10 years
ago, but once shed been working at the New
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interfered with the novels progress. Clifford notes, I realized that in


order to get this thing up and finished, I had to be much more structured
about it. So I got up at six every morning and wrote from six to eight, and
then on weekends Id write for a little bit longer. My deal with myself was
that I had to just get up and sit there and whatever came out was fine.
Being a reporter, Clifford enjoys the freedom of writing fiction. Part of
the fun for me is that in my day job, I have to stick to the facts and quote
people correctly. It was fun to be freaky with fiction and watch as the characters take off and make their own decisions. As Evelyn kept making less
sensible decisions, I kept saying, Evelyn, dont do it, but by then she was a
full-force character and just took off on her own.
Today, you can catch up with Clifford at the AAP Adult Librarians
Author Lunch, in Room 1E1516, noon1:30 p.m., after which she will be
signing galleys. She will also be participating in the Hot Fall Fiction panel
Hilary S. Kayle
tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Downtown Stage. 

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Padgett. But amid all the nay-sayers, Padgett
continues, was one big celebrity supporter,
Jillian Michaels, the personal trainer/reality
TV star from The Biggest Loser and Losing It
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healthy for different reasons, says Padgett.
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mentally compassionate. What makes The Green Beauty Rules: The


Essential Guide to Toxic-Free Beauty, Green Glamour and Glowing Skins
(Health Communications) useful, says the debut author, is its step-by-step
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For the cosmetically challenged who worry about stopping by the
makeup artists signing, Padgett assures that she is the last person to

Kunal Nayyar
Making a Bang
Fans of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory take note: Kunal Nayyar, who plays the
likable geek astrophysicist Raj, has put
together a collection of autobiographical
essays, Yes, My Accent Is Real (Atria Books,
Sept.), that traces the trajectory of his life
from being born in London and raised in
New Delhi, India, to stardom in the U.S.A.
Nayyar, the emcee for this mornings Adult
Book & Author Breakfast, is also currently
in previews for the new Jesse Eisenberg
Off-Broadway play, The Spoils, in which he
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What inspired you to write your collection of essays?


When Big Bang started, people didnt know anything about me. I was
sort of picked out of obscurity and thrust onto this Chuck Lorre sitcom.
So as I began to tell people about my journey, and the trials, challenges,
I realized that my life was one big comedy of errors. And it made people
laugh. But what it did, more than that, was it made people realize that
anything is possible. So, I thought how fulfilling it would be if I could
share my story, make my readers laugh, and somehow inspire them to
live out their dreams.
At what point in your life did you decide to be an actor?
Ive been hamming it up since I was a child. But I decided to pursue acting professionally during my junior year at the University of Portland. I
would love to tell you the whole storybut I have already done so in
the bookso youll have to obtain a copy to find out.
What was it like for you the first time you came to the United States?
It was very exciting obviously. Having watched the movie American Pie,
I thought I was going to be bathing in beautiful women. I soon realized,
though, that movies are not real life. My idea of what college was going
to be did not meet my expectations. The harsh reality struck when a significant amount of women called me their brother. It was like having
all the benefits of having a girlfriend without the nookie. Ladies aside, I
also had trouble figuring out how to dress, what time to show up for parties (hint: I was always the first one there), and navigating my bowels
through the mounds of food at the cafeteria.
What do you think your television audience will be surprised to learn
about you when they read your book?
I think the readers will be particularly interested in the portion of the
book that takes place in India. I grew up in New Delhi and lived there
till I was 18.
As you are so busy acting, when and how did you find time to write and
what was your writing routine, if one can call it that?
There was no routine. There was a good idea. Followed by someone who
believed in that ideathank you, Atria. There was a deadline. Months of
anxiety and procrastination. Then an insane scramble to finish the book
before the deadline. There was nothing magical about the processI
considered quitting several times before I finished. It can be an overwhelming process to share your life on paper. It puts you in a very vulnerable position.
And finally, what would you like people to take away from this book?
I would like people to be inspired. I hope that these stories will make
you laugh, but also learn something from my mistakes. I know I am
young, but the journey to get here has felt long, and I hope the readers
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Uncovering a Ghost of
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Before he wrote The Santa Claus Man (Rowman & Littlefield, Oct.), Alex Palmer usually
found his material in very odd corners. His two
most recent books, Weird-O-Pedia (Skyhorse,
2012) and Literary Miscellany (Skyhorse, 2010),
were collections of strange trivia, touching on
such disparate topics as the psychology of dipping fries in ketchup and the literary connection between Homer and Jay-Z. So, when the
idea for his next book came from closer to
homefrom an uncle, on Christmas Eve, to be
exacthe was surprised. Learning the backstory of my own history was
sort of the ultimate investigation, he says.
That was the day Palmer first learned about John Duval Gluck Jr., a greatgreat-uncle who, in the early 20th century, ran the Santa Claus Association,
a charity organization that had sole authority to answer all letters sent to
Santa Claus in New York City. Heartwarming stuff, right? Palmer thought
so, too. But as he dug further, he discovered that what seemed like a great
story about a family member was more complicated.
Gluck, an ace storyteller with a flair for the dramatic, turned out to be

less than honest in his business dealings. According to Palmer, he used


prominent peoples names to get donations without their permission
and siphoned off significant portions of donations for personal use. Palmer
says, It was kind of sad to find that out, but that it also made Gluck
more compelling.
To learn more about Glucks story, as well as the larger history of
Christmas in New York City, Palmer tracked down relatives hed never
met. I had these scraps of information about various family members
and had to follow them using Ancestry.com, phone calls, and Internet
archives. That process was really satisfying.
Palmer says the most challenging thing about writing the book was figuring out how to get both those sides of Gluck across. I really wanted to
convey that he was a fun, charming, good-hearted guy who was also dishonest
at times and willing to fabricate. It doesnt necessarily mean hes a bad guy.
Palmer, on his first visit to BEA, looks forward to meeting other authors
and checking out some of the panels on offer. In between, he is also signing
his book today, at 11 a.m., in Rowman & Littlefields booth (1444).

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judge anyones look. I tend to think everyone is beautiful, and I practically


never wear makeup during the day, she adds. But I love makeup at
night. The Green Beauty Rules is about so much more than makeup, says
Padgett: It is all about being beautifully empowered.
Padgett will be signing alongside her HCI book publicist, Kim Weiss,
who makes her first BEA appearance as author of Sunrise Sunset: 52 Weeks
of Awe and Gratitude, recently published by HCI. They both will be signing
Bridget Kinsella
today at Table 12 and 13 at 2:30 p.m. 

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Parks
Hes Coming Home

Sometimes a common theme in childhood


inspires ones art. Such is the case for Pulitzer
Prizewinning playwright and author Suzan-Lori
Parks, who grew up in a military family. Her
father, an army veteran of Korea and Vietnam
who later became a college professor, was
always coming home from battle when she
was very young and that image stuck with her.
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groove or a recurring motif, that was the recurring motif of my early childhood, and I sort of wrote along to that music.
Her critically acclaimed play, Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts
1, 2 & 3 (Theater Communications Group, June) is about a slave offered
freedom if he follows his master to fight for the Confederacy. It touches on
some major themes. Its a beautiful story about some people who were in
difficult timesvery different from our own, but somehow strangely there
are a lot of similarities to the time in which we are living right now. They
have to make big decisions about who they will follow. Where is freedom
thats a big question. What do you believe in, and the difference between
being honest and true, and being faithful is another thing that keeps coming up in the play.

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Finding Her Way to BEA


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In October, Knopf will publish Find a Way, a memoir by Diana Nyad,


the record-breaking distance swimmerher fourth book and second
stab in the autobiography realm. On her first visit to BEA, shell be one
of the speakers at the Adult Breakfast this morning, after which she
signs limited edition posters in the Penguin Random House booth
(3119), 1011 a.m.
Youve written about yourself before (Other Shores, Random House,
1978). What part of your story did you feel was still untoldaside from
your historic 2013 swim from Cuba to Florida?
I was asked to write that first memoir when I was 30. I read it again
before I started writing this book, because I didnt want to tell the
same story. And I thought, what an idiot I was to think I knew anything
at all at age 30. At age 65, one has lived a lot of life, but Ill bet anything
that when Im 90 I will go back and think, what an idiot I was to have
had all these philosophies about the meaning of life. Were on a constant learning curve.
What was your process in drafting Find a Way?
I decided not to make any sort of outline. But I had some idea of how I
wanted to start: in the middle of a storm, in the middle of a narrative
out on the ocean. I started writing in January of 2014, and from then
till May I just wrote, wrote, wrote every story. From May to October, I
started to go back in to refine. Id think, thats a great dinner party
story that always makes people laugh themselves off their chairs, but
it doesnt belong here. The biological father I discovered at age 48? I
thought that was a big, interesting story, but it wasnt. From October to
March it got much more philosophical: What is my life? Who am I
really? What are the stories that fit? I also read a lot of memoirs, starting with Eleanor Roosevelt and finishing with Jane Fondanot to copy
but to see what people do.
You say it takes a team to swim long distances. Is that true of writing,
too?
Yes! My friend Candace Hogan is a brilliant writer and editor, and
wed have big-picture talks. When I was on to the second draft, she
rolled up her shirtsleeves, not so much about the words, but the placement of things: [for instance,] do you really want your mothers death
to come so early? She worked with me on the pacing. Right now, Im
going back and forth about the acknowledgments and dedication page
and copyeditors notes with my editor, Jordan Pavlin. When I was writing, she was more laissez-faire. Shed say, keep going, Im fascinated.
Are you expecting the bookish crowd at BEA to be different from your
usual audience?
No, Im not going to talk about the writing of the book. And Im not a
lecturer, Im a storyteller. Were going to have a great time.
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She originally envisioned Father Comes Home from the Wars as a collection of nine plays. Some of my friends said, Oh no, its the road to madness.
Eugene ONeil tried to write a nine-part thing and he went crazy! People
were telling me these stories, and I said, Let me see what happens, so well
see what happens. She laughs and adds, It might be 12 parts, or 96!
Parks has a long relationship with Theater Communications Group. This
is her sixth play published by them. She notes, They do such beautiful
books. I enjoy when my plays are performed and when my plays are read.
There are a lot of communities, including wonderful academic communities at prestigious colleges, who do not have the funds to put on a Suzan-Lori
Parks play, but because of TCGs brilliance, they can take the play into their
classroom and read it aloud.
The writer has been at BEA before and enjoys seeing all the different
books out there. Its very exciting, because these days people are trying to
convince everybody to read everything on their phone, and I read a lot on
my phone, but were still human beings, and the tactilethe sense of
touchis an important sense, and just to hold a book in your hand and
imagine...
You can do the very same with her play as Parks will be signing finished
Hilary S. Kayle
books at the TCG booth (650A) today, 12 p.m.

An Ode to His Brother

Acclaimed novelist David Payne needed many


years to prepare him to write Barefoot to Avalon (Grove/Atlantic, Aug.), a memoir about the
death of his beloved younger brother, George
A., in an accident that Payne witnessed, was
helpless to prevent, and occurred at the end
of a weeklong visit between the two men that
seemed to bring about the healing of a long
and painful estrangement.
Payne had given up on his brother, who
suffered from a bipolar disorder so crippling
he had to live with and be taken care of by
their mother in the years before he died.. Yet
when Payne needed help moving from Vermont to North Carolina in 2000,
George A. was the surprising volunteer who came forward to lend a hand
during a stressful time. We spent eight days together prior to our road trip
and the accident, just the two of us, says Payne, and I felt the rift between
us had begun to close. The house finally packed up, the brothers set off on
the road in two rental trucks. With George A. following behind him, Payne
constantly monitoring his kid brother in the rearview mirror, he watched
with horror as the truck skidded off the road and crashed. George A. died
almost immediately.
If wed arrived safely in North Carolina, I suspect wed have continued
in that spirit of reconciliation and opened a new chapter, says Payne, not
happy ever after, perhaps, but one where we were involved in each others
lives again and might have helped each other.
Payne is the author of five novels that include Confessions of a Taoist on
Wall Street (Houghton Mifflin, 1984), his first, and Back to Wando Passo,
his most recent (Morrow, 2007). But Payne, whose memoir also details the
story of his parents dysfunctional marriage and its effect on the two brothers, likely would have written Barefoot to Avalon even had George A. not
died in the accident. The boundary between fiction and nonfiction is one
Ive edged closer and closer to for years in my autobiographical fiction. I
think it was inevitable that I step over, he says. In fiction, I can project my
consciousness into the psyche of the characters. In memoir, I can speculate
how others feel, while keeping the drive and momentum of storytelling.
The North Carolina native has taught at Bennington, Duke, Hollins, and
in the MFA Creative Writing Program at Queens University of Charlotte, in
North Carolina, where hes a member of the founding faculty. Payne is a
recovering alcoholic, but when he began writing Barefoot to Avalon in 2006
he was still drinking. I wasnt in a good space then, he says. But this story
felt like an assigned mission from my brother. My mother didnt want it
written, but after reading a draft of it three years later she told me, My
fear passed away. Given his mothers blessing helped Payne enrich the
memoir with deeper insight. When you hear really honest and intimate
storytelling, when the small talk stops, it resonates with the people you
tell. This is what I hope to achieve with Barefoot to Avalon.
Today, Payne signs at the Grove/Atlantic booth (939A) at 3 p.m.
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Leonard Pitts Jr.


Black Lives Matter

Newspaper columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. is both


fascinated and frustrated with how perceptions
of race, culture, and what constitutes progress have evolved in this country in the 40
years between Martin Luther Kings assassination in 1968 and the election of Barack
Obama in 2008. So much has changed, he
says., but it has not changed nearly enough.
Referring to the shooting of an unarmed
black man in Ferguson last year and the death
in police custody more recently in Baltimore,
Pitts argues that Americans repeatedly take
two steps forward and then one step back
when it comes to race relations. Right now,
its one step back. Describing the national

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dialogue regarding race as happy talk about progress, Pitts complains


that Americans arent dealing with the problems that remain, despite having elected an African-American as president. We talk at race and around
race, and not about race, he notes. We dont have the language to talk
about it.
Pitts is hoping to fire up some dialogue about race with his third
novel, Grant Park (Agate Bolden, Sept.), which features an AfricanAmerican journalist and his white editor, both veterans of the 1960s civil
rights movement, who collide on the eve of Obamas election as president.
Malcolm Toussaint, the journalist, is sick and tired of being sick and
tired of how Americans deal with race after hearing of an unarmed
African-American being shot by Chicago police even as people are celebrating Obamas historic presidential campaign and certain victory over
John McCain. After writing an incendiary column full of anger that his editor, Bob Carson, rejects, Toussaint hacks into the newspaper computer system so that his column runs after all. Toussaint then disappearshes actually kidnapped by white supremacistsleaving Carson to take the fall.
Its a little crazy, but it hangs together well, Pitts says. I wanted a plot
thats just absurd enough to be real.
Comparing the real-life police
shootings of African-American
men to the fictional shooting in his
novel that propels the plot forward,
Pitts says that he knew that Grant
Park was timely, but I could not be
coming out at a better time.
Pitts signs galley copies of Grant
Park today in Agates booth (940), 2-3
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Today, Thursday, May 28

Jesse Eisenberg

author of Bream Gives Me Hiccups

11:00 a.m., Author Autographing Area (Table 2)

Lauren Acampora

author of The Wonder Garden

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the lessons he learned from his earlier book projects. Hugo came out of
novels and picture books Id done up to that point, and for Wonderstruck I
used what Id learned from Hugo, he explains. The challenge with The
Marvels was to take it one step further and figure out what new way the
pictures could be used and could meanand to come up with a whole new
structure.
And how do The Marvels dual stories connect? Selznicks not telling.
One of the things I enjoy when creating a story is the space thats left in
the narrative for the reader to piece together, he says. For me, thats
excitingand I think it makes the story feel like its yours when youre
asked to do some work. As readers, we dont know how the boy in the
prose part fits into the whole story, but we do know a bit more than he
does. Hopefully, readers will recognize in the prose story things theyve
seen in the pictures hundreds of pages earlier.
A onetime Manhattan bookseller, Selznick has a particular fondness for
BEAand the bookselling business. I worked at Eeyores Books for
Children on the Upper West Side for a few years after school, and I feel as
though I learned everything I know about childrens books there, he says.
In fact, my first book, The Houdini Box, was published when I was still
working at the store.
The author looks forward to giving booksellers an early peek at his latest novel this afternoon, 1:302:30 p.m., when he autographs ARCs of The
Marvels at a ticketed signing at Table 1. Part of me is still shocked when
someone tells me they liked one of my books, he claims. But its always
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On Middle-Grade Love and Identity


Its about love, says Newbery author Rebecca Stead, describing her new
novel, Goodbye Stranger (Random House/Wendy Lamb, Aug.). And when I
say its a love story, I mean all kinds of love. Its mostly about the love
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their seventh-grade year, end up diverging


from one another in very different ways, says
the author. Its about how they figure out
who they are.
Comparing her latest work to her previous titles, Stead cites both distinctions and
similarities. This one is a little older, she
observes. Its more complex in its structure,
and the subject matter is a little more
mature. There are questions of sexual identity, and one character wonders what it
means when the whole world looks at you
differently because your body has changed a
lot.
Like Steads earlier novels, Goodbye
Stranger touches on issues of identity. Im
always thinking about identity, she says.
And the middle-school years are a time of exploring questions about who
you are and who you want to be. For the first time, you see the world in a
broader sense. I remember having questions at that age about how the
world saw me.
Such questions are typically the grist for Steads writing mill. I like to
write about questions that interest me, not the conclusions Ive come to,
she says. I try to write about internal experience versus the external self.
I like to present ideas, but not package them neatly. As a reader, I much
prefer to read a book where people embody all kinds of ideas and everybody is making mistakes.
At BEA, Stead is eager to feel what she calls book excitement, about
her own new release as well as other authors projects. As a writer, if Im
being good, Im alone, she says. When I do have a chance to get together
with passionate book people, there is so much excitement and energy in
talking about books that you love. And finding out that youve read and
loved the same thing is always a great moment.
Looking further ahead, Stead says she is gathering wool, mulling

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over what she might want to write next. Im going to take some time this
summer and lie fallow, hopefully in an optimistic way, she says. In the
meantime, fans can pick up ARCs of Goodbye Stranger during Steads ticketed signing this morning, 910 a.m., at the Penguin Random House booth
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kids, four dogs, two pot-bellied
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two guinea pigs, one parrot, and
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Many of these much loved
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Animals: A Friendly Guide to
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practical guide, part memoir of
Stewarts life with animals, and
part testament to the power of
giving back, the book provides insights into the secret lives of animals (how
to speak dog-ese and cat-ese) and the kindest ways to live alongside
them, whether at home, in your backyard, or on a farm.
Stewart worked as a veterinary technician until her children were born,
an indispensable skill set when an average day now can require using a
syringe to feed applesauce to an ailing pig. A portion of the books proceeds will be donated to Farm Sanctuary, which works to protect farm animals from cruelty. They named two rescue sheep Jon and Tracey, and
mine had a baby named Hazleton. Were hoping they can come and live
with us, but my husbands afraid people might be confused by the names.
For Stewart, writing the book was a way to give back to the animals
that have done so much for me. Its often hard to feel you can make a difference in the world, but animals are everywhere just waiting for you to
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truly importantits a serious thing.
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ways she had not imagined. Having a child turned out to be her personal
life lesson: Snooki became Nicole. My parents told me that they knew I
was this person all along, she says.
Nicole had always envisioned being a mom and now that is her everyday life. That other person, well, shes just not around anymore, says
Nicole. She took her new life to heart and balances motherhood with
entrepreneurship. A media personality and author, Nicole fashions her
own crafts that she sells on her online store. She pursues DIY projects for
her house, and she does all this without a nanny. When I need a babysitter,
I turn to my mom or dad, admits Nicole. Most of her work is done at night
after her nuggets are put to bed.
While transforming her postbaby body, Nicole proved to herself that she
had stick-to-itiveness. As her physical strength and tone returned, she
understood the power of determination and dedication to setting goals and
working hard. In her new book, along with a planned workout, Nicole
unleashes her new mindset: a strong sense of self, solid relationships, a
clear vision of what you want, and being grateful for all of it. While not a
professional trainer, nutritionist, or life coach, Nicole doesnt hold back
from giving her opinions. Lets be honest, she says. Five years ago, most
of the people who saw me on TV thought Id wind up in rehab, a psych
ward, or prison. Nicole has figured out how to be strong in more than one
way. When you balance emotional strength with physical power, you feel
the force in your body, heart, and soul. Youre unbeatable.
Not a stranger to BEA, Nicole hopes that booksellers will be drawn by
her new aesthetic. She will be at the Running Press booth (738) today at 2
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Enjoys a Series of Firsts


Vu Tran is attending his first BEA this year,
in advance of the publication of his first
novel, Dragonfish (Norton, Aug.), which features four characters who are already old
familiars. Tran introduced them to readers
in his 2009 Best American Mystery short story
pick (it appeared originally in Akashic
Books anthology Las Vegas Noir), and it was
largely because of them that Tran felt the
story was complex enough to flesh out. With
any fiction, youre writing the story the
reader sees on the page, but also these satellite stories that inform what youre writing. I wanted to put those on
paper, too.
It proved to be by far the most difficult thing hed written, a five-year
experience he likens to walking through an unfamiliar house in complete
darkness. In fact, he admits, he didnt figure out the crime novels ending
until his deadline was only a week away. It was incredibly scary, he
says, laughing, but early on in the project, he says he realized, The only
way for me to write well was to write sentence by sentence and let each
event spur on the next.
Its not a method he would necessarily recommend to his creative
writing students at the University of Chicago. But he did take to heart
some of the critical advice he offers them: find your own style, then trust
in it.
Dragonfish is the first piece of writing about America for the Vietnam
native, who at age five escaped to the U.S. with his mother and sister. I
do write a lot about VietnamI feel very connected to it, he says. With
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With his debut novel under his belt, is he also looking forward to
returning to the short story form? Right now I feel like I have the
momentum for another novel, says Tran. I imagine it will create a new
set of problems I dont know how to handle. That challenge is interesting
to me.
Trans looks forward to meeting nascent Dragonfish readersthe title is
taken from the nickname of the exotic and often smuggled Asian
Arowana specieswhen he signs copies of the book at the Norton booth
(1920) today at 3:30 p.m. When I signed books at ALA, he says, my publisher was pulling over random people. It was funny to me that they were
willing to wait in line to meet an author they didnt know. As a winner of
Vilcek and Whiting awardsboth for short storiesits possible he wont
Lela Nargi
remain unknown for long. 

Katherine Heiny
Katherine Heiny has learned to ignore conventional wisdom about the path a fiction
writer is supposed to take to find success. For
one thing, her first book, Single, Carefree, Mellow, released this past February by Knopf, is a
short story collectiona genre she had
repeatedly been told during her M.F.A. program at Columbia was better for later in ones
writing career.
The belief was that a novel was the first
thing you publish, says Heiny. But while waiting for an idea for a novel to occur to her, she
kept coming up with concepts for short stories
faster than I could write them down. She
trusted these instincts and focused on developing as a short story writer, finding it really
liberating.

Her wry stories of relationship complications found steady interest


from magazine and literary journal editors (including the New Yorker,
which accepted her story How to Give the Wrong Impression for publication the same day Heiny submitted it).
But even as she amassed these stories, over years and then decades, it
did not occur to Heiny to turn them into a collection. But, as she says,
other people got there for me. Approaching a new agent, Heiny sent her
many stories for consideration, in no particular order and not intended as
a collection. I wasnt thinking book, I was thinking agent. But her
agent sensed potential and a unity across the stories that could make
them work as a collection.
It helped that by this time, Heiny had an idea for a novel. When I
stopped looking for it, it came to me, she says. While Heiny was working
on stories that were getting way too long, it occurred to her that she
wasnt writing stories, but chapters of a larger novel. As she had done
before, she followed the writing where it went.
Her agent sold the collection and proposed novel together and at age
47 Heiny celebrated becoming a debut authoron her own terms. As she
works on her second book and grows comfortable with trying her hand at
a longer form, Heiny is eager to see what the future holds.
I think if I had known how much fun [publishing a book] was going to
be, I would have done it years ago, says Heiny. I thought it was going to
be a lot scarier.
At BEA, she will be speaking on the panel Coming and Going along
with five other panelists, Heiny will be discussing how an author can use
ones life and family in his or her fiction without feeling exploitative
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In 1955, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti,


cofounder of City Lights Bookstore,
decided to launch a publishing
imprint with his own first book of
poems, Pictures of the Gone World.
Priced at 75 cents a copy, that book
set the foundation for a publishing
legacy that includes Howl and
Other Poems, by Allen Ginsberg, a
book with more than a million copies in print and at the center of an
obscenity trial, cementing City
Lights as a defender of free speech
and a publisher of innovative literature.
At BEA, the City Lights booth
(638A)will be looking back on its
legacy by featuring five publications associated with its milestone,
as well as giving out anniversary
bookmarks.
Three of the five titles being
celebrated are connected to
Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The first
is a hardcover anniversary edition
of Pictures of the Gone World: 60th
Anniversary Edition, which
launched City Lights Pocket Poets
Series. The second, The City Lights
Pocket Poets Anthology: 60th
Anniversary Edition, edited by
Ferlinghetti, is a special edition
collecting favorites from his famed

stacey lewis

A Big 6-0 for City Lights

Pocket Poets Series, including


Ginsberg, Frank OHara, and
Jack Kerouac, plus excerpts
from some of the more recent
collections by Cristina Peri
Rossi, Kamau Daaood, and
David Meltzer. The third title,
I Greet You at the Beginning of
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
a Great Career: The Selected
duce Buckley to a new generation
Correspondence of Lawrence
of comedy fans.
Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg,
Lastly, City Lights will be publish19551997, is edited by Bill Morgan
ing a 25th anniversary edition of
and received a starred PW review.
Shock Treatment, by Karen Finley.
You get a real sense of how cruNext to Ginsbergs Howl, Finleys
cial Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg
book was a landmark publication
were to each other in creating the
for City Lights and came out just at
success of City Lights Publishers,
the time Finley became internain nurturing the writers who became
tionally known for being denied an
known as the beat generation, as
NEA grant because of perceived
well as the role they played in each
obscenity in her work, says Lewis.
others writing careers, says Stacey
BEA attendees are in luck,
Lewis, v-p of City Lights.
because Finley will be in the City
City Lights is also publishing a
Lights booth today, 23 p.m., offernew, expanded edition of the 1960
ing psychic readings to all attendtitle Hiparama of the Classics, by
ees; galleys of Finleys anniversary
Lord Richard Buckley, a poet and
edition will be available. Shes very
comic known for his unique stage
excited about giving psychic readpersona that influenced Ken
ings at BEA. We wanted to do someKesey, George Harrison, Tom
thing fun other than just another
Waits, Lenny Bruce, and Robin
author signing galleys, Lewis says.
Williams. Endorsements from conWhile City Lights looks back on
temporary comics Marc Maron,
an illustrious 60 years, the house
Kamau Bell, and others will intro-

isnt merely reveling in nostalgia


and resting on its laurels. The publisher has made some exciting
leaps forward. This year it published its first childrens book, Rad
American Women AZ: Rebels,
Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who
Shaped Our History... and Our
Future! by Kate Schatz and Miriam
Klein Stahl. The book is a feminist
title for children focusing on 26
women who have shaped culture.
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March 15, Rad American Women
has come in at #10 on the national
ABA Indie Bestseller List in the
early and middle-grade readers
category and hit the #5 spot on the
New York Times bestseller list on
May 17, in the childrens middle-grade category. Its the most
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A Meeting of the Minds at Akashic


Akashic publisher Johnny Temple
loves publishing. Like any good
publisher, he is excited each season
about his new list. He is especially
excited about a slew of books his
house will publish this fall: cool books
for kids like Eric Morses What Is
Punk? (Oct.), a primer
about punk rock music
with clay illustrations by
Anny Yi (The book introduces children to rebel
voices, he says), and
Adam Mansbach and
Owen Brozmans
Seriously, You Have to Eat,
a child-friendly sequel to
You Have to F*****g Eat
(itself a sequel to the huge
hit Go the F**k to Sleep).
Two forthcoming novels
also excite him: Joe Menos
A Marvel and a Wonder
(Sept.), a love story set in
the Midwest, and Nina
Revoyrs wilderness
thriller set in the Sierra
Nevada, Lost Canyon (Aug.)a
breakout book, Temple calls it.
But most of all, perhaps, Temple is
excited about Kaylie Jones Books,
his new publishing partnership with
Kaylie Jones, a writing teacher,
memoirist, and novelist. Jones is also
famous for being the daughter of
novelist James Jones.
Kaylie was the writing teacher for
some writers I knew, and she kept
an eye on us, Temple says. She
urged us to publish Heart of the
Old Country: The Narrows by Tim
McLoughlin [a hilarious and tragic
first novel, said PWs review]. She
also introduced me to Ron Kovic,
and in 2005 we reissued his antiwar
classic, Born on the Fourth of July

its been in print ever since. We


stayed in touch with Kaylie. We published her novel Speak Now, and
she edited Long Island Noir for us.
As a writing teacher, she has a deep
conviction about the value of literature and the written word. Temple
says that when Jones suggested to him that she create her own imprint, he was
immediately receptive.
One of the things we liked
was she would bring books
to us that we might not normally recognize the value
of. She could bring a
sophisticated eye to her
imprint and thats what has
happened, says Temple.
Jones tells the story of the
imprint in a similar way. I
helped Johnny over the
years by sending books his
way. I would try to be helpful from my limited angle as
a writer. A few years ago I
realized books by my students werent getting picked up.
They were fabulous novels. It was
inconceivable to me that they
wouldnt be picked up by major
publishers. But mainstream publishers dont have a lot of vision.
They dont take chances on things.
I called Johnny and told him I wanted
to have an imprint with him. Then I
thought, nervously, What if he says
yes? But he said yes! He gave me
carte blanche to publish whatever I
wanted to publish.Kaylie Jones
Books kicked off a year ago. We had
high hopes for the imprint, but it has
been more successful than we anticipated, says Temple.
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in the Morning, Cry at Night, about


miners in the anthracite coal-mining region of Pennsylvania in the
early years of the 20th century, has
sold more than 15,000 copies to
date; it was named a PW Pick of the
Week and a Best Summer Book of
2014, was nominated for a 2014 Lime
Award for Excellence in Fiction,
and garnered enthusiastic praise
from a variety of publications.
Forthcoming Kaylie Jones Books
include Little Beasts (July) by newcomer Matthew McGevna, based on
the murder of a child by his peers

that shook one Long Island community in 1979. It will be published


simultaneously with Kaylie Joness
own latest novel, The Anger
Meridian (Akashic, July), her first
novel in more than 10 years. It is a
fast-paced drama centered around
three generations of women and
the web of lies and deception that
surrounds them.
Today, Kaylie Jones and two of
her authors, Barbara J. Taylor and
Matthew McGevna, sign books and
ARCs at the Akashic booth (647A)
Suzanne Mantell
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A Resource Hub for Indie Authors

Writing can be a lonely endeavor,


and self-publishingwithout the
support of a major housecan be
even lonelier. Enter Bookworks.com,
a Publishers Weeklyaffiliated site,
which will be relaunched June 1 to
further empower its indie author
members.
Many self-published authors are
putting out fine books, but dont know
what to do because theyre not
being helped by traditional publishers, says BookWorks.com CEO and
founder Betty Sargent. Theres no
central place where one can go to
get all of the services we offer.
While BookWorks.com (booth 1852)
has always been a popular resource
for indie authorsthey can commune with each other, hire editors
and designers, or find workshops
and conferences about publishingits revamp gives members the
option of some truly white glove
services. Premium memberships,
for instance, provide a telephone
consultation with Sargent or another
on-staff expert to talk in detail about
a members particular book. We
like to offer guidance on an individ-

ual level, Sargent says.


And it will be expert-level guidance, as Sargent has extensive roots
in traditional publishing. She served
as editor-in-chief at William Morrow,
executive editor at both HarperCollins
and Delacorte Press, fiction and book
editor at Cosmopolitan magazine,
and did book reviews on CNN. Shes
also written seven published books.
But premium members arent
the only beneficiaries of the
BookWorks.com upgrade. Sargent
is particularly excited to introduce
a feature called Works in Progress,
which will allow BookWorks.com
members to post 2,000-word
excerpts from their books and get
reviews from their peers. Other
features for members include the
opportunity for ones work to be
showcased as the Book of the Week
or to leverage the site to sell copies
online.
And Sargent sees bigger opportunities on the horizon for both
BookWorks.com as well as its members. She anticipates having 8,000
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Now in its 45th year, the Feminist


Press is pushing the boundaries of
what feminism means. Not
dedicated to any one genre, the
house publishes international
fiction and nonfiction, activistdriven nonfiction, new American
novels, and reprints of classic
feminist works.
Our mission is to publish
cutting-edge voices on the margins
of the dominant culture, to lift up
fantastic literature by women,
says executive director Jennifer
Baumgardner. Our staff is
dedicated to books that can shift
culture and create revolutions.
Which is why, Baumgardner says,
she and her colleagues at the press
are over the moon at the
opportunity to publish Sarah
Schulmans The Cosmopolitans
(Mar.), her 10th work of fiction and,
Baumgardner says, a breakout
book.
The novel, a modern retelling of
Balzacs Cousin Bette, is set the
Greenwich Village of 1958. It tells
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neighbors who were brutally


ejected from their homes and
made their way to the haven of
New York City. A central
character of the book is New
York itselfa vanished New York
that current economics has
rendered historic. We were most
drawn to Schulmans central
philosophical premise that
sufferingfar from making us
bettermakes us all worse,
Baumgardner says. Its also just a
lush, funny, poignant, vivid pageturner. Its themes include
alienation, marginalized
populations, class, and queer
lives.
Shulman, a Distinguished
Professor of the Humanities at the
City University of New York and
the recipient of numerous
prestigious prizes, says that
publishing a book never gets
easier. Her first novel, written in
1982 when her day job was
waitressing, was rejected 31 times.
The kindest rejection came from
an editor at Doubleday who

praised the writing, but said he was


concerned that the lesbian content
would offend librarians, Shulman
says. The novel, The Sophie
Horowitz Story, was eventually
published in 1984 by a small lesbian
press in Florida and sold almost
10,000 copies, including to many
librarians, she says.
Another house favorite at the
press, and also New Yorkcentric,
is a food memoir from Chef Rossi,
The Raging Skillet: The True Life
Story of Chef Rossi (Nov.). Rossi
(she uses one name only) is a selftaught cook who now owns a highly
successful catering company in
New York. Rossi calls herself the
anti-chef: no pretension, no
complicated recipes, just fun, fast,
and fabulous food. I think I was the

only kid in high school


who had a Yiddish/
Jersey/ Southern
accent and a passion
for tandoori chicken.
Rossi grew up lowly
orthodox (her family
kept the meat and
dairy dishes separate
at home, but ate the
fish sandwich at
McDonalds). She has
parlayed her
Hungarian Yiddish roots into a
quest to make food that challenges
traditional expectations.
The book has a feminist bent, of
course, though this is an
undercurrent and an unspoken
slant. We know foodies will love
the book because it is the best kind
of food memoir. It goes beyond the
cooking or the eating, and gets to
the heart of Rossi and her world,
says Julia Berner-Tobin, assistant
editor at the press.
Chef Rossi will be on hand to sign
copies of The Raging Skillet today,
23 p.m., at the Feminist Press
booth (640A). Tomorrow, 23 p.m.,
Schulman, making her debut
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Less than a year after she moved


from HarperCollinss Ecco
imprint to Little, Brown to head
her own imprint, Lee Boudreaux
is putting the finishing touches on
her first list of eight books.
Originally scheduled to launch in
fall 2016, the books, a mix of literary fiction and one work of nonfiction, will be published over the
course of the year, starting in
January with Sunil Yapas debut
novel, Your Heart Is a Muscle the
Size of a Fist.
At Ecco, I really got to get to know
my own taste and to take a chance,
says Boudreaux, who plans to do
the same at Lee Boudreaux Books.
She points to bestsellers like David
Wrowblewskis The Story of Edgar
Sawtelle, which seemed like a long
shot. But she believed in it, and
even before it became an Oprah
selection, it hit #2 on the New York
Times bestseller list and was on

track to sell 300,000 copies.


Similarly, Boudreaux fell
for Ben Fountains voice.
She had wanted to buy his
short story collection, Brief
Encounters with Che
Guevara, before she came
to Ecco. She ended up buying it and Fountains first novel,
Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk,
which went on to become a
National Book Award finalist.
I like books where stuff happens, says Boudreaux. I need
some narrative momentum. But
its all about the writing. An agent
told me, When I think of your
books, you have a strong sense of
place. None of that has changed
with the imprint, or her passion.
Boudreaux received Yapas novel,
which follows seven people on a
single day during the 1999 WTO
protests in Seattle, on a Friday. By
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the author;
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I love being immersed in every
one of these worlds, says
Boudreaux of her first list, which
encompasses the fictional story of a
man on the run from post-Katrina
New OrleansJohn Gregory
Browns A Thousand Miles from
Nowhere (June)as well as the true
story of a black man who grew up
across the street from drug dealers
and is now a rising star at the
MetDan Bergners Sing for Your
Life (Sept.).
Yapa speaks for many of
Boudreauxs upcoming authors
when he says, I feel very lucky to
be at the beginning of the launch

of a new imprint. She has a reputation for taking a risk on unusual


voices. I think this is going to be a
perfect match.
Miriam Parker, marketing director for the imprint and deputy
marketing director for Little,
Brown, views Boudreauxs imprint
as filled with books that independent booksellers can get behind.
I think these are instant classics.
In addition to prepub tours to
introduce booksellers to the
authors and the imprint, Little,
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Building a Successful Publishing


Strategy in China
By Shawn Morin

In The Art of War, Sun Tzu tells us, In the midst of chaos,
there is also opportunity. Approaching the publishing
market in China, it can be hard to distinguish the opportunities from the chaos. We all know the impressive size
of the market and its potential, but starting with the
number 1.4 billion in mind can be daunting.
Shawn Morin
At Ingram we believe any publisher, large or small,
can build a successful business in China. The key is developing a comprehensive and flexible strategy that considers the complexities of the market
and uses them to your advantage.
The Chinese market can be easily segmented and approached by region.
The population of Beijing is 26 million and the Pearl River Delta is home to
65.5 million people. As Chinas growing middle class demands ever-increasing quantities of high-quality foreign content, the opportunity has never been
greater for international publishers. And most of this key consumer group
is located on Chinas urban eastern seaboard. When embarking on a China
strategy for your business, approaching these cities and regions individually allows you to focus on manageably sized markets and to create attainable short-term goals.
All books imported into China must go through one of Chinas 40+ state-importers and pass an approval process. In 2012 alone China acquired a total
of 16,115 book titles from abroad, according to statistics in China Publishers
Yearbook. Of these, 4,944 were from the U.S., 2,581 from England, 2,006 from
Japan 1,209 from Korea, 874 from Germany, and 835 from France.
With the connectivity and technology available today, getting content into
China has never been simpler. And with the development of print-on-demand partnerships and e-book channels, Ingram is working to broaden the
ways publishers can access readers in China.

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With both the retail and distribution sectors open to private business since
2001, the Chinese book retail industry is a dynamic force with expansive
opportunities for international publishers.
The Xinhua group, Chinas largest network of book retailers, is often
misunderstood as a centrally state-run entity. In fact, Xinhua stores operate
independently at a regional and provincial level. Xinhua owns 17 of Chinas
largest 20 bookstores with branches across the country, from megacities to
the rural countryside.
Private bookstores are an integral part of Chinas rich literary history,
with some of them even considered sites of national cultural significance.
Youd be amazed to see the crowds that converge every weekend on these
landmark shops, which often contain cafes, restaurants, and social spaces
for cultural activities.
With the rise of companies like Alibaba, Chinas e-commerce industry has
gained global attention for its tenacity and innovation. Chinas online book
business is no different, and companies like DangDang and JD.com continue
to grow and capture impressive portions of the book market. Chinas three
largest book e-retailers account for 60% of online book sales.

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National Book Network.

Digital publishing has been around since the early days of the Internet in
China, and today more than 200 million people in China read digital publications. Looking even further ahead, Emarketer, a leading research firm on
digital marketing, anticipates that more than half of Chinas population will
have a smartphone by 2018. Given these impressive figures, it is unsurprising that Chinas digital publishing business reported year-on-year revenue
growth of 40.5% in 2012.
It is not only the numbers that present a compelling picture of Chinas
digital book market. Online literature now boasts more than 10 years of history in China, and its cultural relevance should not be underestimated. In
2013, many online writers made the list of the countrys richest authors.
Online literature plays an important role in the entertainment industry:
popular works have been adapted to film, both television series and feature
films, with very high ratings. In the past, readers accessed online literature
and series via desktop computers, but now users are more likely to use
mobile phones and tablets
It could be said that the Chinese consumer was ready for digital content
before the publishing industry had any to sell. Although cellphones and tablets are the favored reading device, the e-book market is in its infancy. The
majority of digital content available is still in html format and paid for per
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tablets from the e-bookstores of Chinas three cellular service providers,


the largest being the China Mobile bookstore. Many popular online publishers began as platforms for fan fiction and have developed to encompass a
broad array of digital imprints catering to a range of reading tastes. Many of
Chinas successful trade authors recently have made their names through
these digital self-publishing platforms.
E-books are sold by a number of popular e-retailers in China, but the number of foreign titles readily available is still relatively small. With a consumer
base already accustomed to reading on smart devices, there is growing
demand for quality digital content. EPub 3 presents enticing opportunities,
particularly in the education and textbook sectors, as parents and students
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Another remarkable trend in Chinas digital publishing industry is the


innovative use of social media marketing, which allows authors and publishers to reach a huge market, as well as offer highly personalized branding and social exchange. Weixin (WeChat) has more than 396 million active
monthly users, and more than 100 publishers are already using the WeChat
platform to launch new titles.
At Ingram, our goal is to build a bridge for publishers to a global content
market without boundaries. Chinas digital publishing industry has grown
into a thriving and dynamic market, one we believe is still in its infancy. As
the Chinese reader continues to drive the sector in innovative and exciting
ways, we make it our business to secure a foothold in that growth. Who
knows how far away we are from the first global bestselling Chinese e-book?
Shawn Morin is president & COO, Ingram Content Group.

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Content by Teachers for Teachers


As the name declares, Teacher
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about producing quality books by
teachers for teachersand the company has been doing that for almost
40 years. The companys bestselling
Time for Kids series is popular with
kids and educators in grades 15, and
to celebrate its launch into the kindergarten market, senior v-p Deanna
Mendoza says one of the publishers
most prolific authors, Dona Herweck
Rice, will be signing books today,
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Mendoza admits that even her own
six-year-old is starstruck when it
comes to meeting Rice, who has
written more than 300 books (mostly

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says Rice, who has two small children and directs childrens theater
near her Southern California home.
Librarians and booksellers, she

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over time through the word-of-mouth
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To celebrate that spark and hopefully ignite more sparks, Mendoza
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This series is an excellent example of the companys high-interest
readers, which bring science or
social studies content into reading
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2014 E-book Seller
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according to data just released by PubTrack Digital, a unit of Nielsen BookScan. Three other young adult titles were in the top fiveDivergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant held the third, fourth, and fifth spots, respectively. Gone
Girl, at #2, was the only adult book to crack the top five bestsellers.
PubTrack Digital, unlike the point-of-sale system used by BookScan to
track sales of physical books, aggregates e-book sales supplied by publishers. According to Nielsen, publishers send their confirmed e-book sales
made through about 40 major e-book retailers. Nielsen then aggregates the
data to develop various bestseller lists. Participating publishers include
more than 30 of the largest trade houses. Of the top 25 bestsellers in 2014, 14
were from Penguin Random House, while HarperCollins and Hachette
Book Group had five apiece. Simon & Schuster placed one e-book on the
list, All the Light We Cannot See. All but two of the top 25 were fiction titles
either adult or juvenilewith two biographies cracking the listUnbroken
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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015

Pop Culture and Gift Items at T&H


Thames & Hudson is best known for
its heavily illustrated books on art,
photography, fashion, and design,
and scholarly volumes on history
and archeology. But its fall list
includes notable pop culture additions, as well as a new gift product
line.
T&H, says president and publisher
Will Balliett, has long had a serious
streak of pop culture curiosityfor
instance, we were the first global
publisher to recognize the importance of street art and graffitiand
that curiosity is re-emerging this
fall in a handful of titles that also
have broad commercial appeal.
Leading that list is Charles Pignones Sinatra (Oct.), the official
book marking the centenary of Frank
Sinatra. It has forewords by Tony
Bennett and Steve Wynn; afterwords
by Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr.,
and Tina Sinatra; and more than
400 images from the familys archives.
The book is part of the yearlong
celebration that includes new CD
releases, an HBO documentary
film, anniversary DVD releases, a
multimedia stage show, and a
prime-time network TV special.

Unofficially tying in
with the upcoming
film Life, about the
friendship of Magnum
photographer Dennis
Stock (played by Twilights Robert Pattinson) and James Dean
(Dane DeHaan of The
Amazing Spider-Man
2), the book Dennis
Stock: James Dean
(Oct.) captures Deans essence in a
series of photos of the actor first
published in Life magazine.
Blads of both Sinatra and Dennis
Stock: James Dean will be available
at the booth (1927) throughout the
show. Booth visitors can also pick up
copies of Courtney Watson McCarthys Star Trek Pop-Ups (Oct.),
which brings the sci-fi franchise to
life in 3-D. Seven pop-ups capture
unforgettable action scenes and
memorable moments, from the
original series to the last TV incarnation, Star Trek: Enterprise.
The more traditional fall list
includes monographs on artists
George Condo and Bill Viola, a
three-volume set on Matisse works

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Hudson Dictionary of Photography.
ARCs will be available of Bog Bodies Uncovered, which recounts the
grisly stories told by 2,000-year-old
bodies preserved in the swamps of
Northern Europe.

initial responsesnone of which, I


should also say, would have been
possible without the creative and
committed partnership of our distributor, W.W. Norton.
Among the fall offerings will be
Sneakers (a book of detachable
postcards and a trump card game),
Book of Kells (notebooks, boxed
postcards, boxed note cards with
envelopes, and a five-year journal),
120 Ways to Annoy Your Mother
(and Influence People), which features postcards and boxed note
cards with envelopes, and painter
Susan Herberts Cats in Art books
(notebooks and boxed notecards).
Archipops offers a boxed set of
pop-up note cards featuring
famous architectural designs, like
the Guggenheim Museum and the
Sydney Opera House, in 3-D.

Gifts Galore

Judith Rosen

The gift line will launch in October


with 12 individual items for fall 2015
and plans for eight additional items
in winter 2016. This will spin off
some of our most successful titles,
reports Balliett, with what we hope
is a distinctive flair that will appeal
to a broad spectrum of retailers.
Increasing our familiarity with that
larger market is what got us interested, and were getting some great

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take control of northern Italy. When Julia travels to Venice


to find the previous owner of the music, she uncovers a
During a family trip to Venice to celebrate her birthday, Tess Gerritsen
dark secret that not only dates to the horrors of the
awoke one night from a nightmare. I dreamt I was playing my violin, but
Holocaust but involves a powerful family who will stop at
the music was terribly disturbing. There was a baby sitting next to me and
nothing to keep her from bringing the truth to light.
suddenly her eyes turned red and she became a monster. Far from being
In the course of writing the book, Gerritsen found
upset by all this, Gerritsen wandered around Venice for the next few days
herself imagining the mysterious piece of music as a
thinking about the power of music and came to see the nightmare as a gift
waltz with lots of devil chords and arpeggios. Then one
from my subconsciousa gift that would inspire Playing with Fire (Ballanday I woke up, heard the waltz in my head, and in about
tine, Oct.), her sixth standalone suspense novel.
three weeks I had it composed. This made me very
Gerritsen describes it as two stories woven in one, about how a piece of
grateful to my parents, who gave me all those violin and
music can change lives long after its creator is dead. The first story takes
piano lessons. Earlier this month, Gerritsen (on piano)
Tess Gerritsen
place in present-day Boston, as violinist Julia Ansdell becomes desperate to
was joined by a violinist from the Bangor Symphony and
learn the story behind the mysterious handwritten sheet of music she purrecorded a short excerpt from the books waltz, which she promises will
chased in a Rome antique store. Every time she plays Incendio, says Gersoon be posted on her website.
ritsen, her three-year-old daughter is transformed into someone truly terriGerritsen will be signing galleys of Playing with Fire in the Penguin Ranfying and the music seems to be the key. The second story is set in 1940s
dom House booth (3119) today at 2 p.m. and in the Mystery Writers of AmerLucinda Dyer
Venice, as a young composer and a beautiful cellist fall in love as the Nazis
ica booth (2657) at 4 p.m. 

Braveheart Screenwriter Pens Inspirational Book


Randall Wallace, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Braveheart,
has written Living the Braveheart
Life: Finding the Courage to Follow
Your Heart (Thomas Nelson, Sept.),
an inspirational memoir that takes
readers on a journey from Lizard
Lick, Tenn., to the Highlands of
Scotland to recount how Braveheart,
which won the Best Picture Oscar
in 1995, came to life.
On the 20th anniversary of the
film, Wallace writes about his formative years at Duke University, how

he followed his dream to Nashville,


the visit to Scotland to research his
family roots and to walk the Highlands where William Wallace
Braveheart himselfwalked 700
years before. Fans of the drama about
13th-century Scottish hero Wallace
will be interested to learn of the
authors motivation to write the
screenplay, behind-the-scenes stories about the films production,
and little-known facts about the
legendary Wallace (no, not the
authors ancestor). Readers will

enjoy how the author, in Living


the Braveheart Life, navigates
and interweaves the life of William
Wallace with his own.
In the book, Wallace recounts
a challenging and painful time
in his life when he was unemployed and facing financial ruin.
It was then that he prayed and
began to write the story that eventually led him to Braveheart. Like
the Scottish hero, the author overcame every obstacle to the challenges
in his life. The legends of William

Wallaces life have inspired the


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This new novel from internationally bestselling author Peter Mayabout


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The sequel to Traitors Blade, the acclaimed first volume of a fantasy adventure
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story that was true for me. Wallace


was also the screenwriter for Pearl
Harbor, Secretariat, Heaven Is for
Real, and The Man in the Iron Mask.
Adding authenticity to Living the
Braveheart Life are the stories of
the people in both William Wallaces
and Randall Wallaces lives who, the
author writes, lead the Braveheart
life by deed, by example, by living.
Randall Wallace describes the book
as being about family, friendship,
love, passion, heartbreak, and
betrayal.
Today, Wallace signs at the HarperCollins booth (2038), 23 p.m.
Wendy Werris

THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015

At Da Capo, Football
And Mayo Clinic Titles
Long before Friday Night Lights
became a smash film and critically
acclaimed television series, it was a
#1 New York Times bestseller and
considered by Sports Illustrated to
be the best football book of all time.
Da Capo Press is pleased to announce
the 25th anniversary edition of Buzz
Bissingers Friday Night Lights, a
featured title at BEA, with miniature
Nerf footballs as a giveaway.
Returning readers and first-timers
alike will enjoy the timeless account

of the Permian Panthers of Odessa,


the most successful high school
football team in Texas history.
Although its a socially and racially
divided town, the citizens of Odessa
come together as one every Friday
night from September to November
as a community with a single-minded
devotion to the Panthers. Friday
Night Lights chronicles one season
in the life of Odessa, and shows how
its team inspiresor sometimes
shattersthe teenagers who wear

the Panthers uniform.


Bissinger has updated the story
with a new afterword that tells
readers what the books main characters are doing now, and offers an
assessment of football today that
will likely be controversial. Friday
Night Lights has become a contemporary classic. It just hit the New
York Times Book Review Sports and
Fitness Bestsellers at 16, says Lissa
Warren, Da Capos v-p, senior
director of publicity. The anniversary edition will be published in two
formats, a hardcover gift edition
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is featuring a selection of titles on
healthy living published by its Lifelong Books imprint, which is now in
a publishing partnership with the
Mayo Clinic. U.S. News &World
Report just named the Mayo Americas #1 Best Hospital. Early last
year we published our first Mayo
title, The Mayo Clinic Guide to
Stress-Free Living, by Dr. Amit
Sood, says Kate Kazeniac Burke,
director of publicity for Lifelong.
This spring season were building
on that success with Dr. Soods follow-up, The Mayo Clinic Handbook
for Happiness. Another major title
in the series is The Mayo Clinic
Guide to Fertility and Conception,
by Jani R. Jensen and Elizabeth A.
Stewart. The doctors heading up
the authorship on this title are at
the forefront of the field, Burke
adds. Were confident that this
book will become the classic
resource on the subject. At the
start of 2015 Da Capo Lifelong
Books added many of the Mayo
Clinics bestselling backlist titles to
its list, including The Mayo Clinic
Diet and The Mayo Clinics Guide to
a Healthy Pregnancy. These books
will all be on display at the Da Capo
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Summer Reads
Earlier this year, PWs editors picked
the books they are most looking forward to reading this summer. Heres
a sampling of whos reading what.

Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at


Indie Rocks Failed Revolution
(but Can No Longer Hear)
Jon Fine (Viking)
Like, well, just about everybody, it
seems, I too was in an indie band
back in the dayand I still love to
play around with my friends, even
though my band went up in flames
years ago. But thats not why I love
this book. What I love is that this
book stands in stark contrast to the
usual stories of rock star depravity.
Fine tells his story like he made his
music: with wit, and honesty.
 Andrew Albanese, senior writer
Modern Romance: An Investigation
Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
(Penguin Press)
Ansari, a comedian and TV actor,
has cowritten a book with a legitimate sociologist about what it means
to date in the modern era. When
technology and instant gratification
are changing the landscape of human
interactions, dating is weirder than
ever, and Im looking forward to

Ansaris sense of humor and


cultural criticism on the
topic, which hes started to
address in his standup.
Natasha Gilmore, associate childrens editor

The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson (Graywolf)
Reading Nelson is like sweeping the
leaves out of your mental driveway:
by the end of one of her books, you
have a better understanding of how
the world works. The Argonauts is
about her relationship with Harry
Dodge, her pregnancy, and becoming a mother, and its supplemented
with references to Roland Barthes,
The Shining, Anne Carson, Atari
games, and more. The result is one
of the most intelligent, generous,
and moving books of the year.

Gabe Habash, deputy reviews
editor
Let Me Tell You: New Stories,
Essays, and Other Writings
Shirley Jackson (Random)
Sixty years before Suzanne Collins
volunteered Katniss as tribute,
Jackson chose Tessie Hutchinson
for certain death in The Lottery,
a staple of required-reading lists.

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anthology of unpublished and
uncollected work by Jackson
author of creep-fests in short story
and novel formincludes, for
example, an essay called A Vroom
for Dr. Seuss, and an entire section
on humor and family. What sort of
perspective does the author of The
Haunting bring to, say, a piece on
the craft of writing titled Garlic in
Fiction? Im looking forward to
finding out. Carolyn Juris,
features editor

The Silenced
James DeVita (Milkweed Editions)
Im a huge fan of YA fiction, and I
can hardly wait to read this book by
DeVita, who, in addition to being a
writer, is an acclaimed professional
regional stage actor. The Silenced is
about a totalitarian society and a
courageous young woman who forms
a resistance group, the White Rose,
which embarks upon a campaign of

civil disobedience aimed at


the reigning Zero Tolerance
Party, armed with nothing
but words and her hunger
for freedom. If Vita writes
as well as he acts, I know I
am going to read something
that will cause me to jump
from my seat and applaud
wildly. Claire Kirch, Midwest
correspondent

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life


William Finnegan (Penguin Press)
Like that powerful, glassy wave,
great books on surfing come few and
far between. This summer, New
Yorker writer Finnegan recalls his
teenage years in the California and
Hawaii of the 1960swhen surfing
was an escape for loners and outcasts. A delightful storyteller,
Finnegan takes readers on a journey from Hawaii to Australia, Fiji,
and South Africa, where finding
those waves is as challenging as
riding them. Mark Rotella,
senior editor
The Festival of Insignificance
Milan Kundera, trans. from the
French by Linda Asher (Harper)
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also painful and even beautiful
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suspect this
isnt going to
be a feel-good
read. Dont
ruin the
Atlantic for
me, Griffin!
John Sellers,
childrens
reviews editor
sums up how I feel when reading
anything by Kundera. With this
book, the 86-year-old Czech writer
captures that sensation in less
than 100 pages. A tale of four garrulous friends planning a birthday/
death party in modern-day Paris,
this novel of conversations is brainy,
canny, and goes down smooth.

Seth Satterlee, reviews editor

Adrift
Paul Griffin (Scholastic Press)
This is Griffins first book since
Burning Blue in 2012, which has
stuck with me over the years, right
alongside The Orange Houses
before that, so I was glad to see it
land on our shelves at the office.
The settingMontauk, N.Y.
screams summer, though the ominous cover image of a tiny boat
being buffeted by enormous waves
(along with my memories of
Griffins earlier work) make me

Ghetto Brother: Warrior to


Peacemaker
Julian Voloj and Claudia Ahlering
(NBM)
This work of graphic nonfiction is
the true story of Benjy Melendez,
founder of the Ghetto Brothers, a
1970s-era gang in the Bronx during
one of the most violent, drug-saturated, blighted periods in New York
City history. The book is also the
story of how Benjy, the son of 1960s
Puerto Rican immigrants (who also
turn out to be secret Spanishheritage Jews), turned the Ghetto
Brothers into a peace-loving,
multiracial gang that preached
nonviolence in the early days of
hip-hop. I also interviewed
Melendez and think its great that
this almost-forgotten story has
been brought to life.
 Calvin Reid, senior news editor

THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015

Crooked
Austin Grossman (Little, Brown/
Mulholland)
As a Lovecraft fan, I perked up as
soon as I read the phrase
Lovecraftian suspense in the galley description of this genre-bending thriller, which is narrated by
Richard Nixon some 20 years after
his supposed death. Later, the following passage in chapter two
caught my eye: This is a tale of
espionage and betrayal and the
dark secrets of a decades-long cold
war. It is a story of otherworldly
horror, of strange nameless forces
that lie beneath the reality we
know. In other words, it is the story
of a marriage. The author clearly
has a sense of humor, too. That
clinched this as a must-read for me.
Peter Cannon, senior reviews
editor
All That Followed
Gabriel Urza (Holt)
A foreign setting thats just exotic
enough (the Basque region of
Spain), a terrible crime (kidnapping and murder), a small town
with complicated history and delicious superstitions (fear of la
Cerda, a woman who was burned to
death in a furnace as a witch during
the Spanish Inquisition for holding

gatherings where young girls


cavorted with the Devil), and a
beautiful widow are just some of
the elements that make this
intriguing literary debut a book to
while away a summer afternoon
with. The narrator is an American
who has lived in the village for 50
years. but acknowledges that he
would always be considered a
foreigner here, a visitor passing
through. Arent we all? Louisa
Ermelino, reviews director

Uprooted
Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
Novik has a deep understanding
of both classic European fairy tales
and present-day fantasy fandom,
and shes melded the two into the
story of Agnieszka, a 17-year-old
woman trying to figure out what
she wants from life while getting a
handle on her magical talents.
Every obvious metaphorthe evil
forest encroaching on innocent
towns, Dragons orderly masculine
magic, and Agnieszkas intuitive
feminine magicunfolds into
layer after layer of deep meaning.
It left me breathless. I dont just
want sequels; I want an entire
genre of books like this.
 Rose Fox, senior reviews editor

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