The BEA exhibition hall opened Thursday morning, with booths filled with books and authors. Snaking throughout the hall, like bookish conga lines, lengthy queues of happy fans (cleverly disguised as booksellers) waited to have books signed by their favorite writers. Anyone caught standing still in an aisle for more than a couple of minutes was likely to be asked which author's line they were in. The general mood, however, was a blend of patience and pleasure.
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| At the S&S booth, Lauren Weisberger signed copies of Revenge Wears Prada (June), the eagerly anticipated sequel to The Devil Wears Prada. In her new book, it's a decade later, and Andy and Emily have teamed up to start a magazine. | |
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| The cover art for the third book in Veronica Roth's series was revealed recently; she signed posters for Allegiant, coming from Katherine Tegan Books in October. | |
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In a fascinating conversation held at the Downtown Stage, Chuck Klosterman (I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real & Imagined), Scribner, July) asked some great questions and Jonathan Lethem (Dissident Gardens, Doubleday, September) answered them, in depth, offering an intriguing glimpse into his writing process. (We'll have more on this event next week.) |
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At the Algonquin booth, publisher Elisabeth Scharlatt posed with Gabrielle Giffords, who's a fan of Amy Stewart's The Earth Moved.
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| Brad Meltzer's next book is History Decoded (Workman, October), adapted from his History Network TV show. | |
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The panel "The Journey of a Young Adult Book--From Writer to Reader" tracked the progression of Sara Farizan's debut If You Could Be Mine from an MFA thesis to an Algonquin Young Readers title. The book is about two young Iranian women falling in love. L.-r: moderator Jennifer M. Brown, Elise Howard, Sara Farizan and Eileen Lawrence.
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During a poster signing at the Hachette booth, Kristin Lavitt, children's program manager for the Pomfret Public Library, Pomfret, Conn., posed with Jerry Pinkney (The Tortoise & the Hare, October) and Peter Brown (Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, September). |
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Robert Lasner and Elizabeth Clementson of Ig Publishing welcome Lizzie Skurnick (far right), the namesake of a new imprint "devoted to bringing back the very best in young adult literature." |
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