The October 23 Literature Lovers' Night Out program at Excelsior Bay Books, Excelsior, Minn., attracted the largest crowd to date. Some 150 guests came to see the all-star author line-up: (seated, l.-r.) Amy Thielen (Give a Girl a Knife); Brit Bennett (The Mothers); Marie Benedict (The Other Einstein); Alison McGhee (Never Coming Back); Edward Kelsey Moore (The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues). Excelsior Bay Books staff: (back row, l.-r.) Lori Free, Debra Larsson, store owner Ellie Temple, Pamela Klinger-Horn, Ann Woodbeck.