The Literature Lovers' Night Out program, hosted by Excelsior Bay Books, Excelsior, Minn., closed the summer season with superstars from the book world on the program and in the audience. Minnesota literary luminary Patricia Hampl turned out to show her support; agent Marly Rusoff flew in from New York to surprise author Mamta Chaudhry; and bookseller Mary Webber O'Malley from Anderson's Bookshop in LaGrange, Ill., came to join the fun.
Pictured: (l.-r., front row) author Nick Butler (Little Faith); author Renee Rosen (Park Avenue Summer); Excelsior Bay Books co-owner Ellie Temple; Mamta Chaudhry (Haunting Paris), author Bridgett Davis (The World According to Fannie Davis), (back row) Excelsior Bay staffers Pamela Klinger-Horn, Kim McCormick and Lori Free; Mary Webber O'Malley; Marly Rusoff; Patricia Hampl; Ann Nye, Excelsior Bay Books co-owner; Debra Larsson, Excelsior Bay staff.