Penguin Random House reps Toni Hetzel and Pamela Brown hosted a pre-pub bookseller dinner for several Ballantine authors at Alma Cocina in Buckhead, Ga., including Erin Crosby Eckstein (Junie), Meredith Lavendar (Happy Wife), Katy Hays (Saltwater), and Kendall Shores (Happy Wife). More than 18 representatives from independent bookstores and airport stores in the area were in attendance.
