Author Event Sessions

One of the highlights of the Midwinter Meeting is getting to hear and see favorite authors up close. The ERT/Booklist Author Forum kicks the meeting off in style on Friday afternoon when authors representing different voices come together to discuss their work as it relates to exploring social conditions past and present in fiction and nonfiction. Highly acclaimed authors Helen Schulman and Hillary Jordan will share with moderator Brad Hooper, Adult Books Editor at Booklist, their own special approaches to capturing society at large and family in particular, either in contemporary times or in the historical past. The authors will sign copies of their latest works at their publishers' booths during the Opening Exhibits Reception right after the Author Forum.

Hillary Jordan
When She Woke
5:30pm-6:30pm
Booth #1339

Amanda Grace, Author
But I Love Him

Helen Schulman, Author
This Beautiful Life

Ann Weisgarber, Author
"The Personal History of Rachel Dupree"

Barbara Hay
Lesson of the White Eagle
6:00pm-7:30pm
Booth #720

Abrams Books for Young Readers and Amulet Books
Booth Number: 1604
First Name: Tom
Last Name: Angleberger
Book Title: Fake Mustache

Bodie & Brock Thoene, Author
Beyond the Farthest Star

Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS, Celebrates Spring 2012 with special guests Lauren Myracle, author of Shine, Margi Preus, author of 2011 Newbery Honor winner Heart of a Samurai, and Michael Buckley, bestselling author of The Sisters Grimm and NERDS series.

Kathy McCullough
Don't Expect Magic
9:00am-5:00pm
Booth #1910
Although Kathy will not be there in person, signed copies of her new YA fiction novel, Don't Expect Magic, will be available to the first 15 that request a full scanner demo. Kathy is the daughter of Crowley Company employee, Bud McCullough, and this is her first novel (published by Random House).

Joanna Campbell Slan, Author
"Make Take Murder"

Margaret Daley
Saving Hope
10:00am-12:00pm
Booth #1458

Chris Vaccari, Director, Library Marketing will talk about the best and brightest books from Sterling’s Spring 2012 Adult, Children’s and Teen lists. We will have ARC’s available and a book raffle prize, too.
Macmillan (adult) Library Marketing Director (kitten wrangler and cupcake fanatic) Talia Sherer (MAC LOGO)
Talia Sherer will discuss her favorite forthcoming Spring and Fall 2012 titles from adult publishers St. Martin’s Press, Griffin, Minotaur Books, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt & Co., Picador, Tor/Forge, and Macmillan Audio. Advance copies, finished books, and goofy commentary await all attendees!

DiAnn Mills, Author
"The Chase"

Amanda Havard
The Survivors
11:00am-1:00pm
Booth #1456

Amanda Grace, Author
"In Too Deep" ARC

Vannetta Chapman, Author
"A Perfect Square"

Deborah Crombie, Author
"No Mark Upon Her"

Camy Tang, Author
"Protection for Hire"

Book Buzz Theater Featuring Penguin Young Readers