Authors to Autograph in ABA's Member-Only Lounge
The American Booksellers Association Lounge at BookExpo America -- Room 515A in the West Building of the Los Angeles Convention Center -- will be the place for member booksellers to go for autographs from some of their favorite authors. To date, 20 authors are scheduled to appear in the lounge on Friday, May 30, and Saturday, May 31.
Returning this year on Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., is the Hyperion Café, where booksellers are invited to enjoy a light buffet lunch, courtesy of Hyperion, while meeting authors Mark Frost (The Match) and David Fuller (Sweetsmoke).
Lounge autographing events have become so popular that this year's schedule includes several authors from the same publisher signing together.
Here's a first look at the schedule. Updates and more about the ABA Lounge's other features will be announced in upcoming editions of Bookselling This Week.
Friday, May 30 |
AUTHOR | TITLE | PUBLISHER | |
10:00 - 10:30 | Anna Dewdney | Llama Llama Mad at Mama | Penguin Young Readers Group |
10:00 - 10:30 | Steve Kluger | My Most Excellent Year | Penguin Young Readers Group |
10:00 - 10:30 | Michael Reisman | Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper | Penguin Young Readers Group |
10:30 - 11:00 | Neil McMahon | Dead Silver | HarperCollins |
10:30 - 11:00 | Marisa de los Santos | Belong to Me | HarperCollins |
2:00 - 2:30 | Andrew Sean Greer | The Story of a Marriage | Macmillan (FSG) |
2:30 - 3:00 | Cynthia Kadohata | Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam | S&S Children's (Atheneum) |
Saturday, May 31 |
AUTHOR | TITLE | PUBLISHER | |
10:00 - 10:30 | David Wroblewski | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel | HarperCollins (Ecco) |
10:30 - 11:00 | Garth Stein | The Art of Racing in the Rain | HarperCollins |
11:00 - 11:30 | Autumn Cornwell | Carpe Diem | Macmillan (Feiwel & Friends) |
11:30 - 1:00 | Mark Frost | The Match | HYPERION CAFÉ |
11:30 - 1:00 | David Fuller | Sweetsmoke | HYPERION CAFÉ |
1:00 -1:30 | Joseph Olshan | The Conversion | St. Martin's Press |
1:30 - 2:00 | Julie Buxbaum | The Opposite of Love | Random House (Dial Press) |
2:00 - 2:30 | Barry Lyga | Boy Toy | Houghton Mifflin Children's |
2:00 - 2:30 | R.L. LaFevers | Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos | Houghton Mifflin Children's |
2:30 - 3:00 | Jane Yolen | Here's a Little Poem; A Very First Book of Poetry | Candlewick |
3:00 - 3:30 | Eric Drachman | Bad Rats | Kidwick |
3:30 - 4:00 | Benjamin Mee | We Bought a Zoo | Weinstein Books |
4:00 - 4:30 | David Shannon | Pirates Don't Change Diapers | Harcourt Children's |