Dozens of Indie Favorites to Attend Celebration of Bookselling

More than 40 of indie booksellers' favorite authors will be at this year's ABA Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon at BookExpo America. The May 26 event, sponsored by Baker & Taylor, is open exclusively to the owners and staff at ABA member stores, and will feature the presentation of the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards.

"We're delighted to have so many authors whose books independent booksellers have enjoyed handselling join us for the Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon," said Mark Nichols, ABA industry relations officer. "And we're especially pleased that all seven Indies Choice Book Award winners will be there to accept their awards. Our sincere thanks go out to all the authors and their publishers, and to B&T, for making this annual trade show highlight possible."

The Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon is booked to capacity. Booksellers at ABA member stores can now add their names to a waiting list. This free event will be held from noon - 1:30 p.m. on May 26, in the Javits Center's Special Events Hall. Questions regarding the lunch should be addressed to Nichols.

Authors participating in this year's Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon are:

INDIES CHOICE BOOK AWARD WINNERS

Suzanne Collins

CATCHING FIRE

Scholastic

Kate DiCamillo

THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT

Candlewick

David Grann

THE LOST CITY OF Z

Doubleday/Vintage

Jerry Pinkney

THE LION & THE MOUSE

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Rebecca Stead

WHEN YOU REACH ME

Wendy Lamb Books

Kathryn Stockett

THE HELP

Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam

Abraham Verghese

CUTTING FOR STONE

Knopf/Vintage

HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Laurie Halse Anderson

WINTERGIRLS

Viking Juvenile /Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Libba Bray

GOING BOVINE

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Gennifer Choldenko

AL CAPONE SHINES MY SHOES

Dial Books for Young Readers

Gayle Forman

IF I STAY

Dutton Juvenile

Maria Frazee

ALL THE WORLD

Beach Lane Books

Paul Harding

TINKERS

Bellevue Literary Press

Richard Peck

A SEASON OF GIFTS

Dial Books for Young Readers

Susan Roth

LISTEN TO THE WIND

Dial Books for Young Readers

Judith Viorst

ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY

Atheneum

Scott Westerfeld

LEVIATHAN

Simon Pulse

INDIE NEXT LIST AUTHORS

Brunonia Barry

THE MAP OF TRUE PLACES

Morrow

Joseph Caldwell

THE PIG COMES TO DINNER

Delphinium

Diane Chamberlain

SECRETS SHE LEFT BEHIND

MIRA

Justin Cronin

THE PASSAGE

Ballantine

James Dashner

THE MAZE RUNNER

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Cory Doctorow

MAKERS

Tor Books

Bruce Feiler

THE COUNCIL OF DADS

Morrow

Jennifer Gilmore

SOMETHING RED

Scribner

Masha Hamilton

31 HOURS

Unbridled Books

Oscar Hijuelos

BEAUTIFUL MARIA OF MY SOUL

Hyperion

Katherine Howe

THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE

Voice

Lauren Kate

FALLEN

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

James Howard Kunstler

WORLD MADE BY HAND

Grove/Atlantic

David Lubar

MY ROTTEN LIFE

Starscape

Carolyn Mackler

TANGLED

HarperTeen

Emily St. John Mandel

THE SINGER'S GUN

Unbridled Books

Evan Mandery

FIRST CONTACT

Harper Paperbacks

Melissa Marr

FRAGILE ETERNITY

HarperCollins

Julie Metz

PERFECTION

Voice

Pete Nelson

I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD

Algonquin

Lauren Oliver

BEFORE I FALL

HarperCollins

Lincoln Peirce

BIG NATE

HarperCollins

Deanna Raybourn

SILENT ON THE MOOR

MIRA

Karin Slaughter

UNDONE

Delacorte

Lemony Snicket

THE COMPOSER IS DEAD

HarperCollins

Simon Van Booy

LOVE BEGINS IN WINTER

Harper Perennial

Rafael Yglesias

A HAPPY MARRIAGE

Scribner