67 Authors to Appear at Winter Institute Receptions

Next month’s Winter Institute, sponsored by the Ingram Content Group, will feature a record-breaking number of new and established authors, thanks to the support of Wi7’s Publisher Sponsors.

At the Winter Institute’s signature Author Reception, on Thursday, January 19, 62 authors and illustrators will be on hand to chat with booksellers and to autograph their new and forthcoming titles. In addition, the Closing Reception, on Friday, January 20, will feature five authors from Wi7’s small and independent press sponsors.

“Thanks to the support of ABA’s Publisher Sponsors, next month’s Winter Institute offers two great opportunities for booksellers to meet favorite authors and to discover outstanding new talent,” said ABA Development Officer Mark Nichols. “All Wi7 attendees are invited to the receptions, where they’re sure to discover titles that will top their future lists of handselling favorites.”

Authors and illustrators scheduled to appear at the Author Reception, to be held in the Astor Crowne Plaza’s Grand Ballroom from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on January 19, are:

• Carol Anshaw, Carry the One: A Novel, Simon & Schuster
• Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan, HarperCollins Children’s Books
• Jennifer L. Armentrout, Pure: The Second Covenant Novel, Spencer Hill Press (dist. Midpoint Trade Books)
• Julianna Baggott, Pure, Grand Central Publishing (Hachette Book Group)
• Leigh Bardugo, Shadow & Bone, Holt Books for Young Readers (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group)
• Mac Barnett, Chloe and the Lion, Disney Publishing Worldwide
• Buzz Bissinger, Father’s Day: A Journey Into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• James Carlos Blake, Country of the Bad Wolfes: A Novel, Cinco Puntos Press (dist. Consortium)
• T.R. Burns, Merits of Mischief: Bad Apple, Aladdin (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Wiley Cash, A Land More Kind Than Home: A Novel, William Morrow (HarperCollins)
• Chris Cleave, Gold: A Novel, Simon & Schuster
• Jeffrey D. Clements, Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It, Berrett-Koehler (dist. Ingram Publisher Services)
• Hy Conrad, Things Your Dog Doesn’t Want You to Know: 11 Courageous Canines Tell It Like It Is, Sourcebooks
• Amy Cortese, Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From It, Wiley
• Miles Corwin, Midnight Alley: An Ash Levine Novel, Oceanview Publishing (dist. Midpoint Trade Books)
• Andrea Cremer, Bloodrose, Philomel (Penguin Young Readers Group)
• Kris D’Agostino, The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac, Algonquin Books (Workman)
• Stephen Dau, The Book of Jonas: A Novel, Blue Rider Press (Penguin)
• Kate Ellison, The Butterfly Clues, Egmont USA
• Nathan Englander, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories, Knopf (Random House)
• Richard Ford, Canada: A Novel, Ecco (HarperCollins)
• Jennifer Fosberry, Isabella: Girl on the Go, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
• Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons, Wiley
• Michael Grant, BZRK, Egmont USA
• John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, Dutton Juvenile (Penguin Young Readers Group)
• Lauren Groff, Arcadia: A Novel, Voice (Hyperion)
• Alyson Hagy, Boleto: A Novel, Graywolf Press
• Silas House, Same Sun Here, Candlewick
• Beth M. Howard, Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Pie, Harlequin Nonfiction
• Katherine Howe, The House of Velvet and Glass: A Novel, Voice (Hyperion)
• Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child: A Novel, Reagan Arthur Books (Hachette Book Group)
• Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master’s Son: A Novel, Random House
• Jeff Johnson, Things Your Dog Doesn’t Want You to Know: 11 Courageous Canines Tell It Like It Is, Sourcebooks
• Sadie Jones, The Uninvited Guests: A Novel, Harper (HarperCollins)
• Brandon Jones, All Woman and Springtime, Algonquin Books (Workman)
• Stephen Graham Jones, Growing Up Dead in Texas: A Novel, MP Publishing
• Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin, Book I, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
• John Lanchester, Capital: A Novel, W.W. Norton
• David Levithan, title to come, Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Barry Lyga, I Hunt Killers, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Leslie Maitland, Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed, Other Press
• Emily St. John Mandel, The Lola Quartet: A Novel, Unbridled Books
• Val McDermid, The Retribution: A Tony Hill & Carol Jordan Novel, Atlantic Monthly Press (Grove/Atlantic)
• Kei Miller, The Last Warner Woman: A Novel, Coffee House Press (dist. Consortium)
• Lydia Netzer, Shine, Shine, Shine: A Novel, St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan)
• Jennifer A. Nielsen, The False Prince, Scholastic Press
• Stewart O’Nan, The Odds: A Love Story; Emily, Alone: A Novel, Viking Press (Penguin Books)
• Sara Pennypacker, Summer of the Gypsy Moths, Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
• Leonard Pitts, Jr., Freeman: A Novel, Agate Bolden (dist. PGW)
• Margi Preus, Heart of a Samurai, Amulet Books (Abrams)
• Adam Rex, Chloe and the Lion, Disney Publishing Worldwide
• Veronica Rossi, Under the Never Sky, HarperCollins Children’s Books
• Kris Saknussemm, Reverend America, Dark Coast Press (dist. Ingram Publisher Services)
• Jan-Philipp Sendker , The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, Other Press
• Lynn Sherr, Swim: Why We Love the Water, PublicAffairs (Perseus)
• Lisa M. Stasse, The Forsaken, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Michael Thomas, The Broken King, Grove Press (Grove/Atlantic)
• Christopher Tilghman, The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Macmillan)
• Chris Van Dusen, Randy Riley’s Really Big Hit, Candlewick
• Neela Vaswani, Same Sun Here, Candlewick
• Robin Wasserman, The Book of Blood and Shadow, Knopf Books for Young Readers (Random House Children’s Books)
• Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Grove Press (Grove/Atlantic)

Authors from Wi7’s small and independent press sponsors who are scheduled to appear at the Closing Reception, in the Astor Ballroom from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 20, are:

• Christopher R. Beha, What Happened to Sophie Wilder, Tin House Books
• Alison Formento, These Bees Count!, Albert Whitman & Company
• Russ Kick, The Graphic Canon: The Definitive Anthology of the World’s Great Literature as Comics and Visuals, Seven Stories Press
• Audrey Schulman, Three Weeks in December, Europa Editions
• George Scialabba, The Modern Predicament: Essays and Reviews, Pressed Wafer (dist. Small Press Distribution)