Winter Institute to Feature More Than 100 Authors

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More than 100 authors and illustrators will appear at the 2020 Winter Institute over the course of four days of keynotes, education sessions, author receptions, and special events.

Wi15 logoThis year, booksellers can prepare to meet these authors by reading an excerpt of the books they are promoting. Excerpts are available for download on BookWeb; the list will be updated as new excerpts are received.

Authors appearing at the 15th annual Winter Institute, to be held January 21–24, 2020, at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland, include:

  • Julia Alvarez, Afterlife (Algonquin Books)
  • Janella Angeles, Where Dreams Descend (Wednesday Books)
  • Jessica Anthony, Enter the Aardvark (Little, Brown and Company)
  • Kendra Atleework, Miracle Country: A Memoir (Algonquin Books)
  • Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo (Balzer + Bray)
  • Great Ballamacina, Tomorrows Woman (Andres McMeel Publishing)
  • Jazmina Barrera, On Lighthouses (Two Lines Press)
  • Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead (Bloomsbury)
  • Annette Binder, The Vanishing Sky (Bloomsbury)
  • Cara Black, Three Hours in Paris (Soho Crime)
  • Michael Ian Black, A Better Man (Algonquin Books)
  • Betsy Bonner, The Book of Atlantis Black (Tin House Books)
  • Deb Caletti, Girl, Unframed (Simon Pulse)
  • Sharon Cameron, The Light in Hidden Places (Scholastic Press)
  • Priyanka Champaneri, The City of Good Death (Restless Books)
  • Traci Chee, We Are Not Free (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers)
  • Catana Chetwyd, Snug: A Collection of Comics About Dating Your Best Friend (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
  • Upile Chisala, a fire like you (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
  • Ernesto Cisneros, Efrén Divided (HarperCollins)
  • Christina Clancy, The Second Home (St. Martin’s Press)
  • Julie Clark, The Last Flight (Sourcebooks Landmark)
  • Hannah Abigail Clarke, The Scapegracers (Erewhon Books)
  • Dr. François S. Clemmons, Officer Clemmons: A Memoir (Catapult)
  • Brandy Colbert, The Voting Booth (Hyperion)
  • Matthew Cordell, Hello, Neighbor! The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House)
  • Jennifer De Leon, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books)
  • Adeline Dieudonné, Real Life (World Editions)
  • Jenny Downham, Furious Thing (Scholastic / David Fickling Books)
  • Richard Fairgray, Black Sand Beach: Are You Afraid of the Light? (Pixel+Ink)
  • Kelli Jo Ford, Crooked Hallelujah (Grove Press)
  • Rickey Gates, Cross Country: A 3700-Mile Run to Explore Unseen America (Chronicle Books)
  • Megan Giddings, Lakewood (Amistad)
  • Robin Ha, Almost American Girl (Balzer + Bray)
  • Grace Elizabeth Hale, Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture (The University of North Carolina Press/A Ferris & Ferris Book)
  • Kirkland Hamill, Filthy Beasts (Avid Reader Press)
  • Tina Hay, Napkin Finance (Dey Street Books) 
  • Leah Henderson, The Magic in Changing Your Stars (Sterling Childrens Books)
  • Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei (HarperTeen) 
  • Jim Hock, Father on the Line (Rare Bird Books)
  • June Hur, The Silence of Bones (Feiwel & Friends)
  • Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Amulet)
  • Paulette Jiles, Simon the Fiddler (William Morrow)
  • Bradford Kane, Pitchfork Populism: Ten Political Forces That Shaped an Election and Continue to Change America (Prometheus Books)
  • Fowzia Karimi, Above Us the Milky Way (Deep Vellum)
  • Margaret Kimberley, Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents (Truth to Power Books)
  • Lily King, Writers & Lovers (Grove Press)
  • TJ Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Tor Books)
  • Wayne Koestenbaum, Figure It Out: Essays (Soft Skull)
  • Joseph Kuefler, The Night is for Darkness (Balzer + Bray)
  • Sam Lansky, Broken People (Hanover Square)
  • Carla Malden, Search Heartache (Rare Bird Books) 
  • Becky Mandelbaum, The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals (Simon & Schuster)
  • Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Katherine Tegen Books)
  • Judith Martin (aka Miss Manners), Minding Miss Manners in an Era of Fake Ettiquete (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
  • Charlotte McConaghy, Migrations (Flatiron Books)
  • Tobly McSmith, Stay Gold (HarperTeen)
  • Ellen Meeropol, Her Sister’s Tattoo (Red Hen Press)
  • Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (Rick Riordan Presents)
  • Colin Meloy, Everyone’s Awake (Chronicle Books)
  • Joe Meno, Between Everything and Nothing: The Journey of Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal and the Quest for Asylum (Counterpoint)
  • Amy Meyerson, The Imperfects (Park Row Books)
  • David Miller, Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis (University of Toronto Press)
  • Charlotte Milner, The Bat Book (DK)
  • Lisa Moore, Something for Everyone (House of Anansi Press)
  • Wayétu Moore, The Dragons, The Giant, The Women: A Memoir (Graywolf Press)
  • Marie Mutsuki Mockett, American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland (Graywolf Press)
  • Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonder: Essays (Milkweed Editions)
  • David Nicholls, Sweet Sorrow (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
  • Chuck Palahniuk, Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different (Grand Central Publishing)
  • James Ponti, City Spies (Aladdin)
  • Kim Powers, Rules for Being Dead (Blair)
  • Mark Rader, The Wanting Life (Unnamed Press) 
  • Zalika Reid-Benta, Frying Plantain (House of Anansi Press)
  • Kelly Rimmer, Truth I Never Told You (Graydon House)
  • Pam Muñoz Ryan, Mañanaland (Scholastic Press)
  • Loriel Ryon, Into the Tall, Tall Grass (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
  • Layla F. Saad, Me and White Supremacy (Sourcebooks)
  • Cynthia Salaysay, Private Lessons (Candlewick Press)
  • Alexis Schaitkin, Saint X (Celadon Books)
  • Jaime Schmidt, Supermaker: Crafting Business on Your Own Terms (Chronicle Prism)
  • Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library (Atria Books)
  • Dashka Slater, A Book for Escargot (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers) 
  • Anna Solomon, The Book of V. (Henry Holt and Co.)
  • Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark (Candlewick Press)
  • Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change (Random House Children’s Books)
  • Matt Stoller, Goliath (Simon & Schuster)
  • Amber Sparks, And I Do Not Forgive You (Liveright)
  • Ruth Spiro, Baby Loves Democracy (Charlesbridge)
  • Garth Stein, The Cloven Book One (Fantagraphics)
  • Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors (MCD)
  • Jillian Tamaki, My Best Friend (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
  • Thomas Taylor, Gargantis (Walker Books US)
  • Sam Tschida, Siri, Who Am I? (Quirk Books)
  • Emma Jane Unsworth, Grown Ups (Scout Press)
  • Patrice Vecchione, My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice: A Guide to Writing Poetry and Speaking Your Voice (Seven Stories Press)
  • Robin Wasserman, Mother Daughter Widow Wife (Scribner)
  • Randy Wayne White, Fins (Roaring Brook Press)
  • Elizabeth Wetmore, Valentine (Harper)
  • Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming (Hachette Books)
  • Deborah Wiles, Kent State (Scholastic Press)
  • Ian Williams, Reproduction (Europa Editions)
  • Molly Wizenberg, The Fixed Stars (Abrams Press)
  • Karen Tei Yamashita, Sansei & Sensibility (Coffee House Press)
  • An Yu, Braised Pork (Grove Press)
  • Tanya Zabinski, Peace, Love, Action! (Plum Blossom Books)
  • C Pam Xhang, How Much of These Hills is Gold (Riverhead Books)
  • Laura Zigman, Separation Anxiety (Ecco)

Learn more about the authors appearing at Winter Institute and check out the full lineup of educational programs, networking events, and meet-and-greets on BookWeb.

Winter Institute 15 is made possible by the generous support of lead sponsor Ingram Content Group and from publishers large and small.

Winter Institute is a professional development conference open to registered attendees only; it is not a public event.