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50 Authors to Participate in Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon
Fifty of independent booksellers' favorite authors will be at this year's ABA Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon at BookExpo America. The Friday, May 29, event, open exclusively to the owners and staff at ABA member stores, will feature the presentation of the inaugural Indies Choice Book Awards (ICBA).
"We're happy to have so many authors whose books independent booksellers have enjoyed handselling this past year join us for the Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon," said Mark Nichols, ABA's senior director of publisher initiatives. "It's guaranteed to be a highlight of the trade show for our members, and we're grateful to these authors, and to their publishers, for making this possible."
Authors participating in this year's Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon are:
Sherman Alexie Toby Barlow Annie Barrows James R. Benn Steve Berry Cara Black Stefan Merrill Block Howard Blum Karna Small Bodman Alan Bradley Adam Braver Meg Cabot Kristin Cashore Suzanne Collins Claire Cook Kelly Corrigan Mark Doty David Ebershoff Dexter Filkins Elizabeth Flock Mark Frost Neil Gaiman Debra Galant Robert Goolrick |
Michael Greenberg Paul Harding Katherine Howe Peter Howe Hillary Jordan Steve Kluger Gordon Korman Sana Krasikov Adam Langer Melissa Marr Raymond McDaniel Kate Morton Linda Sue Park Jayne Anne Phillips Aprilynne Pike Deanna Raybourn M.J. Rose Richard Russo Brandon Sanderson John Burnham Schwartz Jon Scieszka Amy Stewart Mark Teague Hannah Tinti Benjamin Wallace Mo Willems |
Reservations are required for the Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon, which is now almost booked to capacity. Staff at ABA member stores who are interested in attending should register individually as soon as possible via an electronic form on Bookweb.org. Reservations are limited to two people from each member store.
Questions regarding the luncheon may be addressed to Mark Nichols at [email protected].