Exclusive Author Autographing for ABA Members at BookExpo

Here’s a look at the current lists of authors autographing exclusively for ABA member booksellers in the ABA Member Lounge & Galley Room (Booth 721) on BookExpo trade show floor.

On Wednesday, May 31, from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., following the Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch, more than 15 authors — including award winners, finalists, and Indie Next List and Indies Introduce favorites — will be signing in the lounge. The list of participating authors includes:

• Adam Gidwitz, The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
• Augustus Rose, The Impossible Fortress (Viking)
• Bianca Marais, Round Midnight (G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin)
• Brian Floca, Princess Cora and the Crocodile (Candlewick)
• Christian Robinson, School’s First Day of School (Roaring Brook Press)
• Donald Crews, Freight Train (Greenwillow Books)
• Estep Nagy, We Shall Not All Sleep: A Novel (Bloomsbury USA)
• Gene Luen Yang, Reading Without Walls (First Second)
• Jeanne Vanasco, The Glass Eye (Tin House Books)
• Julie Fogliano, When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons (Roaring Brook Press)
• Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers)
• Leslie Connor, All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook (Katherine Tegen Books)
• Marla Frazee, The Bossier Baby (Beach Lane Books)
• Nic Stone, Dear Martin (Crown Books for Young Readers)
• Richard Peck, The Best Man (Dial Books)
• Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea (Philomel Books)
• Susan Hood, Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

On Thursday, June 1, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., following the BookExpo Adult Book & Author Breakfast, four of the event’s featured speakers will be signing in the lounge:

• Claire Messud, The Burning Girl: A Novel (W.W. Norton & Company)
• Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel (Scribner)
• Scott Kelly, Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Knopf)
• Whitney Cummings, I’m Fine…And Other Lies (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

On Friday, June 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., following the BookExpo Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, four of the event’s featured speakers will be signing in the lounge:

• Isla Fisher, Marge in Charge (HarperCollins)
• Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down (S&S; Caitlyn Dlouhy/Atheneum)
• Jennifer Weiner, Little Bigfoot, Big City (Aladdin)
• Marieke Nijkamp, Before I Let Go (Sourcebooks Fire)

Also on Friday, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Chris Finan, director of the American Booksellers for Free Expression, will be signing his forthcoming title from Beacon Press, Drunks: An American History.