FA L L 2019 | KEN
RETURN TO
ORCHARD
a b u s i n e s s n o v e l
A L L
Slow Start to a Buzzy Show
By Ed Nawotka
Yesterday’s noon
opening for BookExpo
led to a quiet start for
this year’s fair. But as
the day progressed,
the crowd steadily
built, and by late
afternoon a palpable
buzz began to fill the
hall.
Before the opening,
more than 100 peo-
Book people gathered for the opening of the show floor.
ple, many of them
book bloggers and independent authors, lined up to get an early start on galley giveaways and liter-
ally dashed into the hall the moment the floor opened. Among those early attendees was Kristin
Thorvaldsen of Long Island, who runs the Always with a Book blog. “I’ve been publishing my blog for
nine and a half years and post
three to five times a week,” she
said. “I come to BookExpo for
the networking, which is import-
ant to the work I do.”
Despite the shifting demo-
graphics of the fair, it still serves
as a barometer of the industry
for its traditional audience. “Our
customers expect us to know
about every book that is pub-
lished, so it is important for me to
take the time to come here,” says
Jessica Kupillas, assistant man-
ager at Barnes & Noble in
Farmingdale, N.Y. She said she is
encouraged to see publishers
and the industry embrace
graphic novels. “We just added a
standalone section at B&N for
middle grade graphic novels,”
she added, “and it is extremely
popular.”
Arsen Kashkashian, buyer for
the Boulder Book Store in Boul-
continued on p. 5
McELROY
CANYON
BOOTH 823
®
THURS.
MAY 30,
Publishers Weekly’s Show Daily is produced each day during the 2019 BookExpo in New York.
2019
The Show Daily press office is in room 4B2. PW’s booth is #1213.
T H E B U Z Z O N B O O K E X P O
Adult Editors Fired
Up About Books
© steve kagan
That Get Real
© steve kagan
(From l.) Emily Bell, MCD/FSG; Jonathan Cox, S&S; Sally Kim, Putnam;
Julian Pavia, Crown; Jordan Pavlin, Knopf; Jessica Williams, Morrow.
Six editors pitched their favorite forthcoming
books to an enraptured crowd of 300 booksell-
ers, editors, and librarians who
packed the Adult Book Editors’
THE FINALE TO THE Buzz Panel on the opening after-
noon of BookExpo. If there’s
1 BESTSELLING SERIES
# one thing that links the books,
a mix of fiction and memoirs,
Faeries have hidden FIVE it’s their blunt assessments of
Holly Black scarves at this show. NOV the times.
2019 Heralding a work that “demands
FIND ONE. to be read and reckoned with,”
Share a picture on Twitter or Jonathan Cox, editor at Simon &
Instagram, tagging @TheNOVL. Schuster, spoke passionately
about How We Fight for Our
Bring it to BOOTH #1338. Lives (Oct.), Saeed Jones’s
memoir of growing up as a gay
Redeem an EXCLUSIVE
black man in America. The title
SNEAK PREVIEW gift.
was one of Cox’s first acquisi-
We swear a faerie oath that there are NO ARCs. tions as an editor in 2015 and
Anywhere. And we take our oaths very seriously. it took four years for Jones to
complete. “He wanted to write
the book that he needed as a
young man,” Cox said. The result
is a book that is poetic in style;
FolkoftheAir.com BOOTH #1338 Cox compared it to Claudia
Rankine’s Citizen. “It is a stun-
continued on p. 6
LITTLE , BROWN AND COMPANY
BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
LBYR BOOTH #1338 GIVEAWAYS & EVENTS  THURSDAY, MAY 30TH

9:00AM TOTE BAG GIVEAWAY 9:30AM ARC GIVEAWAY 10:30AM ARC GIVEAWAYS

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BY NPR’S SCOTT SIMON FAN-FAVORITE AUTHORS

11:30AM ARC GIVEAWAYS 12:30PM ARC GIVEAWAY 1:30PM ARC GIVEAWAY

DEBUT NOVELS NEW SERIES TRUE STORY

2:30PM ARC GIVEAWAYS 3:30PM ARC GIVEAWAY 4:30PM ARC GIVEAWAYS

GRAPHIC NOVELS DEBUT NOVEL STUNNING SEQUELS

TODAY’S AUTHOR EVENTS

11:00AM 1:15PM 4:30PM

BOOK YOUNG ADULT 2019
ABA INDIES JEWELL PARKER
EXPO EDITOR BUZZ E.B. WHITE CHOICE AWARDS RHODES
BUZZ PANEL READ-ALOUD CEREMONY HAPPY HOUR
BOOK AWARD
ROOM 1E12 WINNER CHOICE STAGE AUTHOR SIGNING
ABA MEMBER
LOUNGE

Follow @LittleBrownYR and @TheNovl

LBYR BOOTH #1338 for BookExpo giveaway alerts!

Limited quantities for all giveaways; while supplies last.

Three miles up the river Thames from the center of Oxford, some distance from where the great colleges of Jordan, Gabriel,
Balliol, and two dozen others contended for mastery in the boat races, out where the city was only a collection of towers and
DON’T MISS YOUR FAVORITE
spires in the distance over the misty levels of Port Meadow, there stood the Priory of Godstow, where the gentle nuns went
about their holy business; and on the opposite bank from the priory there was an inn called the Trout. The inn was an old
RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S BOOKS AUTHOR SIGNING!
stone-built rambling, comfortable sort of place. There was a terrace above the river, where peacocks (one called Norman and
the other called Barry) stalked among the drinkers, helping themselves to snacks without the slightest hesitation and occasion-
THURSDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
ally lifting their heads to utter ferocious and meaningless screams. There was a saloon bar where the gentry, if college scholars
Table 2, 10:00 — 11:00 am (Ticketed signing) Table 11, 10:00 — 11:00 am Table 5 , 11:30 — 12:30 pm
count as gentry, took their
R.J. PALACIO ale and smoked their pipes; there was
AKWAEKE EMEZI a public bar where watermenMORGANand farmPARKERlaborers sat by the
fire or played darts,White or Bird
stood at the bar gossiping, or arguing,Pet or simply getting quietly drunk; Whothere
Put Thiswas a kitchen where the
Song On?
landlord’s wife cooked a great joint every day, with a complicated arrangement of wheels and chains turning a spit over an
open fire; and there was a potboy called Malcolm Polstead. Malcolm was the landlord’s son, an only child. He was eleven
years old, with an inquisitive, kindly disposition, a stocky build, and ginger hair. He went to Ulvercote Elementary School a

Photo © Heike Bogenberger, Beowulf Sheehan, Sonya Sones, Renell Medrano, Perry Hagopian
mile away, and he had friends enough, but he was happiest on his own, playing with his dæmon, Asta, in their canoe, on which w
Malcolm had painted the name la belle sauvage. A witty acquaintance thought it amusing to scrawl an s over the v, and M Mal-
colm patiently painted it out three times before losing his temper and knocking the fool into the water, at which pointt they
declared a truce. Like every child of an innkeeper, Malcolm had to work around the tavern, washing dishes and glasses, s, car-
rying plates of food or tankards of beer, retrieving them when they were empty. He took the work for granted. The only lly
y an-
FRIDAY FRIDAY
noyance in his life was a girl called Alice, who helped with washing the dishes. She was about sixteen, tall and skinny, y, with
y,

Art used under license from Shutterstock.com.

Table 3, 11:30 — 12:30 pm (Ticketed signing) Table 8, 1:30 — 2:30 pm
lank dark hair that she CENA
JOHN scraped back into an unflattering J.J. ANDponytail. Lines of self-discontent Visit
CHRIS GRABENSTEIN
booth gathering
were already #1221 on herr fore-
f
Elbowmouth.
Grease
head and around her She teased Malcolm from the day to find out
Shineshe arrived: “Who’s your girlfriend, more! En’t youu got
Malcolm? g a
girlfriend? Who was you out with last night? Did you kiss her? En’t you ever been kissed?” He ignored that for a longg time, t
but finally rat-formed Asta leapt at Alice’s scrawny jackdaw dæmon, knocking him into the washing-up water and then biting b
and biting the sodden creature till Alice screamed for pity. She complained bitterly to Malcolm’s mother, who said, “Serves Se
you right. I got no sympathy for you. Keep your nasty mind to yourself.” From then on she did. She and Malcolm took not
the slightest notice of each other; he put the glasses on the draining board, she washed them, and he dried them and took
them back to the bar without a word, without a glance, without a thought. But he enjoyed the life of the inn. He especially
enjoyed the conversations he overheard, whether they concerned the venal rascality of the River Board, the helpless idiocy
of the government, or more philosophical matters, such as whether the stars were the same age as the earth. Sometimes Mal-

AND INTRODUCING

rt used under license from Shutterstock.com

a new imprint curated by Christopher Myers

Visit the MAKE ME A WORLD booth in the Javits lobby to learn more!
BEX19_Ad_PWDaily_WedThurs.indd 1 5/23/19 10:03 AM
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

[ Today’s Must-Dos ]
❱❯ Calling All Parents
At 10 a.m. at the American Academy
of Pediatrics booth (1823), grab one
of the 50 copies of Raising an Orga-
nized Child: 5 Steps to Boost Indepen-
dence, Ease Frustration, and Promote
Confidence by Damon Korb, a leading
developmental and behavioral pedia-
trician and father of five.

❱❯ Be a Better Feminist George Takei of Star Trek with his graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy.
The Feminist Handbook: Practical
Tools to Resist Sexism and Dismantle
the Patriarchy, the second title in New
Harbinger’s Social Justice Handbook
series, will be released on November 1.
Get a jump on the action, 10–11 a.m.,
at booth 1240, where signed galleys
will be given away.

❱❯ Listen to Indie Booksellers

and Authors
At the Downtown Stage, 11 a.m–noon,
hear some of the authors from the list
of Indies Introduce debut picks for
summer/fall 2019, and the booksell-
ers who selected them.

❱❯ Keep Up with ‘Sex for

Dummies’ Debbie Harry appeared on the Downtown Stage to
discuss her forthcoming memoir, Face It.
Jennifer Weiner talks about her latest novel,
Mrs. Everything, on the Downtown Stage.
German-American sex therapist and media personality Ruth Westheimer,
aka Dr. Ruth, presents the third edition of her book Sex for Dummies,
1–1:45 p.m., in Room 1E16. In the book, she updates content to reflect
today’s standards for diversity, consent, #MeToo, and LGBTQ.

❱❯ Secrets about NYC’s Storied Hotel Revealed

At 1:30-2:30, Julie Satow will hold court at Table 9 to sign the first copies
of The Plaza: The Secret Life of America’s Most Famous Hotel, which
offers up tasty tidbits about the swanky hotel.

❱❯ Meet Two Generations of DeMilles

Thrill-master Nelson DeMille, the author of 20 novels including 17 major
national bestsellers—seven of which have hit the #1 spot on various
© steve kagan

lists—teamed up with his son, Alex DeMille, an award-winning screen- Show-goers left Post-its at Penguin Random House’s
writer, for The Deserter. They’ll both be signing at the S&S booth (1838), booth to commemorate the books that were most mean-
all photos

ingful to them.
3–4 p.m.

❱❯ Have a Laugh Publisher: Joe Murray 

Head to the Downtown Stage, 3:30–4:05 p.m., to hear comedians John
Hodgman, Jenny Slate, and Pete Holmes ruminate on the less glamorous
side of their lives, as well as their upcoming books. Interviews with each
can be found on pp. 42–44.
❱❯ Mingle with Great Authors
Select Indies Introduce authors and Indies Choice Book Award winners
will gather in the ABA Member Lounge, 4:30–6 p.m., for a (very) Happy
Hour. Authors will be mingling and signing.
Editors: Liz Hartman and Judith Rosen
Managing Editors: Jim Milliot, Sonia Jaffe Robbins, Jonathan Segura
Art Director: Clive Chiu
Photographer: Steve Kagan
Staff Reporters:  Andrew Albanese, Amanda Bruns, Matia Burnett, Louisa Er-
melino, Alex Green, Emma Kantor, Claire Kirch, John Maher, Ed Nawotka, Calvin
Reid, Diane Roback, Emma Wenner
Contributing Writers: Alia Akkam, Brigid Alverson, Jason Boog, Lucinda Dyer,
Sara Grochowski, Hilary S. Kayle, Daniel Lefferts, Beth Levine, Sally Lodge,
Shannon Maughan, Diane Patrick, Chad Post, Jeremy Solomons, D.A. Stern 
Audience Development Coordinator: Marian Amo
Web Editor: David Varno
Production Managers: Catherine Fick, Michele Piscitelli
Technology: Vishnu Kulkarni

www.bookexpo.com
4
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019
Booksellers and PW staffers mingle over cold beers at PW’s Summer
Reads-themed booth.
(From l.) Michael Reynolds, Europa Editions; Nick Buzanski, Book
Culture; Lisa Lucas, National Book Foundation; Chad Post, Open Letter;
Patrick Smith, Best Translated Book Award judge.
Lines formed well ahead of the show’s noon opening, with some people waiting more than three hours in
order to be the first on the show floor.
Buzzy Show, continued from p. 1
der, Colo., affirmed the importance of the show in helping to navigate the
increasing number of books published each year. “I still get excited coming
to BookExpo. For me, as a buyer, and for our store, which is out West, it is
still an important opportunity for us to meet with New York publishers and
their marketing departments.” While at BookExpo, Kashkashian is inter-
ested in tracking down a copy of Pete Townshend’s forthcoming novel, The
Age of Anxiety (Hachette, Nov.). “It should be interesting—Townshend
wrote a rock opera and was an editor at Faber & Faber, after all,” said
Kashkashian.
Now in his 41st year in publishing, Robert Weil, editor-in-chief and pub-
lishing director of Norton/Liveright, continues to work the show floor each
5 www.bookexpo.com
[ Friday’s Must-Dos ]
❱❯ Cook Like a Royal
Stop by the Weldon Owen International booth (1856) to pick up a recipe
card excerpted from the upcoming The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook,
due out in September to coincide with the movie release. Written by food
historian Annie Gray, the book includes period recipes accompanied by
images of the Downton Abbey cast.
❱❯ Welcome DC Authors
At the DC Showcase on the Choice Stage, 11:15–11:50 a.m., publisher
Dan DiDio introduces authors Meg Cabot (Black Canary: Ignite, DC
Zoom), Kami Garcia (Teen Titans: Raven, DC Ink), Kelly Sue DeConnick
(Aquaman, Vol. 1: Unspoken Water, DC), and Sean Murphy (Batman:
White Knight, DC Black Label). They’re gathered to introduce a trio of
new imprints: DC Zoom, DC Ink, and DC Black Label.
❱❯ Win Original Art
Anyone who hasn’t yet entered Sleeping Bear’s art raffle should
hie to booth 946 before noon, when the drawing takes place.
Winners will receive a piece of original artwork by illustrators
Jennifer Sattler (One Red Sock), Nicole Tadgell (A Fist for Joe
Louis and Me), and Kayla Harren (A Boy Like You). Author Frank
Murphy will be on hand to sign A Boy Like You, 10–11 a.m.
❱❯ Get More GOT
Find out who really wins in the Game of Thrones when two non-
resident fellows at the Modern War Institute, Max Brooks and
ML Cavanaugh, explain what fiction and film can teach us
about modern war and the fate of our world. Brooks, coeditor
of Winning Westeros: How Game of Thrones Explains Modern Military
Conflict (Univ. of Nebraska/Potomac, Sept.) and author of World War Z,
and Cavanaugh take the Indie Publisher Stage, 2–2:30 p.m.
❱❯ Tinker Away
Those with a knack for creative tinkering should head to the Macmillan
booth (1544, 1545) to create a “Marble Run.” This is one of the hands-on
activities featured in the TinkerActive Workbooks, which combine curricu-
lum-based exercises with project-based learning. The series is the debut
project from the publisher’s Odd Dot imprint.
year. He was busy touting Audience of One by television critic James
Poniewozik (Liveright, Sept.), which Weil said is “extremely relevant in this
political age,” and Pete Buttigieg’s recent Shortest Way Home, which now
has 177,000 copies in print. For perspective, he added, “My first Book-
Expo was in 1981 in Atlanta, when it was called the American Booksellers
Association Convention. I find that [BookExpo] can be just as important
for a publisher like us, who has a deep backlist, to remind booksellers of
what they have to offer, rather than just promoting frontlist titles.”
“It’s always a thrill to be here.” said Jim Nichols, v-p of sales at Consor-
tium. Referring to the recent news that Baker & Taylor is exiting the retail
wholesale business, he noted, “There is a lot of interest in the changes to
the business, and the moment. And we are at the center of that shift in the
ways that books will reach customers.” Publicist Stacey Lewis, with Con-
sortium’s distribution client City Lights, which also runs the eponymous
bookstore, said, “We’re on both sides of the business. But we only started
coming [to BookExpo a few years ago], after our store buyer, Paul Yamazaki,
encouraged us to. So far, it’s been great.” At the show, Lewis is promoting
the publisher’s first YA book, Trouble Maker for Justice by Jacqueline Hout-
man, Walter Naegle, and Michael G. Long (City Lights, Aug.).
Buzzy Show, continued on p. 6
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

Buzzy Show, continued from p.5

Several people attending the show noted the difference between what
MEMOIRS, MAGIC AND MORE was being promoted at BookExpo and at what was going to be featured at
BookCon, the weekend’s consumer show. “I would have loved to see more
AT LION FORGE BOOTH #1609! adult fantasy and science fiction authors pushed at BookExpo,” said Nicole
Brinkley, a bookseller at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, N.Y. “It’s interesting
to see what BookExpo and publishers thinks booksellers value and to see
the disconnect for the booksellers who read and handsell sci-fi and fantasy
978-1-5493-0304-3 • Releases October 2019 and the consumers who read and buy it.” —Ed Nawotka

Meet Suzanne Walker Adult Editors Fired Up, continued from p. 1

and Wendy Xu ning coming-of-age memoir and an astonishing portrait of America,” he
Today from said.
10:30am-11:15am! Like How We Fight for Our Lives, Kiley Reid’s novel, Such a Fun Age
(Putnam, Jan.), is a story of race, sexuality, and the vulnerability of youth in
First 50 people with a America. Editor Sally Kim introduced the book in deeply personal terms,
ticket will recieve a free recounting the day she was first hired at a publishing house, when she
signed ARC! encountered a prominent writer at a diner. Kim, who is Asian-American,
approached the author, who promptly shoved a fistful of cash into her
hand. “She assumed that I was one of the waiters,” said Kim, who felt that
Such a Fun Age captured the same feeling of casual racism and disrespect
that she had encountered. The book follows a young babysitter named
978-1-5493-0400-2 • Releases May 2019
Emira, who, in a video that goes viral, is accused of kidnapping the white
toddler she cares for. “It’s one of the best explorations of race and class and
Meet Maia Kobabe injustice in our time,” said Kim, “but it also has a beating heart.”
Today from Youth and sexuality are at the heart of My Dark Vanessa (Morrow, Jan.
12:30pm–1:15pm! 2020), a novel about a 15-year-old girl who is forced to confront the sexual
relationship she has with her teacher after he is accused of sexually assault-
First 10 people with a ing another student. Kate Elizabeth Russell began writing the book when
ticket will recieve a free she was 16, and it took 20 years for her to complete. Jessica Williams, who
signed copy! acquired the book, said she had “never been so moved by a submission.”
“Kate once told me her goal with this novel was to immerse the reader
in a story about a predator who asks for consent and a victim who says
yes more than she ever says no. In this way, My Dark Vanessa is asking us
to rethink our own understanding of abuse, to see how insidious and subtly
manipulative it can be.”
Lara Prescott’s The Secrets We Kept is, in the words of Knopf’s Jordan
978-1-5493-0305-0 • Releases August 2019
Pavlin, “a cross between Hidden Figures and Mad Men,” as it tells a tale of
women in the life of writer Boris Pasternak, from the CIA office secretaries
Meet Hazel Newlevant! to the author’s lover. Pavlin said the book reminded her “of all of the pow-
Today from erful women who have been underestimated over time. This is not a novel
about Pasternak,” Williams said. “This is a novel about the fierce and bril-
2:00pm-2:45pm!
liant women who made him possible.”
First 50 people with a Invisibility and power are at the heart of Anna Wiener’s memoir, Uncanny
ticket will recieve a free Valley (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Jan. 2020), in which the author explores
signed ARC! the culture of Silicon Valley and what it shows about a privately controlled
corporate surveillance state at a personal and a global level. Editor Emily
Bell described the arc of the book in both sweeping and precise terms.
“We see Anna alone in her apartment a lot, with the internet, navigating
the tech landscape as both a user and an employer,” said Bell. The book
pans back incrementally, Bell said, “showing us how and where blind eyes
were turned in the name of progress.”
Where Wiener is looking at the present day, Rob Hart’s The Warehouse
(Crown, Aug.) casts an eye on a not-too-distant future where citizens
Stop by the Lion Forge booth early clamor to get a job working for Cloud, a tech company that has supplanted
to pick up your free ARC tickets the power and authority of governments in a world of climate collapse and
and grab these great chapbooks! dying democracies. Julian Pavia, who also edited The Martian and Ready
Player One, said that the comparisons to a real-world online retailer that
resembles the Cloud will be apparent to readers, who will be horrified by
Find more at LionForge.com/BookExpo-BookCon-2019 what the characters discover once they get their dream jobs. However,
© 2019 The Lion Forge, LLC. No Ivy League © 2019 Hazel Newlevant. Mooncakes © 2019 Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker. Gender Queer:
A Memoir © 2019 Maia Kobabe. Debian Perl: Digital Detective © 2019 The Lion Forge LLC and Know Yourself, PBC. Witchy © 2019 Ariel
unlike the other books in the panel, he added that some relief may come
Ries. Hazel Newlevant photo by EMiSpicer. Maia Kobabe photo by Tristan Crane.
from the fact that “The Warehouse feels just far enough removed from
reality that it’s delicious and entertaining.”  —Alex Green
www.bookexpo.com
6
BIG STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS!

AV ll
AI 20
Fa
LA 19
BL
E
Written and Written by Written by Written by Written by
Illustrated by Drew & Jonathan Scott Ruth Krauss Anika Aldamuy Denise Jory John
Kimberly & Illustrated by Illustrated by Illustrated by Illustrated by
James Dean Kim Smith Sergio Ruzzier Lucy Ruth Cummins Pete Oswald

Written by BETH FERRY MEET BETH FERRY

& illustrated by Friday, May 31st
THE FAN BROTHERS 9:30am–10:15am
New Picture Book Showcase
Choice Stage
Visit booth #2046
today at 11:30am 10:30am–11:00am
for an advance copy!* Book Signing
Autographing Area, Table 8
*While supplies last

HarperKids.com

GOT A S H E L F ?
KS!
Ages

’VE GOT BOO 8–12+

WE For a full list of ARC giveaways,

visit us at booth #2046.

Laurel Snyder Julie Murphy Erin Entrada Kelly Greg van Eekhout
From the The middle grade The fantasy debut from the Five robots
acclaimed author debut from the Newbery Medal-winning prove they’re more
of Orphan Island. author of Dumplin’! author of Hello, Universe. than they’re built for.

ShelfStuff.com @theshelfstuff
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

Join Pirates Still Plague the

E-book Seas
Macmillan Children’s

© stevekagan . com
Publishing Group

for a Toast to !

(From l.) Catherine Bogin, anti-piracy manager at Macmillan; Sarina Bowen, author; Mary Rasenberger,
executive director of the Authors Guild (moderator); Umair Kazi, staff attorney at the Authors Guild.

Digital book piracy isn’t going anywhere. Legal enforcement on the issue is
getting worse and worse, and if publishers and authors don’t band together
and force compliance, they’ll be playing e-book buccaneering Whack-a-Mole
forever. These were the takeaways from today’s “Changing Tides: Novel
Approaches to Combating Piracy” panel. Moderator Mary Rasenberger,
Authors Guild director, was decidedly gloomy on the subject of e-book piracy,
even as the panelists remained dedicated to fighting it—and hopeful that
the rest of the industry will eventually rally to their cause.
That hope, however, seems hard to maintain. Rasenberger guesstimated
that publishing probably lost significantly more money this year to e-book
piracy than the $300 million it lost two years ago when a survey last
by Cao Wenxuan crunched those numbers. And romance author Sarina Bowen led off the
panel by noting, “Half of my colleagues in independently published romance
and Yu Rong don’t look at piracy because it’s so depressing.”
Later, Macmillan Publishers’ anti-piracy manager Catherine Bogin kept it
Thursday, May 30th at 4:00 PM light with a quip cribbing the myth of Sisyphus. “You roll the rock up the hill
and watch it roll back down,” she said. “It’s something of an endless game.”
Umair Kazi, staff attorney at the Authors Guild, wasn’t much more positive.
Yu Rong will be signing at “If you find out the site is in the U.S., you’re well advised not to send a take-
Macmillan Booth 1544/45 down notice,” he said. “They’ll just take the content elsewhere,” where there
is no legal recourse.
The “good” news is that piracy websites, by and large, aren’t based in the
U.S. The bad news for publishers, the panel contended, is that such sites
are typically based in countries with lax laws on copyright compliance and
piracy. Kazi noted that Cyprus seems to be a big hub, and other panelists
nodded to Denmark as a culprit as well. “They’re still trying to get the
Megaupload guy into the U.S.,” Bogin said, referring to Kim Dotcom, whose
Hong Kong–based piracy site was shut down in 2012 by the U.S. Department
of Justice after nearly seven years in operation. Dotcom, who lives in New
Zealand, launched a new file-sharing service, Mega, in Auckland shortly after.
It is still in service.
The problem is not that Google, Amazon, and other big tech players aren’t
complying with takedown notices when they are served, Rasenberger said.
Instead, it is that for every singular pirated copy taken down, another pops
up in its place nearly immediately after. It doesn’t help, Bowen added, that
many authors don’t even know what they’re up against. “The biggest obstacle
Guests will receive a Summer art print! to fighting e-book piracy isn’t technology,” she said. “It’s education.”
Ultimately, though, Bowen noted, there’s really only one solution: “a part-
children’s publishing group nership between authors and publishers and everyone in the book publish-
ing community. This is something,” she added, “that we need to fight
together.”  —John Maher
www.bookexpo.com
8
 From the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ

Cilka’s Journey
COMING OCTOBER 1, 2019

With over 3 million copies sold,

The Tattooist of Auschwitz had readers around
the world asking—what happened to Cilka?
Finally, her story can be told.

For more information and to request an ARC

contact Jordan.Hanley@stmartins.com

CilkasJourney_BEA_ShowDaily_Final.indd 1 5/20/19 4:18 PM

 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

BOOTH 844
State of Indie Publishing:
‘Great, But Sucks’

stevekagan . com
AUTHOR SIGNINGS!

©
CYNTHIA BARRETT DAVID DANIELO JOHN BARELLI
THURS 5/30, THURS 5/30, 1PM-2PM THURS 5/30, 2PM-3PM
11AM-12PM STACKPOLE BOOKS LYONS PRESS
LYONS PRESS 9780811738033 9781493038237
9781493042272 PAPERBACK • JUNE 2019 HARDCOVER
PAPERBACK • MAY 2019 $22.95 SEPTEMBER 2019 • $27.95
$16.95
Angela Bole, IBPA executive director

Yesterday’s q&a session between Angela Bole, executive director of the

Independent Book Publishers Association, and She Writes publisher
Brooke Warner, who is also board chair of IBPA, did not go according to
plan. Due to weather, Warner was unable to arrive at Javits in time.
“I still have all the questions, but I don’t have the answers,” Bole said,
announcing that instead she would make a presentation adapted from a
podcast developed for IBPA by industry veteran Robert Goodman of Stone
Bridge Press in Berkeley, Calif., “Publishing Is Great! Publishing Sucks!”
Joking that she could not think of a better way to describe the industry,
Bole presented five points about why it’s a great time to be an indie pub-
lisher, including that because of technology and cultural trends, “if you want
LYONS PRESS GLOBE PEQUOT PRESS to be a publisher, you can be a publisher.”
9781493037711 9781493040797 Books can be produced and made available “at the click of a mouse,” Bole
PAPERBACK • APRIL 2019 PAPERBACK • JULY 2019
$29.95 $17.95 said. She called print-on-demand a game changer, as it removes some of
the financial risks of maintaining inventory. Social media, meanwhile, allows
for closer personal connections among authors and publishers and readers,
who now can communicate directly with one another.
“The future belongs to you, the publisher,” Bole said, pointing out that
indie publishers can, and do, “disrupt cultural norms” and “create new
paradigms.”
But, Bole cautioned, publishing also “sucks” and many of the things that
make publishing great also have downsides. Too many books are published,
with Bowker reporting more than one million self-published books in 2017,
a record. “Everyone is publishing everything,” Bole said. “It’s great to have a
voice, but are you saying anything if no one can hear you?”
LYONS PRESS BACKBEAT BOOKS
9781493037414 9781495030116 Bole also criticized the pressure to keep prices low, noting that while
HARDCOVER • MARCH 2019 HARDCOVER • OCTOBER paper and printing and shipping costs continue to rise, book prices remain
$24.95 2016 • $34.99
the same. “As long as consumers insist on low prices,” she said, “vendors
will make publishers foot the bill.” Not to mention, she added, that printing
and shipping books deplete natural resources. Publishing needs to exam-
ine its environmental sustainability.
Despite the inroads that indie publishers have made in recent years, Bole
said, barriers remain in place that prevent the playing field from being level,
due to the business model of book distribution, as well as bias by the
media, which too often view many small publishers as “illegitimate.”
Consumers, on the whole, are not aware of the importance of indie pub-
www.GlobePequot.com lishers to the national conversation, Bole said. “Indie publishers need bet-
ter talking points and a larger public profile. There’s definitely opportunity
here, but more work is needed.”  —Claire Kirch
www.bookexpo.com
10
GIVEAWAYS AND EVENTS IN BOOTH 1838
THURSDAY, MAY 30
9:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM

ARC GIVEAWAY ARC GIVEAWAY SIGNING

OUR DOGS, THE DEARLY THREE
OURSELVES BELOVED WOMEN
ALEXANDRA CARA WALL LISA
HOROWITZ TADDEO
10:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM

ARC GIVEAWAY ARC GIVEAWAY SIGNING

WHEN WE OUT OF MRS.
WERE VIKINGS DARKNESS, EVERYTHING
ANDREW SHINING LIGHT JENNIFER
MACDONALD PETINA GAPPAH WEINER
11:30 AM 12:30 PM 1:30 PM

ARC GIVEAWAY SIGNING SIGNING

THE DOLL HOW WE FIGHT THE WORLD
FACTORY FOR OUR LIVES THAT WE KNEW
ELIZABETH SAEED ALICE
MACNEAL JONES HOFFMAN
2:00 PM 2:30 PM 2:30 PM

SIGNING ARC GIVEAWAY ARC GIVEAWAY

THIS TENDER THE TENANT THE DEEP
LAND KATRINE RIVERS
WILLIAM KENT ENGBERG SOLOMON
KRUEGER

3:00 PM

SIGNING
THE DESERTER
NELSON and
ALEX DeMILLE

#SimonBookLover
SimonandSchusterPublishing.com/BEA
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

A Wide-Ranging Keynote Kicks Off the Show

A roundtable that featured three industry leaders—all

stevekagan . com
of them women—discussing the future of storytelling in
the book business opened BookExpo yesterday. Gene-
vieve Smith, New York magazine features editor, moder-

©
ated the panel, with Sourcebooks publisher and CEO
Dominique Raccah, Hachette Audio v-p and associate
publisher Kim Sayle, and author Jacqueline Woodson.
Smith’s unobtrusive moderating style led to a
wide-ranging discussion that loosely interpreted the
panel’s title, “Storytelling in 2020 and Beyond.” The
conversation saw the trio touching on everything from
their own publishing origin stories and concerns of
voice in storytelling to the proliferation of formats in
contemporary publishing, the roles of women in pub-
lishing, diversity in the industry, the importance of librar-
ians and booksellers, and how to drum up reader
engagement.
The format provided a particularly interesting topic of
discussion, with each panelist bringing to bear a very
different view of the industry: Raccah’s from the top of
an independent publisher that recently saw stakes
bought by one of the Big Five (Penguin Random House
Genevieve Smith (l.), features director, New York magazine; Dominique Raccah, publisher and CEO of Sourcebooks;
US took a 45% stake in the company last week); Sayle’s Kim Sayle, v-p, associate publisher, Hachette Audio; and Jacqueline Woodson, author of Red at the Bone.
from the offices of a major publisher and the audio sec-
tor; and Woodson’s as an author writing in pretty much
every format and for every audience imaginable—children’s and adult. “Inside the publishing houses, small and large, we all know who’s
“Right now, we’re living in an age where we have a lot of formats avail- inside. I know it comes out of comfort. You hire people you know, who
able to us,” Raccah said. “I think that’s one of the things that’s very dis- went to the ‘right schools,’ who you’re comfortable around, who are able
tinct about book publishing.” She added: “One of the things we’re seeing to afford to live in New York. But how do we hire differently? How do we
is that people are [very] attached to format—there are people who feel change the narrative inside of those rooms?”
very strongly that they’re trade paperback readers, and they’re not going Raccah responded by calling the hiring process “broken on all sides.”
to read that book in mass market, and they’re not going to read it in She added: “I’m not sure we’re getting talent on the front end that’s
hardcover.” applying to those jobs. By the time you get to editorial director, you
Sayle sees something similar occurring in the audiobook sector, which don’t get a hiring pool to choose from that is diverse. I think we need to
has grown considerably thanks to the ease of digital distribution. “It’s ask ourselves how we can diversify the hiring pool. I think this is a con-
come so far. Now we have audio dramas and multicast,” she said. “People versation we need to be having.”
who’ve worked in audiobooks have always seen it as a complementary To that, Woodson responded, simply, “When?”  —John Maher
format. I think finally authors and retailers are seeing it as complemen-
tary. People are reading and listening.”
Sound is also important to Woodson while writing her stories. “Every-
thing I write, I have to read out loud,” she said. “I have to hear how it
sounds, as well as understand what it’s doing on the page physically— Stephen Chbosky Is
how the lines are working, how the white space is working.” She added Here Today
that her sense of storytelling shifts depending on who she’s writing for. Stephen Chbosky is here to spread the
“When I’m writing picture books, those are long poems,” she said. “The good news about Imaginary Friend
line breaks are very intentional... and you get right into the story. When (Grand Central, Sept.), his first book
I’m writing for middle graders... I ask myself, how old this character is since The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
when the book starts, and how old the character is going to be when the At 10 to 10:50 a.m. today, he will take
book ends.” However, she added, “At the end of the day, all books are for part in Will Schwalbe’s “But That’s
all people. I think people should read picture books until their grave.” Another Story” panel, on the Down-
Later in the conversation, Smith pivoted the discussion to diversity. “I’ve town Stage. Then, 2–3 p.m., he will
found that these past few years, I don’t want to read the Philip Roths of the sign galleys of his upcoming book at
year. I want to read the stories I haven’t heard before.” the Hachette booth (1339).
Sayle concurred, saying that she saw that same priority in young read- Please note: There was an error in yes-
ers. “I think kids are more open to voices they don’t know about than ever terday’s issue of Show Daily regarding
before,” she said. “There were no books like that when I was growing up.” Stephen Chbosky’s appearances. He is appearing today.
Diverse stories are becoming more popular—but diversity in the pub-
lishing industry workforce remains scarce, Woodson noted.
www.bookexpo.com
12
MEET THE AUTHORS TODAY—MAY 30!
The Best Book Signings Are at

s
Sourcebooks Booth #1629

o
o rc b
9:30 a.m. Andrea Bobotis,
The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt

“The WELL-TOLD TALE UNFOLDS

LIKE A MAGNOLIA, slowly revealing
a languid beauty. Mystery fans will
also be satisfied.”
—Publishers Weekly
Credit: Amanda Tipton

11:30 a.m. Kalyn Josephson,

The Storm Crow

“A fast-paced book, and a quick read,

PERFECT FOR FANS OF SABAA TAHIR, LEIGH
BARDUGO, AND VICTORIA AVEYARD.”
—Emily Hall,
Main Street Books (St. Charles, MO)
Credit: Alex Hayashi

1:00 p.m. Nefertiti Austin,

Motherhood So White

This timely memoir asks the question:

What’s it like to be a Black mother in a
world where the face of motherhood is
OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE?
Credit: Bobby Quillard

2:30 p.m. Kelli Estes, Today We Go Home

“ESTES PASSIONATELY BRINGS THE PAST

TO LIFE, interweaving the story of two
women from different centuries whose
journey toward hope is timeless.”
—Gwendolyn Womack,
USA Today bestselling author of
The Fortune Teller and The Time Collector Credit: Chad Estes
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

Join with other librarians for author talks, giveaways, food and drink. This is
all at the Publishers Weekly Librarians’ Lounge, in the main exhibit hall at
booth 557.

Enjoy a Light Breakfast, and Learn More About Move Books’

Efforts to Get Boys Reading
Today, 9–9:30 a.m.
Come grab a swag bag and find out more about the vision of up-and-com-
ing children’s publisher Move Books to help boys become lifelong readers.
“Our mission is to cultivate a generation of boys who are recreational read-
ers, who will choose their own books and don’t have to be led,” reads the
company’s mission statement. “We want to change the way boys look at
reading.” Move Books reps will also be available to demonstrate the pub-
lisher’s new apps.

Meet Artemis Fowl Author Eoin Colfer, Courtesy of Disney

Today, 9:30–10:30 a.m.
After breakfast, stick around the lounge to
meet bestselling Artemis Fowl author Eoin
Colfer, who will give away signed teacher’s
editions of book one of the Artemis Fowl
series to the first 100 people. Young read-
ers first met Artemis Fowl, Colfer’s 12-year-
old criminal mastermind, in 2001. And
since then, the series has sold more than
seven million copies in the U.S. alone,
including in graphic novel format.
Not only can librarians meet the author
but they can get an update on Artemis Fowl’s
next big move—to the big screen. Artemis
Fowl is now set for a 2020 release as a Dis-
ney major motion picture, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Ferdia
Shaw as the young thief “whose schemes trigger a battle against supernat-
ural forces.” Tomorrow, Colfer will speak at the Children’s Author Breakfast
about his new book, The Fowl Twins.

DISCOVER BAKER & TAYLOR

VISIT US AT BOOTH #239
www.bookexpo.com
14
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

A Midmorning Author Meet and Greet with Harlequin

Today, 11 a.m.–noon
Grab a sweet treat and meet some of Harlequin’s hottest authors.
Megan Angelo is the author of the hotly anticipated Followers, her debut
(Graydon House, Jan. 2020). A former Glamour contributing editor, Angelo
sets the novel in what the publisher calls a “Truman Show–like,” post-Twit-
ter world, in which celebrities perform 24 hours a day, actively living their
lives in front of the camera.
Tarryn Fisher’s new thriller, The Wives (Graydon House, Dec.), is already
earning rave early reviews. No spoilers here, we’ll leave it with the novel’s
teaser: “Imagine that your husband has two other wives.” Now, put that
premise into Fisher’s hands, a skilled novelist with a self-professed love for
villains.
Noelle Salazar is the author of The Flight Girls (Mira, July). It tells the
story of Audrey Coltrane, one of the relatively unknown, and extraordinary,
Women Airforce Service Pilots, a company of civilian women pilots who
became the first women to fly U.S. military aircraft during WWII.
Karine Jean-Pierre is the chief public affairs officer for MoveOn and the
author of an inspiring political memoir, Moving Forward (Hanover Square
Press, Nov.). The book is billed as a “progressive call to arms,” chronicling
Jean-Pierre’s experiences “from growing up in New York’s Haitian commu-
nity, to working in the Obama White House and charting a path for others
to help change the face of politics.”

Enjoy a Delicious Lunch, Provided by Rowman & Littlefield

Today, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Rest your feet and chat with colleagues over lunch.

Meet Renowned Veterinarian and

Author Gary Weitzman, Sponsored
by National Geographic
Today, 2–3 p.m.
Stop by the lounge to say “hello”
to Weitzman and pick up a signed
copy of his invaluable Complete
Guide to Pet Health, Behavior,
and Happiness, National Geo-
graphic’s comprehensive, easy-to-
use illustrated pet reference.

15 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

The president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society (and former
cohost of the weekly NPR show The Animal House), “Dr. Gary” is known for
bringing a gentle touch along with a wealth of experience to essential veter-
inary questions. For those missing their own pets, Weitzman will be joined in
the lounge by some of his furry friends. So come by and get a little
mid-BookExpo animal therapy along with a book.

A Sweet Summer Treat, Courtesy of the Penguin Random

House Adult Library Marketing Team
Today, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Join the Penguin Random House Adult Library Marketing team and a host
of great authors. Pick up some signed copies, refreshments, and enter to
win a “Sweet Summer
Reads” tote bag,
filled with a selection
of Penguin Random
House’s hottest new
titles. Here are authors
set to appear.
Marcy Dermansky,
the critically acclaimed
author of The Red
Marcy Car, Bad Marie, and
Dermansky
Twins, will be signing
copies of her July
novel, Very Nice,
billed as “a brilliantly
funny novel of money,
sex, race, and bad
behavior in the post-
Obama era, featuring
a wealthy Connecticut
Jasmine divorcée, her col-
Guillory lege-age daughter,
and the famous nov-
elist who is seduced
by them both.”
Benjamin Dreyer
is author of the New
York Times bestsell-
ing Dreyer’s English:
An Utterly Correct
Guide to Clarity and
Style. As Random
House’s veteran copy
chief, Dreyer has writ-
Regina ten more than a use-
Porter
ful guide for any
writer—his book has become a cultural touchstone. Come and debate the
use of the series comma with Dreyer (if you dare).
Jasmine Guillory, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding
Date and The Proposal, will be signing copies of The Wedding Party, her

DISCOVER BAKER & TAYLOR

VISIT US AT BOOTH #239
www.bookexpo.com
16
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

“exhilarating romance” out

in July in paperback, and a
pick of Reese Witherspoon’s
Hello Sunshine Book Club.
Liz Moore, author of the
acclaimed novels Heft and
The Unseen World, will be
signing ARCs of her novel,
Long Bright River (Jan.
2020). The book is already
Liz earning praise, including
Moore
from other writers like Den-
nis Lehane, Megan Abbott, and Paula Hawkins, who calls Long Bright River “not
just a gripping mystery, but a thoughtful, powerful novel by a writer who displays
enormous compassion for her characters.”
Regina Porter will sign copies of her highly anticipated debut novel, The Travel-
ers (June), described as “a novel in short stories.” The book made major sales to
the U.K. and Germany at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair, and it has earned acclaim
from reviewers, including PW, which called the book “expansive and ambitious.”

Pop-Up Libraries: Baker & Taylor’s Innovative Community

Engagement Program
“Every library wants to engage with more of their community,” says Michael Bills,
director of sales and marketing for Baker & Taylor’s digital products. “The prob-
lem is, libraries don’t have limitless funding.” But what if technology could help
bridge the gap?
That’s the power behind Baker & Taylor’s innovative new Pop Up Library pro-
gram—a low-cost way for any library “to achieve greater engagement, and create
a larger presence in a library’s community.”
The Pop Up Library program works like this: a library partners with a local busi-
ness or government organization—a coffee shop, perhaps, or a hospital waiting
room—to host a Pop Up Library Wi-Fi network device in that location. The device
is easy to set up, and easy for the community to use. When individuals join the
free, library-branded Wi-Fi network, they get instant access to the library’s digital
collection, through Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 platform—no library card needed,
and no app download required.
Users can check out an e-book instantly using a smartphone device or a com-
puter and read directly within their browser. And readers can save the book for
later within the browser’s cache for the duration of the library’s check-out period.
For years, libraries have come up with inventive ideas to reach deeper into their
communities—bookmobiles, temporary branch locations, even book vending
machines. But Pop Up Library, Baker & Taylor officials say, is the most efficient,
affordable option yet.
Interested in learning more? Baker & Taylor representatives will be on hand in
the lounge throughout the show to answer any questions. Librarians can find out
more about how the Pop Up Library program works, and how it
can benefit their libraries, and more importantly, their
communities.
“The central role that libraries play in boosting literacy is one
of the greatest accomplishments of the institution,” Bills adds.
“Baker & Taylor is proud to help libraries achieve this calling.” 
 —Andrew Albanese

17 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY
FLAME TREE PRESS
FICTION WITHOUT FRONTIERS

Signings & Galleys

Veteran Editors Launch
Avid Reader Press
Friday 5/31
Table 9:30–10am A bookseller once said that readers think
#3 Jonathan Janz they love writers, but without knowing it,
P.D. Cacek they love editors just as much. That notion
Table
#4 is at the foundation of Avid Reader Press,
the newly announced Simon & Schuster
imprint that sprang from two editors’ love
for Avid Reader: A Life, the 2016 memoir
by Knopf editor-in-chief Robert Gottlieb.
“It’s not a lie to say we read Bob’s book
when it came out and both looked at each
other and said, ‘Wow. Could we create
that here?’ ” says Ben Loehnen, who
PB • $14.95 9781787581852 PB • $14.95 9781787581579 cofounded Avid Reader with longtime
HC • $24.95 9781787581876 HC • $24.95 9781787581593
S&S editor Jofie Ferrari-Adler.
288pp NEW Horror 304pp NEW Horror/Thriller
“There was a spirit of partnership that animated his book,” says Ferra-
ri-Adler. “We looked back at all of our own happiest publications, and that
Friday 5/31 was the common denominator that ran through them.”
Table 1:00 –1:30pm As a result, Loehnen and Ferrari-Adler
#2 Hopstaken & Prusi caution that Avid Reader isn’t looking to
Andrew Post
Table publish a certain type of book. Instead, the
#3 duo are eager to publish a certain kind of
author, one who is willing to work in close
collaboration with the imprint’s team.
The first author to work with the team is
Lisa Taddeo, whose debut nonfiction Three
Women (July) follows the intimate sexual
lives of its subjects. Ferrari-Adler had
picked up the manuscript as a prospectus
and worked with Taddeo from the very
PB • $14.95 9781787581715 PB • $14.95 9781787582835
beginning of the initial research and writ-
HC • $24.95 9781787581739 HC • $24.95 9781787582859
384pp MAY Horror/Mystery 288pp JUNE Mystery/Thriller
ing, during which the author threw out
thousands of words. Further collaboration
took place, since she delivered a manuscript that was 120 pages longer
than what was eventually published
Taddeo credits Ferrari-Adler for making what seemed an insurmountable
Galley task of writing, researching, and editing and cutting somehow possible. The
Drop collaborative aspect of Avid Reader gave her a sense of security. “What Jofie
titles
first said to me is that he wants everyone to be fluid,” says Taddeo. “I feel like I
can e-mail anyone at Avid a question and that person, whether or not it’s
their specific field, will send me their honest opinion.”
For the editors, that kind of partnership is essential to creating lasting
relationships and publishing successful books. “On a practical level,” says
Ferrari-Adler, “bringing everyone into the group with the author right away,
PB • $14.95 PB • $14.95
9781787583047 256pp 9781787582903 320pp they know the team, they know the team they’ll have two years from now,
HC • $24.95 AUGUST HC • $24.95 JULY and three years from now.”
9781787583061 Mystery/Thriller 9781787582927 Mystery/Thriller Avid Reader has a slate of titles to follow Three Women, the first being
Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (FLAME TREE PRESS) Booth 239 Garrett Graff’s The Only Plane in the Sky (Sept.), a 500-page oral history of
9/11. Subsequent books include a take on middle age by New York Times
BOOK TRADE REPRESENTATION: Book Travelers West, Fuji Associates,
columnist Frank Bruni, an exploration of business and philanthropy by
North East Publishers Reps, South East Book Travelers
Blackstone cofounder Steve Schwarzman, and a look at Harry Houdini and
Distribution: BTPS. Call 888-814-0208 his present-day followers by Joe Posnanski.
Join our
ARC & Dan Verdick, Director of National Sales Avid Reader plans to publish more than 20 fiction and nonfiction titles in
Offers list dverdick@btpubservices.com 2020, and it already has plans to grow the team next year. For Loehnen
and Ferrari-Adler, it’s an all-consuming task, and just where they want to be,
FLAME TREE PRESS launched to acclaim in 2018 with award-
guided by what Loehnen calls “a sort of can-do-ism, a cheerfulness, a faith,
winners and exciting, original voices. Join our mailing list for
ARCs and news at flametreepress.com a sense of optimism.”  —Alex Green

Today, 10–11 a.m. Lisa Taddeo will sign at the S&S booth (1838, 1839).

www.bookexpo.com
18
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

QA BOOTH
#1239
Greg Garrett
Why Conversation Matters

© steve ladner
In the newest In Conversation: Rowan
Williams and Greg Garrett (Church Pub-
lishing, May), writer Greg Garrett, pro-
fessor of English at Baylor University and
a theologian in residence at the American
Cathedral in Paris, discusses faith, politics,
art, writing, and culture with Rowan
Williams, the former archbishop of
Canterbury.

What was it like to have your conversa-

tions with Rowan Williams made into a
book?
Rowan and I were pen pals for a couple of
years before meeting face to face in 2008.
On that occasion, we talked about litera-
ture, life, writing, and our families. We never
talked about his day job, which of course
was archbishop of Canterbury. I knew that
my engagement with him was not about

Visit booth #1239 for author signings,

that. Our friendship grew out of that first
conversation, [and] I think of this book as a
“greatest hits” album. We were able to come giveaways, and to pick up a tote bag*!
back to things that matter to us the most.

What are some recurring themes and

how did they come about?
11:00am
When I think about Rowan, I think about someone who is phenomenally Author Signing:
gifted as a thinker, who is passionately interested in a number of things. We M.L. Webb
are both omnivorous in interest, and we care about a lot of different topics
The GayBCs
that are woven together. The central thing is that we are people of faith, and
faith cannot be separated from the other things we’re passionate about: (on sale: 10/8/19)
politics, consumption of literature, culture, spiritual practice, and family life.
We came back to questions about who we are, what we’re supposed to be 1:00pm
doing, who God is, and how we learn from each other.
Tote bag giveaway
How do you think social media has changed conversation?
Much of what happens on social media creates echo chambers. I think social 3:00pm
media has been divisive, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be. One of the Author Signing:
really conscious decisions I made about my Facebook page is to have people
Michelle Gish
from across the political, religious, and cultural spectrum. I set up ground
rules for conversation. ”Everybody in this conversation matters and this is We Are Here Forever
going to be a safe place. Please do not denigrate anybody based on who (on sale: July 30, 2019)
they are.” And if they disagree, I ask that they do it with love.

What is the most important thing you want readers to learn from this book?
That conversation is a central part of what it means to be human. Rowan
and I have many things in common, but we are also crazy different. He grew
up in Wales, he is the baron of Oystermouth, he sits in the House of Lords. I
grew up in a lower-middle-class family of farmers, ranchers, and oil field
workers. Yet we find points of connection through conversation, through
*While supplies last
listening and valuing the other person. This is a book of conversation about
conversation that can spark conversation.  —Emma Wenner
quirkbooks.com | /quirkbooks
Today, 2:30–3:30 p.m. Greg Garrett will sign at the New Title Showcase
(1057).

19 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

Come See Us!

STERLING PUBLISHING
BOOTH #639
On Raising Kids Who
Live to Read
Meet Our Authors

© earl wilson / new york times

Since nurturing a child’s interest in reading
can be a daunting task in this era of ubiqui-

THURSDAY, MAY 30 tous screens, Pamela Paul and Maria Russo,

editor and children’s books editor, respec-
tively, of the New York Times Book Review,
11:00AM teamed up to help guide parents through
DUSTI BOWLING the process. The coauthors of How to Raise
a Reader (Workman, Sept.) will discuss their
book during today’s eponymous panel mod-
erated by Jane Pauley, TV journalist and
host of CBS Sunday Morning.
The book grew out of a digital guide that Pamela Paul
Paul and Russo wrote for New York Times

© earl wilson / new york times

subscribers that resonated with readers,
many of whom expressed interest in a print
version. “The book was a natural extension of
2:00PM
what feels like a mission to both of us,” Paul
ALYSSA ZACZEK says, “turning young people on to books and
literature, helping parents and others sup-
port that, and finding the best books for their
children.” Russo adds that the project “was
for both of us a great blend of the personal
and the professional. We each have three
children, and our kids are each very different
kinds of readers. We had a lot to draw on. We Maria Russo
got started, and the ideas really flowed.”
FRIDAY, MAY 31 The book is organized into four sections
corresponding to a child’s age and reading
level, from baby to teenager. Included is
10:00AM advice on the best ways to make reading a
CHRIS HART family activity, how to engage a reluctant
reader, why not to push Harry Potter too
early, and building a library.
At the panel, the authors plan to share sev-
eral key messages with their audience. “We’re
in a time of incredible vitality and change in
children’s books,” Russo notes. “There are so
many new developments that parents should
know about, such as the rise of excellent and
11:00AM truly literary graphic novels for kids.”
Paul hopes that the discussion reassures attendees that raising a reader
LAURIE WALLMARK is “easier and more fun than it sounds.” She adds, “It is most decidedly not
work and is not difficult. A lot of it is about intention, and about paying
attention. We’re showing how to instill a love of reading in the children in
your life, in ways that will benefit not only them but you as well.”
Also a mother of three, Pauley learned that lesson from personal experi-
ence: “I just read a book with a three-year-old, who, a year ago, tore
through pages, the year before tore off the pages,” she says. “But this time
he lingered over each page and each picture on it. Suddenly our roles were
reversed. I was anxious to turn the page, and he wanted to take his time.
Stop by Booth #639 How to Raise a Reader opened my eyes to the myriad ways we read, and
FOR AUTHOR SIGNINGS, GIVEAWAYS, AND MORE! how our relationship with books changes over a lifetime. Above all, instilling
a love of reading from an early age brings wonderful things to the world of
both child and family. I am grateful to Pamela and Maria for opening a
www.SterlingPublishing.com grandmother’s eyes.” —Sally Lodge
@SterlingBooks @SterlingKids
Today, 11–11:30 a.m. The “How to Raise a Reader” panel will take place on the
Indie Publisher Stage.

www.bookexpo.com
20
REVELATORY
REALNESS

Available in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook on September 24

 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY
S&S Welcomes Angelina Ballerina and Max & Ruby
Three classic picture book and board book characters,
who have enchanted multiple generations of children,
return in a pair of fall releases from Simon & Schuster.
The books mark the relaunch of the Angelina Ballerina
and Max & Ruby series under the S&S banner.
The graceful pliés of mouse ballerina Angelina Jea-
nette Mouseling, created by Katharine Holabird, are
seen on stage again in a refreshed edition of Angelina
Ballerina (Little Simon, illus. by Helen Craig, Aug.), the
book that launched the series. Next year additional
Angelina books, new titles as well as reissues, will be
released under the Simon Spotlight imprint.
Holabird wrote her debut story starring the aspiring
dancer at her kitchen table while her daughters twirled
around her, and has been writing about the ballerina ever
since. She says that she is “absolutely thrilled” to see the
release of “Simon & Schuster’s sparkly new edition, which
looks beautiful. I know Angelina fans will love this, and the
rest of the books to come.”
Of her character’s ongoing popularity, Holabird notes,
“Like all young children, Angelina has big emotions, but
she also has a caring heart and always tries her best, which makes her very
lovable.” The author is pleased to be at BookExpo to share the refreshed
Angela Ballerina with booksellers; she hopes “they’ll be as happy as I am to
see Angelina back dancing onstage!”
SIGNINGS AT BOOTH 1204
CHRIS CASE FATHALI MOGHADDAM
Jacob’s Room Threat to
to Choose Democracy
Signing: 10:00-11:00AM Signing: 12:00-1:00PM
www.bookexpo.com
22
Rosemary Wells’s Max and Ruby series, which has
been tickling the funny bones and warming the hearts of
kids and adults for four decades, will be published
under the Paula Wiseman Books imprint. First out is
Twin Trouble (Oct.); the second book in the series, Max
& Ruby and the Babysitting Squad, will be released in
fall 2020.
Reflecting on the longevity of her series, Wells cites
two reasons for her books’ success. “The first is that
Max and Ruby are universally part of every childhood in
every culture,” she says. “Everywhere you find older sis-
ters and younger brothers, kids understand Max and Ruby
from the get-go.
“[The second],” she continues, “is that Ruby always wins,
and Max never loses. I make the stories funny and true, so
parents and other readers-aloud come back to them for a
good laugh at story time.”
It’s a winning formula. Wells’s 40-plus Max & Ruby titles
have sold more than two million copies since 1979, and
92 TV episodes based on the feisty duo aired between
2002 and 2017 on Nickelodeon, which has a 40th anni-
versary program planned.  —Sally Lodge
Today, 11–11:30 a.m. Katharine Holabird signs at Table 2.
Today, 11:30 a.m.–noon. Rosemary Wells signs at Table 14.
NYASHA CHIKOWORE PAT MORA
Giraffe Asks My Singing
for Help Nana
Signing: 1:00-2:00PM Signing: 3:00-4:00PM
Get a signed
KARIN
acks one
h or s
SLAUGHTER
exclusive tote
bag!

@bookexpo
THURSDAY, MAY 30TH

BLACKSTONE’S BOOTH #1411

9:30 AM-10:15 AM
MATTHEW MATHER signing
The Dreaming Tree ARCs + ARC giveaway

10:30 AM-11:15 AM
MEG GARDINER signing The Dark
Corners of the Night ARCs + ARC giveaway

11:30 AM-12:15 PM
CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD
signing Rewind ARCs + ARC giveaway

1:00 AM-1:45 PM
KARIN SLAUGHTER signing
exclusive tote bags + exclusive
tote bag and audiobook giveaway

3:00 AM-3:45 PM
JENNIFER GIVHAN signing
Trinity Sight ARCs + ARC giveaway

ABA LOUNGE
4:15 PM-6:00 PM
CADWELL TURNBULL, author of
The Lesson, will be a featured author at
the Exclusive Happy Hour signing.

Visit us at booth #1411

BlackstonePublishing.com

9:00-
1o:00 aM
Grab an ARC and join the race to
win The Golden Acorn by Katy
Hudson.
11:00-
12:00 PM
Get a signed copy of The Brave
Cyclist by Amalia Hoffman. Gino
Bartali’s act of heroism reveals how
one person could make a difference
against fascism and anti-Semitism.
2:00-
3:00 PM
Sadiq is a fun-loving third grader
who has a knack for making friends.
Stop by for one of our favorite ARCs,
Sadiq and the Desert Star.
booth #938
24
DM-20--2019 BEA Show Daily 2.indd 1 5/13/19 4:23 PM
www.bookexpo.com
BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY
AUTHOR
Karl Marlantes
True Heroes
Karl Marlantes, the much-decorated war
devon marlantes
veteran and Rhodes Scholar, made his name
in publishing writing about war. His first
©
novel, Matterhorn (2010), won raves. In
the New York Times Book Review, Sebas-
tian Junger wrote, “Chapter after chapter,
battle after battle, Marlantes pushes you
through what may be one of the most pro-
found and devastating novels ever to come
out of Vietnam—or any war.” His next offer-
ing, What It Is Like to Go to War (2011), was
a nonfiction primer on battlefield survival.
But Deep River (Atlantic Monthly, July),
his latest novel, turns to the logging indus-
try in the Pacific Northwest at the turn of
the 20th century. “I kind of finished with
war,” Marlantes says. “I was the war guy for
about six years. Whenever anything weird
happened in Afghanistan, I got six radio
interviews. I wrote those books for per-
sonal reasons—I was a Marine in Vietnam,
and I worked out a lot of stuff.”
Inspired by his Finnish heritage, his latest
book focuses on three teenage siblings
who immigrate to the U.S. from Finland in
the early 1900s: a woman who channels
the radical socialist ideals fomented in her
homeland into becoming a labor organizer
in the American logging and sawmill industries, and her two brothers, who
become a farmer/blacksmith and a logger. “I wanted to memorialize that
generation of immigrants that came in the early 20th century—many of
whom I knew, and now they’re gone.”
In his research into the logging trade, the author was struck by the hero-
ism and hard work embodied by those workers. “These guys were 5 feet, 9
inches tall, cutting down trees by hand that sometimes took two days to cut
down—just with handsaws,” Marlantes says. “They burned 16,000 calories
a day logging. You had this magnificent bravery, but the result was that in a
matter of 100 years, old-growth forests were gone. I remember talking to
my older relatives—they said they believed they weren’t going to be able to
cut the forest faster than it grew, but somebody in Germany invented the
chainsaw, and that was the end of it.”
In his research, Marlantes found similarities in how immigration was viewed
back in the early1900s and how Americans think about it today. “The abso-
lute fear of foreigners, of the ‘other,’ hasn’t changed. We think they’re going
to change the way that our culture is, or the way our society is, or they’re
going to take our jobs. I look at it from the viewpoint of the immigrant, and
quite frankly, immigrants aren’t trying to destroy anything; they’re just try-
ing to get a good job. It’s very simple.”
Marlantes hopes readers will look at their world differently after reading
his book. “I’d like readers to come away with the sense of awe at nature and
the size of human hearts, the feeling of the grandeur and at the same time,
the darkness—that the whole picture is very wonderful and terrifying at the
same time. I want people to come away feeling that somehow they’re con-
nected.” —Hilary S. Kayle
Today, 11–11:30 a.m. Karl Marlantes will be signing ARCs at Table 15.
 at BookExpo 2019
Visit us in booth #1838

MEET THESE BESTSELLING AUTHORS FROM ATRIA!

Thursday 5/30 Thursday 5/30 Friday 5/31

11:00AM–12:00PM 2:00PM–3:00PM 11:45AM–12:45PM

WILLIAM
JENNIFER KENT PHILIPPA
WEINER KRUEGER GREGORY
Mrs. Everything This Tender Land Tidelands

IN-BOOTH GIVEAWAYS!
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

Behind the Brick with Fiona Davis

Every summer since 2016, Fiona Davis has delighted readers with her his-
torical fiction set in Manhattan. In her fourth novel, Chelsea Girls (Dutton,
July)—as in her previous three—Davis has woven a legendary New York
City building into the heart of the story. We asked Davis to tell us how she
chose these particular landmarks. Here’s what she told us.

The Dollhouse (2016)

The idea for The Dollhouse came when I was looking for a place to live,
and my broker took me to the Barbizon 63 condo. I didn’t end up buying
an apartment there, but I walked out with a great idea for a book, centered
around the dozen or so women who have lived in the Barbizon for decades
and were grandfathered into rent-controlled apartments on the fourth floor
when it went condo in 2005. I was curious to know what it was like when
the guy from the $17 million penthouse runs into one of the long-term
View of the landmark clock above the information booth on the main concourse of Grand
residents in the elevator, and the story built out from there.
Central Terminal in New York City.

sible scene settings in the terminal made it the ideal choice, as did a
surprising discovery: that in the 1920s the painter John Singer Sargent
cofounded an art school on the top floor that existed for 20 years and
enrolled 900 students a year. I know, if something surprises me, it will
probably also surprise the reader, so from there I was all in.

The Chelsea Girls (2019)

The exterior (l.) and entrance
(above) of the formerly all-female
Barbizon residential hotel, which
became the Barbizon 63 condo in
2005.
The Address (2017)
I had been considering a number of landmark buildings for my second
book, but nothing was clicking. One day, I emerged from the subway at
72nd Street [and Central Park West] as the Dakota loomed above me,
glowing in the morning sunlight like it was saying, “Pick me!” Its history
was fascinating, and I loved the photos from when it was first constructed
in a part of town that was known for swamps and shanties. Since I work
with two time lines, I figured the 1880s Dakota would provide a stark
contrast with the modern residence we know today.
The Masterpiece (2018)
I was doing an author talk for my second book when a reader offered to get
me a behind-the-scenes tour of Grand Central Terminal, which then became
the inspiration for book number three, The Masterpiece. The myriad of pos-
The idea for The Chelsea Girls came from speaking with a 98-year-old
actress named Virginia Robinson, who had acted in New York for decades,
and recounted stories about the treatment of New York actors during the
McCarthy era that made me shiver. The Chelsea Hotel seemed like the
perfect locale for this story, as it harbored outspoken poets, playwrights,
actors, and musicians throughout the 20th century. Even though the hotel
was under renovation as I wrote the manuscript, I was able to get a look
inside via a current resident.
Upcoming
Right now, I’m working on a book set in the New York Public Library on Fifth
Avenue. I learned that when it first opened, in 1911, the superintendent of
the library lived in a seven-room apartment inside with his wife and chil-
dren. That it was a family home as well as a revered institution fascinated
me, and the book will jump back and forth between 1913 and 1993. Luck-
ily, New York City has a vast number of iconic buildings to choose from—
although I often joke that in 10 years I’ll be covering the gas station on the
corner of 51st and Eleventh.
Today, 11:30 a.m.–noon. Fiona Davis will sign at Table 4.

AUTHORS Destructive Industry on Earth (Crown, Oct.).

Rachel Maddow The author of the 2012 bestseller Drift: The Unmooring of American
Military Power, Maddow said on the show that two things about her earlier

Experiencing ‘Blowout’
Rachel Maddow, host of the Emmy Award–win-
ning eponymous show on MSNBC, will host at a
different venue, today’s breakfast. Up until last
week, Maddow kept mum on the reason she
would be at BookExpo. But on her show she
msnbc media , llc
book surprised her: “The book did really well. It still sells a bunch. The other
thing that happened was that I publicly and privately swore I would never
ever write another book. Honestly, it almost killed me to write that book.”
As Maddow admitted, she lied. But, she added, “It turns out that I had
another case to make that was driving me nuts—as much as I tried to talk
myself out of it. It’s about the oil and gas industry. It’s about the Russian
decision to attack our 2016 election.”  —Judith Rosen

announced the upcoming publication of

Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue Today, 8–9:30 a.m. Rachel Maddow will host the Adult Book & Author
Breakfast, on the Main Stage.
State Russia, and the Richest, Most
©

www.bookexpo.com 26
BOOKSELLERS
The right books at the right times.
• Efficient ordering tools
• The largest inventory
• Superior delivery speeds
LIBRARIES
Community engagement through smarter workflows.
• Hands-on product expertise
• Time saving technologies
• Endless collection options
PUBLISHERS
Reach more readers, work more efficiently.
• Print and digital together
• Reliable worldwide distribution
• Unparalleled market access
EDUCATORS
Digital learning materials for the modern learner.
• Interactive text creation
• Progressive learning tools
• Relevant usage analytics
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

Visit Church Publishing

at Booth #446 AUTHORS
Malcolm Gladwell
When Talking to Strangers
Goes Wrong
Malcolm Gladwell is trying to
understand a conversation he
cannot get out of his head. In
2015, he watched video of San-
dra Bland, an African-American
woman who was pulled over by
a white police officer in a traffic
stop in Texas. The exchange
escalated and the police officer
forced Bland from her car. Bland
was arrested and three days later,
still in jail, she committed suicide.
“I was so shaken by it,” says
In Conversation

celeste sloman
Gladwell. “It was so tragic and
Rowan Williams and Greg Garrett heartbreaking.” In the video,
Book signing
“This dialogue comes across as refreshingly Gladwell recognized the racism

©
2:30 today
unstaged and genuine, and offers a at new title and police brutality that others decried at the time, but he also kept
smorgasbord of riches to enjoy and ponder.” showcase wondering why so many interactions between strangers go awry.
—Publishers Weekly booth #1057 In Talking to Strangers (Little, Brown, Sept.), Gladwell goes in search of
9781640651296 | $14.95 an answer to the question at the root of his obsession with Bland: “What
happens when we have to deal with the unfamiliar?” To do it, he explores
major figures, from Montezuma and Cortes to Fidel Castro and the CIA.
He also takes up some of the most disturbing stories of our own time,
including that of the convicted rapist and former Penn State football coach,
Jerry Sandusky.
“We have these internal narratives that we’re using to make sense of
things, and they’re built around people we know,” says Gladwell. “The core
problem is that we’re approaching strangers the same way.”
With each story, Gladwell finds evi-
dence of what went wrong in the case
of Sandra Bland, but he cautions that
COMING SEPTEMBER COMING OCTOBER
readers in search of clean answers
Passionate for Justice Dancing from the
won’t find them in the book. “One of
Ida B. Wells as Prophet Inside Out the things I’m trying to get people to
for Our Time Grace-Filled Reflections
Catherine Meeks & on Growing Older accept is the inherent messiness of
Nibs Stroupe Westina Matthews this process,” says Gladwell. “The big-
9781640651609 | $18.95 9781640651586 | $14.95 gest problem that we have is our insis-
tence that there is some kind of neat
COMING AUGUST COMING NOVEMBER and tidy way of resolving encounters
Seeing My Skin Kaleidoscope between strangers.”
A Story of Wrestling Broadening the Palette in Instead, Gladwell says, “I want an
with Whiteness the Art of Spiritual Direction
Peter Jarrett-Schell audience to accompany me on a con-
Ineda P. Adesanya
9781640651920 | $19.95 versation about complicated ques-
9781640651647 | $19.95
tions and doing it in an unconstrained
way.” It is a different kind of storytelling for Gladwell, rich with first-person
accounts, and informed by the style of his podcast, Revisionist History,
which launched in 2016.
“I’ve fallen in love with that form,” says Gladwell, who hopes it makes for
a different kind of book from his previous works. “I’m much more interested
in the character and the story, and a little less interested in the theory and
www.churchpublishing.org • 800-242-1918 the doctrine.” —Alex Green

Follow us on Today, 8–9:30 a.m. Malcolm Gladwell will speak at the Adult Book &
Author Breakfast, on the Main Stage.

www.bookexpo.com
28
 VISIT US AT BOOTH #1848!
New for Fall 2019

Skyhorse Publishing Sports Publishing Talos Press

9781510746831 • October 9781683583066 • November 9781945863097 • October

Sky Pony Press

Skyhorse Publishing Racehorse for Young Readers
9781510748194 • September
9781510748033 • October 9781631583469 • October

TODAY’S ARC
GIVEAWAYS: Skyhorse Publishing
Arcade CrimeWise 9781510737068 • July
9781948924917 • October “Fans of Orange Is the New Black
From the New York Times will appreciate this alternate view of
bestselling author Raymond Benson life behind bars, and those looking
comes a Hollywood crime drama set for life changes will find lots of
in the 1940s and present day that inspiring motivation.”
tackles racism, sexism, and murder. —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

W W W. S K Y H O R S E P U B L I S H I N G .C O M • D I S T R I B U T E D B Y S I M O N & S C H U S T E R
 T H U R S D AY, M AY 3 0 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

Meet our QA
AUTHORS Marjorie Liu
at Norton’s Booth #1521 Getting Graphic with ‘Monstress’
Although she began her career as a
novelist, Marjorie Liu, who teaches
Mary comic book writing at MIT, says

WILSON
Monstress (Image Comics), cocre-
ated with artist Sana Takeda, could
Randee St Nicholas

will be signing samplers only be a comic. “This is a world that

of Supreme Glamour needs to be seen, and not through
words alone,” she says. The series
follows a young woman’s struggles
11:00 AM with her literal inner demon in a
world of magic and violence.
Last year alone Monstress won
five Eisner Awards. Book one of

David
Monstress is coming out in hard-
cover in July; the fourth volume will
SHANNON be released in paperback in the fall.

will be signing copies

What inspired Monstress?
of Mr. Nogginbody
The central emotional inspiration
2:00 PM Gets a Hammer
was my grandmother, who survived
WWII in China. She was 14 years old
when she had to run from her home

Maaza
to escape Japanese troops, and I grew
up on her stories of survival and friend-
MENGISTE ship. But what struck me, always, was
that even when she told those stories,
will be signing
she smiled—and in every photo I’ve
galleys of her novel
seen of her postwar (and there are a
The Shadow King
lot), she was always beaming. Mon-
3:00 PM stress is a very somber story about
war, colonialism, genocide, racism,
but its heart is inspired from a place
of great hope. That’s the true arc of the book—reclaiming hope, love, and

GALLEY GIVEAWAYS
friendship, even after enduring the worst that life can throw at you.

Stop by to grab a galley while supplies last! Why did you choose a mostly female cast of characters?
I grew up on movies, television, and books where the cast of characters were
mostly male—with one or two plucky female protagonists. It’s funny how,
36 American
when you’re a kid, you start to take that formula for granted—it begins to
Righteous Cuisine
feel completely natural, in the same way it starts to feel natural to read nov-
Men BY Paul
Freedman els where there are only white people, and watch movies where there are
BY Steven
Pressfield only white people, until one day you wake up and you’re like, “This isn’t real
life. I don’t want this anymore.” So when it came time to write Monstress,
it wasn’t a stretch to decide that almost all the characters would be women,
with one or two plucky men to round out the cast, and that all the charac-
JGV Will My ters would be people of color. That felt natural, that felt right.
BY Jean-Georges Cat Eat My
Vongerichten Eyeballs? How does Monstress flow from your novels?
BY Caitlin Writing about girls and monsters is rich territory for me, in terms of wres-
Doughty tling with ideas of race, gender, power—and love. How do you find love and
friendship when you’re an outsider, when you feel you don’t belong—when
you are, literally, monstrous? I’ve always been haunted by that question,
even from when I was little. —Brigid Alverson
Liveright

Today, 8–9:30 a.m. Marjorie Liu will speak at the Adult Book & Author
Breakfast, on the Main Stage.

www.bookexpo.com
30
 WHITAKER HOUSE

Coming Soon!

978-1-64123-310-1 $19.99 978-1-64123-329-3 $24.99

Releases September 10, 2019
With humor, joy, and biblical scholarship,
Chris Palmer offers lessons on Greek
words and phrases in Christ’s letters to
the seven churches in Revelation.
Releases October 8, 2019
Teri Secrest shares what she has learned
from more than twenty years of research
978-1-64123-225-8 $24.99
into essential plant oils. She weaves
Release August 6, 2019
together the drama, romance, and spiritual
history of these oils to inspire the reader to The Faith of Mike Pence offers an intimate look at the man
trust God’s Word and feel deep gratitude who has called himself “a Christian, a conservative, and a
for His rich provision. Republican, in that order,” and how faith has shaped his
personal and public life.

978-1-64123-304-0 $16.99 978-1-64123-319-4 $15.99 978-1-64123-306-4 $16.99 978-1-64123-308-8 $14.99

Releases October 1, 2019
Discover how every believer can develop
a miracle mind-set. This practical
resource is lled with ideas for personal
application, encouraging testimonies,
and spiritual activation prayers for
tapping into the miraculous.
Releases September 3, 2019
Seeing Angels is one of the most
in-depth examinations of angelic
ministry by one of the cutting-edge
charismatic leaders in the church today.
Joshua Mills goes beyond the usual takes
on angels regarding spiritual warfare
and explores who they are, how to
recognize
re them, and what they do.
Releases November 5, 2019
God is blowing doors wide open for
women as never before. It is time for
women to march forward in grand
anticipation of all that God can do
through even one woman submitted to
the call of God and lled with His Spirit.
Releases November 12, 2019
Susan K. Williams Smith has created
ninety daily devotions to provide a daily
spoonful of hope and encouragement, a
healing balm for justice-seeking believers
and social activists.

Available at ne booksellers everywhere.

whitakerhouse.com 1.800.444.4484 customercare@whitakerhouse.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

AUTHORS

alison rosa
Asked what she hopes
readers will take away

Karin Slaughter

©
from The Last Widow,
Slaughter notes, “There

Killing the Crime Market are a lot of twists and

With her singular surname, it’s no surprise that bestsell-
ing crime writer Karin Slaughter (The Last Widow, Morrow,
Aug.) was destined to write about crime. Slaughter laughs
and says, “It was either that or become a serial killer.”
Her latest book, the ninth in the Will Trent series, featur-
ing medical examiner Sara Linton and her Georgia Bureau
of Investigation partner Will Trent, touches on two timely
topics of particular concern to Slaughter: the militarization
of the U.S. police force and white supremacy. “During the ’70s,” says Slaugh-
ter, “a lot of guys who came back from Vietnam weren’t comfortable in suits
and ties, so they entered the police force and brought a military sensibility
with them. The same thing is happening now because history repeats itself.
We need to train these guys and women to handle the differences between
being on a military force and a police force.”
The growth of white supremacist groups in the U.S. is another issue that
Slaughter has been thinking about for the past five years. “Charlottesville
put a face on it,” Slaughter says. “Unfortunately, this is not a new thing; it’s
been going on for quite a while. The scary thing is how they’ve learned to
blend into society. They’re smart, they’re all online and really keyed into
each other, and they’re giving each other advice on how to infiltrate different
groups. So they could be your next-door neighbor, your work partner, a
police officer; they could be in the military—it’s just everywhere.”
turns and shocks and all
the sort of stuff that I’m
known for—a little sex,
a little violence. For me,
crime fiction’s job is to
hold a mirror up to soci-
ety and say, ‘This is what
life is like right now for
all of us.’ That’s always my
end goal—to write what I see.”
Although Slaughter has been to BookExpo several times, she’s more
used to the outdoors and nonurban settings—she writes her books in a
cabin in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. “Being indoors isn’t natural for
me,” says Slaughter. “But it’s great to be in a roomful of people who love
reading and love books. It’s also a great opportunity for me not just as a
writer but as a reader, because I’ve found some of my favorite books at
BookExpo. It’s always nice to read books before anyone else can.”
 —Hilary S. Kayle
Today, 8–9:30 a.m. Karin Slaughter will speak at the Adult Book & Author
Breakfast, on the Main Stage.
Today, 1–1:45 p.m. Slaughter will sign at the Blackstone Audio booth
(1411). Blackstone will be giving out a selection of CDs of past audio-
books by Slaughter, download links, and tote bags.

CELEBRATING YEARS
of UNFORGETTABLE LISTENING
Thank you to our authors, narrators, and everyone who has contributed to the
unparalleled collection of audiobooks Hachette has produced throughout the years.

25 YEARS OF LISTENING SWEEPSTAKES

ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN
the Grand Prize, which consists of
A LIBRARY OF 25 ICONIC AUDIOBOOKS,
a MINI TABLET, and WIRELESS EARBUDS.
Visit www.hachetteaudio.com/25
to enter and for Official Rules.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE CHANCE OF WINNING.

Void where prohibited. Must be legal US resident 18 years or older as of 5/29/19 to enter. Sweepstakes begins 5/29/19
at 12:01 am ET and ends 6/29/19 at 11:59 pm ET. Visit www.hachetteaudio.com/25 for Official Rules and details.
Sponsor: Hachette Book Group, Inc., 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

HachetteAudio.com Also available in print and ebook wherever books are sold

www.bookexpo.com
32
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

AUTHORS

gabriella demczuk
on black music during that
period, books about furni-

Ta-Nehisi Coates ture, books about manners at

©
the time. There were aspects

Trying His Hand at Fiction of the way we lived during

Ta-Nehisi Coates, the bestselling author and MacArthur
Fellowship recipient, may be best known for the National
Book Award–winning Between the World and Me and the
Black Panther series for Marvel Comics, but he is about to
add novelist to the list. His debut novel, The Water Dancer
(One World, Sept.), follows a young man’s conflicted jour-
ney into the covert war on slavery. “This is a 19th-century
novel about memory and about the price of forgetting,”
Coates says. “What my characters come to realize is that
there’s a huge price for forgetting. Right now, across the
country, we are trying to act like we didn’t do certain things.
We’re getting upset when people want to take down
Confederate statues, for example. In the book, what I’m
trying to argue for is remembering. For all of us to
remember.”
For Coates, the book is also about language. Because
he started his writing life as a poet, language is import-
ant to him. “I’ve always had this admiration for visual
language, invented language. After writing The Beautiful
Struggle [his memoir], I was reading a lot of history,
exploring slave narratives, digging through WPA oral his-
tories, books on what enslaved black people ate, books
that period that were really
fascinating to me. As brutal
as the system was, there was
life beneath that brutality. I
just fell down the rabbit hole
and before I knew it, I was
writing a book.”
One of the biggest challenges
in writing a novel rather than nonfiction was consistency,
says Coates. “The difference with fiction is trying to make a
consistent world across the board, and trying to keep your
story straight. That is so hard to do.”
This is only Coates’s second BookExpo; his last one was in
2015. Of his decision to skip book conventions for several
years, he says, “The mindset of a writer is, you’re trying to
get to the point where you are stable enough or you have
enough of a body of work just to be there. I was one-track–
minded—I was trying to get my writing out, and that was
about it. And I don’t want to say I’m antisocial, but I don’t
tend to be a big-group sorta dude.” —Diane Patrick
Today, 8–9:30 a.m. Ta-Nehisi Coates will speak at the
Adult Book & Author Breakfast, on the Main Stage.

PET A POOCH,
CUDDLE A KITTY!
W I T H D R . G A RY W E I T Z M A N

T H U R S DAY, M AY 3 0
2:00PM in the PW Library Lounge
3:00PM at Nat Geo Booth #1529

AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD

and at NationalGeographic.com/Books NatGeoBooks @NatGeoBooks
© 2019 National Geographic Partners, LLC

33 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

AUTHORS
Nelson and Alex DeMille
Father and Son Team Up for

Audio,
New Thriller
Thrill-master Nelson DeMille—the author of
20 novels, including 17 major national

Video,
bestsellers, seven of which have hit the #1
spot on various lists—has been keeping
readers up nights for four decades now.
Under contract with Simon & Schuster to
write a coauthored book, he interviewed
many possible collaborators and eventually

Cogito.
found the perfect partner in his own son,
award-winning screenwriter (for the science
fiction short The Absence) Alex DeMille.
The two have come together to create
two new characters, Scott Brodie and
Nelson DeMille
Maggie Taylor, of the Army Criminal Inves-
tigation Division, in The Deserter (Simon &
Schuster, Oct.). This is the first of a planned
trilogy featuring Brodie and Taylor. In the
novel, when a Delta Force member disap-
At the most exciting pears from his post in Afghanistan and is
spotted a year later amid the hotbed of
location for audio Venezuelan unrest, Brodie and Taylor are
content in the sent by top military brass to bring him
back—dead or alive.
publishing industry. A parent–adult child writing team could
be a dicey proposition, eliciting a lot of
Gain new insights on 17 October tension and headbutting. However, the
De­Milles reveal that it all went swimmingly,
2019: Frankfurt Audio Summit will claiming it was an “interesting fusion of dif-
Alex DeMille

address the biggest trends and
challenges in audio publishing.
#fbm19
Buy your trade visitor ticket now
to get the early-bird discount:
buchmesse.de/visit
Enter the code by 23 June 2019 to save
30% when booking your premium fair
experience with the Business Club:
B C 3 0_5 7 76
buchmesse.de/business-club
ferent methods of storytelling.” Nelson, who still writes all his manuscripts
in longhand, using #1 pencils and legal pads, was delighted to have Alex
on board to cut what he admits are his writerly excesses. “I tend to slightly
overwrite. You have a lot of leeway in novels, but in a screenplay, you are
limited to no more than a certain number of pages. I knew that Alex could
tighten the dialogue and the narrative,” he says.
Alex, for his part, told himself to check his ego at the door before he even
began: “My father has had a long successful career; he knows what he is doing,
SAVE TICKET
and this was a chance to learn. I saw it as a way to flex my creative muscles.”
DISCOUNT! Usually Nelson visits the place he is writing about for research, but the
violent events in Venezuela made that a nonstarter. “I chose Venezuela
because I find strongmen and the cult of personality fascinating,” he says.
“It raises the stakes. But when I was thinking about going there, I spoke
with some ex-pats, who said that would not be a good idea.” Instead, the
duo looked at satellite photos, read many books, and interviewed people
who are involved in the dissident movement. Nelson, who once served in
the Army in Vietnam, brought in the military part—the language, protocol,
buchmesse.de/audio and rank structure.
The other challenge was the constantly changing events in Venezuela. “We
were constantly chasing the news,” Alex says. “We had to freeze time at some
point. This is set in the events of last summer.” The second installment will
be set in Berlin. “I’ll happily go there for research!” Alex says, with relief.
 —Beth Levine

Today, 3–4 p.m. Nelson and Alex DeMille will be signing at the S&S
booth (1838).

www.bookexpo.com
34
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

QA What about women who lived during times when their

supply was abundant?

Gail Collins The women would get really sneaky. When abolitionist Eliz-
abeth Cady Stanton was traveling and giving speeches, this

On Women of a Certain Age
Author, journalist, and New York Times op-ed columnist Gail
Collins may be personally responsible for saving the mental
health of untold numbers of readers who depend on her witty,
incisive takes on the world to get them through another day in
Crazytown. (Sidenote: One person who is not her biggest fan?
Donald Trump. After one scathing column in which she called
him a “thousandaire,” he sent her the article with her face circled and wrote,
“You have the face of a pig and you are a dog and a liar.” She has it framed
and proudly hung in her office.) Now Collins is back with No Stopping Us
Now: A History of American Women, Age, and Expectations Defied (Little,
Brown, Oct.), a look at women and aging throughout American history.
You’ve written several books about the intersection of women, feminism,
and history. What inspired you to throw aging into the mix?
In several of the earlier books I wrote, I saw that throughout history all the
rules about what women are supposed to be doing are instantly repealed if
there aren’t enough women around. If women are in short supply, they can
get away with anything. In the early West, there was Stagecoach Mary, who,
at 60 years old, had a saloon, was beating people over the head with bot-
tles, and running stagecoaches.
was unheard-of behavior. Women were expected to stay
home and raise children. She figured out if she waited until
her hair was gray and children grown, she could say, “I
believe that and did that, and now I am going to tell you
about abolition.”
Where do you think the state of women is today? On the
one hand, we have women like Alexandra O-C and Rachel
Maddow, who speak their minds and never apologize. On
the other, we have women like Candace Owens and Ann Coulter, who
sneer at feminists as a bunch of man-hating freaks.
The interesting thing is that there are many powerful women on all sides now.
People get upset about Ann Coulter yelling a lot, but it’s not because she’s
yelling but because they don’t like what she is saying. That’s a change. People
are driven equally crazy by Ann as they are by Sean Hannity. And everyone
wants to keep Ruth Bader Ginsburg alive, watching her do her push-ups.
Your book gives women reason to expect the best of their golden years.
I’ve realized that during my lifetime society’s ideas about women totally
transformed in a way never before seen in Western civilization. It’s all about
economics now as much as gender. If you have money, you have agency.
That didn’t happen 50 years ago. —Beth Levine
Today, 4–4:30 p.m. Gail Collins will sign at Table 7.

Meet Our Authors at Book Expo!

(Nimbus Publishing, booth #964)

A Giant Man from First Degree: From Med

a Tiny Town School to Murder, The Story
Timing: 11am Behind the Shocking Will
Author: Tom Ryan Sandeson Trial
A true tall tale of the infamous Cape Timing: 3pm
Breton Giant and the international
adventures that brought him right
Author: Kayla Hounsell
back to where he needed to be: home A murder, a missing body, and a sensational trial
“This engaging and that gripped Nova Scotia. Through interviews
easy-to-follow title with friends and relatives, as well as police
will charm primary transcripts, award-winning journalist Kayla
grade readers.” Hounsell tells the full story of two young men
who appeared destined for bright futures. First
–School Library Journal
Degree includes previously unpublished photos
978-1-77108-654-7 | $22.95 and details never made public until now.
Available Now
“A must-read for
spectators of true crime.”
–The Canadian Press
978-1-77108-666-0 | $24.95
Available Now

Follow us online:
For US orders, contact Orca (children’s titles): 1-800-210-5277
For Canadian orders call: 1-800-646-2879
Order online at nimbus.ca @nimbuspub or nimbus.ca

www.bookexpo.com
36
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

AUTHORS kind of loss, but it can also be a time of reinvention.”

Bushnell, known the world over for Sex in the City—the 1995 book, the

Candace Bushnell TV series, and movies, which all grew out of her New York Post column,
would—of course—weigh in on the dating scene for women in their 50s.

Still Sexy After All These Years
If you think sex isn’t part of life for women in their 50s and 60s, think again.
Candace Bushnell (Is There Still Sex in the City? Grove, Aug.), perennially
tuned into the zeitgeist of her peer group and inspired by her own experi-
ences as a divorced woman who just turned 60 last December, decided to
write about a part of life that she believes isn’t given enough attention.
“Your 50s is a period of time that nobody thinks about. We all know what
your 40s is supposed to look like—maybe you’re working on your career or
doing what I call ‘the reproductive lifestyle,’ when you have kids, and after
that you’re supposed to disappear and
In the past, she explained, people dated to find family and reproduce.
Here you’re not. And that’s the question: What are you looking for?
“One of the shocking things for women when they first start dating again
is how much the men haven’t changed,” Bushnell says. “But there is some-
thing new, what I coined ‘cubs’ and ‘catnips.’ Catnips are women who are
just innocently minding their business and younger men, ‘cubs’ are going
after them. When I look at Sex and the City,” Bushnell continues, “those sin-
gle women in their 30s were really positive and gung ho. The 1990s was a
very feminist time if you lived and worked in New York City. Those women
were fierce, feeling like they could have it all. The reality is that when you
get to be in your 50s, you understand that

patrick mcmullan
slide into old age.” striving for that is not going to satisfy you
She laughs and points out, “At the same for your entire life.

©
time, it’s just not your mother’s middle age “In your 30s,” she adds, “you think you know
anymore, because we look younger, we’re everything, but there’s so much you haven’t
more vibrant. But we’re also going through experienced. And when you get to be in your
what I call middle age madness, when lots 50s, you have some broken dreams. For me,
of things hit you at once. If you have kids, the book is about not having the answers—
they’re moving out of the house. There’s we don’t know what the answers are, but we’re
menopause. There may be divorce. There’s still looking and still trying.” —Hilary S. Kayle
definitely going to be some death in
Today, 4:15–6:30 p.m. Candace Bushnell
there—just statistically speaking, chances
will sign ARCS at the Happy Hour signings
are one—or both—of your parents is going in the ABA Lounge.
to die in that time period. There’s a certain

Author Signings and Giveaways in Booth 1823!

Author Signings Giveaways

9:15 – 10:00pm 12:30 –1:15pm 9:15

Tami Charles Marcia Butler Erin Barker
Fearless Mary Pickle’s Progress Mr. Pumpkin’s Tea Party
and Doug Cenko
1:00 – 2:30pm
Alexandra Davis My Mama is a Mechanic
Lumber Jills Signing and drawing!
Illustrator June Smalls
Howard McWilliam Odd Animal ABC’s
10:00 – 10:45am
How I Met My Monster
Stephanie Maze 10:00
Are You My Monster
Famous Dishes from Damon Korb, MD, FAAP
I Love My Dragon
Around the World /
Raising an
Platos famosos de
1:30 – 2:15pm Organized Child
todo el mundo
J.F. Riordan
Reflections on a 11:00
10:45 – 11:30pm
Life in Exile Peter James
Neile Parisi
Dead at First Sight
Today My Name is Billie 2:30 – 3:15pm
Julian Winters 12:00
11:30 – 12:15pm
How to be Teresa Radice
Robert Matzen Remy Cameron Forbidden Harbor
Dutch Girl:
Audrey Hepburn 3:30 – 4:15pm 3:00
and World War II
Harvey Araton Lynette Noni
Elevated: The Global Akarnae
Rise of the NBA

Independent Publishers Group

Home to independent publishers

37 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

AUTHORS
Tochi Onyebuchi
Channeling Rage and Hope
“I felt a rage born of impo-
tence,” says YA author Tochi
Onyebuchi, of the decision not
to indict police officers over
the deaths of Michael Brown
and Eric Garner, as well as
George Zimmerman walking
free for the death of Trayvon
Martin. “At the same time, as
a writer, I clung to this idea of
writers as alchemists—that
we can take pain and anger
and rage and sorrow and turn
it into a work of art that will
alleviate this crippling sense
of loneliness. When I can read
a story that resonates with my
own story, I can feel seen,” says
Onyebuchi, who has worked
for Columbia Law School’s
Mass Incarceration clinic, the
Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Attorney General, and as an
investigator with the Legal Aid Society.
Onyebuchi’s first book for adults, Riot Baby (Tor, Jan. 2020), is a product
of that alchemy. It’s a science fiction fantasy set in the present in which super-
powered siblings contend with police brutality, structural racism, and their
own world-shaping powers. Rooted in loss
and the hope that can live in anger, Riot
Baby is both a global dystopian narrative
and an intimate family story that speaks to
love, fury, and the black American
experience.
Much of the novel is set in New York City’s
Rikers Island prison. “When I was doing
research, I found very few fiction stories set
in jail or that dealt with the racial overtones
of the American incarceration systems.
There is so much humanity that happens
there­­­—the entire breadth of human experi-
ence can happen in those places. And you
never see it or hear about it. That’s why it
was important to me to write in the present and not as allegory. This is real
and it’s going on now,” he says.
Onyebuchi credits Ruoxi Chen, his editor for Riot Baby, for making a dif-
ference in how his work is perceived. “It shows that it’s not enough to have
diverse authors—you also need agents, marketing, and editors who will
understand and relate. Ruoxi got it and pushed me to make [the book] better
in ways that I am not sure other people would have done for me,” he says.
As for the cover, Onyebuchi says he actually cried when he saw it. “I felt a
kinship with this person; I felt I had seen this person before in real life. I had
spoken to and had a relationship with her, and not just because she was liv-
ing in my head. I just knew her. I’ve never experienced that before,” he says.
 —Beth Levine

Tomorrow, 11 a.m.–noon. Tochi Onyebuchi will sign at the Macmillan

booth (1544, 1545).

www.bookexpo.com
38
 SP OT T ED MEET
at B EA! David Mizejewski
Meet BigFoot and Renowned National
Wildlife Federation
author D.L. Miller Naturalist and TV Host!
BOOK SIGNING BOOK SIGNING
Friday, May 31 Thursday, May 30
11:00am – 12:00pm 10:30am – 11:30am
with Fox Chapel Publishing, Booth 438 Table #3 in the Autographing Area

1:00pm – 1:30pm 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Table #4 in the Autographing Area with Fox Chapel Publishing, Booth 438

9781580118187

“David’s superb revision brings

us up to date on the most
effective ways to enhance our
local ecosystems by using the
beautiful native plants our birds
and bees depend on.”
—Doug Tallamy, Author of
Bringing Nature Home
9781641240260

Where Enthusiasts Turn for Information and Inspiration

SINCE 1991

9781641240383 9781497100459 9781641240444 9781947163201 9781497100015

9781620083680 9781497100473 9781497204409 9781497100060 9781497100121

Booth #438
Lancaster County, Pa.
Toll Free: (844) 307– 3677 • Direct: (717) 715 – 8623
sales@FoxChapelPublishing.com
 Welcomes you to
BookExpo 2019
Visit us in Booth #1338

FEATURED EVENTS • THURSDAY, MAY 30

Photo: Guillaume Megevand

Photo: Celeste Sloman

Photo: © Peter Yang

8:00–9:00 AM 9:30–10:00 AM 10:00–10:30 AM
Malcolm Adam Rippon Susan Jane
Gladwell In Conversation Gilman
Adult Author Downtown Stage AA Signing,
Breakfast Table 9
Main Stage

JAMES PATTERSON BOOTH TAKEOVER!

Photo: David Burnett

Photo: Leah Garrett

10:00–11:00 AM 10:00–10:30 AM
James & Susan Patterson Adrian
HBG Booth #1338 Signing McKinty
AA Signing,
Table 7
Photo: Pieter M. Van Hattem

Photo: Laura Zimmerman

Photo: Meredith Morris

10:10–10:50 AM 10:30–11:00 AM 11:00–11:30 AM

Stephen Amy Waldman Kira Jane
Chbosky AA Signing, Buxton
Panel: But That’s Table 7 AA Signing,
Another Story Table 4
Podcast
Downtown Stage
3:00–4:00 PM
HBG Booth #1338
Signing

hachettebookgroup.com
 Welcomes you to
BookExpo 2019
Visit us in Booth #1338

TODAY’S FEATURED
GALLEY GIVEAWAYS
FEATURED EVENTS • THURSDAY, MAY 30 AT BOOTH #1338

9:00 AM
The Great Pretender Susannah Cahalan
(Grand Central Publishing)

Photo: Richardson Studio

Just Feel Mallika Chopra (Running Press)
Photo: Katie McCurdy

The Ten Thousand Doors of January Alix E. Harrow

(Redhook)
The Chain Adrian McKinty (Little, Brown)
Blood Allison Moorer (Hachette Books)

11:00–11:30 AM 1:30–2:00 PM 10:00 AM

Jenny Slate Michelle The Queen of the Conquered Kheryn Callender (Orbit)
HBG Booth #1338 Medlock Adams The Night Fire Michael Connelly
Signing Excerpt Booklet Giveaway (Little, Brown)
HBG Booth #1338 Vern Yip’s Vacation at Home Vern Yip
3:30–4:30 PM Signing Screwdriver Giveaway (Running Press)
Comedy Panel
Downtown Stage 11:00 AM
One Good Deed David Baldacci
(Grand Central Publishing)
The Third Rainbow Girl Emma Copley Eisenberg
(Hachette Books)
Photo: Emily Assiran

Grab Life By the Balls The Good Advice Cupcake

Stress Ball Giveaway (Running Press)

12:00 PM
Hollow Kingdom Kira Jane Buxton
3:00–3:30 PM (Grand Central Publishing)
1:30–2:30 PM
Julie Satow Dan Kois 1:00 PM
AA Signing, Table 9 AA Signing, Table 7 Make It Scream, Make It Burn Leslie Jamison
(Little, Brown)
Own Your Weird Jason Zook (Running Press)

2:00 PM
The Ten Thousand Doors of January Alix E. Harrow
(Redhook)
Change is the Only Constant Ben Orlin
Photo: Callum MacBeth-Seath

(Black Dog & Leventhal)

Processed Cheese Stephen Wright (Little, Brown)
Photo: C-SPAN

3:00 PM
The Queen of the Conquered Kheryn Callender (Orbit)
Max Einstein: Rebels With a Cause James Patterson
and Chris Grabenstein (Jimmy Patterson)
3:00–4:00 PM 3:30–4:30 PM Running Press Studio Stadium Cup Giveaway
Susan Swain Natasha Ngan (Running Press)
C-SPAN Booth, AA Signing, Table 13
4:00 PM
Signing
The Paris Orphan Natasha Lester (Forever)
Photo: Jordan Matter

The New York Times

Photo: Courtesy of
Photo: Nina Subin

3:30–4:00 PM 4:00–4:30 PM 4:30–5:00 PM

Elin Hilderbrand Derek Milman Gail Collins
HBG Booth #1338 AA Signing, Table 9 AA Signing, Table 7
Signing with
Coronas®
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

AUTHORS

bex finch
“Unless you are a natural sociopath
who believes the world owes you every-

©
John Hodgman thing, you don’t believe you deserve
fame precisely until the moment that

How Far Will He Go for Fame? prolonged exposure trains you into
being a sociopath and believing it will
John Hodgman is an unlikely guy to become famous, and he knows it. “Any- never end, and that’s when it ends,” he
one who has looked at my face knows that my destiny was not to be in film. says. That’s when you find yourself trying
I can only play villains and creeps because I look weird on camera,” he says. to replace lost status with bogus airline
This hasn’t stopped him from pursuing the limelight and the status that frequent flyer status, something he dis-
comes with “minor celebrity,” as he describes it. covered during a long dark night at 3
The bestselling author, actor, podcaster, one-time literary agent at Writ- a.m. He realized that he could upgrade
ers House, PC guy on Mac ads, and The Daily Show Resident Expert and from Platinum Medallion level to Dia-
Deranged Billionaire is back with more reports from the road in Medallion mond Medallion level on Delta if he went
Status: True Stories and Complimentary Upgrades (Viking, Oct.). A sort of on a pointless flight to L.A. just to get the qualifying miles.
follow-up to his award-winning Vacationland, this one explores the strange, But you don’t have to worry about Hodgman. He’s moved on, thank you
surreal world of being a somewhat famous person. very much. He hosts a weekly podcast called Judge John Hodgman, is a
“Fame came unexpectedly to me. I am consistently cast as the psychotic recurring guest star in season two of Amazon’s The Tick (released last
psychiatrist who wants to pull his patients’ teeth out, the slightly pervy best month), voices the character John D. Rockerduck in Disney’s DuckTales,
friend, or the terrible FBI investigator. And groomed the right way, I can start and is wrapping up on a short-form animated show with David Rees for
looking like Hitler pretty quick. But as I traveled through celebrity a little bit FX. Best of all, Hodgman says, “I have a very dedicated contingent of weird
at a time, kind of like a tourist, I thought, this can’t possibly last,” he says. precocious 13-year-olds that follow me. And lately I am Instagramming
And it didn’t. His TV show Married was canceled, Jon Stewart left The Silly Putty encroaching on toys in time lapse. This may be my new career,
Daily Show, and suddenly he wasn’t flying back and forth from Los Angeles considering the great response.”  —Beth Levine
anymore. He saw his celebrity ebbing away. He no longer received the invi-
tations to the lounges where stars—even the “minorly famous,” he points Today, 2–3 p.m. John Hodgman will sign ARCs at Table 4.
Today, 3:30–4:05 p.m. Hodgman will be on the “Laugh Out Loud” panel,
out—are offered bespoke Italian shoes and designer jeans. “That’s a hard
on the Downtown Stage.
thing to give up,” Hodgman admits.

One of history’s BEST KEPT SECRETS is now

an Award-Winning Book.
The incredible story of the underground prisoner
resistance organization at Auschwitz

“The definitive study of the topic.”

— Prof. ANTONY POLONSKY
Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University, and Chief Historian,
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw

“The best-documented and also the

most extensive description of the
heroic effort…at Auschwitz.”
— Dr. ADAM CYRA
Senior Curator, Dept. of Historical Research, Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

AQUILA
Visit us at Book Expo, NBN Booth #845/#847 POLONICA
®

Available at fine bookstores, online retailers and major wholesalers. Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, www.nbnbooks.com. www.AquilaPolonica.com

www.bookexpo.com
42
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

AUTHORS

katie mccurdy
She promises that you
will find inside her book

Jenny Slate

©
the smell of honeysuckle,
heartbreak, a French-kiss-

Her Truest Voice ing rabbit, a haunted

house, death, a vagina
Jenny Slate is an actress (Parks and Recre- singing sad old songs,
ation), stand-up comedian (a season on SNL), young geraniums in an
and author of the children’s book Marcel the ancient castle, birth, a dog
Shell with Shoes On, which is the basis for a who appears in dreams as
series of videos and an upcoming movie. a spiritual guide, divorce,
She is back on the publishing scene with electromagnetic energy
Little Weirds (Little, Brown, Nov.), a nonfiction fields, emotional horniness,
collection best described by Slate herself: the ghost of a sea captain,
“The straight answer is that it is a collection and more.
of small pieces about pain and pleasure, Slate also describes Little
emergency and emergence. If this book were Weirds as a great feminist take on what she sees as a misogy-
an artifact from my inner world, and it were buried in the ground and found nistic world. “I’m not able to be unaffected, unharmed, and I’m not unflap-
by someone else from a different realm, it would appear as something that pable. But I’m very sharp and I’m very resilient, extremely hopeful and
could be defined as halfway between a menu and a Bible.” resourceful. I think the one thing I make sure to do is to not be in cheap
Slate says that the book is an expression of her truest voice. “I wrote this combat with predatory or closed-minded people. I try to engage in a way
book in the voice that is there when I am alone, when I am speaking my that is useful for me and my world, and this means keeping focus on my
wishes in my head, when I am concerned with being understood and pleased— beliefs whether I am doing my small daily tasks or addressing a larger
first and foremost—by myself. This is the book that I would choose to read, group of people.”  —Beth Levine
in the voice that I know is uncorrupted. There are hints of this voice in my
comedy, and in things like Marcel the Shell, but this is the first time that Today, 11 a.m.–noon. Jenny Slate will sign at the Little, Brown booth
(1338).
I’ve just blasted it out as if my mouth itself were some kind of cosmic horn.
Today, 3:30–4:05 p.m. Slate will be on the “Laugh Out Loud” panel, on
It feels very good!” the Downtown Stage.

43 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

AUTHORS the [Volkswagon] Jetta, I lost my

steve agee
faith”—which set him off on a search to

Pete Holmes

©
fill the hole where God and certainty
used to live. He decided to use that

On Losing (and Finding) search as the basis for his comedy.

It may not be an obvious forum for

His Religion such a serious dive, but as Holmes

Comedian Pete Holmes has been wrestling with spir-
ituality on his HBO show, Crashing; his podcast, You
Made It Weird; and some of his television specials
and videos. Now he brings his serious/funny funny/
serious take to the publishing world with Comedy
Sex God (Harper Wave, May), a book that is part autobiography, part
philosophical inquiry, and part spiritual quest.
While writing the book, Holmes imagined himself on a road trip with the
reader, where he is the only one allowed to speak. “I want to talk about
spirituality more than anything, so a book where no one was telling me I was
going on too long was a nice format to unload my real, unbridled passion
for this topic,” says Holmes. “This book is my telling you what it was like to
grow up religious, lose my faith, and reconnect to the mystery of religion.”
Raised an evangelical Christian, Holmes never questioned the church’s
teachings. He was so terrified of doing the wrong thing, he spent his early
years hanging out mostly with his mother, essentially becoming what he
calls “an indoor cat.” But one question always confused him: “What is this?”
As in: what is life, what is consciousness, why are we, what are we?
His traumatic divorce caused him to rethink life completely—“Along with
says, “I go after connection, making
people feel less alone and less fright-
ened. Unfortunately, religion has
become the opposite—you’re in or
you’re out. Comedy can do a better
job in showing that we’re all in this
together. When we are laughing
together, we feel reconnected, and that is the heart of true spirituality.”
An intense mystical experience with magic mushrooms; guidance from
former pastor Rob Bell, who founded the Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville,
Mich., but left to speak, write, and preach about more progressive ideas;
and spiritual teacher Ram Dass led him finally to the answer to “What is
this?” And the answer is: “I realized how strangely selfish it is to think that
there is a heaven,” he says. “This now is so vibrant—why put this off as a
waiting room for later. I now feel that in this, the question itself is a way to
participate viscerally in a sense of awe, gratitude, and wonder at the per-
petual unknowing. I am soaking in something very mysterious, miraculous,
and exciting.”  —Beth Levine
Today, 3:30–4:05 p.m. Pete Holmes will be on the “Laugh Out Loud”
panel, on the Downtown Stage.

www.bookexpo.com
44
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

AUTHORS underwater to see if they would drown, or

scratched to see if they would bleed. And all

Philippa Gregory this was done not to punish crime or protect

property, not for theft or anything extreme—it

Introducing a Bewitching Series
After years of writing bestselling novels based on historical figures,
Philippa Gregory (Tidelands, Atria, Aug.) turns her attention to a com-
pletely fictional one, Alinor, in the first book in the Fairmile series, set in
the mid-1600s, about one family’s complex trajectory to success.
“The main character came from my heart and imagination,” says
Gregory. Alinor is a working midwife in a very desolate corner of England,
and represents ordinary women in extraordinarily difficult times. “When
I started telling her imaginary story, I couldn’t help weaving in one of the many
unsuccessful escapes by Charles I, who was then captured by the Parlia-
mentary army in England. So there’s a real historical relevance to it.”
Gregory decided to focus on a common woman after a cousin discov-
ered some family history that had previously been unknown. “My mother
accounted for the family going back to pre-WWII, but the family history
actually goes back so much further, to laboring people who lived in pov-
erty,” Gregory says. “How extraordinary that this family should manage
to get themselves into a position of prosperity.”
Tidelands takes place at a time when England was swept up in witch-
craft panic. “I was surprised at the numbers of women accused of being
witches and the day-to-day cruelty against them and women in general,”
says Gregory. “There’s something about women being marginalized and
silenced, being blamed for a general unease in society. And that led to
women being tested—what they called ‘swimming for a witch’—held
was for women who did not conform to the very
strict social order.”
This is Gregory’s first BookExpo in a decade.
“What I remember more than anything else was
that I should have had a spare pair of shoes,
because you don’t want to be running around
that in heels,” she says. “And I remember the
complete impossibility of getting a decent cup
of English tea.” She’s pleased that Americans
have finally gotten British tea right. “But nobody
ever serves it in anything but one of those bizarre
wax cartons with the little hole on top. Half of
the pleasure of having tea is smelling it.” Her
remedy is to carry her own china cup with her
whenever she travels to the U.S. —Hilary S. Kayle
Today, noon–1:30 p.m. Philippa Gregory will
speak at the Adult Librarian Lunch, in Rooms
1E07/1E08/1E09.
Today, 2:30–3:30 p.m. Gregory will appear at
the APA Authors Tea, in Rooms 1E07/1E08.
Today, 4:15–6 p.m. Gregory will appear at
the Happy Hour signing, in the ABA lounge.
Tomorrow, 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Gregory
will sign at the S&S booth (1838,1839).

45 www.bookexpo.com
 O K S
BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

FREE B O
E I VTH
P B O O AUTHORS
AT T H Ben Lerner
Telling a Topeka Tale
Topeka, Kans., the city in which Ben Lerner was raised, appears at some
point in all his books—his three acclaimed collections of poetry and his
novels, Leaving the Atocha Station and 10:14. But in his new novel, The
Topeka School (Oct.), this fall’s lead fiction title from Farrar, Straus and

W E D N E S D AY
Giroux, it takes center stage. It also features the return of Adam Gordon,

G IV E A W AY
the narrator of Leaving the Atocha Station.
Lerner describes it as

catherine barnett
“one family’s story but
also a sweeping story of

©
RC

one section of America

A

in the late 20th century.

A depiction of a family

H U R S D A Y G IV E A W AY S with lots of struggles

T and lots of strengths.”
Adam is a senior at
Topeka High School,
class of 1997. A cham-
2 P. M . pion debater (like
SIGNING
Lerner) and aspiring
poet, he’s also one of
the cool kids. Both of his
RC

parents (like Lerner’s)

RC

A
A

are therapists, working

E!
...AND MOR at a world-renowned
psychiatric clinic. “Adam
is a teenager coming-of-age between
two cultures. The son of two lefty, Jew-
F R I D AY ish psychologists from the East Coast

G IV E A W AY S
who value talk and expression above
all else, he’s desperate to pass as a
‘real man’ among adolescents who
E!
...AND MOR value physical toughness, and think of
most [other] forms of expression as
emasculating,” says Lerner.
A large part of what Lerner calls “the
experiment of this book,” in which he
deftly shifts perspectives, was writing
in the voice of his parents. “In a way,
this is a book about me imagining my
RC

childhood from my parents’ perspec-

A
RC

tive,” Lerner says. “The first-person sec-

A

tions are in the voices of my parents

and that involves imagining the voices that shaped my own.” It’s also a story
that shows the different kinds of speech that can move through one character
at any one moment in history. “The speech of therapists, friends, rappers,
debate coaches, politicians, commercials, all move through Adam, and he’s
trying to figure out what might constitute his own voice. In a way, this book

IV P B O O T H 1831 is a history of the voice that’s writing it.”

V IS IT RE
While much of The Topeka School is based on Lerner’s family and his own

T H E S E B O O KS AND MO teenage experiences, he is not concerned that readers will think the novel is
FOR more autobiography than fiction. “I don’t worry about readers making auto-
biographical connections. Most of the characters are composites or unreal,
and many of the events are pure fabrication—but fabrications that I hope
ivpress.com are in the service of other forms of truth.” —Lucinda Dyer

Today, 2–3 p.m. Ben Lerner will sign ARCs of The Topeka School at the
Macmillan booth (1544, 1545).

www.bookexpo.com
46
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

TRIUMPH BOOKS
AUTHORS CELEBRATING
William Kent Krueger THREE DECADES OF
Following in the Footsteps of CHAMPIONSHIP
Mark Twain SEASONS
William Kent Krueger remembers listening
intently as his teacher read The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer aloud to the class. Later he
read Mark Twain’s The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn with a similar enthusi-
asm, intrigued by the young protagonist
bravely navigating the Mississippi River.
Inspired by Twain’s tales, Krueger decided
to write about young people, desperate to
swap corruption for freedom, who embark
on a turbulent river journey. The resulting
standalone novel, This Tender Land (Atria,
Sept.), combines out-
diane krueger

door exploits and a

meditation on the
©

human condition.
Narrated by the not-
quite-13-year-old
Odie O’Banion, it
details the loss of
innocence among a Visit BOOTH #1923
motley quartet of for signings and giveaways, including:
orphans—Odie and
his brother, Albert;
their best friend,
Moses; and a little
girl named Emmy.
The novel is partly

5/30 6/1
set at Lincoln School in Minnesota in 1932, an off-reservation boarding
school for many Native American children who had been forcibly separated
from their parents. The four run from the law and set out for St. Louis in a at 3:30 PM at 11:30 AM
canoe. Their search for a home together suggests that “family is less about
blood than the way we open our hearts,” says Krueger.
Harvey Mark
Although the story is set against the bleak backdrop of the Great Depres- Araton Feinsand &
sion, Krueger says that he was determined to showcase the era’s unex- Bryan Hoch
pected penchant for kindness. “So many of us had parents who grew up in
the Dust Bowl then, our mothers telling us stories about not turning away
people who were hungry,” says Krueger, who was raised in the Cascade
Mountains of Oregon. “Generosity during times of great privation, that’s
the spirit of America I wanted to capture.” Stop by for a chance to win
Like Krueger’s Edgar Award–winning Ordinary Grace and the books in
his Cork O’Connor mystery series, This Tender Land puts spirituality and
2 tickets to Friday night’s
the conflicting forces of faith and doubt front and center. “[Spirituality] has
been an issue for me my whole life. I want to explore the spiritual journey
Yankees vs. Red Sox
in our lives,” he says. He also wants readers to share his deep attachment game at Yankee Stadium!
to his characters.
“I want to have readers fall in love with the characters, let them feel
despair and possibility when they do,” Krueger says. “I want to say some-
thing about human nature and how we ought to respond to each other,
what as a people I think we are capable of. I want to give readers the hope
that we can be those people.” —Alia Akkam

Today, 2–3 p.m. William Kent Krueger will sign ARCs at the S&S booth
(1838, 1839).

47 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

AUTHORS
Maaza Mengiste
Women and War
A trip to Italy on a Fulbright

simon hurst photography

fellowship provided the sub-
ject for Ethiopian-born writer
Maaza Mengiste’s second

©
novel, The Shadow King (Nor-
ton, Sept.). Originally, she had
planned to use her time in
Italy to research the Fascist
invasion of Ethiopia during
WWII. As she looked through
the archives, something both-
ered her. “Working with these
documents that had been
kept through Mussolini’s era,”
says Mengiste, “I quickly real-
ized I was reading a history
that had been approved by
censors. And all of these
things—the newspaper
accounts, the photographs
that were taken—were part of
a propaganda machine.”
Mengiste started combing through journals, letters, and photo albums at
flea markets to find personal photographs taken by soldiers and other
records of the past not approved by officials. She found a photograph of an
Ethiopian woman with a rifle. “I’d heard of these women,” Mengiste says,
“but it wasn’t part of my consciousness. I started looking through old news-
papers, and I suddenly found a line in an article about an Ethiopian woman
who picked up her husband’s gun during battle and led his army.”
That inspired Mengiste to write about women’s role during wartime
against the backdrop of the hardships faced in Ethiopia during WWII. “I
want to reshift the masculine perspective on war,” she says, “so that we can
begin to reframe women at the center of world history.”
After Mengiste started writing the novel, she mentioned her discoveries
to her mother. “My mother said, ‘Don’t you know about your great-grand-
mother?’ It turns out that as a young girl, my great-grandmother, who was
wed to a man much older than her—she was much too young to be mar-
ried—sued her father for his rifle so she could go off to war, as opposed to
her husband whom she didn’t know very well and didn’t like.” So coinciden-
tally, the very sort of woman who inspired her novel was actually part of her
own heritage.
The last time Mengiste attended Book-
Expo was a decade ago, when her debut
novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, came out.
“I’m excited about seeing booksellers and
librarians again. They are champions on
so many different levels—these people
invested in literature and books and what
books can do. Most writers remember
books that completely altered our per-
spective on things, and that’s thanks to a
librarian or someone else who put a book
in your hands.” —Hilary S. Kayle

Today, 3–3:30 p.m. Maaza Mengiste will

be signing at the Norton booth (1521).

www.bookexpo.com
48
 BOOTH #1738
In-Booth Signings:

At night, she took comfort

in making handbags

with any scraps she could find.

$17.99 US/$23.99 CAN

ISBN 978-1-4998-0898-8
51799

9 781499 808988
littlebeebooks.com

THURS, 5/30 AT 11AM: THURS, 5/30 AT 2PM: FRI, 5/31 AT 10AM:

d All Pages 5/7/19 6:03 PM

Deborah Blumenthal Rajani LaRocca signing Kat Shepherd signing

signing Parrots, Pugs, and Midsummer’s Mayhem Gemini Mysteries:
Pixie Dust: A Book About Cat’s Paw
Judith Leiber

Galleys to Grab:

$17.99 US/$23.99 CAN Ages 7–10

Photo by Phillip Russell

“A laugh-out-loud adventure filled with This hilarious, brand-new

surprises, misdeeds, and dung farming!” midd le-grade series with For most people,
—Dan Richards, author of Stu Truly two-color illustrations throughout
n a small town and Stu Truly: First Kiss home is a place with
as not magical, is The Sisters Grimm meets Shrek!
lls. Luckily, she four walls, warm
magical books For Nobbin Swill, life is no fairy tale. His
eings. Luckier
family has been the king’s royal dung farmers
meals, a place to eat
ter and now
other readers. for generations. It’s a stinky job and someone and sleep, rest and
was Airball: My has to do it, but Nobbin doesn’t want to
llustrated her
es of Beanboy
spend the rest of his life as a dung farmer. live. For a refugee,
Adventures of On a dark, cloudy night, Nobbin catches a
mily in Kansas. home is unpredictable
flicker of moonlight glimmering off something
om in the dung. It could be a button or a buckle, and always changing.
something that might fetch him a coin from
the shoemaker. But it turns out to be a very And often, it doesn’t
valuable ring—the king’s ring, and one that
have walls.
could offer Nobbin a life free from dung!
But Nobbin isn’t a thief and would never
steal from the king, so he makes his way
to the castle. When he tries to return the
ring, things only become more complicated,
and he ends up having to help the hapless
Jacket art by Jia Sung
Prince Charming solve a mystery when ISBN 978-1-4998-0875-9
ISBN 978-1-4998-0971-8
51799 theby woodcutter’s children—Gretel, and
Jacket illustration copyright © 2019 51699
arkrader Little Bee Books, Inc.
her younger brother, Hansel—go missing.

MELANIE SUMROW
Manufactured in USA
arkrader
na
9 781499 809718
yellowjacketreads.com
Will they be able to solve the case?
9 781499 808759
CHING YEUNG RUSSELL
m

5/2/19 7:35 AM

#beeareader
littlebeebooks.com

PW_fullpage_ad v3.indd 1 5/17/19 11:47 AM

 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

QA tionary biology as a modern-day human habitat. Instead

of hunting and gathering and living in caves, it’s pent-

Megan Goldin houses, Hermès, and plush Wall Street offices. And
instead of bringing back bison from the hunt, it’s junk
bonds and bonuses.
Trapping Wall Street Wizards
You are putting characters into a crucible. What are
Before she became an author (The Girl in Kellers Way), Australian you seeking to explore—or expose?
Megan Goldin was a journalist who reported from the Middle Office politics are fascinating—colleagues work together
East and Asia for various news outlets. Now she turns her atten- and build up a rapport, an office culture, and often
tion to the cutthroat world of Wall Street hedge fund megawealth and work- socialize, but at the same time, they are competitors, for resources, for bud-
place sexism in The Escape Room (St. Martin’s, July). In the past decade or gets, and, more selfishly, for promotions and salary increases. That usually
so, escape rooms (aka escape games) have become popular entertainment happens in back rooms through deals, networks, and politicking. I wanted to
for people from all walks of life. In them, contestants have to solve riddles explore what would happen if you strip down all the pretense of the camara-
and puzzles in order to get out of a room. Gol- derie and reveal all the office politics and machinations.
din takes the premise one step further in her
new thriller, in which three colleagues must You look at sexism in the workplace. Have you experienced it?
participate in a team-building exercise by Yes. Like many women, my experiences have been mixed. I’ve had some great
escaping from a locked elevator—and sur- male bosses over the years. At the same time, I’ve faced institutional sexism
vival is not assured. that is deeply embedded within the organizational culture. One of the scenes
in the novel actually happened to me: the job interview from hell in which
This seems like a Darwinian setting, a sur- my character, Sarah Hall, is interviewed by a hiring manager who eats fist-
vival of the fittest or perhaps most conniving. fuls of nuts throughout the interview and only brought her in so he could
Absolutely. I’d been reading Yuval Noah tick a box that said he’d interviewed a woman for the role. It was an awful
Harari’s book Sapiens around the time the experience. But at least it became good fodder for a novel!  —Beth Levine
idea for The Escape Room was bubbling in
Today, 1:30–2:30 p.m. Megan Goldin will sign ARCs at the Macmillan
the back of my mind. It made me look at the
booth (1544).
corporate world through the prism of evolu-

SIMON & SCHUSTER CHILDREN’S EVENTS

THURSDAY, MAY 30
M M M M
00 P 0 AM 00 P 00 P 30 P 0 PM PM PM
AM –1 2 : 0– 11:3 AM –1 2 : AM –1 2 : AM –1 2 : 0– 1 2:3 – 3:0 0 – 5:0 0
1 1:00 11:0 1 1:30 1 1:30 1 1:30 1 2:0 2:30 4:00

N RINE Y A
EMM LLNER RT NEY ARY IE
JASO LDS THA
KA ABIRD MAR HOI STUABS IT T
BR RRIS SEM
RO ELLS JESS A
O C KE GIB ORNE AND SIM NEW PET
REYKNBOTH WAYST HOLINA BALLERINA H.K.NENT RECORD STEIN OKAY WITCH H
MO LAY W UBY AND S
LOO L A THE EA LIE T ATIO
N S &R
MAX N TROUB
LE CER’
SPEN RAPHING /1839
AT
ANGE G AT PERM
EA
RE A
CHAR LAST EQU EA
GA R
PHIN / 1 8 39 PHIN PH A PH A PH A
R
GR A GR A GR A GR A GR A WI
AUTO TH #183
8
AUTO TABLE 2 AUTO TABLE 3 AUTO TABLE 6 TH E A R AUTO TABLE 6 T PH A
RE A G
AUTO TH #183
8
A PH
GR GR A
&S B
OO
AUTO ABLE 15 AUTO ABLE 14 BO O
S T T S&S
PH O
PH O

TO ©
PH O
TO C

K AR
PH O

TO ©
PH O
OUR

PH O
IBA J
TO ©

PH O
TO ©

C H ER
TESY

TO ©
ACK
TO ©
B EN

A AR

I STE

TORY
OF T

P
FRAC

STUA

H OT
ON R
HE A

INKE

WILL
O GR
T EN B

RT G
ICHT
U TH

LLNE

A PH

IAMS
IBBS
ERG

OR

ER

9:00 AM 12:30 PM 2:30 PM

Don’t miss these ARCs CHARLIE THORNE THE OKAY CURSED
IN THE SIMON & SCHUSTER AND THE LAST WITCH FRANK MILLER #SimonBookLovers
EQUATION
BOOTH! WHILE SUPPLIES LAST STUART GIBBS
EMMA
STEINKELLNER
AND THOMAS
WHEELER

www.bookexpo.com
50
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

beowulf sheehan
AUTHORS what they say:
the book

©
Jacqueline Woodson knows more
than you do

Writing About Family, for Adults about what it’s

This fall children’s book author Jacqueline Woodson, who is finishing a
two-year term as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
and is a recipient of the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the
2018 Children’s Literature Legacy Award, among other honors, will pub-
lish her second novel for adults, Red at the Bone (Riverhead, Sept.).
The story follows two black families from different social classes, who are
joined by an unexpected pregnancy. Moving back and forth in time, the
book explores how the decisions of the young people in each family have
long-lasting consequences.
“I feel that the characters have been with me for decades, and I’ve finally
figured out how to put them in a book,” says Woodson. The impetus, she
adds, came from “wanting to know more about the 1920 Tulsa race massa-
cre and wanting to talk about the black middle class. Family is something
I’ve always written about.”
Another Brooklyn, Woodson’s 2016 debut adult novel, told the story of
four girls and their friendship. “That’s where I live,” says Woodson, “in the
adolescent mindset—I think about what it means to be a black girl at a
particular moment in time. When I learned about the Tulsa massacre, I
thought about how that story hasn’t been told in a mainstream way. It’s
not the whole focus of Red at the Bone, but it’s kind of the inciting incident.”
Woodson says that the novel addresses “how we belong, how we love,
how we create family and hold on to it, and how we let go. But you know
trying to say. I
believe that
people coming
to the book
are going to
get something
entirely differ-
ent than what I
think I’m putting out. Because we’re each meeting it halfway through our
own backstory and our own experiences in the world.”
Woodson credits bookstores with helping her hone her craft. “I have so
many bookstores that I love and different memories from each of them,”
she says. “I remember when I went into bookstores where no one was
waiting to hear me read, and I’ve read at bookstores where it was packed.
I think all of them have helped me become the writer I am.”
This is Woodson’s fifth BookExpo; her first took place in 2005, when it
was still called ABA. “We were handing out free copies of Show Way
[Woodson’s first book based on her own family history] to anyone who
wanted them, and I don’t remember the line being super long,” she says.
 —Diane Patrick
Today, 4:30–6 p.m. Jacqueline Woodson will appear at the Happy Hour
signing at the ABA Member Lounge (2962).

51 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY
AUTHORS
Daniel José Older
Haunted by the Past
The bestselling children’s book author Daniel José Older—the Shadow-
shaper Cypher YA series, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy YA series,
and the middle grade historical fantasy Dactyl Hill Squad—is stepping out
of his comfort zone with his first literary adult novel, The Book of Lost Saints
(Imprint, Nov.). He was inspired by his mother’s stories about her life in
Cuba, which were quite a contrast to his growing up in Boston. “That differ-
ence really jumped out at
john midgley
me,” says Older. “The Book
of Lost Saints is about that
©
difference—what it’s like to
live now, but have the lin-
eage of what it was like to
live then, to inherit those
stories.”
The book features a mod-
ern-day Cuban-American
living in New Jersey, who is
haunted by his ancestor’s
spirit, a woman who van-
ished during the Cuban rev-
olution. “This one feels dif-
ferent rhythmically, and
that’s how I knew it was a lit-
erary novel rather than a
genre novel. A couple years
ago, two Duke Ellington
albums were released: one was called
Piano in the Foreground and one was
called Piano in the Background, and
they’re both amazing. And that’s how I
think of literary vs. genre. With genre
there is a lot more plot in the foreground
driving the story constantly forward, and
with literary, it’s about plot stepping back
a little. Things move fast in a lot of ways,
but it’s a different rhythm, and in the
midst of it people are living their lives.”
Another thing Older, who now writes
full-time, can’t forget is what it was like to
work as a paramedic when he first began
his writing career. “I would go in the back
of the ambulance between calls, lay down on a stretcher, and get in as many
words as I could before we got another call. So to have the luxury of being
able to wake up, walk my dogs, have breakfast, and then write at a desk—
without being suddenly needed to help someone having a heart attack—
even six years later it feels like ‘Wow!’ ”
Older is excited about bringing the Cuban-American experience to the
forefront at a time of literary social energy. “Because of the literary activism
of writers, particularly writers of color in the past couple of years, I think
we’re seeing a great change. You’re finding more and more people, includ-
ing myself, finding ourselves in books, and finding our stories being told,
and I think that’s so exciting. I love being part of this literary moment and
movement, because there is great change and it always propels me forward.”
 —Hilary S. Kayle
Today, 10–­11 a.m. Daniel José Older will sign ARCs at Table 14.
www.bookexpo.com
52
AUTHORS
Catherine Ryan Howard
Fast Forward to ‘Rewind’
Catherine Ryan Howard
found the perfect writing
prompt to inspire her latest
thriller, Rewind (Black-
stone, Sept.): an image
from Frank Warren’s Post-
Secret project. Warren
started this community
mail art project in 2005,
asking people to anony-
mously send him secrets on
homemade postcards,
which he then posted on
the internet. Howard
describes the one that
caught her attention. “It
was an image of a bedroom
and the secret was: ‘I trade hidden sex-
cam videos with other Airbnb hosts.’ I
thought, what if you were doing that,
not because you were a terrible person,
but because you have to for some rea-
son—maybe you desperately need the
money, or you’ve been blackmailed. And
you get more than you bargained for—
what if you captured a murder on the
tape? You can’t report it without reveal-
ing your own criminality. So what hap-
pens next?”
What makes this novel unusual is that
after the opening scene, each subse-
quent section is labeled with a symbol
for rewind, pause, fast forward, and so
forth. Howard explains, “The story begins in the middle, and then it
rewinds a bit. At other points it fast forwards—it jumps forward in time,
or it pauses, so the whole story is out of order. It’s only until you get to the
end that you can piece together everything and reveal the truth.”
This is the author’s third book, and she notes that it was the easiest for
her to write. “I knew exactly what was going to happen; its structure is quite
unusual because it’s designed as if you’re watching a tape. I had it planned
quite meticulously before I began. My previous book, The Liar’s Girl, which
was nominated for an Edgar this year, was horrific to write because I took a
seed of an idea, and then I sat there and finally started to draft. What I have
learned is that I need to plan in advance. The way I describe it: plotting
beforehand is like building the house—then the pressure is off. You can go
in and do the light bit, which is the interior decorating. So that’s how I see
the process.”
This is Howard’s first experience at BookExpo. “I love meeting readers,
and I love talking about books. I so appreciate people in the States taking
the time to travel to Ireland with me for however many hours it takes them
to read the book. And I love being around people who make books for a liv-
ing, so I’m excited about spending a few days totally immersed in the world
of books.” —Hilary S. Kayle
Today, 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Catherine Ryan Howard will sign ARCs at
the Blackstone booth (1411).
YOU DO
HAVE A
CHOICE!
CHOOSE BOOKAZINE

Booth
Inquire@bookazine | 800.221.8112 #942
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

QA AUTHORS
Eric Nuzum Andrea Bobotis
Podcast Primer Murder, Southern-Style
NPR and Audible veteran Eric Nuzum, who has produced 130 podcasts, A woman untangles the dark

zg amanda tipton
has created a book on podcasting basics, Make Noise (Workman, Dec.). legacy of her family’s posses-
Here he talks about what distinguishes the best podcasts. sions in a hard-luck South
Carolina cotton town in Andrea
What’s the difference between radio and podcasts, beyond the obvious Bobotis’s first novel, The Last
difference of the “on demand” aspect? List of Miss Judith Kratt
The distinction vexed me for a long time, because of not being able to (Sourcebooks, July). Set in the
describe it, even though I could feel it. The most important difference is present with flashbacks to
that most podcast listening happens on earphones or with earbuds—it’s one fateful evening in 1929,
a very personal experience. You can have a radio on in the car, the living Judith Kratt pieces together
room, or in a store or office—more than one person can listen to it. The the influence of her family on
classical roots of radio were group and family listening. Podcasting from its their small cotton town, learn-
origin has really been meant to be singular, solitary listening, and I think ing that the devastating effects
that creates a level of intimacy that radio comes close to but doesn’t quite of family secrets can last a life-
match. There’s also something—though I have nothing to base this on—but time, and beyond.
I think putting something against your body or inside your ear makes it Where did Bobotis, a yoga
different. and writing teacher, get the
inspiration for the murder
With more than 700,000 podcasts out in the world, what distinguishes central to the plot? Her own
the best? family history, of course. Her
The best podcasts have just a small handful of elements. The creators have great uncle killed his brother with a single,
a very clear idea of what they are trying to say. They’ve either experimented deliberate shotgun blast after a quarrel over
for years and they figured out what their voice is, or they’ve sat down, and a family inheritance. “We knew that much,
before they started, they think it through. but there was so much more that was
A lot of my book focuses on that second scenario. You don’t have a lot of unclear. When I was little, we would talk
time to make a second impression in podcasting, so how can you make sure about it over our meals. Why would he do
your idea is clear in the beginning? That’s really a hallmark of almost all that? What do you think really happened?
successful podcasts. It took me many years to realize that this
The other thing is a passion for saying it. was not normal family behavior. Looking
back, I realized that we were really explor-
What would you like readers to take away from your book? ing all of the whys of human behavior,” she
If they really think that podcasting is something they’re interested in explor- says, and in the process of her writing,
ing, there’s just a little bit of work you can do up front that can really reduce human became her characters’ behavior.
the risk of failing. It doesn’t take a lot of money; it doesn’t take a lot of Bobotis grew up in Greenville, S.C., not
resources; it doesn’t take a huge following.  —Hilary S. Kayle far from the Blue Ridge Mountains. When
she moved to Colorado eight years ago, she found that being removed
Today, 2:45–3:20 p.m. Eric Nuzum will talk with Leigh Haber about gave her a new perspective on the South. “I needed a little distance to see
“Everything You Need to Know About Podcasting” in Room 1E11.
the contours of it more clearly,” she says.
Today, 4–5 p.m. Nuzum will sign ARCs at the Workman booth (1307).
She began writing the novel as a faithful retelling of her family’s story, but
found it lacked narrative urgency. “I realized that writing for me was a pro-
cess of discovery, and I already knew how this story ended. When I freed
myself from the constraint of the truth, the book took off. I’m not telling
the exact stories of the people my characters are based on. I am giving
away their secrets, only slantwise,” she says.
She really found her rhythm when she inherited a mass of short published
and unpublished histories of upstate South Carolina, specifically York County,
where the novel is set. Her mother grew up in a small town called Sharon,
population around 300, where the people tend to write down their families’
histories set in historical context. “My mom had a treasure trove of them.
They gave me this really ear-to-the-ground understanding of the area, espe-
cially during the Depression era. Once I got that, I thought, this is such a
wonderful rounding out to pair with my family’s history,” says Bobotis.
 —Beth Levine

Today, 9:30–10:30 a.m. Andrea Bobotis will sign at the Sourcebooks

booth (1629).

www.bookexpo.com
54
 NEW FICTION TITLES from Baker Publishing Group

While Benjamin investigates a mysterious
death, evidence takes him to a remote island on
the Thames. There, Isabelle is trapped by fear
and a recurring dream about a man’s death. Or
is it a memory? When a second death brings
everyone under suspicion, and the search for
truth brings secrets to light, she realizes her
island sanctuary will never be the same.
978-0-7642-1819-4 • $15.99 • December 2019
When a Coast Guard officer is found dead
and another goes missing, special agent Finn
Walker faces his most dangerous assignment
yet. Complicating matters is the arrival of
investigative reporter Gabby Rowley, who’s
on a mission to discover the truth. Can they
ignore the sparks between them and track
down this elusive killer?
978-0-7642-3084-4 • $15.99 • August 2019
In a world where the boundaries are clear
and punishments severe, a young woman
risks everything to help a young boy . . . When her world is upended by the arrival of
and find a world beyond black and white. Englisher Adeline Pelham—her existence the
reminder of a painful family secret—young
For the first time, bestselling authors Ted
Amishwoman Sylvia Miller must learn to
Dekker and Rachelle Dekker team up and
come to terms with the past while grappling
deliver an intense, tightly focused ride
with issues of her own. Is it possible that
through the most treacherous world of all.
God can make something good out of the
978-0-8007-3653-8 • $24.99 • September 2019
mistakes of the past?
978-0-8007-2962-2 • $15.99 • September 2019

When cybercriminals hack A Hollywood producer When former Army Night

into the U.S. Marshal’s
Witness Protection database
and auction off personal
details to the highest bidder,
FBI Agent Sean Nichols
begins a high-stakes chase
to find the hacker. Trouble
is, he has to work with U.S.
Marshal Taylor Mills, who
knows the secrets of his past,
and the seconds are ticking
down before someone dies.
978-0-7642-3395-1 • $15.99
December 2019
Mystery begins to follow
Aggie Dunkirk when she
exhumes the past’s secrets
and uncovers a crime her
eccentric grandmother has
been obsessing over. Decades
earlier, after discovering
her sister’s body in the
attic, Imogene Flannigan is
determined to find justice.
Two women, separated by
time, vow to find answers . . .
no matter the cost.
978-0-7642-3388-3 • $15.99
December 2019
reeling from his best
friend’s betrayal and an LA
lawyer who has sacrificed
everything for her career are
drawn together to untangle
a web of lies and deceit that
threatens their future.
978-0-8007-2787-1 • $15.99
October 2019
A rookie CIA officer makes
a reluctant agreement to
work with a former assassin
and an elite team of thieves
to breach a high-altitude
data vault hovering in the
mesosphere in the most
daring heist ever conceived.
978-0-8007-3577-7 • $15.99
September 2019
Stalker Rick Jordan hires
private investigator Heather
Shields to help him solve
a mystery that began with
a trail of blood, a callous
murderer will do whatever
it takes to stop them—even
if it means killing again.
978-0-8007-2770-3 • $15.99
October 2019
Based on true events, this
compelling survival story by
award-winning novelist Jane
Kirkpatrick is full of grit and
endurance. Beset by storms,
bad timing, and desperate
decisions, 8 women, 17
children, and one man
must outlast winter in the
middle of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains in 1844.
978-0-8007-2702-4 • $15.99
September 2019

www.bakerpublishinggroup.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

AUTHORS AUTHORS
Adam Rippon Joshilyn Jackson
From Ice to Page Is Redemption Possible?
For 20-some years, Adam Rip- As a self-described “devout but very progressive Christian woman,” Joshi-
pon’s life was dominated by fig- lyn Jackson is interested in the act of redemption. “How far can you go into
ure skating. Then, after snag- the black before you see the lights to call you home? Why do some people
ging a bronze medal at the never see the lights? What saves us? What connects us?” she muses. She
2018 Winter Olympics as part pursues that theme in her latest novel, Never Have I Ever (Morrow, July), a
of the team, he announced his domestic thriller that asks: What if someone knew your worst secret and
retirement from the profes- was ready to use it against you?
sional sphere. To transition In a suburban women’s book group where life is sweet and uncompli-
between that fierce, competi- cated, the dynamic changes when a new member joins who seems to
tion-fueled era and the next know terrible truths about Amy Whey’s not-so-halcyon background. Filled
uncertain one, he decided to with Jackson’s trademark dark humor, the novel follows a high-stakes
write a memoir. cat-and-mouse game as Amy fights to save the life she’s so painstakingly
“I wanted to process every- built.
thing, so that when I went into A New York Times bestsell-

wes browning
this new chapter, I didn’t have a ing author, Jackson says she
breakdown moment. I felt like it writes to explore the ques-

©
was important to recall every- tions that drive her life—
thing I had been through,” he motherhood, women, faith,
says. “I’ve grown from the expe- and justice. “Storytelling is
rience, remembering things I how I explain the world to
had forgotten for years.” myself,” she says. Her previ-
Beautiful on the Outside (Grand
Central, Oct.) charts Rippon’s
I used my ous novels include gods in
Alabama, Backseat Saints,
ascent from a homeschooled body every and Almost Sisters.
childhood in Scranton, Pa., that
revolved around the rink at the Ice single day, but I To the redemption question,
Jackson devotes herself to
Box and the glamorous, global world
of figure skating, unveiling the chal-
also used humor teaching creative writing and
literature as a volunteer at
lenges, sacrifices, and uncomfortable every day as a Georgia’s women’s prison sys-
Greyhound bus journeys in between.
Lacing his story with humor, some-
tool to take tem with the nonprofit
Reforming Arts, part of a re-entry
thing he’s had a knack for since he away from the program. She says, “We incarcerate
was a kid, was a priority for Rippon. “I
used my body every single day, but I stress.” more than anyone on the planet,
more than dictatorships, and there
also used humor every day as a tool to is no road out of that. The women I
take away from the stress. It’s the space I felt most comfortable in; that’s have met in prison are so much
why I made this book a comedy,” he says. more than their worst decision, and
As Rippon considers a future career in television, the book is also a way of that informed Never Have I Ever.
reinforcing his role as an activist, organically spawned when Rippon, who True, Amy has done something
publicly came out in 2015, took issue with Vice President Mike Pence lead- awful. But I don’t think anyone
ing the 2018 U.S. Olympic delegation because of his stance on gay rights. should be reduced to the worst
Writing the book, says Rippon, “I really thought a lot about being a young thing they have ever done; they are
kid in Pennsylvania. [That young kid] didn’t feel that he had anyone like him human beings. I know I have done
to look out for him, [but now] it was easy for me to speak out. There are so pretty crappy things. Does that
many little boys and girls who feel that nobody sees the world the way they make me without value?”
do.” Jackson sends Valentines out to
Rippon wrote some chapters in a few hours, his words flowing. Others left all the booksellers who have helped
him feeling stuck, but he pushed through with the same moxie he displayed her in her quest to share her stories.
in his skating days. “It’s been such an interesting change, to train at the “I have a career because of book-
intensity of trying to go to the Olympics, and then not going to bed with my sellers who show the love by handselling. My first novel didn’t make much
lungs burning and my legs throbbing,” he says. “I have to remind myself of a splash initially, but the sellers picked it up and physically put it directly
that it’s okay, that it doesn’t mean I didn’t work hard—it’s just in a different into the hands of readers. That book stayed at the same sales arc for a year
way now.”  —Alia Akkam instead of six weeks. I am deeply grateful that they used their voice and
power to support my work.”  —Beth Levine
Today, 9:30–10 a.m. Adam Rippon will speak about his book on the
Downtown Stage. Today, 10:30–11 a.m. Joshilyn Jackson will sign at Table 13.

www.bookexpo.com
56
Visit Us Today for Your
Signed Copy!
Thursday, May 30th
Tammy R. Vigil Lauren Kessler
BEA Autographing Area - Table 8 Booth 826
2:30-3:30 pm 11 am

From their full lives pre-nomination to their
attitudes while occupying the White House,
Vigil builds careful and thoughtful portraits
of Melania Trump and Michelle Obama that
provide new appreciation for how these
women, and the first ladies that came before
them, have shaped our country.
“Kessler gives a pulsing heart and a human
face to this portion of the population all too
often forgotten outside the walls. An incisive,
welcome look at prison life in the U.S.”
—Kirkus Reviews

redlightningbooks.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

AUTHORS It was all about the story.

Sarah J. Maas The story I couldn’t stop
A Whole New World thinking about, the one I was the
“It was all about the story. The story I
couldn’t stop thinking about, the one I was
most excited to write.”
the most excited to write,” says Sarah J.
Maas, best known for her two YA series Maas credits “Shenzhou,” written by the British film composer Steven
Throne of Glass and Court of Thorns and Price for the movie Gravity, with inspiring the book’s climax. “I was listening
Roses, of her decision to create her first to it on a plane and all of a sudden, I saw this scene play out,” Maas says. “I
epic fantasy series for adults. The new literally began sobbing and had to pull the hood of my sweatshirt over my
Crescent City series launches with the face and lean into the window to hide how hard I was crying. I’d never met
publication of House of Earth and Blood these characters before, had no idea who they were, or what their world
(Bloomsbury, early 2020). It is set in a was like, or what had brought them to this particular moment. But as I lis-
world of demons, shape-shifters, and tened to the track over and over, I began to piece things together. By the
angels, where humans struggle to survive end of that flight, I knew I had to write this story if only to be able to one day
and half-human, half-Sidhe Bryce Quin- write that scene.”
lan joins forces with a powerful warrior-an- As for what readers can look forward to in the new series, Maas says, “A
gel to avenge the death of her best friend. world with ancient magic and danger lurking down every alley, a few tat-
Like Maas’s previous novels, her new tooed broody guys swaggering about, lots of banter, and a snarky heroine
one takes place in a world different from our own, but this time it’s a mod- with an indomitable spirit that [readers] will hopefully love as much as I do.”
ern one. “They have technology similar to our own, which has made writing  —Lucinda Dyer
it even more fun, and in some ways easier,” says Maas. “When something
vital is going down, characters can just call each other, rather than relying Today, 4:15–6 p.m. Sarah J. Maas will sign samplers at the Happy Hour
signing in the ABA Member Lounge.
on messengers or magic. It also adds a whole new level to romantic banter,
Today and tomorrow, 10 a.m. There will be a ticketed giveaway of
when characters can flirt with each other over text.” samplers at the Bloomsbury booth (1538).

MEET OUR AUTHORS!

T H U R S D A Y , M A Y 3 0 T H
T H U R S D AY
Autographing Area, Table #11 11:00am
G I V E A W AY S
Karl Marlantes Stop by the Moody Publishers
booth for your free copy!
author of
Deep River BOOTH 339
A Novel

Autographing Area, Table #11 3:00pm

Susan Isaacs
author of
Takes One to Know One
A Novel

Grove Atlantic, Booth #733 11:00am 11AM

TODAY ONLY!

Richard Stengel Book signing at table

10 with authors
author of Marcus Warner and
Chris Coursey!
Information Wars
How We Lost the Global Battle
Against Disinformation

V i s i t us a t B o o t h # 7 3 3 G R O V E AT L A N T I C

www.bookexpo.com
58
 WINNER of the IPPY AWARD
for BEST HORROR E-BOOK!

“RABID HEART maintains a sharp, persistently moving narrative…an endlessly

entertaining zombie tale that checks off genre conventions with style.”
— Kirkus Reviews

”RABID HEART evokes a mix of Misfits lyrics and grainy VHS horror classics.
The plot draws parallels to Cormac McCarthy's The Road...”
— Publishers Weekly

“RABID HEART is Wagner’s finest work to date. Exciting and

page-tu
near-addictive. A page-turner that avid horror aficionados will be
drawn to with glee.”
— Dead Rhetoric Magazine

”RABID HEART is a next level opus that raises the stakes

considerably. And good goddamn, is it a white-knuckle thrill ride.”
— Decibel Magazine

“An evil Egyptologist. A scheming billionaire.

A guitar maestro. They’re all there in
Jeremy Wagner’s THE ARMAGEDDON CHORD.
This is pulp fiction at its breeziest best.”
— Rolling Stone

Best-Selling Novelist JEREMY WAGNER is the Award-Winning

author of RABID HEART and THE ARMAGEDDON CHORD.

RiverdaleAveBooks.com JEREMY-WAGNER.COM
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

CHILDREN’S
AUTHORS Mac Barnett’s Creative
Raina Telgemeier Hat Trick

carson ellis
‘Guts’ and Graphics

©
Mac Barnett reflects on a trio of new projects,
which, he says, “represent three different
Raina Telgemeier spills her approaches to writing—and three different
guts—quite literally—in her lat- strains of my personality.”
est graphic novel, appropriately
entitled Guts (Scholastic Graphix, The Important Thing About Margaret
Sept.), the third in a series Wise Brown, illus. by Sarah Jacoby
inspired by Telgemeier’s memo- (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, May)
rable childhood experiences. Margaret Wise Brown was an important
Guts is the story of Raina, a author to me in childhood, and one I remain
fifth grader whose anxieties over impressed with. My agent, Steve Malk, and I
school and her relationships with both have a deep interest in the history of pic-
her parents, younger siblings, ture books, and one day we were talking about
teachers, friends, and enemies Brown, and the idea came up of doing a picture
are expressed through her stom- book biography of her. Biography is not some-
ach. Raina’s days and nights are thing I gravitate toward, but after reading
marked with bouts of vomiting, Leonard Marcus’s 1992 biography of Brown, I
passing gas, loose bowels, and thought there might be an opportunity to play
other such excretions not usually with the genre. I decided to alternate between
brought up in polite society. relating episodes of her life and looking at ways
The author says that she is fully to read her work, and the book began to make
aware that some in her target a lot of sense to me.
joseph fanvu photography

audience of middle grade

readers “aren’t mature Just Because, illus. by Isabelle
enough” to handle the subject Arsenault (Candlewick, Sept.)
matter of Guts and will laugh The idea for this story has been running
©

at images of Raina in the around in my head for a very long time. In the
bathroom. But others, she book, at bedtime a girl asks her father ques-
says, will relate: they have tions like, “What is rain,” and he tells her it’s
had similar experiences. “the tears of flying fish.” As a child, I was fasci-
“We just dismiss it as gross, nated by scientific questions, but for me the
or embarrassing, or taboo,” scientific answers stood on equal ground with
Telgemeier says of bodily the more fanciful answers I’d make up. I
manifestations of emotional decided to fill this book with nonscientific
problems. “So many [chil- answers—all adults have experience answer-
dren] have something going ing kids’ questions that we have no answers
on with their bodies or their minds, and they don’t know how to talk about to. I think Isabelle Arsenault is one of the best illustrators working right
it.” now, and I love how she made perfect sense of Just Because, creating sur-
As a child, the author dreamed of becoming a writer, but considered it an real scenes that are both intimate and expansive. My jaw dropped when I
impossibility, as she thought that writers had to create characters who were first saw her sketches—including the flying fish.
not them, having experiences that were not their own in real life. “I didn’t
know then that it was possible to write stories about yourself and still call Mac B., Kid Spy #3: Top Secret
them stories,” she says. Once she started mining her memories, Telgemeier Smackdown (Orchard, Sept.)
wrote Smile, “the crazy story about my braces,” and Sisters, about growing Writing the Mac B. series is almost like dessert
up with a younger sister. She also wrote two mostly fictional graphic novels, for me. I have fun writing these books, but I’m
Drama and Fame. always surprised how hard it is to weave
“I thought, after Smile and Sisters, I was tapped out, and that was the together history, mystery, and autobiographical
end,” she says of writing autobiographical graphic novels, but that observa- bits into a relatively short novel. It takes a lot of
tion turned out to be premature. While “slogging through” a completely dif- sculpting to make it feel fun and effortless and
ferent project, Telgemeier realized that what she really wanted to write delightful—again, like a good dessert, but one I
about, if she could only overcome her mental resistance, was how her par- don’t get to eat. —Sally Lodge
ents once sent her to a therapist due to her incapacitating anxieties and
neuroses. Once she decided to go with the flow, Telgemeier says, Guts was Today, 10:30–11:30 a.m. Mac Barnett and
Isabelle Arsenault will sign lithos from Just Because at Table 12.
completed in just a few weeks. “It’s like it was sitting there, and all I had to
Today, 3:30–4 p.m. Barnett and Sarah Jacoby will sign The Important
do was pull it out,” she concludes.  —Claire Kirch Thing About Margaret Wise Brown at Table 9.
Tomorrow, 9:30–10:15 a.m. Barnett and Arsenault will participate in
Today, 1:30–2:30 p.m. Raina Telgemeier will sign galleys at Table 1 at a the inaugural “New Picture Book Showcase” on the Choice Stage.
ticketed event.

www.bookexpo.com
60
Visit Booth #1438 for reads featuring your favorite characters!

„‚‘  ­  €  ­  €  ­  €

      

‹ †“ ‡ † ‹ „‡‹’†‹ †‹  ‹ ‹ –—†  


 ††‰•‹ ’†‹ ‰ 


 ‹ˆ‰


 



€€Ž€Œ €€Ž€Œ €€Ž€Œ  ‚ƒ‚

  
    
 
Ž†•ŠˆŽ†‹ †“ €‹‹”ƒ‰  €‹ Š†ˆ††‹‹† „‡†ˆ

 
  ‡‹ˆˆ ‹†‡‹‘‡ˆ


  ’ˆƒ‡ˆ





€Œ  ­  € €€Ž€Œ  ­  €
  
   
ˆ€
†  †‡Š†‹  „„…†‡ˆ‰ 


 

 
   






 ­  €  ‚ƒ‚  ­  €  ­  €


   
­ƒ„  ­€­ 
 
€ƒ…†‡ƒ  


‚
  



  




 

 
‚


Meet Peppa Pig &

take a photo together!
 ­  €  ­  €
      June 1st
‰Š­­„ ˆ Booth #1438
‹ƒŒŽˆ…‘’  




 


‚

Peppa Pig © Astley Baker Davies Ltd /

Entertainment One UK Ltd 2003.

  

 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

CHILDREN’S
AUTHORS
Rainbow Rowell
A Season of Firsts
Rainbow Rowell says that she is

augusten burroughs
happiest and most productive
when writing in different genres for
varied audiences. After penning

©
contemporary fiction for both
young adults and adults, she is
attending BookExpo to promote
her first graphic novel, Pumpkin-
heads (Macmillan/First Second,
Aug.), illus. by Faith Erin Hicks, as
well as Wayward Son (Wednesday
Books, Sept.), the sequel to her
2015 fantasy novel, Carry On. The
new book picks up where Carry On
left off, with young British magician
Simon Snow and his friends Penny and Baz
battling and defeating the evil Humdrum.
This is a season of firsts for Rowell. In addi-
tion to making her graphic novel debut with
Pumpkinheads, Wayward Son marks the
first time she has written a sequel. She calls
the opportunity to discuss with readers what
may or may not happen to characters they
already know and love a “magical” experi-
ence. Rowell notes that the primary reason
she decided to write a sequel to Carry On is
that, as a reader, she always wants to know
“what happens to heroes after the last page.
The heroes have endured so much trauma,
and we leave them frozen in that happy
ending.”
Without spilling too much, Rowell does
reveal that Wayward Son opens with Simon
at loose ends. After defeating Humdrum, he
no longer is “The Chosen One.” Hoping to
get Simon out of his funk, Baz proposes that
they embark with Penny on a road trip
through North America. Rowell expresses
pleasure at writing about the U.S. from the
perspective of young Brits—and in the pro-
cess replacing the classic children’s book
tropes she employed in Carry On with a road
trip and adding American characters into the mix.
“It’s a different playground,” Rowell says, adding that the evocation of the
1970s-era rock song “Carry On, Wayward Son” is intentional. The “Bohe-
mian Rhapsody” spell in Carry On is a reference to the quintessentially Brit-
ish group Queen, although the title of the book itself refers to a slogan pop-
ular on WWII British propaganda posters. With Wayward Son, Rowell
wanted the title to evoke a novel set in the U.S. heartland, rather than Brit-
ain at war—and what could be more American, more heartland, than a
song by a band named Kansas? —Claire Kirch

Today, 3:30–4:30 p.m. Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks will sign
Pumpkinheads samplers at Table 1 in a ticketed event.
Tomorrow, 1–2 p.m. Rowell will sign Wayward Son posters at the Mac-
millan booth (1544, 1545). Tickets for the signing are available at the
booth at 9 a.m.
www.bookexpo.com
62
 Bob Honey Sings
Jimmy Crack Corn
a novel by Sean Penn
Bob Honey Sings Jimmy Crack Corn—the madcap follow-up
to his debut novel, which was hailed by authors as di-
verse as Salman Rushdie, Jane Smiley, and Paul Theroux
—explores the deepest recesses of American politics and
culture. Bob Honey, the disillusioned divorcee with a
penchant for murder by mallet, weaves his way toward
Washington DC for the ultimate showdown with a cer-
tain nefarious “landlord,” but nothing is as it seems, and
Bob will have more than just the government working
against him. Part comedy and part thriller, Bob Honey
Sings Jimmy Crack Corn establishes Sean Penn as a fixture
of the literary landscape for years to come.

SEPTEMBER 2019

Crash
Limited Deluxe Edition
by J. G. Ballard
When J. G. Ballard, our narrator, smashes his car into
another and watches a man die in front of him, he finds
himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled
impacts of car crashes. Robert Vaughan, a former TV
scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, has
gathered around him a collection of alienated crash vic-
tims and experiments with a series of autoerotic atroci-
ties, each more sinister than the last. But Vaughan craves
the ultimate crash—a head-on collision of blood, semen,
engine coolant, and iconic celebrity. First published in
1973, Crash remains one of the most shocking novels of
the twentieth century and was made into an equally con-
troversial film by David Cronenberg.

SUMMER 2019

RAREBIRDBOOKS.COM
Distributed by Publishers Group West
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

CHILDREN’S
AUTHORS
Julie Murphy
Making Her Middle Grade Debut
Before trying her hand at middle grade fiction, Julie Murphy published four
young adult novels with body-positive messages, including her 2015 best-
selling Dumplin’, which was adapted into a Netflix feature film. Her upcom-
ing middle grade debut, Dear Sweet Pea (Harper/Balzer+Bray, Oct.), fol-
lows seventh-grader Sweet Pea as she deals with her parents’ untraditional
divorce, a painful ex-friendship, and a favor that unexpectedly turns her

TCG AUTHOR SIGNINGS THURSDAY MAY 30

12:30pm–1:00pm 2:00pm–2:30pm
Tracy Letts, Pulitzer Prize–winning Martyna Majok, Pulitzer Prize–winning
author of August: Osage County, into the town’s advice columnist.
author, signing her play
signing his play Mary Page Marlowe Murphy says that she was inspired to write
Cost of Living
for a younger age group because of the recep-
tion she received for Dumplin’, which is about
what it’s like to exist in a fatter body. “I don’t
think my books are like these huge powerful
things,” she says, “but that made me wonder
what it would mean to start that conversation
even sooner. If these conversations that people
were having with their teens and people in their
lives—if we could just have them a few years
earlier—what impact might that make?”
In addition, says Murphy, writing Dumplin’
gave her “a little bit of personal license to write
Tracy Letts/photo by Jim Luning Martyna Majok/photo by Tammy Shell

a book like Dear Sweet Pea, where the main

character is fat, but it’s not the main thing she’s
contending with. I got to write this fat character
who is just trying to figure out how to exist as a
FIND US AT BOOTH #830B
seventh-grade girl.”
Dear Sweet Pea was also inspired by Mur-

BookBuzz Featured Titles…

phy’s nieces, to whom she dedicates the novel.
Ellie's Redempon “They’re in kindergarten and second grade and
Molly Jebber hearing them talk about my body and their
Romance
Double Down bodies really made me realize what a great
The Resurrecon
By Bruce Wessell By Mike O'Neill advantage it was to be able to talk to them at
Humor, Dramedy, Mystery, Thriller an early age about how all bodies are good
Suspense Nave Companions bodies,” she says. “Smaller doesn’t mean bet-
Dreamme Mysteries
By Jenni Barne ter, bigger doesn’t mean better, it’s just a neu-
The Great History Historical Ficon Fantasy tral thing. They’ve really given me a lot of
Cannabis for Seniors of the Manor
By Beverly A. Poer, insight.”
Bouchove
Ph.D. By Pith Schure The Portrait Although Murphy says that writing for middle
Lifestyle, Self-help Historical Ficon By Whitney J. LeBlanc grade came easily, she had to “reframe” her
Historical Ficon perspective. “It wasn’t like I just unplugged the
Cannabis for Canines YA part of my brain and plugged into the middle
By Beverly A. Poer, Scripturient
grade part,” she adds. “It wasn’t that easy. I
Ph.D. By Lynee Greenfield
Ficon, Short Stories Busy Bee: A Memoir think that part of me foolishly hoped that it
Pets, Self-Help
By Dato' Sri. Dr. Bee Loh would be.”
Memoir
While she’s hoping to return to middle grade,
Walking the Talk Murphy says that her next two novels will be for
The One O'Clock
Man A Lifestyle of Sharing a YA audience. But today, it’s all about Dear
Problem Solving with
By Will Jones Jesus Sweet Pea. —Sara Grochowski
Jesus
Sociology, Polics By Sheila Srna
By Johnny R Sauceda
Chrisan Living
Chrisan Living Today, 1:30–2:30 p.m. Julie Murphy will sign
galleys at Table 3 in a ticketed event.

www.bookexpo.com
64
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

CHILDREN’S

mark clemmon
QA and are as supportive of me as I am of them. I think

©
they feel kind of proud of me. —Sally Lodge

Holly M. McGhee Today, 11 a.m.–

noon. Holly Mc-

Adding Dimension to Listening Ghee will sign

copies of Listen at
Table 14.
Listening with all one’s senses—and one’s heart—may be the key Tomorrow, 9:30–
10:15 a.m. Mc-
to appreciating what it means to connect and engage with the
Ghee will take part
world around us. In Listen (Macmillan/Roaring Brook, Sept.), a in the “New Picture
lyrical picture book, Holly M. McGhee and illustrator Pascal Book Showcase,”
Lemaître, who previously collaborated on Come with Me, explore on the Choice
Stage.
this idea as they underscore the importance of empathy.

What sparked the premise of Listen? Visit Abingdon Press in

BOOTH 714 while at BookExpo.
Come with Me is dedicated to Yvette Pierpaoli, AbingdonPress.com
Pascal’s mother-in-law, a humanitarian who
died in a car accident in Kosovo while working
for Refugees International. She greatly inspired New gift book from
Matt Dillon, the actor, who’s on the board of RI
and is a friend of Pascal. Dillon was on stage
New York Times
with us at the launch event for Come with Me.
While talking about Yvette, Matt said, “Her eyes
best selling author
were as big as her ears.” That stuck with me,
and I started thinking about the senses and
JEN HATMAKER
JEN HATMAKER is the beloved author of New York Times
how we can listen with all our senses, the most bestsellers For the Love and Of Mess and Moxie and hosts the
important one being the heart. award-winning For The Love Podcast. She leads a tightly knit
online community where she reaches millions of people each
week in addition to speaking at events all around the country.
How did that quote blossom into Listen? Many readers were first introduced to Jen during her HGTV
The first thing I did was create my first-ever series, My Big Family Renovation, where she and her family
overhauled a 1910-era farmhouse outside Austin.
mood board—and that quote was the first thing
Inspired by her breakout book 7: An Experimental Mutiny
I wrote on the board. Over the course of the Excess, 7 Days of Christmas takes Hatmaker’s social
Against Excess
next year, Pascal and I traded ideas on what lis- experiments in seven key areas—food, clothes, spending,
media, possessions, waste, and stress—and turns them into
tening meant, and the board became com- generosity practices that capture the true spirit of Christmas.
pletely saturated with words. We couldn’t find
OCT 1, 2019
the story, but the idea had penetrated my Jacketed hardback w/ribbon and two-color interior
9781501888274 | 5.5 x 7
heart. I tried about 10 different versions, but 192 pages | $21.99
didn’t show them to anyone. Since I’m a literary
agent, I know all too well that there’s only one
first read.

What was your creative breakout moment?

I decided to take a Friday off and sat staring at
the mood board for a very long time. There was
               
no room left on it, and I was out of ideas and
really frustrated. And then I woke up in the mid-
dle of that night, and I had the story’s first line:
“Listen to the sound of your feet.” And from
there, the whole thing just happened.

What’s the key thing you hope kids will take

away from Listen? DISPATCHED FROM OUR
That the heart needs to be heard and taken US DISTRIBUTION CENTRE
care of, and we must lead with our hearts. What WITH FREE DELIVERY
more can we want for our children than that WITHIN 3 DAYS.
they are able to listen to the world with their
hearts?

Is your head awhirl at BookExpo as you juggle                 BRINGING BRITISH

your author and literary agent personas?  BOOKS TO AMERICA!
At the beginning, it was a challenge. But now I
am completely comfortable with my identity as                                                 
             
an author, and my clients appreciate my work
65 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

Will Schwalbe, Live memoir about her immigrant

family, Here We Are, is due

from the Javits out from Macmillan’s Cela­

don imprint in October. “She
If you’re in the book business in just about any capacity, bridges the world of radio,
you’ve heard of Will Schwalbe, editor-at-large at Macmil- journalism, and memoir,”
lan. It could be from his earlier stints at Hyperion or Mor- Aarti Shahani says Schwalbe.
row, or from Cookstr.com, the website he founded in 2008 He first met Dennis-Benn in

jason berger
and subsequently sold to Macmillan. Or maybe it’s his Nantucket, where they both
Will Schwalbe
books, including The End of Your Life Book Club. attended a book festival when

©
His newest book-related enterprise is his very popular pod- she and her wife and Schwalbe

meredith morris
cast from Macmillan, But That’s Another Story, which got lost. “We had the most amaz-
launched in February 2018. ing half-hour conversation while

©
“The idea of the podcast is to examine the way books affect wandering deserted Nantucket
people’s lives,” Schwalbe says. His guests are not necessarily roads,” Schwalbe says. He is a fan
writers. They have included Jodie Foster, Melinda Gates, Kevin of Dennis-Benn’s Here Comes the
Kwan, and Min Jin Lee. “We look for people who are storytell- Sun and when he saw that her
ers,” he adds. “It’s really people sharing stories about the way Dennis-Benn
next novel, Patsy (Liveright), was
books changed their lives.” Stephen Chbosky due out in June, he knew he had
At BookExpo, Schwalbe will host a live podcast with authors to have her on the panel.
Stephen Chbosky, Aarti Shahani, and Nicole Dennis-Benn. The panel is a Driving these choices and the podcast’s mission is Schwalbe’s concern for
microcosm of how Schwalbe, along with his producer, Katie Ferguson, promoting diversity. “[I’m] thrilled by diversity in every way in publishing,”
choose guests. he says. “I love to feature writers from all different genres, and I really want
When the folks at BookExpo floated the idea of Chbosky, Schwalbe’s reac- our broadcast guests to represent the strength of our country in terms of
tion was, “OMG, are you kidding me? I loved Perks of Being a Wallflower, every kind of diversity.” —Liz Hartman
and it was that book for so many people—a book that has saved lives, I
believe.” Today, 10:10–10:50 a.m. Will Schwalbe will host the But That’s Another
Story podcast, on the Downtown Stage.
A publicist suggested NPR’s technology correspondent, Shahani, whose

Spark
your customers’ creativity with
Celebrating
C&T Publishing’s innovative books
Courage Curiosity Compassion
The breathtaking follow-up to Spliced
NE W Y E AR ’ S DAY
M C GORAN

$ 18.95
M C GORAN

JIMI CORCORAN KNOWS PEOPLE CHANGE,

For so many people, this time of year means a fresh

JON M C GORAN
has written several thrillers for
adults and is a founding member
of The Liars Club blog for writers
but lately, her best friend, Del, is taking things
GETTING SPLICED USED TO BE A FASHION STATEMENT.
too far. His grades are tanking, he’s testing his
NOW, IT’S A DEATH SENTENCE.
dad’s temper—and he’s obsessed with getting
spliced.

start. And after the painful autumn she’s just

(liarsclubphilly.com). This is his first
book for young adults. He lives in
Pennsylvania with his family. Visit
him online at www.jonmcgoran.com.
“Timely, thrilling, and more than a little scary.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS Jimi can’t understand why anyone would want
to become a chimera. Sure, some of the effects
“A mind-bending science fiction adventure into a disturbingly familiar
are cool: tiger eyes, feather hair, scales. But
near-future world. McGoran brings serious game to the YA genre.”
combining human and animal DNA is dangerous,
SPL ICED

—JONATHAN MABERRY, New York Times bestselling and even if the genie doing the splice is a pro,

endured, a fresh start is something Jimi Corcoran

author of the Rot & Ruin and V-Wars series
life for chimeras is hard. Why would Del want
“Intense and provocative, Spliced questions whether humanity is defined to throw his future away?
by our genetic makeup or our compassion. The haunting themes
McGoran has created will resonate long after the final page is turned.” When Del disappears, Jimi is desperate to
find him before he alters himself forever.
—J O E L L E C H A R B O N N E AU , New York Times

could really use.

JON M C GORAN
bestselling author of The Testing trilogy But the deeper Jimi descends into a world
of dirty cops, seedy geneticists, hybrid teens,
and political hate-mongers, she can’t help
Cover photograph Mark Bridger/Getty Images
but wonder whether Del would have done
the same for her. Because if Del’s gotten

SPLICED
spliced and survived, doesn’t it mean he’s

writes thrillers for teens and adults.

chosen to leave her—and everything
else—behind?

Bone-chilling and action-packed, this is a As she heads out for a reunion with friends, some
HOL I DAY HOUSE

story of love and loss, set in a near-future

j on m c g o r a n
His first YA book, Spliced, was named
society that’s redefining what it means to

quality time with Rex, and an evening of normalcy,

HOLIDAY HOUSE PUBLISHING, INC. be human.
HolidayHouse.com “ This pag e - tur ne r gr abs you by the thr oat and won ’ t let go .”
EAN

Reinforced — L AU R I E H A L S E A N D E R SON , New York Ti me s A Holiday House Book

Printed in the U.S.A. bestselling author of Spe ak and Chains Ages 14 up

an ALA LITA Excellence in Young Adult she’s determined to embrace the positive. To
Science Fiction Notable Book. He lives welcome a bit of calm into her life again.
P RAI S E FOR SPLICED
SPLI TERED

in Pennsylvania with his family, where

Except.
he is a founding member of The Liars An ALA LITA Excellence in Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Book
Club for writers (liarsclubphilly.com) and Except Jimi can’t shake the suspicion that Rex is
“Timely, thrilling, and more than a little scary.” —Kirkus Reviews
cohosts the Liars Club podcast. Learn hiding something from her.
more at jonmcgoran.com or connect on “Gripping.” —School Library Journal
Twitter and Instagram @ jonmcgoran. Or the uncomfortable sensation that she’s
“This page-turner grabs you by the throat and won’t let go.”
being watched.
—LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON, New York Times
best-selling author of Speak and Chains Or the fear that anti-chimera activists still pose a
danger to people who’ve gotten animal genes
“A mind-bending science fiction adventure into a disturbingly familiar
near-future world. McGoran brings serious game to the YA genre.” spliced into their own DNA.

—JONATHAN MABERRY, New York Times Or the alarm that the sudden appearance of a
best-selling author of the Rot & Ruin series
deathly ill chimera wearing a mysterious hospital
Cover photograph Tao Wu / EyeEm
“Intense and provocative, Spliced questions whether humanity is defined bracelet spells a world of trouble for her and

SPLI TERED
by our genetic makeup or our compassion. The haunting themes everyone she loves.
McGoran has created will resonate long after the final page is turned.”
In this highly anticipated follow-up to Spliced,
—J O E L L E C H A R B O N N E AU , New York Times
Jon McGoran digs deeper into a gritty near-future
HOL I DAY HOUSE

best-selling author of The Testing trilogy

world in which lawless science is a rich man’s
game—and Jimi Corcoran and her friends are
Holiday House Publishing, Inc.
HolidayHouse.com
US $18.99 / CAN $24.99
ISBN: 978-0-8234-4090-0
51899
j on m c g o r a n unwilling players.
EAN

Sew Bags
Printed in the U.S.A

organic
9 780823 440900 Ages 14 and up
Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession
YFUL
JO
splintered jkt_f.indd 1 3/1/19 3:10 PM

stitching appliqué
Meet the creators
The Practical Guide to Making Purses,
Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s Totes, Clutches & More

Laura Wasilowski Playing with Purpose

A QUILT RETROSPECTIVE

Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Why?
13
Skill-Building
Projects

Thursday 1:30 pm / Table #10 TRANSFORM FABRIC

with Improvisational Embroidery
Creative Hand-Stitching
Ideas and Techniques
Hilarie Wakefield Dayton

Jon McGoran Cinzia White Natalia Whiting Bonner Author of best-selling

Beginner’s Guide to

Splintered
The Storyteller’s
Free-Motion Quilting

SAMPLER QUILT Visual Creative

Guide to

Thursday 4:00 pm / Table #10 Straight-Line

Visit us at
Stitch 359 Blocks to Tell Your Tale
QUILTING
Barry Wittenstein and Jerry Pinkney
Professional Quality Results on Any Machine
BOOTH 848
A Place to Land
RACONTEUR
multi-award-
60+
winning quilt Modern
Designs

Friday 9:30 am / Table #10

Learn More Distributed by National Book Network

HolidayHouse.com/SEL
© 2019 by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
ctpub.com | 800.284.1114

www.bookexpo.com
66
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

Polis Debuts Diverse Imprint, Agora Books

Last December, Polis Books founder and publisher Jason Pinter announced
that the press would add a new imprint devoted to crime writers with
diverse voices, Agora Books. “As both a writer and someone working in
the publishing industry, it was glaring to me,” says Pinter. “It seemed like a
lot of voices were not being heard. There were books not being published
in terms of race, culture, gender, sexuality, identity, and age.”
To head the imprint, Polis hired writer Chantelle Aimée Osman, cohost of
the Crime Friction podcast and former editor-in-chief of RT Book Reviews
Magazine. She says that she, too, has long been concerned about the lack
of diversity in crime and noir fiction. “The books that I would want to see on
a shelf weren’t there,” she says, adding, “The timing seemed right for us to
work together and find the books that we knew were out there.”
For the imprint, Pinter says that he and Osman are looking for books by when his best friend involves him in a hate crime. I’m a biracial man. I never
underrepresented voices, “whether it’s African-American crime writers [or] passed for white, but always had struggles with identity from a very early
members of the LGBTQIA community. It can be the voice of a white writer age. Questions of identity have dogged me throughout my life.”
writing about society, gender, or culture in a way that we find unique. As long Polis will be offering galleys of Vercher’s book, along with Patricia
as the voice is diverse or underrepresented, then we’re interested.” Smith’s Remember (Oct.), a psychological thriller dealing with mental ill-
“Not only do these voices need to be explored in our society,” adds Osman, ness by an African-American writer, and Chinese-Norwegian author Tori
“but this is a wonderful way to open up the world and show ways of life and Eldridge’s Ninja Daughter (Nov.), the first book in the Lily Wong series.
ideas that we may never get to experience for ourselves. Reading is not only  —Hilary S. Kayle
escapism, it’s an education.”
This fall Agora is publishing its inaugural list of three titles, which kicks off Today, 10:10–10:50 a.m. John Vercher participates in the “Indie Insights:
First Novels and Mystery” panel, on the Indie Publisher Stage.
with debut novelist John Vercher’s Three-Fifths (Sept.). His own experiences
Today, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Vercher will sign ARCs at the Polis booth
inspired his novel. “[It] is about a biracial man passing for white his entire life, (728a).
who is forced to confront the lies of his past with the truth of his present

BOOK SIGNING • Booth #1725

Eric Klinenberg, Sharon Marcus, and Caitlin Zaloom

will be signing copies of their books
Meet the Authors!
at the Columbia University Press booth #738
May 30
Thursday, May 30 @ 10 a.m.
2:30—3:30PM
Traci Sorell

Thursday, May 30 @ 11:30 a.m.

Tami Charles

Antidemocracy in America Think in Public

Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk A Public Books Reader

ERIC KLINENB ERG ,

E D I T E D BY
CAITLIN ZALOOM ,
SHARON MARCUS
E D I T E D BY
AND CAITLIN Z ALOOM
Friday, May 31 @ 10 a.m.
Ruth Spiro
A N D SHARON MARCUS
“Timely, innovative, and important . . .
“Essential reading for understanding the the best of public scholarship.

Pick up a S u m oK
deep divisions within American society, The stunning essays in this volume
which are not new and have led us to this demonstrate the significance of Public it t
critical moment in U.S. political culture.” Books as a crucial online space for y
to

—Alondra Nelson, author of The Social anyone committed to engaging ideas that
te

Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and shape the world in which we live.”
bag

Reconciliation After the Genome —Keisha N. Blain, author of Set the World
a n d g a ll e y !

on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the

Global Struggle for Freedom

CUP.COLUMBIA . EDU

67 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

What’s All the Hoopla About?

Libraries have long extended their reach beyond the limits of their physical
space. Hoopla Digital tries to take that even further with its digital media
service, which offers a pay-per-use model that allows multiple patrons to
check out content. Library users can borrow movies, music, audiobooks,
e-books, comics, and TV shows for devices ranging from desktop computers
to tablets, phones, and smart TVs. Titles can be streamed immediately, or
downloaded for later.
According to Brad Rose, v-p of content strategy, Hoopla strives to
“enhance the library ecosystem” with the company’s own collection mental-
ity. “Libraries do a great job of capturing the biggest and the best,” he says,
referring to the fact that most libraries have top movies and bestselling
books readily available. “Everything else is a struggle,” he adds. Space and
budget limitations make weeding collections a daily reality. But, he says,
Hoopla can go deeper and wider by offering immediate access to authors’
backlist and by introducing new titles and genres.
While Rose is quick to say that he has no hard proof (yet), anecdotal evi-
dence indicates that Hoopla is having a positive effect on print sales. He
cites Lisa Jewell’s novel Then She Was Gone as a case in point. While the
book was selling nicely, it wasn’t breaking any records. But
We strive to enhance the library eco-
system by going deeper and wider.”
 —Brad Rose
meanwhile, it was a top-selling, top-trending title for months and months on
Hoopla, during which period it hit the #1 spot on the New York Times best-
seller list. Author engagement is a key part of Hoopla’s efforts as well. The
company’s deep bench means that readers can quickly and easily access
everything from a particular author. Hoopla provides supplemental con-
tent, such as author interviews, and sponsors old-fashioned meet-and-
greets. Hoopla also has a quarterly book club that features eight titles from
different genres, with a single spotlight selection.
In the six years since its launch, Hoopla has demonstrated tremendous
growth, notes Rose. The number of titles it offers in both audio and e-books
has expanded exponentially. In 2015, readers could choose from 7,000
e-book titles and 16,000 audiobook titles. Today, they can choose from
300,000, and 70,000 respectively. The company now has more than
6,600 libraries using its digital lending services and
4,000 publishing partners. And the most important
statistic of all: Hoopla has more than four and a half
million registered library users.
Hoopla staff are on hand at booth 1111 to demon-

70
strate their service. —Liz Hartman

years

TUTTLE
Books to Span the East and West

www.bookexpo.com
68
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

Star Watch Celebrates Five Years

This year marks the fifth anniversary of PW Star Watch, a partnership art director, Riverhead Books; Andrew
between Publishers Weekly and Frankfurter Buchmesse to recognize (Harwell) Eliopulos, executive editor,
those up-and-coming members of the U.S. and Canadian publishing com- HarperTeen; Gabriella Page-Fort, editorial
munities and help expand their network internationally. director at Amazon Crossing; and last
“Star Watch has become a highly anticipated annual event in the publish- year’s winners, Francesca Cavallo and
ing industry,” says Jim Milliot, editorial director of PW. “Honoring those Elena Favilli, founders of Timbuktu Labs
people who are innovating and improving the industry, and inspiring their and creators of the bestselling series Good
colleagues infuses publishing professionals everywhere with renewed Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
vigor,” he adds. “It’s an incredible honor to receive such a
Each year, judges from PW, the American Booksellers Association, and prestigious award, coming, as we have, from such an unusual path,” Favilli
the Frankfurt Book Fair select honorees from hundreds of nominees who said in her acceptance address at last year’s award ceremony in New York.
represent every part of the book ecosystem: “We had many moments of fear, despair,

bryan dale
booksellers, designers, digital specialists, profound self-doubt. But we welcomed
Francesca

©
editors, publicists, and agents. They sell those moments as part of the conquest of
Cavallo (l.) and
and publish a variety of formats across all Elena Favilli, something bigger.”
categories and genres, from literary fiction 2018 winners. Nominations are open for this year’s
to romance, picture books to academic event. Those interested may nominate
tomes, and comics to classics. Five finalists themselves, their colleagues, or peers who
are selected from that group, one of whom are working hard to advance publishing in
will win an all-expenses-paid trip to the North America. If you have been nomi-
Frankfurt Book Fair in October, paid for by nated before but have not been honored,
the fair. All honorees and finalists are pro- you can be nominated again.
filed in PW, with the winner announced at a To make a nomination go to www.pub-
party in New York City, this year on Sep- lishersweekly.com/starwatch19. Nomina-
tember 18. tions must be made by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on
Past winners have included Helen Yentus, June 14. —Liz Hartman

Healthy Gift Bestseller? Curious Minds

Award-Winning Stress-Relief on CD! Explore
Differently

9781615196319 | September
September 14th marks
Humboldt’s 250th
birthday

9781615196258 | October
9781615196142 | October
Infographic maps reframe
The jacket folds out to a poster the context of the world’s
featuring all 100 objects spanning borders
50,000 years of space exploration

DISTRIBUTED BY WORKMAN PUBLISHING

Booth 1307

Meet the Authors Today!

Finished Copy Signing
Booth 1307 • Thursday • 11:00

69 PWad_BEA.indd 1 www.bookexpo.com
5/17/19 10:41 AM

READERS
We have our eye on worldwide
fashion centers, specializing in
Italian design elements.
Our finished product is elegant
to see as well as be seen in.
BOOTH 2849
SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR ABA MEMBERS
& INDIE BOOKSTORES
2020VISIONUSA.COM
orders2020vision@yahoo.com
Ad2020visionusaExpo.indd 1
www.bookexpo.com
BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY
Hachette Audio
Turns 25
Hachette Audio is celebrat-
ing its silver anniversary in
June to coincide with
National Audiobook
Month. Like many houses,
Hachette has found digital audio-
books to be a particular bright
spot. Digital sales grew by signifi-
cant double digits last year alone,
according to Anthony Goff, senior
v-p and publisher of Hachette Audio.
“As digital audiobook sales con-
tinue to grow year after year,” Goff
adds, “it’s been gratifying to be a
part of the Hachette Audio team.
We’ve gone from publishing a hand-
ful of titles as digital downloads a
decade ago, to dozens every
month, across every genre.”
The press’s bestselling audio
titles over the past quarter century
mirror print book standouts. They
range from Nelson Mandela’s auto-
biography, Long Walk to Freedom,
which dates to the audio division’s
launch in 1994, to Candace Bush-
nell’s Sex and the City (2000), Tina
Fey’s Bossypants (2011), and
Madeline Miller’s Circe (2018).
Looking ahead to the fall, Goff is
particularly excited about Malcolm
Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers:
What We Should Know About the
People We Don’t Know (Sept.), which
he calls “one of the most buzzed-
about books of this year.” Gladwell,
who will speak at today’s Adult
Book & Author Breakfast, brings
many of the lessons he learned
from his popular Revisionist His-
tory podcast into a special produc-
tion for the audiobook, says Goff.
At BookExpo, Hachette (booth
1339) is kicking off a 25th anniver-
sary sweepstakes. Three first prize
winners, drawn from consumers
and booksellers, will be awarded a
library of 25 titles—one published
by Hachette Audio each year since
1994. The books represent a bal-
ance of fiction and nonfiction.
These prizes will be redeemable via
download codes through Libro.fm.
One grand prize winner will win the
library as well as a mini tablet and
a pair of wireless earbuds. Rules
are available online at www.hachet-
teaudio.com/25. —Judith Rosen
5/22/19 8:52 PM
70
 From the New York Times bestselling authors
of The Love Dare, The Resolution for Men/Women,
The Battle Plan for Prayer, and Fervent

Pickup an advance sample today

as well as other great books
from B&H Publishing

VISIT B&H AT BOOTH #343

OvercomerMovie.com/Resources

Wonderful Revealed
by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick Affirm Films A Sony Company © 2019 by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick
with Amy Parker • For Kids Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc. available for teen guys
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

Even Sweeter Dreams

Mark Gian, the author of
The Inner World of Night

GET YOUR Dreams: Use Your Dreams

Summer
to Expand Your Awareness
in Waking Life to Become
the Best Version of Yourself
(CICO Books, Sept.) has

Read On
spent more than 20 years
working in the field of
health and assisting others
in well-being. He found, as
he notes in his book, that
“dreamwork is the most

WIN A SET potent tool for self-discov-

ery. It is essential for those
who want to foster a

OF 17 HOT deeper and more honest connection with themselves, and create lasting
changes both in themselves and in their relationships.”
At BookExpo, he will conduct brief dreamwork sessions and share his

SUMMER approach using mental imagery upon awakening to change the dream,
and enhance and change the direction of one’s life. Gian has also shared an

BOOKS
excerpt from his book to help get the process started.

Deciding which dreams to work with

If you remember several dreams upon
waking, which one should you engage
At PW’s booth it’s with? This is a question that comes up
a lot in my dream classes. The answer
summertime, is that the dream you choose to work

and the living is easy. with is the correct one. Of course, if

you have a dream that awakens you in
Or at least the the middle of the night, that’s the one

summer reading you should work with. And if you

remember only one dream, then the
decisions are easy. decision is made for you. Trust that the
dream you are engaging with is the
right one. After all, your soul or sub-

Stop by booth
#1213 for a chance to
win an entire set of
PW’s Summer Reads
conscious mind already knew which one you would pick. Also, be aware that
dream messages come in a variety of forms and images, which means that
it is possible, and likely, that the different dreams will all give you the same
message:
Here are some questions to ask yourself when deciding which dream to
work with.

Staff Picks. • Did you wake from the dream?

• Did the dream have an emotional impact on you?
• Did you notice dreams or images that you found to be uncomfortable?
• Which dream experience is the most vivid?
• Which dream involved an experience that you would like to correct?
• Which dream do you feel has the most immediacy?
• Did you wake and say to yourself, “Thank G–d, it was just a dream!”?
Remember that dreams often outline the day ahead, so if you want to
have a more positive day, it is a good idea to select an image that evokes
emotion or causes uneasiness and then use mental imagery to transform
that image into a more positive one. This shouldn’t be too difficult, as many
of the dreams we remember include images that aren’t to our liking. Keep
in mind that your soul is trying to grab your attention.

Tomorrow, 2:30–4 p.m. Mark Gian will conduct brief dreamwork

sessions at the CICO booth (1744).

www.bookexpo.com
72
The book that reveals Audrey Hepburn’s hidden years and darkest secrets.
Already in its 3rd printing!
Featured in PEOPLE Magazine (cover), FOX News, TIME.com, The New York Post, and more.

“Matzen delivers a vivid, moving and persuasive account of a harrowing time that the actress seldom
discussed in detail and which has been glossed over or sensationalized by frustrated biographers.”
The Wall Street Journal

“Visceral details evoke the period. Matzen has created a vivid portrait of a civilian population under siege—
one of whom just happened to become a Hollywood star.”
Publishers Weekly

“A meticulously detailed and researched look at the formative years of an iconic performer.”
Library Journal

“A master storyteller, Matzen has given us a great story—intimate, intense, and unforgettable—that carries us not only into the
heart of the battle but into the heart of a great human being.”
Foreword Reviews

Meet Author Robert Matzen

TODAY MAY 30

11:30-12:30 at IPG Booth #1823

3:30-4:30 in the Autographing Area, TABLE #6

The
Hollywood in
World War II
Trilogy also
includes...

www.GoodKnightBooks.com
NOW AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER, E-BOOK, AND AUDIOBOOK.
www.robertmatzen.com TO PLACE AN ORDER, EMAIL ORDERS@IPGBOOK.COM.
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

What’s the Buzz on the YA Front?

For this preview of today’s YA Editors’ Buzz Panel, moderated by Sara Gro­ Sara Goodman, editorial director, Wednesday Books,
chowski of McLean and Eakin Booksellers in Petoskey, Mich., we asked on The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
each participant what it was about the book that first caught her attention From the very first sentence, I knew that this novel was something special.
and clued her in that it was special. Kim’s writing is visceral and gorgeous, capturing details in a way I hadn’t
seen before, but there’s also a high-speed plot that totally gripped me. The
Jen Klonsky, president and feminist themes are, of course, near
publisher, Putnam Books for and dear to my heart, but truly it was
Young Readers and Razorbill, Tierney James, the main character,
on David Yoon’s Frankly in who sealed the deal for me. She’s
Love openhearted and strong, and her will
There’s such a rush when you’re read­ to survive and figure out the true
ing a submission and it feels like a pub­ meaning of the “grace year” made this
lished work already. Worldbuilding one of the best books I’ve read in a
usually signals fantasy, but David is a very long time. This is a book that
master of the craft in contemporary people will be talking about.
realistic fiction. From the start, there’s
a solid sense of place and the fully real­ Laura Schreiber, senior editor,
ized characters who inhabit it. This is a Disney Book Group,
lovely, warm, moving, unique novel that on Julia Drake’s The Last True
presents as light and funny, but becomes Poets of the Sea
complex and heartbreaking, and takes an unflinching look at racism, class­ It’s easy to pitch a novel as being
ism, and loss. To me, this feels like the right novel at the right time. about one thing. The impossibility of

Seeking assistance / a publisher / a producer

ISBN: 9781524627607 | WWW.JUDASWASJAMES.COM
www.bookexpo.com
74
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

doing so with Julia’s debut is what
made me realize it was extraordinary.
Like all the best novels, The Last True
Poets of the Sea is an ocean—it con-
tains everything. It is bottomless and
brimming with unexpected treasure.
When I turned the last page, I knew
instantly that these characters would
always be a part of me. And while I was
already lonesome for my friends, I
couldn’t wait for
other readers to
meet them and
take strength from
their journey in the
same way I had.
Ava Ling, v-p and editor-in-chief, Little,
Brown Books for Young Readers, on Brandy
Colbert’s The Revolution of Birdie Randolph
This is the third book Brandy and I worked together on
(after Little & Lion and Finding Yvonne), and when she
sent me the proposal, what pulled me in first was the
vivid Chicago setting. The second thing that really
hooked me was Birdie’s secret relationship with
Booker, the boy she falls for. It’s such an authentic
depiction of first love and lust. One of the many
things I love about Brandy’s work is
how well she depicts our real world,
including intersectionality, compli-
cated characters and relationships,
and sex positivity.
Wendy Loggia, senior execu-
tive editor, Delacorte and
Random House Children’s
Books, on Scars Like Wings
by Erin Stewart
I read 100 pages of
Erin’s manuscript
at my desk and
couldn’t wait to get
home to finish it.
It had that immedi-
ate turn-the-page quality I’m always on the lookout
for, and although its heroine has suffered a terrible
tragedy, it is not a dark book, but rather one that
leaves you feeling hopeful and emotionally wrecked in
the best possible way. Scars Like Wings offers an
important message that teens will immediately connect
with.  —Sally Lodge
Today, 10–10:50 a.m. The YA Editors’ Buzz Panel will
take place in Room 1E12/13/14.

� The Future � Gideon

of Another the Ninth
Timeline Tamsyn Muir.
Tor.com, $25.99 (448p)
Annalee Newitz.
ISBN 978-1-250-31319-5
Tor, $26.99 (352p)
ISBN 978-0-7653-9210-7

� � � � � � � � � � � �
� � � � � � � � � � � �

N ewitz’s mind-rattling second novel (after Autonomous) is a

multilayered tale of “editing” history, human rights, and the ripple
effect. Geologist and time traveler Tess (2022 CE) is fighting a
misogynist group set on subjugating women across the present
and future, then destroying the time machines to lock in their
dominance permanently. Punk rock–loving high schooler Beth
(1992 CE) just wants her own life, and normalcy after witnessing
a murder. Their lives intertwine in ways neither quite understands,
and the effects of their connection extend for centuries in both
directions. Newitz’s fascinating extrapolation is an intelligent,
gut-wrenching glimpse of how tiny actions, both courageous
and venal, can have large consequences. The sidelong looks at
prejudice-born horrors are frequent but not overwhelming, and
the examinations of how much darkness one might be willing to
endure in order to stop a vaster terror are heartbreaking. Smart and
profound on every level, this is a deeply satisfying novel. Agent:
Laurie Fox, Linda Chester Literary. (Sept.)
—Publishers Weekly
May 10, 2019
w w w . t o r . c o m
Q ueer necromancers vie for power, solve ancient puzzles, and cross
rapiers while exploring haunted deep-space ruins in this madcap science
fantasy romp that manages to be both riotously funny and heartbreaking.
Eighteen-year-old orphan Gideon Nav has spent her life devising ways
to escape indentured servitude to the Ninth House. When Harrowhark
Nonagesimus, the sole daughter and heir to the Ninth, sees a chance to
become a Lyctor, right hand to the Necromancer Divine, she needs a
cavalier by her side if she hopes to beat out the candidates of the other
eight Houses—and only Gideon will do. Much as her necromancers do
with human remains, Muir effortlessly compiles macabre humor, body
horror, secrets, and tenderness into the stitched-together corpse of a dark
universe, then brings it to life with a delightfully chaotic, crackling cast
of characters and the connective tissue of their relationships. From the
mad science joys of necromantic theory to the deliciously ever-evolving
tension between Gideon and Harrow, this adventurous novel not only
embraces its strangeness but wrings delight from it. The result is an
addictive, genre-bending book that will wow readers with its vibrant
energy, endearing cast, and emotional gut-punch of a finale. (Sept.)
—Publishers Weekly
March 22, 2019
w w w . t o r . c o m

75 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY

The Glorious Glamour of th

randee st nicholas
©
Mary Wilson, alongside Diana

Texas Book Festival Ross and Flo Ballard, was one of

the founding members of the
Supremes, Motown’s leading act of

hudson
2019
the 1960s, who were as famous

&
courtesy of thames
for their endless stream of #1 hits
as they were for their dazzling cos-
tumes. In the lavishly illustrated
Supreme Glamour (Thames &

TWO DAYS 275+ AUTHORS Hudson, Sept.), Wilson presents

32 of their most eye-catching

THE BIGGEST BOOK

gowns, which have been meticu-
lously brought together and pho-
tographed on the stage of the

PARTY IN TEXAS
Grammy Museum. “What we wore
truly mattered,” she writes. “We
took our fans from the sophisti-

Free and open to the public

cated shirtwaist dresses of the
1950s to the go-go boots and
elaborate hairpieces/wigs and
gowns of the 1970s, the Afros and
‘hot pants’ of the disco 1970s,

Join us in supporting and beyond.”

In what she calls “a labor of

libraries and literacy!

love,” Wilson also chronicles the
evolution of the group. Writing
with her close friend and music
biographer Mark Bego, she
shares anecdotes and insights

OCTOBER 26–27
from the group’s beginnings to
their 1964 breakthrough hit,
“Where Did Our Love Go,” the

AUSTIN, TX
departure of Diana Ross, and
their hits of the 1970s. Whoopi
Goldberg provides the foreword. 

@texasbookfest #txbookfest  —Liz Hartman

Today, 11 a.m.–noon. Mary

TEXASBOOKFESTIVAL.ORG Wilson will sign at the Thames
& Hudson booth (1521).

www.bookexpo.com
76
 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019

of the Supremes

courtesy of mary wilson collection

❶
hudson

from the mary wilson collection , photographed by dan gottesman the grammy museum ® , los angeles

from the mary wilson collection , photographed by dan gottesman the grammy museum ® , los angeles

❷
&
courtesy of thames

❸
from the mary wilson collection , photographed by dan gottesman the grammy museum ® , los angeles

1. From the filming for It’s What’s

❹ Happening, Baby, a TV special
hosted by Murray the “K” that aired
June 28, 1965.
2. “Green Swirls,” designed by
Michael Travis, originally worn
1968–1970. Screen-printed
foulard gown and screen-printed
chiffon cape.
3. “Pink Bow,” PAB for Saks Fifth
Avenue, originally worn1966–1977.
Velvet Empire gowns with a
central satin bow.
4. “Black Butterfly,” designed by
Bob Mackie, originally worn
1969–1970. Viscose and rayon
velvet, and gilt thread.

77 www.bookexpo.com
 BOOKEXPO SHOW DAILY
New York Rights Fair Program
Stream Me: How the Rise of Streaming Platforms Is
Changing Hollywood’s Appetite for Literary Material
10–10:45 a.m.
Netflix is now a player in the Oscar race. Amazon is win-
ning Emmys. As the traditional studio system continues
to be reshaped by the explosion of streaming outlets,
film scouts and coagents will address the impact.
Jason Boog (moderator), West Coast correspondent,
Publishers Weekly;
Kevin Cotter, v-p, literary affairs, Anonymous Content;
Jody Hotchkiss, managing partner, Hotchkiss Daily &
Associates;
Lucy Stille
Hardy Justice, senior v-p, Maven Pictures;
Lucy Stille, motion picture literary agent, Agency for the Performing Arts.
Film Scouting and Coagenting—An In-Depth Look
11:15–noon
Which books wind up being made into movies or TV shows can seem pri-
marily by luck or chance. In actuality, film scouts and coagents have a heavy
hand in controlling the flow of literary material from New York to Los Ange-
les. Their ideas about what books will work on screen
play a significant role in many of the options that take
place and the adaptations that see a book become a TV
show or film.
Marcy Drogin (moderator), literary scout and presi-
dent, Maximum Films & Management;
Angela Cheng Caplan, owner, Cheng Caplan Company
Inc.;
Emily Conner, founder, Conner Literary;
Angela Cheng Caplan
Mark James, principal, James Lit-
erary Consulting;
Howie Sanders, cohead, media rights, Anonymous
Content.
Book to Screen—From Option to Production
1–1:45 p.m.
Many books get optioned, but very few are actually
adapted into movies or TV shows. Producers are often
Ryan Doherty
NYRF: Reese Is the Word
The second annual New York Rights Fair opened with a conversation
about the evolution of actor Reese Witherspoon’s production company,
Hello Sunshine, and her wildly popular Instagram book club.
Lauren Neustadter, head of film and television for Hello Sunshine, said
that the company, which was founded in 2017, is premised on the idea of
“telling stories about extraordinary women, often written by women,” and
avoiding clichés. “We have boundaries around the stories we like to tell:
we don’t want them too depressing or political, and we are not interested
in stories where, for example, a woman is locked in a room and tortured.”
Witherspoon’s book club Instagram handle (@reesesbookclubxhel-
losunshine) has more than one million followers, and several of the more
than 20 titles selected since the club’s June 2017 launch have landed on
bestseller lists, among them Delia Owens’s Where the Crawdads Sing and
Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere, which Hello Sunshine is producing as
a television show. “We are very selective in what we pick to promote,” said
Neustadter. “But, ultimately, it must reflect [Witherspoon’s] brand, which
www.bookexpo.com
78
key figures in taking literary material from page to screen. This talk will
feature three producers who’ve overseen the development of books.
Ryan Doherty (moderator), executive editor, Celadon Books;
Braden Aftergood, principal, Balboa Productions;
Gillian Bohrer, executive v-p, Fox 2000 Pictures;
Chris Goldberg, producer, Winterlight Pictures.
Diverse Content in Publishing and
Hollywood
2:15–3 p.m.
Consumers and industry members pushing to make
these businesses more inclusive—both in the makeup
of their workforces and the type of content they cham-
pion—have been foremost in the media for some time.
But where do things stand now?
Regina Brooks (moderator), president, Serendipity Lit-
erary Agency; Regina Brooks
Hilary Zaitz Michael, literary packaging agent, William
Morris Endeavor;
Tracy Sherrod, editorial director, Amistad Press;
Michelle Weiner, department head, CAA;
Marietta Zacker, literary agent, Gallt & Zacker Literary
Agency.
Talking Pictures: Selected Books
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Marietta Zacker
The second edition of “Talking Pictures: Selected Books”
will honor excellence in book design in five categories. Three books in each
of the five categories—contemporary art and photography; architecture
and graphic design; children’s picture books; comic books and graphic nov-
els; and cookbooks—will be selected by a panel of jurors renowned in their
respective fields and drawn from Publishers Weekly, Parsons School of
Design, the Hamelin Cultural Association, and special guests. This panel
will discuss the new batch of selected books in depth.
Talking Pictures: Selected Books Honoree Reception
4:15–5 p.m.
Open to all New York Rights Fair attendees.
is one of ‘grounded optimism.’ She makes the final decision on all book
club selections.”
Neustadter was on stage with Charlotte Koh, head of digital media and
unscripted productions at Hello Sunshine. Koh said the vision for the com-
pany is to “make it into a fully integrated media brand”; to that end, “we
find a great story and ask what format is most appropriate for sharing it
with our community.” In one example, Koh cited the company’s relation-
ship with Audible, which is publishing a trio of first-person, audio-only
memoirs by women produced by Hello Sunshine. In addition, the company
is using its digital platform to offer writers an opportunity to publish per-
sonal narratives. “The mission is to focus on women’s empowerment and
getting those stories out into the world.”
The several hundred people gathered for the talk also received personal
insight into how to work with the high-profile company. “We work primarily
through established agents and scouts,” said Neustadter. “Submit to us
through [Hollywood talent agency] CAA. They know how we work and what
we want, which are stories that not only inspire, but that we will be
inspired while we are working on them.” —Ed Nawotka
 H A P P E N I N G T O D AY
DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE • BOOTH #1713

ON SALE
COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS WITH
10.1.19
JULIA DRAKE*
11:30 AM
Receive a signed advance copy of
The Last True Poets of the Sea
*while supplies last

MEET
RICK RIORDAN
1:00 PM
Receive a signed copy of The Trials of Apollo, Book One: The Hidden Oracle
paperback* and a special sneak peek chapter sampler of
The Trials of Apollo, Book Four: The Tyrant’s Tomb
*Wristbanded event limited to first 100 people. Wristbands given out at 10:00 AM on the day of the event at
Disney Publishing Worldwide booth #1713 on a first-come, first-served basis. Signing limited to one copy
per person of The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle.

ON SALE
1.14.20 MEET
REBECCA ROANHORSE
2:30 PM
Receive a signed advance copy of Race to the Sun

ON SALE
10.15.19
MEET
KWAME MBALIA
3:30 PM
Receive a signed advance copy of
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

FOLLOW US FOR SIGNING NEWS, GALLEY DROPS, AND GIVEAWAYS @DISNEYBOOKS

PWShowDailyBookExpo-Thursday-1382-FINAL.indd 1 5/13/19 1:07 PM

 Explore the presidency
with C-SPAN's new book
Inspired by conversations
about the leadership
skills that make for a
successful presidency,
The Presidents is based on
our interviews with
some of the nation’s
leading presidential
historians, biographers
and journalists.

BOOK SIGNING
Who: co-author
Susan Swain
When: 3 pm,
Thurs., May 30
Where: C-SPAN booth
Crystal Palace

BEA Daily 1.indd 2 5/14/19 12:45 PM