June 24, 2007

Mermaid Parade, Coney Island

For the additional Mermaid Parade pictures, see the full album .

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Mermaid Parade, Coney Island (part two)

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Mermaid Parade, Coney Island (part one)

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June 17, 2007

More from Book Expo, NYC

Alafair Burke

Alafair Burke

Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer

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Carol Higgins Clark and Mary Higgins Clark

Duane Swierczynski

Duane Swierczynski

James Rollins

James Rollins

Justin Evans

Justin Evans

Nick Nolan

Nick Nolan

Rochelle Krich

Rochelle Krich


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June 12, 2007

Announcement of Quill Nominees at BEA

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Nomines

Mystery/Suspense

"The Collaborator of Bethlehem," by Matt Beynon Rees (Soho Press).
"What the Dead Know," by Laura Lippman (William Morrow).
"Body of Lies," by David Ignatius (W.W. Norton).
"The Overlook," by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company).
"A Welcome Grave," by Michael Koryta (St. Martin's Press/ Minotaur).

General Fiction

"Brothers," by Da Chen (Shaye Areheart Books/Crown Publishing).
"American Youth," by Phil LaMarche (Random House).
The Road," by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf).
"Special Topics in Calamity Physics," by Marisha Pessl (Viking Press).
"Jamestown," by Matthew Sharpe (Soft Skull Press).

Romance

"Simply Magic," by Mary Balogh (Delacorte Press).
"The Kommandant's Girl," by Pam Jenoff (Mira Books).
"Natural Born Charmer," by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (William Morrow & Co.)
"The Edge of Winter," by Luanne Rice (Bantam Books).
"Angels Fall," by Nora Roberts (G.P. Putnam's Sons).

Audio

"Can't Wait to Get to Heaven," by Fannie Flagg, read by the author (Random House Audio).
"I Like You," by Amy Sedaris, read by the author (Hachette Audio).
"Mississippi Sissy," by Kevin Sessums, read by the author (Audio Renaissance).
"Thirteen Moons," by Charles Frazier, read by Will Patton (Random House Audio).
"To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee, read by Sissy Spacek (Caedmon Audio).

Poetry

"Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems, 1970 -- 2005," by Alice Notley (Wesleyan University Press).
"One Big Self: An Investigation," by C.D. Wright (Copper Canyon Press).
"Blackbird and Wolf," by Henri Cole (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).
"For the Confederate Dead," by Kevin Young (Alfred A. Knopf).
"A Thief of Strings," by Donald Revell (Alice James Books).

Biography/Memoir

"The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam," by Tom Bissell (Pantheon Books).
"A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier," by Ishmael Beah (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux).
"Edith Wharton," by Hermione Lee (Alfred A. Knopf).
"Einstein: His Life and Universe," by Walter Isaacson (Simon and Schuster).
"William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism," by Robert D. Richardson (Houghton Mifflin).

History/Current Events/ Politics

"Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power," by Robert Dallek (HarperCollins).
"The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million," by Daniel Mendelsohn (HarperCollins).
"The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor," by William Langewiesche. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).
"Infidel," by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (The Free Press).
"The Assault on Reason," by Al Gore (The Penguin Press).

Children's Picture Books

"The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon," by Mini Grey (Alfred A. Knopf).
"Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy," by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins).
"Flotsam," David Wiesner (Clarion Books).
"Orange Pear Apple Bear," Emily Gravett (Simon and Schuster).
"Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship," by Isabella and Craig Hatkoff, Dr. Paula Kahumbu, photos by Peter Greste (Scholastic Press).

Children's Chapter/Middle Grade

"Clementine," by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee (Hyperion Books).
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid," by Jeff Kinney (Abrams/Amulet).
"The Invention of Hugo Cabret," by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press).
"Pick Me Up," by Jeremy Leslie and David Roberts (DK Children's Books).
"The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)," by Rick Riordan (Miramax Books).

Young Adult/Teen

"American Born Chinese," by Gene Luen Yang (First Second Books).
"The Green Glass Sea," by Ellen Klages (Viking).
"Incantation," by Alice Hoffman (Little, Brown and Company).
"Life as We Knew It," by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt Books).
"Sold," by Patricia McCormick (Hyperion Books).

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June 10, 2007

Mystery Writers at BEA, part 3

Jonathan Santlofer

Jonathan Santlofer

Jeff Markowitz

Jeff Markowitz

Reed Farrel Coleman

Reed Farrel Coleman

Steven Torres

Steven Torres

Amy Patricia Meade

Amy Patricia Meade

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Book Expo (BEA) authors

Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire

Joe Hill

Joe Hill

Harlen Coben

Harlen Coben

Mike Lupica

Mike Lupica

Laurel Hamilton

Laurel Hamilton

Bill Amend

Bill Amend, creator of Foxtrot comic

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Mystery Writers at BEA, part 2

Jeffrey Deaver

Jeffrey Deaver

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Megan Abbott

K.J.A. Wishnia

K.J.A. Wishnia


Martin Cruz Smith

Martin Cruz Smith

Ken Isaacson

Ken Isaacson

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Mystery Writers at BEA, part 1

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Jason Pinter

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Michael Marshall

Kayla Perrin

Kayla Perrin

Mary Jane Clark

Mary Jane Clark

Chris Grabenstein

Chris Grabenstein

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June 6, 2007

Book Expo (BEA)

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Grammar Girl

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Tim Gunn, signing his book A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style, co-written with Kate Moloney.

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Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report. His book is called I Am America (And So Can You!)

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June 3, 2007

Hard Case Crime at BEA

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Charles Ardai, publisher of Hard Case Crime.

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Blogs: Is Their Growing Influence a Tastemakers Dilemma? The Crossover Hurdle (BEA Panel)

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Bud Parr (moderator), Metaxu Cafe, Chekov's Mistress

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Anne Fernald, Fordham University

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Dwight Garner, Sr. Editor, NYT Book Review

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James Marcus, freelance critic & author, Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut

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