3/5/2009
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Norwalk, CT, March 5, 2009: BookExpo America (BEA) has today announced its line up of authors who will be participating in its popular Special Events which include the Author Breakfasts, the Saturday Lunch, the Audio Tea and the newly created Meet the Bestsellers lunch which was launched last year. BEA’s speaker program is a convention highlight and brings attention to new books by accomplished writers from many fields of endeavor. Some of the writers who will be showcased in this year’s author programming include Julie Andrews Edwards, Craig Ferguson, Tracy Kidder, Jeannette Walls, Pat Conroy, Kathie Lee Gifford, Joe Scarborough, Richard Russo, and Nicholas Sparks.
"Our line up is as robust as it is diverse, which is a point of pride and satisfaction for us, especially since we still have more dynamic author programming to announce over the next two months,” notes Lance Fensterman, Vice President and Show Manager for BEA. “I am profoundly grateful to the publishers and authors who make these quality events possible. Our biggest priority at BEA is to keep building our author programming. As I stated when we announced our new Author Stages, we want to provide the media and the booksellers with an unparalleled opportunity to hear from authors from all walks of life, and we want to provide authors with an equally unparalleled opportunity to influence the influencers who sway book buying habits."
BEA will take place in New York City at the Jacob K. Javtis Center , May 28 – May 31, 2009. Tickets for BEA's '09 Special Events will be available for purchase through the BEA website beginning Wednesday, March 18 th . All ticket prices will be announced at that time.
The line up of speakers and events includes:
8:00am – 9:30am Children’s Book & Author Breakfast (Special Events Hall)
Presented in cooperation with the Children's Booksellers and Publishers Committee [A cooperative committee of the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC), and the Children's Book Council (CBC)] this opening-day breakfast will feature Meg Cabot, author of Allie Finkle’s Rules For Girls Book 4: Stage Fright (Scholastic Inc.); Tomie dePaola, author of Strega Nona’s Harvest (Penguin Young Readers Group); and Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of Duck! Rabbit! (Chronicle Books) and Little Oink (Chronicle Books). Julie Andrews Edwards, author of Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) will be the Master of Ceremonies.
8:00am – 9:30am Saturday Book & Author Breakfast (Special Events Hall)
Saturday morning will feature Tracy Kidder, author of Strength in What Remains (Random House); Jeannette Walls, author of Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel (Scribner); and Ben Mezrich, author of The Accidental Billionaires (Doubleday). Craig Ferguson, author of American on Purpose: A Memoir (HarperCollins) will be the Master of Ceremonies.
12:00pm – 2:00pm Saturday Book & Author Luncheon (Special Events Hall)
This year's lunch will feature Pat Conroy, author of South of Broad (Doubleday), Lorrie Moore, author of A Gate at the Stairs (Alfred A. Knopf), and Dan Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Truly Motivates Us (Riverhead Books). Ken Auletta, author of Googled: The End of the World as We Know It (Penguin Press) will be the Master of Ceremonies.
4:00ppm – 5:00ppm The Heard Word: BEA’s Audiobook & Author Tea (Room 1A10 & 1A12)
Come hear Kathie Lee Gifford, author of Just When I Thought I’d Dropped My Last Egg (Random House Audio), Lisa Scottoline, author of Look Again (Macmillan Audio), and Katherine Kellgren, narrator of the Odyssey Honor-winning audiobook, Curse of the Blue Tattoo (Listen & Live Audio) talk about their books and upcoming audiobooks and the experience of hearing works translated into audiobook format. Hosted by the Audio Publishers Association.
8:00AM – 9:30AM Sunday Book & Author Breakfast (Special Events Hall)
Sunday morning will feature Richard Russo, author of That Old Cape Magic (Alfred A. Knopf), Gail Collins, author of When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1950 to the Present (Little, Brown and Company), and Pete Dexter, author of Spooner (Grand Central Publishing). Joe Scarborough, author of Up from Republicanism: How Conservatives Can Take Back America (Crown Forum) will be the Master of Ceremonies.
12:00PM– 2:00PM Meet the Bestsellers (Special Events Hall)
Meet Nicholas Sparks, author of The Last Song to be published September ’09 and David Baldacci, author of an untitled novel to be published in November ’09 and enjoy a COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH -- Courtesy of Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group. Sparks and Baldacci will discuss their lives, their work and their inspirations. A Q & A with the audience will follow and they will autograph copies of their most recent books! Seating is limited, first come, first served. Admission: FREE!
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