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The American Booksellers Association’s Sixth Annual Winter Institute, to be held in January in Washington, D.C., will feature a record-breaking number of new and established authors.
The Winter Institute’s signature Author Reception will be held on Thursday, January 20, and, thanks to ABA’s Wi6 Publisher Sponsors, 56 authors and illustrators will be on hand to chat with booksellers and to autograph their new and forthcoming titles. In addition, new for 2011, the Friday, January 21, Closing Reception will feature four authors from Wi6’s small and independent press sponsors.
“Thanks to the support of ABA’s Publisher Partners, the upcoming Winter Institute offers two great opportunities for booksellers to meet some of their favorite authors and to discover outstanding new talent,” said Mark Nichols, ABA industry relations officer. “All Wi6 attendees are invited to come discover titles that are sure to top their lists of handselling favorites.”
Authors scheduled to appear at the Author Reception, to be held in the Crystal Gateway Marriott’s Arlington Ballroom from 5:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. on January 20, are:
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Author Name |
Title |
Publisher |
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David Allen |
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity |
Penguin |
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Tom Angleberger |
Horton Halfpott: Or, the Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; or, The Loosening of M’Lady Luggertuck’s Corset |
Amulet (Abrams Books for Young Readers) |
|
Dean Bakopoulos |
My American Unhappiness: A Novel |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
|
Rye Barcott |
It Happened on the Way to War |
Bloomsbury |
|
Sophie Blackall |
The Crows of Pearblossom |
Abrams Books for Young Readers |
|
Sarah Blake |
The Postmistress: A Novel |
Berkley Trade |
|
Judy Blundell |
Strings Attached |
Scholastic Press |
|
Noah Boyd |
Agent X: A Novel |
Morrow (HarperCollins) |
|
Victoria Brown |
Minding Ben |
Voice (Hyperion) |
|
Bonnie Jo Campbell |
Once Upon a River: A Novel |
W.W. Norton |
|
Marcia Clark |
Guilt By Association: A Novel |
Mulholland Books (Hachette Book Group) |
|
Jennet Conant |
A Covert Affair: The Adventures of Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS |
Simon & Schuster |
|
Doreen Cronin |
The Trouble With Chickens |
Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins Children’s Books) |
|
Michael Crummey |
Galore: A Novel |
Other Press |
|
Lauren DeStefano |
Wither: Book #1 Last Chemical Garden Trilogy |
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
|
Laura Duksta |
You Are a Gift to the World |
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky |
|
Glen Duncan |
The Last Werewolf: A Novel |
Knopf (Random House) |
|
Carol Edgarian |
Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel |
Scribner (Simon & Schuster) |
|
Jennifer Nataly Fink |
Thirteen Fugues |
Dark Coast Press (dist. Ingram Publisher Services) |
|
Alison Fitzgerald |
In Too Deep: BP and the Drilling Race That Took It Down |
Wiley |
|
Jennifer Fosberry |
My Name Is Not Alexander |
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky |
|
Francisco Goldman |
Say Her Name: A Novel |
Grove Press |
|
Katherine Greider |
The Archaeology of Home: An Epic Set on 1000 Square Feet on the Lower East Side |
PublicAffairs (Perseus Books Group) |
|
Heather Gudenkauf |
These Things Hidden |
MIRA |
|
Dan Gutman |
The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable |
HarperCollins Children’s Books |
|
Deborah Harkness |
A Discovery of Witches: A Novel |
Viking |
|
Rachel Moore Hawkins |
Demonglass: A Hex Hall Novel |
Hyperion Books for Children (Disney Publishing Worldwide) |
|
Tayari Jones |
Silver Sparrow |
Algonquin Books (Workman) |
|
Melissa Kantor |
The Darlings Are Forever |
Hyperion Books for Children (Disney Publishing Worldwide) |
|
Mark Kurlansky |
World Without Fish |
Workman |
|
Alice LaPlante |
Turn of Mind |
Atlantic Monthly Press |
|
Tom Lichtenheld |
Cloudette |
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers |
|
Clarence Lusane |
The Black History of the White House |
City Lights Publishers (dist. Consortium) |
|
Kee Malesky |
All Facts Considered: The Essential Library of Inessential Knowledge |
Wiley |
|
Jennifer McMahon |
Don’t Breathe a Word: A Novel |
Harper Paperbacks |
|
Walter Dean Myers |
Carmen |
Egmont |
|
Joseph O’Connor |
Ghost Light: A Novel |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
|
Téa Obreht |
The Tiger’s Wife: A Novel |
Random House |
|
Bob Phibbs |
The Retail Doctor’s Guide to Growing Your Business |
Wiley |
|
Hannah Pittard |
The Fates Will Find Their Way: A Novel |
Ecco (HarperCollins) |
|
Beth Revis |
Across the Universe |
Razorbill (Penguin Books for Young Readers) |
|
Nina Revoyr |
Wingshooters: A Novel |
Akashic Books (dist. Consortium) |
|
Veronica Roth |
Divergent |
Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins Children’s Books) |
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Jennifer Sattler |
Chick ‘n’ Pug |
Bloomsbury Children’s Books |
|
John Sayles |
A Moment in the Sun |
McSweeney’s (dist. PGW) |
|
Gary D. Schmidt |
Okay for Now |
Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) |
|
Daniel Seddiqui |
50 Jobs in 50 States: One Man’s Journey of Discovery Across America |
Berrett-Koehler Publishers (dist. Ingram Publisher Services) |
|
Caitlin Shetterly |
Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Coming Home: A Memoir |
Voice (Hyperion) |
|
Rachel Simon |
The Story of a Beautiful Girl: A Novel |
Grand Central Publishing (Hachette Book Group) |
|
Maya Soetoro-Ng |
Ladder to the Moon |
Candlewick |
|
Curt Stager |
Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life of Earth |
Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin’s Press) |
|
John Stephens |
The Emerald Atlas |
Knopf Books for Young Readers |
|
John Milliken Thompson |
The Reservoir: A Novel |
Other Press |
|
Jon and Pam Voelkel |
The Jaguar Stones, Book Two: The End of the World Club |
Egmont |
|
Binyavango Wainaina |
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir |
Graywolf Press |
|
Tim Wynne-Jones |
Blink & Caution |
Candlewick |
Authors to appear at the Wi6 Closing Reception, to be held in the Marriott’s Skyview Lounge, from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. on January 21, are:
|
Adam Golaski |
Color Plates |
Rose Metal Press (dist. Small Press Distribution) |
|
Alexander Maksik |
You Deserve Nothing |
Tonga (Europa Editions) |
|
Ralph Nader |
Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! |
Seven Stories Press |
|
Sharyn Wolf |
Love Shrinks: A Memoir of a Marriage Counselor’s Divorce |
Soho Press |
Lead sponsorship for Wi6, which will be held from Wednesday, January 19, through Friday, January 21, 2011, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia, is provided by the Ingram Content Group. Event registration and the host hotel are currently booked to capacity.
Booksellers registered for Wi6 who are no longer planning to attend and those with hotel reservations that are no longer needed are asked to contact ABA’s Member Relationship Managers, Kaitlin Pitcher and Elizabeth Nichols, so waiting booksellers can fill their places.
Winter Institute registrants who still need a hotel reservation and those with hotel reservations who are interested in finding a roommate are encouraged to use BookWeb’s Bookseller-to-Booksellers Forum to reach out to other ABA member booksellers.