Winter Institute Author Receptions to Feature More than 90 Authors

Booksellers attending Winter Institute 2016 will have the chance to meet more than 90 authors and illustrators at receptions during the January 23–26 event at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado.

Below is a list of the authors and illustrators appearing at the Winter Institute Author Reception on Monday, January 25, from 5:45 to 7:15 p.m. in Plaza Ballroom A/B/C, as well as those appearing at the Small & University Presses Closing Reception on the final day of Winter Institute, Tuesday, January 26, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the Plaza Foyer.

Learn more about the authors appearing at Winter Institute here, and check out the full lineup of educational programs, keynote speeches, and meet-and-greet events at Winter Institute here.

Author Reception

• Kwame Alexander, Surf’s Up (NorthSouth)
• Kevin J. Anderson, 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush (ECW Press)
• John David Anderson, Ms. Bixby’s Last Day (Walden Pond Press)
• Sarah Anderson, Adulthood Is a Myth: A Sarah’s Scribbles Collection (Andrews McMeel)
• Jesse Andrews, The Haters (Amulet)
• Jennifer Armentrout, The Problem with Forever (Harlequin Teen)
• Nick Bantock, The Pharos Gate: Griffin & Sabine’s Missing Correspondence (Chronicle)
• Laura Barnett, The Versions of Us (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• Fiona Barton, The Widow (New American Library)
• Deni Ellis Béchard, Into the Sun (Milkweed)
• Marie Benedict, The Other Einstein (Sourcebooks Landmark)
• Bill Beverly, Dodgers (Crown)
• Alexandra Bracken, Passenger (Disney-Hyperion)
• Emma Cline, The Girls (Random House)
• David Dayen, Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud (The New Press)
• Natashia Deon, Grace (Counterpoint)
• Kurt Dinan, Don’t Get Caught (Sourcebooks Fire)
• Kemper Donovan, The Decent Proposal (Harper)
• Lindsay Eager, Hour of the Bees (Candlewick)
• Patricia Engel, The Veins of the Ocean (Grove Press)
• Louise Erdrich, LaRose (Harper)
• Gayle Forman, Leave Me (Algonquin Books)
• Matti Friedman, Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story (Algonquin Books)
• Harriet Reuter Hapgood, The Square Root of Summer (Roaring Brook Press)
• John Hart, Redemption Road (Thomas Dunne Books)
• Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone (Little, Brown and Company)
• Noah Hawley, Before the Fall (Grand Central Publishing)
• Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• Pati Jinich, Mexican Today: New and Rediscovered Recipes for Contemporary Kitchens (Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• Julia Claiborne Johnson, Be Frank With Me (William Morrow)
• Mark Kurlansky, Paper: Paging Through History (W.W. Norton)
• Samantha Mabry, A Fierce and Subtle Poison (Algonquin Young Readers)
• Kimberly McCreight, The Outliers (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
• Cammie McGovern, Just My Luck (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
• C.E. Morgan, The Sport of Kings (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• Julie Morris, Superfood Snacks (Sterling Publishing)
• Tim Murphy, Christodora (Grove Press)
• Scott Nash, Shrunken Treasures (Candlewick)
• Maggie Nelson, The Red Parts (Graywolf Press)
• Phaedra Patrick, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper (MIRA)
• Molly Prentiss, Tuesday Nights in 1980 (Gallery/Scout Press)
• Meg Little Reilly, We Are Unprepared (MIRA)
• Elizabeth Renzetti, Based on a True Story (House of Anansi)
• James Riley, Story Thieves (Aladdin)
• Ray Robertson, Lives of the Poets (With Guitars): Thirteen Outsiders Who Changed Rock & Roll (Biblioasis)
• Sharon Robinson, The Hero Two Doors Down (Scholastic)
• Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus (Simon & Schuster)
• Richard Russo, Everybody’s Fool (Knopf)
• Martin Seay, The Mirror Thief (Melville House)
• Ruth Sepetys, Salt to the Sea (Philomel)
• Gena Showalter, Firstlife (Harlequin Teen)
• Wendy E. Simmons, My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth (RosettaBooks)
• Dana Simpson, Unicorn Vs. Goblins: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure (Andrews McMeel)
• Lisa Smith, Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir (SelectBooks)
• Dinitia Smith, The Honeymoon (Other Press)
• Mychal Denzel Smith, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education (Nation Books)
• Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
• Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, The Nest (Ecco)
• Janet B. Taylor, Into the Dim (HMH Books for Young Readers)
• Aaron Thier, Mr. Eternity (Bloomsbury)
• Kara Thomas, The Darkest Corners (Delacorte)
• Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Reputations (Riverhead)
• Zachary Tyler Vickers, Congratulations on Your Martyrdom (Indiana University Press)
• Frank Viva, Sea Change (TOON Books)
• Siobhan Vivian, The Last Boy and Girl in the World (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Len Vlahos, Scar Girl (Carolrhoda Lab)
• Russell Wangersky, Walt (House of Anansi)
• Brad Watson, Miss Jane (W.W. Norton)
• Lindy West, Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman (Hachette Books)

Small & University Presses Closing Reception:

• Laurie Alberts and Abby Frucht, A Well-Made Bed (Red Hen Press)
• Mary Casanova, Wake Up, Island (University of Minnesota Press)
• Carmela LaVigan Coyle, Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? (Taylor Trade Publishing)
• Rikki Ducornet, Brightfellow (Coffee House Press)
• Danielle Dutton, Margaret the First (Catapult)
• Nancy Bo Flood, Soldier Sister, Fly Home (Charlesbridge)
• Otis Frampton, Oddly Normal (Image Comics)
• Ann Garvin, I Like You Just Fine When You’re Not Around (Tyrus Books)
• Natalie Goldberg, The Great Spring (Shambhala Publications)
• Kali Nicole Gross, Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso (Oxford University Press)
• Michael Helm, After James (Tin House Books)
• Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend’s Exorcism (Quirk Books)
• Rheta Grimsley Johnson, The Dogs Buried Over the Bridge (John F. Blair, Publisher)
• Jonathan Levi, Septimania (Overlook Press)
• Lee Martin, Late One Night (Dzanc Books)
• Freddy Negrete, Smile Now, Cry Later (Seven Stories Press)
• Robin Newman, Hildie Bitterpickles Needs Her Sleep (Creston Books)