Booksellers attending Winter Institute 2016 [4] will have the chance to meet more than 90 authors and illustrators [5] 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 [6] 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 [7] 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 [5], and check out the full lineup of educational programs, keynote speeches, and meet-and-greet events at Winter Institute here [8].

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)