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 alliol, and two dozen others contended for mastery in the boat races, out where the city was only a collection of towers and
pires in the distance over the misty levels of Port Meadow, there stood the Priory of Godstow, where the gentle nuns went

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bout their holy business; and on the opposite bank from the priory there was an inn called the Trout. The inn was an old
one-built rambling, comfortable sort of place. There was a terrace above the river, where peacocks (one called Norman and
he other called Barry) stalked among the drinkers, helping themselves to snacks without the slightest hesitation and occa-
ng ttheir
onally lifting heir heads
heads tto ou tter fferocious
utter erocious aand nd m eaningless sscreams.
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layed ddarts,
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cooked a ggreat reat jjoint
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very day,
day, with
with a complicated
complicated arrangement
arrangem nt of of wheels
wheels and and chains
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alcolm P Polstead.
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andlord’s sson, on, aan no only
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n ttheir
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n which M alcolm had
Malcolm had p ainted tthe
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name la belle
belle sauvage.
sauvage. A witty witty acquaintance
acquaintance thoughtthought it it amusing
amusing to to scrawl
scrawl an an s over
ov the v,
nd Malcolm mp patiently
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painted iitt o out
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is ttemper
emper aand nd kknocking
nocking the the fool
fool into
into thethe water,
water, at which
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declared truce. L ike eevery
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hild ooff aann iinnkeeper,
nnkeeper, M alcolm h
Malcolm ad tto
had ow ork around
work round tthe he ttavern,
aver n, washing
washing dishes
di and
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asses, carrying lates of
plates of ffood
ood o orr ttankards
ankards o off b eer, rretrieving
beer, etrieving tthem hem w hen tthey
when hey w ere eempty.
were mpty. H Hee ttook
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work or granted.
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he only annoyance nh is llife
his ife wwasas a ggirl
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Alice, ho h
who elped w
helped ith w
with ashing the
washing the dishes.
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about sixteen,
sixteen tall and
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Lines of self-discontent were already gathering
n her forehead and around round h er m
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Malcolm rom tthehe d ay sshee aarrived:
day rrived: “ Who’s y
“Who’s our ggirlfriend,
your ir Malcolm?
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kissed?” He H ignored that for
long time, but finally y rrat-formed
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sta lleapt
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Alice screamed
screamed for for pity.
pity. She
She complained
complained bitterly
bitterly toto Malcolm’s
Malco mother, who
aid, “Serves you right. t. I ggot
ot nnoo ssympathy
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ourself.” From
From thenthen on on she
she did. She and Mal-
olm took not the slightestghtest n otice o
notice off eeach
ach o ther; h
other; hee p ut tthe
put he gglasses
lasses o on n tthe
he d aining board,
draining board, sheshe washed
washed them, th and he dried
hem and took them back back tto o tthe
he b ar w
bar ithout a w
without ord, w
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without lance, w ithout a tthought.
without hought. B ut h
But hee eenjoyed
njoyed the life of the inn.
e especially enjoyed the the cconversations
onversations h hee o verheard, w
overheard, hether tthey
whether hey cconcerned
oncerned the the venal
venal rascality
rascality of of the
the River Board, the
elpless idiocy of the ggovernment,
over nment, o orr m
moreore p hilosophical matters,
philosophical matters, such such as as whether
whether the the stars
stars were
were thethe same
sam age as the earth.
ometimes Malcolm became became so so iinterested
nterested iin n tthe
he llatter
atter ssort
ort o off cconversation
onversation tthat hat he’d
he’d rest
rest his
his armful
armful of of empty
em glasses on the
ble and join in, but o nly aafter
only fter h aving llistened
having istened iintently.
ntently. H Hee wwasas k nown tto
known om any o
many off tthe
he sscholars
cholars aand nd o the visitors, and was
other
enerously tipped, but b oming rrich
becoming ich w wasas n ever an aim
never i ofof h is; h
his; hee ttook
ook ttips
ips ttoobbe thehe ggenerosity
enerosity o off p rovid
providence, and came to
hink of himself as lucky, which did him no harm in later life. If he’d been the sort of boy who acquired a nickname, he
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ould no doubt have been known as Professor, but he wasn’t that sort of boy. He was liked when noticed, but not noticed
much, and that did him no harm either. Malcolm’s other constituency lay just over the bridge outside the tavern, in the gray
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one buildings set among green fields and neat orchards and kitchen gardens of the Priory of St. Rosamund. The nuns were
rgely self-sufficient, growing their vegetables and fruit, keeping their bees, sewing the elegant vestments they sold for keenly
argained gold, but from time to time there were errands a useful boy could run, or there was a ladder to be repaired under
he supervision of Mr. Taphouse, the aged carpenter, or some fish to bring from Medley Pond a little way down the river. La
elle Sauvage was frequently employed in the service of the good nuns; more than once Malcolm had ferried Sister Bene-
icta to the Royal Mail zeppelin station with a precious parcel of stoles or copes or chasubles for the bishop of London, who
eemed to wear his vestments very hard, for he got through them unusually quickly. Malcolm learned a lot on these leisurely
oyages. “How d’you make them parcels so neat, Sister Benedicta?” he said one day. “Those parcels,” said Sister Benedicta.
Those parcels. How d’you make ’em so neat?” “Neatly, Malcolm.” He didn’t mind; this was a sort of game they had. “I
hought ‘neat’ was all right,” he said. “It depends on whether you want the idea of neatness to modify the act of tying the
arcel, or the parcel itself, once tied.” “Don’t mind, really,” said Malcolm. “I just want to know how you do ’em. Them.”
Next time I have a parcel to tie, I promise I’ll show you,” said Sister Benedicta, and she did. Malcolm admired the nuns for
heir neat ways in general, for the manner in which they laid their fruit trees in espaliers along the sunny wall of the orchard,
or the charm with which their delicate voices combined in singing the offices of the Church, for their little kindnesses here
d “That’s right,” said Sister Fenella, rolling some pastry. “Well, how is it that there’s fossils and things that are millions o
t years old?” “Ah, you see, days were much longer then,” said the good sister. “Have you cut up that rhubarb yet? Look, I’

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d be finished before you will.” “Why do we use this knife for rhubarb but not the old ones? The old ones are sharper.” “B
d cause of the oxalic acid,” said Sister Fenella, pressing the pastry into a baking tin. “Stainless steel is better with rhubarb. Pa
- me the sugar now.” “Oxalic acid,” said Malcolm, liking the words very much. “What’s a chasuble, Sister?” “It’s a kind o
e vestment. Priests wearwear them
them over over ttheir
heir aalbs.”
lbs. “Why hy d don’t
on t y you
ou ddoo sewing
sewin like ike thethe other
other sisters?”
sisters?” Sister
Sister Fenella’s squirr
t dæmon, sitting onon the
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ttered a m meek
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W aall ll d
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hat w we’re
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a the nun. “I wa
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at fi
fin
ngers!— —b
fingers!—but but tthe
he o ther sisters
other sisters tthink
hink my my pastry’s
pastry’s all all right.”
r “I like you
t pastry,” said Malcolm.
alcolm. “ “Thank
Thank y you,
ou, d dear.”
ear.” “ “It’s
It’s aalmost
lmost aass ggoodood aass m my ym mum’s.
um’s. M My ym mum’s
um’s iiss tthicker
hicker tthanha what yours is.
s expect you roll it it harder.”
harder.” “ “II eexpect
xpect I d o.” N
do.” othing w
Nothing as w
was asted in
wasted in the
the priory
priory kitchen.
kitchen. The The little
little pieces
piece of pastry Siste
y Fenella had left after
after trimming
trimming h her
er rhubarb
rhubarb p pies
ies wwere
ere fformed
ormed into into cclumsy
lumsy crosses
c osses or or fish
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fi shapes, or or rolled
rolled around a few cu
, rants, then sprinkled
nkled w with
ith ssugar
ugar aand nd b baked
aked sseparately.
eparately. They They each
each hadhad a religious
reli ious meaning,
meaning, but but Sister
Sister Fenella
Fen (“My great f
v, fingers!”) wasn’tt very
very goodgood at at mmaking
aking tthemhem llookook d different
iff
ffeerent ffrom
rom o one
ne aanother.
nother. M Malcolm
alcolm w was
as b better,
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ut hhe had to wash h
h hands thoroughly ly first.
firrst. “
fi “Who
Who eeats ats tthese,
hese, S Sister?”
ister?” h hee ssaid.
aid. “ “Oh,
Oh, tthey’re
hey’re aall ll eeaten
aten iin n tthe
he eend.
nd. Sometimes
Sometimes a visitor likes som
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d thing to nibble with heir ttea.”
ea.” T he p
The riory, ssituated
priory, ituated aass iitt wwasas w here tthe
where he rroad
oad ccrossed
rossed tthe he rriver,
iver, wwasas p opula with travelers o
popular
. all kinds, and the
he n nuns
uns o often
ften h hadad vvisitors
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he T Trout,
rout, o off ccourse,
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sually ttwo w or three gues
d staying at the innno overnight
ver night w whose
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they werewere ggenerally
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fisshermen or
fi or commercials,
c as h
g father called them: traders in smokeleaf okeleaf o orr hardware or agricultural icultural machinery.
mach The guests att the the priory
prior were people from
gether: great
? higher class altogether: great llords
ords aand nd lladies,
adies, sometimes,
ometimes, b ishops aand
bishops nd llesser
esser cclergy,
lergy, people
people of of quality
quality who who didn’t have a con
r nection with any y ofof the
the ccolleges
olleges iin n tthe
he ccity
ity aand
nd ccouldn’t
ouldn’t eexpect xpect h ospitality there.
hospitality here. O nce tthere
Once here w wasas a p rince who stayed fo
princess
r six weeks, but M alcolm o
Malcolm nly ssaw
only aw h er ttwice.
her wice. S e’d b
She’d een ssent
been ent tthere
here as as a punishment.
punishment. Her Her dæmon
dæmon was was a weasel
wea who snarled
o everyone. Malcolm lm helped
helped w with
ith tthese
hese gguests
uests ttoo: o: llooked
ooked aafter fter ttheir
heir h horses,
orses, ccleaned
eaned ttheirheir b boots,
oots, ttook
ook m messages
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- was occasionally y tipped.
tipped. All All his
his money
money went went into nto a ttinin w alrus iin
walrus nh is bedroom.
his bedroom. You You p ressed iits
pressed ts ttail
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d and you put the coincoin iin nb etween iits
between ts ttusks,
usks, o n o
one off w hich h
which hadad b een b
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broken offff aand
nd gglued
lued b ack on.
back on. Malcolm
Malcolm didn’t know ho
. much money he had, had, but but tthe
he w alrus w
walrus as h
was eav . H
heavy. Hee tthought
hought h hee m ight b
might uy a ggun
buy un o nce h
once hee h ad eenough,
had nough, b ut h
but he didn’t think h
e father would allowow h him
im tto,
o, sso
o tthat
hat w was
as ssomething
ome hing tto ow wait
ait ffor.
or. IIn
n tthe
he m meantime,
eantime, h hee ggot
ot uused
sed tto o tthe
he w ways
ays of travelers, bot
. common and rare. re. There
There was was probably
probably nowhere,
nowhere, h hee tthought,
hought, wherewhere anyone
anyone could could learn
learn so so much
much about about the world as th
e little bend of thee rriver,
iver, w with
ith tthe
he iinn
nn o onno one
ne sside
i e aand
nd tthehe ppriory
riory o onn tthe
he oother.
ther H Hee ssupposed
upposed tthat ha t w when
hen h hee w
was grown up he’
s help his father in
n the
the b bar,
ar, aand
nd tthen
hen ttake
ake oover
ver tthee p
place
lace when
when h his parents
is p arents ggrewrew ttoo oo o old
ld toto continue.
continue. He He w wasas fairly
f happy abou
much b
o that. It would be much etter rrunning
better unning tthe he T r ut tthan
Trout han m any o
many ther iinns,
other nns, b ecause tthe
because he ggreat
reat w orld ccame
world ame tthrough,
hro and schola
e and people of consequence were often there h to talk to. But what he’d ’d really
l have liked to do was nothing hi like that. He’d hav
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d liked to be a scholar himself, maybe an astronomer or an experimental theologian, making discoveries about the deepe
y nature of things. To be a philosopher’s apprentice—now, that would be a fine thing. But there was little likelihood of tha
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e Ulvercote Elementary School prepared its pupils for craftsmanship or clerking, at best, before passing them out into th
y world at fourteen, and as far as Malcolm knew, there were no openings in scholarship for a bright boy with a canoe. On
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r evening in the middle of winter, some visitors came to the Trout who were out of the usual kind. Three men arrived r b
a anbaric car and went into the Terrace Room, which was the smallest of all the dining rooms in the inn and overlooked o th
- terrace and the river and the priory beyond. It lay at the end of the corridor and wasn’t much used either in winterr or sum
o mer, having small windows and no door out to the terrace, despite its name. Malcolm had finished his meager homewor o
y (geometry) and wolfed down some roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, followed by a baked apple and custard, when e his f
. ther called him to the bar. “Go and see what those gents in the Terrace Room want,” he said. “Likely they’re foreign re an
I don’t know about buying their drinks at the bar. Want to be waited on, I expect.” Pleased by this novelty, Malcolm o wen
e down to the little room and found three gentlemen (he could tell their quality at a glance) all standing at the window nd an
” stooping to look out. “Can I help you, gentlemen?” he said. They turned at once. Two of them ordered claret, and the t thir
r wanted rum. When Malcolm came back with their drinks, they asked if they could get a dinner here, and if so, what w th
, place had to offer. “Roast beef, sir, and it’s very good. I know because I just had some.” “Oh, le patron mange ici, eh?” sai
e the oldest of the gentlemen as they drew up their chairs to the little table. His dæmon, a handsome black-and-white lemu
 Third Time’s
The Charm?
For the third time in three years,
Reed tweaks BookExpo
By Liz Hartman
I
n 2017, after a long history of running BookExpo as a
three-day show, Reed Exhibitions shortened the period
when the exhibit floor was open to two days. That
proved to be too short a time for booksellers and inter-
national attendees to accomplish what they needed and
wanted to. Jennifer Martin, who replaced Brien McDonald as
event manager of BookExpo and BookCon after last year’s
shows, says that, with only two days, attendees had time to “hit
only the Big Five, but with more time, they’ll make sure to see
everyone,” adding that Reed made a big push to get more inde-
pendent publishers to exhibit this year.
Last year, exhibitors had the option of two, three, or four days,
in combination (or not) with BookCon, with only part of the
floor open on certain days—a plan that everyone found con-
fusing. Martin admits that last year’s schedule did not work and
says, “It’s tough to keep switching it around, but we really want
to get it right.” This year, she promises, “We’ve nailed it, and
INSIDE
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14 Cindy Heidemann: PW’s Rep of the Year
18 BookCon: It’s Still a YA Show, Mostly
22 Librarians’ Lounge
28 Adult Galleys to Grab
42 Children’s Galleys to Grab
58 Around the Booths
86 Soapbox: Meeting a Favorite Author
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we’ll stay consistent moving forward.” The show floor will open
at New York City’s Javits Center on Wednesday, May 29, at
noon and run until 5 p.m. Thursday’s hours are 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
and BookExpo will wrap on Friday with a 9 a.m.–3 p.m. run.
Beyond the change back to three days, there are new initia-
tives, new programming and events, and adjustments to
familiar BookExpo fare, much of which grew out of a focus-
group road trip that Martin and some of her team took last year
with the aim of learning firsthand from booksellers and pub-
lishers what they want. “We thought, let’s not do it in a
vacuum,” she says. “Industries change, our world changes, and
shows have to change as well.”
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New York Rights Fair
A big change is that the New York Rights Fair, launched last
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year and held across town from the Javits, will now take place
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at the convention center, on the same floor as BookExpo. “It’s ATTE
tough to get anywhere quickly in New York,” says Martin,
noting that even the availability of free shuttles last year made
Authors at the BookExpo
it difficult to spend quality time at both BookExpo and the
rights fair. “It’s a better way to serve the industry if everyone is
Happy Hour
in one room,” she adds.
These 15 authors will attend the happy
UnBound hour hosted by BookExpo in the ABA
In that same big room, in a designated area, will be UnBound,
another show within a show that will feature approximately 100 Lounge (which is open to ABA members
vendors of sidelines and gifts and has the tagline, “A collection only) on Thursday, May 30, 4:15–6:30 p.m.
of bookish goods.” Martin says that her conversations with ABA
CEO Oren Teicher—who fully supported the idea—and book- Candace Bushnell Jenny Slate
sellers revealed that the most successful bookstores’ profits are
helped by nonbook merchandise.
Eva Chen Nic Stone
Last year, the 30 or so gift vendors, who were mixed in on the Philippa Gregory Cadwell Turnbull
floor of BookExpo, “wrote a ton of orders,” Martin notes, adding Akilah Hughes Jonathan Van Ness
that attendees were appreciative of their presence at the show. Sarah J. Maas Jennifer Weiner
Many booksellers’ budgets don’t allow them to travel to both
book and gift shows, she points out, so giving them the oppor-
Alyssa Milano Jacqueline Woodson
tunity to source books and nonbook items under the same roof Julie Murphy David Yoon
is a great value. Adam Rippon
The UnBound initiative is led by Patti Stracher-Lee, a statio-
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nery industry veteran who was named events director of Reed
Exhibitions last fall. Each of the vendors, representing a wide
variety of merchandise, has been vetted for appropriateness for
bookstores, she says. “We want stores to be delighted,” she
notes, adding that she plans to highlight “new resources that
are hard to find but have the business structure that can deliver.” Candace Bushnell Jennifer Weiner Philippa Gregory David Yoon
Well-known brands like the toy company Melissa & Doug
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are exhibiting, but UnBound will also feature less familiar
products such as those from creative play brand Eco-Kids.
There will be baby milestone books and other products from
Lucy Darling, which specializes in keepsakes, and pencils from
Blackwing, whose Blackwing 602 pencil was favored by writers
including John Steinbeck and Stephen Sondheim. North Ave
Candles is exhibiting its literary candles, Australia’s Sock It Up
will bring its novelty socks, and GeoCentral will feature crystals
and rocks.
UnBound will also host its own educational programming
and presentations on the Choice Stage. Lisa Uhrik, president of
Franklin Fixtures, which creates display shelving and fixtures
for bookstores, will talk on visual merchandising basics
(Wednesday, 12:15–1 p.m.) and on the design practices of suc-
cessful stores (Thursday, noon–12:45 p.m.). Two board mem-
bers of the Greeting Card Association will discuss how book-
sellers can take advantage of the new momentum millennials
are bringing to the business (Wednesday, 2:15–3 p.m.). And
Sarah Schwartz, editor-in-chief of Stationery Trends, will mod-
erate a panel on successfully integrating “bookish” goods into
bookstores (Thursday, 2:15–2:55 p.m.).
Offstage there are other educational opportunities, according
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Cadwell Turnbull Julie Murphy Sarah J. Maas Jacqueline Woodson
to Martin, including a session on how show vendors can work
best with independent bookstores, such as by lowering min-
imum quantities for orders. Other offstage panels include one
with booksellers on developing sidelines and one on product
trends.
“UnBound is only getting started,” Stracher-Lee says. “It’s a
launch. It has a future, and we’re investing in it.”
EVENTS
Though perennially popular events such as the adult and chil-
dren’s author breakfasts, editors’ buzz panels, and publicists speed
dating are back, there is a host of new panels and programming
this year. Here are some highlights:

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 An Evening with Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Big names at big events have long been a highlight of BookExpo. Recently, mar-
quee events have been led by politicians and newsmakers. Last year, Bernie
Sanders had an SRO event, as did Hillary Clinton the year before. When Supreme
Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes the Main Stage at the Javits Center on
Thursday, 6:15–7:15 p.m., the same oversize crowd can be expected. Sotomayor
will discuss the life and experiences that led her to write her book for young
readers, Just Ask: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, illus. by Rafael López (Penguin
Young Readers, Sept.).

Author Happy Hour

According to Martin, another revelation from the focus groups was that—even
with the hundreds of author signings in both the autographing area and in pub-
lishers’ booths—booksellers want more face-to-face time with authors. To that end,
BookExpo will host a happy hour on Friday, 4:15–6:30 p.m., in the ABA Lounge.
The cocktail reception is open to all ABA members. Press and others are welcome
on an invitation-only basis. Fifteen authors will be in attendance to mix and mingle.
(See “Authors at the BookExpo Happy Hour,” p. 6, for a complete list.)

Audiobook New Titles Showcase & APA Authors Tea

With the growth in the sale of audiobooks, it’s fitting that BookExpo and the
Audio Publishers Association are launching a new program, adding to the unfail-
ingly popular APA Authors Tea. The inaugural Audiobook New Titles Showcase
will take place on the Choice Stage, Wednesday, 4:15–5:15 p.m. The panel features
heavy hitting authors and producers including Meg Gardiner, Caitlin Garing, Guy
Oldfield, Mo Rocca, and Maggie Stiefvater, as well as Dan Zitt, who will
moderate.
The APA Tea will be held on Thursday, 2:30–3:30 p.m., in Room 1E07/08/09.
Hamilton star and audiobook narrator Euan Morton will moderate a discussion on
what leads to fabulous listening with authors Laurie Halse Anderson, Jenny Craft,
and Philippa Gregory.

Reaching Beyond the Big Five

The last of BookExpo’s new initiatives was designed to meet bookseller and librarian
demands to hear more from independent publishers, who will have a dedicated
stage, the Indie Publisher Stage, for a broad range of programming. BookExpo will
film each of the 24 sessions held on the stage over the course of the three days. After
the show, the films will be given to the indie editors and publishers for promo-
tional use. The cameras will add a nice element of buzz on the floor and bring atten-
tion to the publishers, Martin says, adding, “Every time someone sees a camera, they
wonder, Oh, who is being filmed?”
If early registration is any indication, then the new initiatives are already working,
with a 10% increase in sign-ups compared to last year (among booksellers, librar-
ians, and exhibitors combined). Some of the increase in bookseller attendance can
be attributed to BookExpo’s newly created grant program, in which 200 booksellers
received $1,000 each to be used toward travel, accommodations, and other expenses
while in New York City attending the show. Upon announcement of the program
last February, Teicher told ABA’s Bookselling This Week: “This new initiative from
BookExpo of outreach and support to bookstores that have not had a chance to
recently attend the event—and experience the new programming—is a clear dem-
onstration of their commitment to the independent bookstore channel. This par-
ticipation of new bookstores and others can only make BookExpo an even stronger
event.” ■

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 Literati: PW ’s Bookstore
of the Year
The community-minded indie in Ann Arbor is ‘more than a bookstore’

By Claire Kirch

all photos by claire kirch

I
t takes a village to raise a child—and to create a successful bookstore, if the
experience of booksellers Hilary and Mike Gustafson is any indication. The
couple own Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich., PW’s 2019 Bookstore
of the Year. The accolade is even more impressive because the Gustafsons
opened the full-service general bookstore only six years ago. Their sole pre-
vious bookselling experience consisted of Hilary moonlighting at Brooklyn’s
Greenlight Books while working as an in-house sales rep for Simon & Schuster
between 2008 and 2012.
Literati was born because two beloved bookstores died. The Gustafsons, who grew
up in Michigan, were living in Brooklyn when Borders closed its last remaining
locations in 2011, including the original one in Ann Arbor. The impact upon the
couple and so many others was intensified because two years earlier, Shaman Drum,
another longtime Ann Arbor literary icon, had gone out of business. Clockwise from top l.: Literati’s facade; Mike
and Hilary Gustafson standing in front of the bay
“Ann Arbor was hit so hard: both closings were sad story lines in the bookselling holding staff picks; and the public typewriter that
world, especially because Ann Arbor had at one point the greatest number of book- inspired the book Notes from a Typewriter, edited
stores per capita in the U.S.,” Mike tells me in Literati’s returns room, the only area by Mike Gustafson and Oliver Uberti.

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 of the store quiet enough for us to talk.
“I was really saddened,” Hilary adds. “I grew up in Ann Arbor, and it felt like such
a really big loss to me, completely changing the landscape.”
Hilary says that she and Mike (who was, at the time, a freelance writer and video
producer) began discussing, in a “semi-serious way,” moving back to Michigan to open
a bookstore. After they did demographic research and Hilary was mentored by Rebecca
Fitting, Greenlight’s co-owner, who shared her business plan with them, things got
real: Hilary quit her job at S&S, and the couple, says Mike, “packed up the U Haul
and our cats” and moved to Ann Arbor in August 2012.
“Everyone was saying back then, ‘Bookstores are dead. Books are dying,’ ” Mike
recalls. “It was a scary time to say the words out loud, ‘We’re opening a bookstore.’
But a lot of community members told us they wanted a [general] bookstore down-
town—they missed having a bookstore.”
Though there were many who questioned the viability of novices opening a book-
store when two venerable stores had so recently failed, a local bank lent the Gustafsons
funds to lease and renovate a 115-year-old building at a busy intersection near several
popular restaurants. The building originally housed a bakery; its tenants over the years
included, in the 1970s, a left-wing bookstore/small press called New Morning, with
“Shocking, brave, gloriously signage describing it as “more than a bookstore.”
unfeminine, and right on time.” “People were excited to have news of something opening rather than closing,” Mike
—Gloria Steinem says. “There was a lot of excitement when we were doing the build out—when we put
up in the window a handmade sign for Literati Books that Hilary had made.”
ON SALE 9/17/19
When the store opened on Mar. 31, 2013, the 2,600-sq.-ft. retail space contained
9,000 books displayed on repurposed shelves from Borders Store #1; Literati’s original
UP seven part-time booksellers included two former Borders employees.
THE ABA GALLEY ROOM AT
More than a Bookstore
BOOKEXPO 2019 Today, Literati contains almost 4,000 sq. ft. of retail space and fills all three levels of
the building with its 30,000-book inventory. The main floor features its two best-
selling categories, fiction and poetry, while the basement houses nonfiction and cook-
books; the top floor has a nook between Literati Coffee’s counter and its seating area
that is filled with children’s board and picture books. The top floor also contains the
store’s newest category: bargain books.
Literati sells sidelines as well as books, including store-branded coffee beans, mugs,
clothing, journals, fine writing instruments, and other items. Hilary’s homemade store
sign has been replaced by huge vintage typewriter keys hung over the store’s front
window spelling out Literati. The typewriter motif is repeated throughout the store,
from the logo to a small collection of manual typewriters in a glass case beneath the
sales counter and a manual typewriter on a table in a corner of the basement. It holds
at all times a sheet of paper ready for people to anonymously type their thoughts.
The public typewriter has proved to be a hit with customers, and snippets of paper
containing some of the more profound musings are taped to the closet door next to
the machine; a few of Mike’s “very favorite ones” are painted on the side of the build-
ing’s exterior.
“There were so many good notes,” says Mike, who claims to read them all. “I
couldn’t throw them away. We’ve really encouraged, nourished, and supported our
customers to be as much of the store as possible. This was a way to literally make
[them] part of the store.”
A living portrait of one of the Mike also edited a compilation of musings in Notes from a Public Typewriter, published
most complicated and by Grand Central last year. With more than 1,700 copies sold at Literati, it is the
controversial conflicts of our time store’s bestselling title. The book has made the store a destination for out-of-towners
after features about the public typewriter ran on NBC Nightly News, National Public
ON SALE 9/17/19
Radio’s All Things Considered, and elsewhere. Hilary reports that the store’s strong
E-galleys available to download on Edelweiss
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 Bookstore of the Year NEW
Spring 2019
2018 revenue performance is partly due to Notes from a Public Typewriter, as well as to
the publication by Holt of staffer Lillian Li’s debut novel, Number One Chinese Restaurant,
Books
which has sold 500 copies in-store to date. from
Engaged Staff Takes Ownership
Literati has always turned a profit, and the opening of the coffee shop in 2016 led to
blue manatee
a sales spike that year. There are now 27 employees, a mix of full- and part-time,
veteran booksellers and grad students in the University of Michigan’s MFA program.
press
Three full-time staffers are dedicated to organizing and executing 150–200 events
each year. Smaller events such as a poetry readings are held in Literati Coffee, and
larger events take place off-site, at such venues as the University of Michigan’s 1,040-
seat Rackham Auditorium for Margaret Atwood and Roxane Gay and the 1,150-seat
Detroit Institute of Arts for Patti Smith, the store’s largest event to date.
The Gustafsons attribute much of the
photo by claire kirch

store’s success not to their retail or mar-

keting genius but to the staff, with Hilary
noting that they consciously hired “a bal-
ance of expertise and new voices, different
working styles and perspectives.” Mike By Doug Cenko
oversees marketing and events, and Hilary ISBN: 978-1- 936669-71- 4
Hardcover * $17.99
handles frontlist buying. Several staffers are
in charge of replenishing backlist, and all
are encouraged to add onto orders books
that they feel will enhance the store’s inven-
tory. Staffers also write shelftalkers; there’s
a bay filled with staff picks; and employees
take turns each month selecting “the green
table” book display on the main floor next
to the stairs to Literati Coffee.
“We like the staff to be as engaged and
take as much ownership over different
Bookseller Lillian Li stands beside the “green parts of the store as possible,” Mike
table” display that she curated in April. Her col- explains. “We structured our business
leagues added Li’s debut novel, Number One
Chinese Restaurant, to the display.
around people’s strengths, which is to the
benefit of the employee and the store.”
The owners’ receptiveness to advice and suggestions shows in the store’s evolution:
due to both customer and staff feedback, Literati’s science fiction section is three
times larger than it was when the store opened. An already-large poetry section
continues to grow, and where there once was a section labeled social sciences, there
now are several subsections, such as gender studies and race studies. The science, By June Smalls
math, and technology sections are also growing, as is the selection of books on Illustrated by Claire Sedovic
vegetarianism. ISBN: 978-1-936669-73-8
Hardcover * $17.99
“We’re here to help people find books that will change their lives,” Hilary says, adding,
“Every inch of the store has to be profitable for us to be able to pay our staff what we
want to pay them.” However, she notes, “it can’t always just be what sells; it also has to
be something we’re passionate about and that provides the customer with a unique
browsing experience.” After all, Hilary says, she and Mike envision Literati as a down-
town anchor for the next 30–40 years, as were Borders and Shaman Drum before it.
“It’s been like capturing lightning in a bottle from day one—beginning with [the
bookstore closings] in Ann Arbor, Hilary growing up in Ann Arbor, me having family
in Ann Arbor, our connections to the university,” Mike says. “I can’t imagine doing this
in the same way anywhere else. It just seems unlikely that it would land in a community
in the same way.” ■
 Cindy Heidemann:
PW ’s Rep of the Year
A long-time rep values getting books to the people
who can put them into the right hands
By Judith Rosen
F
or Cindy Heidemann, a field sales representa-
tive for Publishers Group West and Two Rivers
(part of Ingram Publisher Services), reps are
“enablers”—in a good way, she hastens to add.
That’s because sales reps serve, for most book-
sellers, as direct contacts with the publishers
that they represent. Reps have a dual responsibility both to their
accounts and to their publishers.
In that respect, little has changed over the decade and a half
since Heidemann was first named a finalist for PW’s Rep of the
Year. “I found an essay from 2005, when I was nominated, and
it was very similar to the one I submitted this year,” Heidemann
says. “The sales rep always has to think about what’s best for
the account. We hate returns. You have to think about that store
and ask, Can they sell that sucker?”
The More Things Change
Many of the biggest changes to the job that Heidemann points
as having occurred since she became a rep in 2001—at George
Carroll’s Redsides Publishing Services, before moving to
Perseus Books Group and then PGW in 2003—have to do with
adapting to new technology and new modes of communication,
which have affected all of retail. When she began her career in
the book business as a cashier at the University of Oregon
Bookstore in Eugene in 1977 after graduating from the univer-
sity with a degree in English literature, bookstores relied on
index cards to keep track of inventory and communicated with
reps by phone. Old telexes from publishers to the store’s text-
book department were still in the store’s files, but the fax
machine was coming into its own.
During her nearly two decades as a rep, Heidemann has seen
firsthand the impact that the computer and smartphone have had
on the book business. Among more recent changes, the Edelweiss
platform is the most significant in the past five years, she thinks.
Of the 40 accounts that she calls on in Alaska, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon, and Washington, only two (both wholesalers) have opted
not to use Edelweiss. Heidemann was a buyer in the 1980s and
’90s, and she now finds that sales calls are “much more immediate
and personal” with Edelweiss, even though reps used to mark up
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Cindy Heidemann
print catalogues. “If book buyers look [at the Edelweiss markups],
they kinda know what you think,” she says.
One advantage of Edelweiss—and with booksellers preparing
their orders ahead of sales calls—is that calls are shorter and
more focused on the store. “Each buyer is so idiosyncratic and
different,” Heidemann says, “I can’t say there’s a norm.” Some
buyers still like to sit down and review the list with her as they
did pre-Edelweiss. But for many others, sales calls offer oppor-
tunities to walk around their stores with the rep and talk about
their businesses, books, and delayed titles or other publishing
schedule changes.
Another difference is the longer hours for the reps. “I don’t
think reps worked 40, 50, or 60 hours a week,” says Heidemann.
“Before, I don’t think bookstores would have sent orders on the
weekend. Now it’s all hours of the day and all days of the week.”
In addition to calling on stores, Heidemann also provides
markups and discusses her lists with local media and booksellers
groups in the Northwest, including Shelf Awareness and the
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. Plus, with the recent
proliferation of Little Free Libraries, Heidemann has a new outlet
for older galleys. “Little Free Libraries have been the saving grace
of reps,” she says. “I drive around and leave galleys at them.”
Love Handles
Heidemann, who was a Goodreads devotee until Amazon bought
the site, regards Edelweiss as her blog. Edelweiss allows
Heidemann, who makes a deliberate effort to read widely across
genres and publishers (including those whose books she doesn’t
sell), to share book recommendations. Her accounts have come to
trust the “Loved this book” tags that she puts on titles like Sohaila
Abdulali’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape. “When
I put that book down, I wanted everybody to read [it] and think
about their lives,” Heidemann says. “It made me go back and
think about when I was harassed and assaulted.” Recently,
Heidemann has created a new tag, “Loved this book double,” for
Margaret Renkl’s Late Migrations, about grieving and her relation-
ship with nature.
Heidemann’s “love” lists and literary acuity are valued by
other reps, as well as by booksellers. Lise Solomon, a commission
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 rep with the Karel/Dutton Group and 2016’s PW Rep of the
Year, shared an email in which she asked Heidemann, “How the
heck do you have time to read my backlist let alone your books
for the next season?!” In her nomination, Solomon also cited
Heidemann’s “passion and long years of dedication to powering
books into the right hands.” She continued: “[Heidemann] was
key with [booksellers] falling in devastating love with What We
Talk About When We Talk About Rape, a book that was originally
going to be on the Consortium list. And I know that I would no
way have been able to sell it nearly as well as she has.”
Elise Cannon, v-p of field sales at PGW and Ingram Content Heidemann at the Ingram Publisher Services office in LaVergne, Tenn.
Group, also singled out Heidemann as “one of the most vora-
cious readers we know and a tireless champion of our indepen- sales calls by Skype,” she says. “I don’t want that. I want to see
dent publishers’ books.” She added, “When it comes to breaking people in person.”
out a new author or bringing attention to an unsung backlist Certainly, it’s Heidemann’s personal touch and ability to read
gem, she is a force of nature. She’s thoughtful, quick with a a store’s needs that have gained her a devoted following among
smile no matter what, and she has an uncanny knack for sending book buyers, which includes Robert Sindelar, president of the
good chocolate just when you need it most. Cindy is a standout.” American Booksellers Association. Writing in his capacity as
managing partner of Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park,
The Magic 8 Ball and the Future of Repping Ravenna, and Seaward Park, Wash., Sindelar calls Heidemann
Although Heidemann is not a big presence on social media, she “a master at helping buyers focus on what is important for their
reads other reps’ tweets. As for the next big thing in technology stores.”
that could affect repping, she doesn’t see it coming from Heidemann says that as a rep, she uses her “[Magic] 8 Ball
Instagram or Facebook. “I’m sure some people would say doing ability to see into the future to circumvent possible problems.”
She adds, “Bookselling is ever-changing,
and we all have to help each other navigate
changes in technology and practices.” But
what she considers to be the most impor-
tant aspect of her job, no matter the tech-
nology, is “to get the books to the people
who can sell them to the right readers.” ■
CONGRATULATIONS
Cindy Heidemann THANK YOU, JUDGES
PW thanks this year’s juries.
Bookstore of the Year judges:
Publisher's Weekly Rep of the Year Rachel Geiger, Chronicle Books;
From Your Friends at Ingram, PGW and Two Rivers. Sanj Kharbanda, Beacon Press;
Ruth Liebmann, PRH; John Mesjak,
Abraham Associates; and Karen
Cindy is a standout: one of the most voracious readers we know and Torres, Hachette Book Group.
a tireless champion of our independent publishers’ books. We have
had the pleasure of her expertise in the Pacific Northwest since Rep of the Year judges:
2003 and it’s wonderful to see her honored for her life’s work now.
Stefani Beddington, Inkwood Books
- Elise Cannon & Leslie Jobson, Field Sales, PGW, Two Rivers & Ingram Content Group
in Tampa, Fla.; Josh Christie,
We are elated to see Cindy Heidemann honored as PW’s Rep of the
Print: A Bookstore in Portland,
Year. We are grateful for her dedication to our publishers, their Maine; Arsen Kashkashian, Boulder
books and to the independent bookselling community. Cindy is
a true asset to PGW, Two Rivers and the Ingram family.
Bookstore in Boulder, Colo.;
- Shawn Morin, President & CEO, Ingram Content Group
Amy Thomas, Pegasus Books in
Berkeley and Oakland, Calif.; and
Jan Weissmiller, Prairie Lights in
Iowa City.

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 It’s Still a YA Show, Mostly
This year’s BookCon promises stars from within and beyond the world of
books, and more for kids and grownups than ever
By Craig Teicher

R
eedPop’s sixth BookCon, which
immediately follows BookExpo,
will be held at New York City’s
Javits Center on Saturday, June 1,
and Sunday, June 2. Reed is main-
taining the show’s focus on YA
and middle grade book fans but also continuing its
expansion of programs for general interest adult
readers. Many of the middle grade and YA authors
are among the biggest names in books for younger
readers: Tomi Adeyemi, Cassandra Clare, Marissa
Meyer, R.J. Palacio, among others. Big-name adult
authors include Joe Hill, E.L. James, and Jeff Neil Patrick Harris
Vandermeer.
Big Names and Pop Culture Idols
No former U.S. presidents are scheduled to appear—last year’s
headliners were Bill Clinton and James Patterson, who launched
their collaboratively written thriller The President Is Missing at
the fair—but Reed is still betting on the power of celebrity to
draw crowds. The show organizer has booked several pop cul-
tural figures who have recently crossed over into books. On
Saturday, actor Neil Patrick Harris, author of the Magic Misfits
middle grade series, will appear in conversation with Eva Chen,
fashion editor, social media superstar, Instagram exec, and new
picture book author. Their event is at 12:45 p.m. on the
Downtown Stage. Harris and Chen are both scheduled to sign
books following the event.
Actor and activist Alyssa Milano will participate in the
“Middle Grade Blowout”panel, at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday in
Room 1E14. She will be promoting her debut novel, Project
Middle School. Joining her on that panel are Evangeline Lilly
(the Squickerwonkers series), Palacio (Wonder), and Rachel
Renée Russell (the Dork Diaries and Max Crumbly series).
On Sunday at 12:45 p.m. on the Downtown Stage, Adam
Savage, of TV’s Mythbusters, will join webcomic creator Randall
Munroe on a panel. Savage will be launching his new book on
creativity, Every Tool’s a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It.
Munroe will discuss his upcoming How To: Absurd Scientific
Advice for Common Real-World Problems.
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The twin sisters and indie rock musicians who perform as
Tegan and Sara will appear Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the
Downtown Stage to promote their forthcoming memoir, High
School, which will be out in September.
Clare, James, and Meyer are among the biggest book world
people appearing at BookCon. James, who is the big adult draw
at the fair, will present at a Main Stage event on Saturday at
1:30 p.m. She will be promoting her new novel The Mister, her
first book not set in the world of Fifty Shades of Grey. James
will sign copies of The Mister after her event.
Clare will appear on the Main Stage at 11 a.m. on Saturday
in conversation with Entertainment Weekly editor David Canfield
to promote her newest Shadowhunters novel, and will sign
books at noon. She will also appear on the “Epic YA” panel at
2 p.m. on Saturday on the Main Stage, along with Adeyemi,
Julie Murphy, and Jason Reynolds.
Book to Screen
Film adaptations of books is another continuing focus at
BookCon, as the show highlights the meeting of book culture
and popular culture. Hulu, the TV streaming service, is spon-
soring two panels on Saturday to promote two of its book-based
series. First is “Hulu Presents The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3” at
10:45 a.m. in Room 1E10, featuring showrunner Bruce Miller,
as well as actors from the show. The third season will premiere
on June 5.

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 On Saturday at 5 p.m. on the Main Stage, Hulu will also Comics and Crossovers
preview the highly anticipated launch of its adaptation of Comics and genre fiction are two of BookCon’s main areas with
Looking for Alaska, crossover appeal for younger and older readers. DC Comics
Tegan (l.) and Sara John Green’s first will present one panel on each day, featuring DC Ink, its new
novel (published in YA imprint, on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in Room 1E10, and its
2005). Green will be mature-audiences Black Label imprint on Sunday at 11:15 a.m.
joined by fellow in Room 1E16. And Tor will

© julia scott
executive producers present its YA line, Tor Teen,
Josh Schwartz and on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in
Room 1E16, as well as a
panel of new voices on
Sunday at 3:15 p.m in Room
1E16.
Romance may be the area
with the most interesting
Stephanie Savage, as well as talent from and innovative program-
the show, for “Hulu Presents John ming. Sunday will feature
Green’s Looking for Alaska.” panels on millennial romance
Saturday will also feature a book-to- (“When Millennials Met
Marissa Meyer
screen panel with Alafair Burke, Eoin Romance” at 1:15 p.m. in
Colfer, and Nicola Yoon. Burke’s The Wife is being adapted as a Room 1E16 ) and New York City–based romance (“New York,
feature film by Amazon Studios. A film based on Colfer’s I Love You” at 10:15 a.m. in Room 1E16).
Artemis Fowl series,
Cassandra Clare
directed by Kenneth Activities
Branagh, will be out this There will also be a
August. The film version number of games and
of Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a activities. Taking off
Star is due this month. from a Sunday morning
These authors will speak panel titled “Draw Me a
about the process of having Sunny Day: A Celebration
their books adapted in a of Sesame Street’s 50th
panel moderated by author Anniversary,” at 10:45
David Levithan at 2:45 a.m. at the Family HQ,
p.m. on the Main Stage. f e a t u r i n g c h i l d r e n ’s
Tomi Adeyemi
authors who have con-
tributed to the show, Random
House will host a Sesame
Street photo booth in the
© nino munoz

Javits lobby. BookCon’s pop-

ular audiobook game show
“I’ll Take Quidditch for $500,
Please!” will return on Sunday
at 10:30 a.m. in Room 1E10.
“Geek Geek Revolution,” a
literary game show featuring
various authors, will also take
place on Sunday at 1 p.m. in
Room 1E07.
This is just a small sam-
pling of the breadth of BookCon and its events. Overall, the
show has settled into its format and identity. There won’t be
any international figures of Clinton’s stature this year, but
E.L. James
there will be plenty of heavy hitters to draw crowds. ■

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 Where Publishers and Librarians
Find Their Happy Place
It’s an increasingly complex digital world for librarians and publishers
alike, but at BookExpo, it’s all about the books
By Andrew Richard Albanese

T
he march of technology has brought a slew of
changes to libraries and publishers, and of course
even to BookExpo, which continues to experi-
ment with different formats to serve its various
constituencies across the book world. But as the
2019 edition of the show nears, librarians say its value over the
past decade has remained constant. Years of dire predictions
about the future of books and libraries in the digital age have
given way to the reality that books and reading are here to stay.
And though librarians and publishers are still grappling with
how to best serve readers in the digital age, at BookExpo the
focus is on their shared mission: connecting authors and readers.
“BookExpo is more important for me than ever,” says PW
contributor Brian Kenney, director of the White Plains (N.Y.)
Public Library. “Our public is looking to us more than ever to
answer that essential question: what should we read next? And
BookExpo gives me a leg up on what’s being published.”
One of Kenney’s counterparts in the greater New York City
area, Susan Riley, director of the Mamaroneck Public Library,
agrees. “As a library director, I’m often mired in administrative

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appreciation for how these women, and the first ladies
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“A Grip of Time is a beautiful, tender-hearted story of

a group of prisoners for whom writing became their
lifeline. Lauren Kessler avoids all the usual tropes in writing
about prison, and has written a keenly observed and deeply
felt narrative about what it means to be locked up for life.
This book, so original and so compelling, took hold of me,
and wouldn’t let me go. It was revelatory.” — Alex Kotlowitz,
bestselling author of There Are No Children Here

“God Land gives testimony to human resiliency amid personal

and collective trauma. With keen journalistic insights and
vulnerable storytelling, Lyz Lenz provides a clear-eyed account
of loss and alienation within communities throughout Middle
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 Our public is looking to us... to answer that
essential question: what should we read next?
And BookExpo gives me a leg up on what’s being
published.” —Brian Kenney, director, White Plains Public Library
functions,” she says. “So I really look forward to reconnecting
with publishers and discussing the titles that will be coming
out soon. And my staff members enjoy getting autographs from
their favorite authors. We all value BookExpo so much that I
offer to send every professional at my library for at least one full
day each year.”
Sure, libraries are expanding to offer a wide range of services
and programs in the digital age. But books and reading remain
the beating heart of the library, Kenney says, citing, among
other trends, a surge in reading group activities at the White
Plains Public Library. “We’re up to seven groups—including
groups reading short fiction, crime fiction, memoirs by women,
and, of course, the mainstay, literary fiction. And in the fall,
we’ll be bringing on several more groups, including one devoted
to nonfiction and another for adult readers of YA fiction. We
also support at least a dozen other book groups in the
community.”
Riley and Kenney agree that for librarians at BookExpo, the
Book Buzz panels are invaluable. “While I enjoy walking the
show floor for galleys and news, even this old hand can find the
experience pretty overwhelming,” Kenney says. “I look for pro-
grams that help me cut through the noise and winnow down
the titles, like the Adult Editors Buzz programs and Booklist’s
Annual Shout & Share. And what BookExpo also provides is a
chance to hear and meet authors. Like most libraries, we host a
lot of author events, ranging from simple readings and signings
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The Librarians’ Lounge

Librarians, we know how you feel: BookExpo can be a test of
endurance. At some point, you’re going to need to drop those
heavy book bags, get off your feet, grab a beverage and some
food, and recharge (yourself or your phone)—maybe even chat
with a fellow librarian and meet a great author or two while
you’re at it. Once again, we’ve got you covered. Be sure to check
out the Publishers Weekly Librarians’ Lounge, located in the main
exhibit hall at Booth 557. Thanks to our cohost Baker & Taylor
and our sponsors—Book Vine, Disney, Harlequin, Move Books,
National Geographic, Penguin Random House Adult Library
Marketing, Random House Children’s Books, Rowman &
Littlefield, Sourcebooks, and Vesuvian Books—this year’s
lounge will again be the place to be for librarians at BookExpo. ture book, There Was a Black Hole That Swallowed the Universe,
Start your 2019 BookExpo by joining us for a kickoff lunch 2–3 p.m. Meet Vesuvian Books’ authors Mary Ting (ISAN);
in the lounge on the fair’s opening day, noon–1:30 p.m. on May Alexandrea Weis (Realm); Gareth Worthington and Stu Jones
29, courtesy of Rowman & Littlefield, which will be providing (It Takes Death to Reach a Star); and Christine Brae (The Year I
lunch each day of the show, 12:30–1:30 p.m. After lunch on Left), who will be on hand signing copies, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
May 29, stick around the lounge for an afternoon of great pro- On May 30, start your day in the lounge with a cup of tea or
gramming. Meet Sourcebooks’ bestselling author Chris Ferrie, coffee and a light breakfast starting at 9 a.m. sponsored by
who will be on
Pantone Blue 072 Move
UncoatedBooks. From 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., meet Disney author
For CMYK USe: Blue 072 PC (Pantone Book Solid to Process)
hand OR to C:100
sign M:88 Y:0 Eoin
K:5 Colfer, whose Artemis Fowl is being adapted into a motion
For RGB Use:
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hisB:148 picture set to release next year. Colfer will give away signed
upcoming pic- teacher’s editions of Artemis Fowl for the first 100 people. From

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Noelle Salazar Karine Jean-Pierre Tarryn Fisher

11 a.m. to noon, grab a sweet treat and meet Harlequin authors Megan
Angelo (Followers, Graydon House); Tarryn Fisher (The Wives, Graydon
House); Noelle Salazar (The Flight Girls, Mira); and Karine Jean-Pierre
(Moving Forward, Hanover Square). After lunch, at 1:30 p.m., meet veteri-
narian and author Gary Weitzman, 2–3 p.m., sponsored by National
Geographic. Pick up a signed copy of Weitzman’s Complete Guide to Pet
Gareth Worthington Health—and for those of you missing your own pets, word is that Weitzman
may be joined in the lounge by some of his furry friends. Penguin Random
House Adult Library Marketing will host authors Marcy Dermansky (Very
Christine Brae Nice: A Novel); Benjamin Dreyer (Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to

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Benjamin Dreyer

Liz Moore

Gabriel Moran Leonard W. Heflich

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Jasmine Guillory

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eriksen
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Marcy Dermansky

Regina Porter Sarah Deming Christopher Myers

Clarity and Style); Jasmine Guillory (The Wedding Party); Liz
Moore (Long Bright River); and Regina Porter (The Travelers: A
Novel) from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Grab a signed copy, a summer
treat, and enter for a chance to win a “Sweet Summer Reads”
tote bag, filled with a selection of Penguin Random House’s
hottest new titles.
On May 31, start BookExpo 2019’s final day by joining us in
the lounge beginning at 9 a.m. for coffee and a light breakfast,
followed by a meet-and-greet hosted by Random House
Children’s Books and author-illustrator Christopher Myers,
creative director of the new imprint Make Me a World. Myers
will be joined by two authors from the imprint’s inaugural list,
coming this fall: Sarah Deming (Gravity) and Akwaeke Emezi
(Pet). From 11 a.m. to noon, author service provider Book Vine
Press will be on hand to answer questions about its service,
along with two of its authors, Leonard W. Heflich (Live as Long
as You Dare) and Gabriel Moran (Missed Opportunities: Rethinking
Catholic Tradition).
And throughout the show, Baker & Taylor reps will be on
hand in the lounge to talk with librarians, and to share informa-
tion about its popular Pop-Up Libraries program. We look
forward to seeing you there. ■

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Totes, Clutches & More
The publisher will be giving away 50 Raymond Fleischmann and The
copies of Raising an Organized Child Passengers by John Marrs will be
by Damon Korb. available.
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In attendance will be Philippa Gregory, LEVENTHAL
signing 200 copies of Tidelands; Two hundred copies of Change Is the
Cinzia White Natalia Whiting Bonner Author of best-selling
Beginner’s Guide to
Jennifer Weiner, signing 300 copies of Only Constant by Ben Orlin will be up
The Storyteller’s Mrs. Everything; and William Kent for grabs.
Free-Motion Quilting

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Krueger, signing 300 copies of This
Straight-Line Tender Land. Other giveaways: Right BLACKSTONE
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After the Weather by Carol Anshaw; Each of the following authors will sign
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell; 60 ARCs: Jennifer Givhan (Trinity
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multi-award-
winning quilt
60+
Modern
Marley by Jon Clinch; The Doll Sight); Catherine Ryan (Howard’s
Designs
Factory by Elizabeth Macneal; and Rewind); Meg Gardiner (The Dark
Deep State by Chris Hauty. Corners of Night); Robert Haller
Distributed by National Book Network (Another Life); Matthew Mather (The
ctpub.com | 800.284.1114 BALLANTINE Dreaming Tree); Alex Messenger (The
For the taking: 150 copies each of The Twenty-Ninth Day); and Cadwell
Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Turner (The Lesson).
Lefteri and The Swallows by Lisa
Lutz.

BLOOMSBURY
Available for the taking: 350 copies of
The Man That Got Away by Lynne
Truss, 300 copies of The Man Who Saw
Everything by Deborah Levy, 150
copies of The Broken Road by Peggy
Wallace Kennedy, and 600 samplers of
Sara J. Maas’s first adult novel, Crescent
City.
CELADON
Aarti Shahani will sign 100 copies of
Here We Are; other giveaways include
100 copies of Saint X by Alexis
Schaitkin and 50 copies of The Whisper
Man by Alex North.
CENTRAL AVENUE
Molly Ringle will sign 75 copies of All
the Better Part of Me. Another give-
away will be Into Captivity They Will
Go by Noah Milligan.
CROWN
For the taking: 150 copies each of The
Warehouse by Rob Hart, The Ghosts
of Eden Park by Karen Abbott, and
Home for Erring and Outcast Girls by
Julie Kibler.
DEAD RECKONING
On offer are two graphic novels: Once
Upon a Time in France by Fabien
Nury, illus. by Sylvain Valleé, and
Smedley by Jeff McComsey.
DEL REY
The publisher is giving away 150 copies
of The Nobody People by Bob Proehl.
Adult Galleys to Grab
DEY STREET
Two giveaways: Beneath the Tamarind
Tree by Isha Seshay and Girl on the
Block by Jessica Wragg.
DIAL
On offer: 150 copies of Dear Edward by
Ann Napolitano.
DUTTON
One Day by Gene Weingarten will be
given out.
ECCO
Kevin Wilson will sign 100 copies of
Nothing to See Here; other giveaways
include 100 copies each of Beijing
Payback by Daniel Nieh, Our House
Will Pay by Steph Cha, The Diver’s
Game by Jesse Ball, The Gone Dead by
Chanelle Benz, and Cold Storage by
David Koepp.
FARRAR, STRAUS AND
GIROUX
Ben Lerner will sign 100 copies of The
Topeka School; and there will be 50
copies available of Unfollow by Megan
Phelps-Roper.
FLATIRON
Leigh Bardugo will sign in-booth 100
copies of her first adult novel, Ninth
House, and Jeannine Cummins will
sign 500 copies of American Dirt.
FORTRESS
Angela Denker will sign 100 copies of
Red State Christians; other giveaways

include 100 copies each of Religion in
the Handmaid’s Tale by Collette
Tennant and Trains, Jesus, and Murder
by Richard Beck.
GALLERY
The publisher will be giving away 300
copies of Twice in a Blue Moon by
Christina Lauren.
              
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GRAYDON HOUSE
Megan Angelo will sign 120 copies of
Followers, and Tarryn Fisher will sign
120 copies of The Wives.
GROVE ATLANTIC
Richard Stengel will sign 250 copies of
Information Wars; other giveaways
i n c l u d e J e a n e t t e Wi n t e r s o n ’s
Frankissstein (300 copies); Candace
will be on offer.
Adult Galleys to Grab
Bushnell’s Is There Still Sex in the
City? (250 copies); Tom Bradby’s Secret
Service (200 copies); Walter Mosley’s
The Elements of Fiction Writing (200
copies); and Sarah M. Broom’s debut,
The Yellow House (200 copies).
HACHETTE
On offer: The Third Rainbow Girl:
The Long Life of a Double Murder in
Appalachia by Emma Eisenberg;
Blood: A Memoir by Allison Moorer;
and Jeff Buckley: His Own Voice by
Maureen Guilbert and David Brown.
HANOVER SQUARE
Karine Jean-Pierre will sign 60 copies of
Moving Forward: A Story of Hope,
Hard Work, and the Promise of
America.
HARPER
Available will be ARCs of The Dutch
House by Ann Patchett (100 copies);
The Last Train to London by Meg
Waite Clayton (100 copies); and The
Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfeld (100
copies); plus 75 copies of The Chestnut
Man by Soren Sveistrup.
HARPER PERENNIAL
The publisher is giving away 100 copies
of The Starlet and the Spy by Ji-min
Lee.
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Think in Public
A Public Books Reader
SHARON MARCUS AND
CAITLIN ZALOOM , EDS.
“An astonishing collection. Eloquent,
expansive, provocative, and essential.”
—Rob Nixon, author of Slow Violence
and the Environmentalism of the Poor
Antidemocracy
in America
Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk
ERIC KLINENBERG ,
CAITLIN ZALOOM , A N D
SHARON MARCUS , E D S .
“Essential reading for understanding
the deep divisions within American
society”
—Alondra Nelson, author of The Social
Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and
Reconciliation After the Genome
Meet the Editors at BEA
Eric Klinenberg, Caitlin Zaloom,
and Sharon Marcus will be signing
copies of their books at the Columbia
University Press Booth #738
on Thursday, May 30
from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
CUP.COLUMBIA.EDU
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HARPERONE
The publisher is handing out 100 galleys
each of the following ARCs: Limitless
Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without
Barriers by Jo Boaler; The Source: The
Secrets of the Universe, the Science
of the Brain by Tara Swart; and Think
Black: A Memoir of Sacrifice, Success,
and Self-Loathing in Corporate
America by Clyde W. Ford. Plus, Heddi
Goodrich will sign copies of Lost in
the Spanish Quarter (200 copies), and
Karina Sainz Borgo will sign copies of
It Would Be Night in Caracas (200
copies).
HOGARTH
What Red Was by Rosie Price is up for
grabs, 150 copies.
HOLT
On offer: 75 copies of The Last Book
Party by Karen Dukess.
HQN
Julia London will sign 120 copies of The
Princess Plan.
INTERVARSITY
Wednesday’s giveaways are 50 ARCs of
Brave Souls by Belinda Bauman. On
Thursday, 100 ARCs of Fearfully and
Wonderfully by Paul Brand and
Philip Yancey and 50 ARCs of What
Does Your Soul Love? by Gem and
Alan Fadling. Plus, Jonathan Walton
will sign copies of Twelve Lies That
Hold America Captive. Friday, on
offer are 100 ARCs of Shades of Light
Adult Galleys to Grab
by Sharon Garlough Brown, 50 copies
of The Common Rule by Justin Earley,
and 50 ARCs of In Search of the
Common Good by Jake Meador.
LITTLE, BROWN
Among the galleys being given away are
Emma Donoghue’s Akin; Malcolm
Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers; Elin
Hilderbrand’s Summer of ’69; Leslie
Jamison’s Make It Scream, Make It
Burn; Little Weirds by Jenny Slate, and
The Processed Cheese by Stephen
Wright.
LB/PATTERSON
For the taking, 300 galleys of Sophia,
Princess Among Beasts by James
Patterson.
MIRA
Noelle Salazar will sign 120 copies of
Flight Girls.
MORROW
Wednesday’s giveaways are After the
Flood by Kassandra Montag and The
Nanny by Gilly Macmillan (100 copies
each). On Thursday giveaways are My
Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth
Russell, Tell Me a Story by Cassandra
King Conroy, The Last Widow by
Karin Slaughter, Ribbons of Scarlet
by Kate Quinn, Never Have I Ever by
Joshilyn Jackson, and Lady in the
Lake by Laura Lippman (100 copies of
each).

MULHOLLAND
On tap: Heaven, My Home by Attica
Locke and The Chain by Adrian
McKinty.
MYSTERIOUS
The publisher is giving away 200
copies of White Hot Silence by Henry
Porter.
“Forbes takes a fearless stance by
peeling away the self-centered,
hedonic façade of the
Minefulness Industrial
Complex.”
— Ron E. Purser, author of
Handbook of Mindfulness
Copies Available from Columbia University Press, Booth #738
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Adult Galleys to Grab
NBM Ten Thousand Doors of January by
Five hundred copies of Forbidden Alix E. Harrow.
Harbor by Teresa Radice and Stefano
Turconi are up for grabs. PAN MACMILLAN U.K.
On offer, 50 copies of Dead at First
ORBIT Sight by Peter James.
Two giveaways from the publisher of SF/
fantasy novels are Queen of the PARK ROW
Conquered by Kheryn Callender and E.R. Ramzipoor will sign 120 copies of
The Ventriloquists.
Journalist Hugo Meunier goes “Hidden as a Jewish child from
undercover as a Walmart the Nazi regime, Weiss shares
employee and reveals the truths her childhood journey from
behind the corporate giant’s low fascism in Europe to adoption in
prices and the lengths it will go to an American home in
stop unionization. Cold War USA.”
— Abigail B. Bakan
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BOOKEXPO 2019 PREVIEW
Booth 844

LYONS PRESS STACKPOLE BOOKS PENGUIN PRESS

9781493042272 • Paperback 9780811738033 • Paperback The publisher will hand out Travel Light, Move Fast by
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Alexandra Fuller.

PUTNAM
On offer are Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid and Fair Play by
Eve Rodsky.

LYONS PRESS
9781493038237 • Hardcover
September 2019 • $27.95
QUIRK
Authors in attendance include Tres Dean, signing For Your
Consideration: Duane “The Rock” Johnson (100 copies);
Andrew Shaffer, signing Hope Rides Again (100 copies);
Michelle Gish, signing We Are Here Forever (100 copies);
and Clay McLeod, signing The Remaking (150 copies).
Another giveaway: 100 copies of Monster, She Wrote by Lisa
Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson.
LYONS PRESS
9781493037438 • Hardcover
April 2019 • $26.95 RANDOM HOUSE
Available are 150 copies each of Olive, Again by Elizabeth
Strout and Inland by Téa Obreht.

RDA
Ken McElroy will be on hand to sign 200 copies of Return to
Orchard Canyon.

RED HEN
The publisher is giving away 50 copies of Pigs by Johanna
Stoberock and 50 copies of Fire Summer by Thuy da Lam.

RIVERHEAD
For the taking: Long Bright River by Liz Moore, Red at the
FALCON GUIDES LYONS PRESS
Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, and How To by Randall
9781493037131 • Paperback 9781493037896 • Hardcover Munroe.
June 2019 • $24.95 June 2019 • $24.95

RUNNING PRESS
One hundred copies of Own Your Weird by Jason Zook are
on offer.
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How I Followed My Dreams,
Earned My Wings, and
Faced My Greatest Challenge

Nerves of Steel
is the captivating
true story of
Tammie Jo Shults’s
remarkable life—
from growing up
the daughter of a
humble rancher, to
breaking through
gender barriers
as one of the
Navy’s first female
F/A-18 Hornet
pilots, to safely
landing the severely
crippled Southwest
Airlines Flight 1380
and helping
save the lives
of 148 people.

available October 8, 2019

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SAGA SHADOW MOUNTAIN SIMON & SCHUSTER

Up for grabs, 300 copies of The Deep Galley giveaways include 100 copies In-booth signings of 300 ARCs of each
by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, each of The Lady and the Highwayman of The World That We Knew by Alice
William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes. by Sarah M. Eden; Glass Slippers, Hoffman; The Deserter by Nelson
Ever After, and Me by Julie Wright; DeMille and Alex DeMille; and How
SCOUT Bill Marriott: Success Is Never Final We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones.
On tap: The Scar Keeper by Katrina by Dave Van Atta; and Invisible Another giveaway: 300 copies of Dearly
Engberg and When We Were Vikings Heroes of World War II by Jerry Beloved by Cara Wall.
by Andrew David MacDonald (300 Borrowman.
copies of each). SKYHORSE
The publisher is handing out 100 copies
each of Blues in the Dark by Raymond
Benson; Eternal Sojourners by Darryl
Spirit of the Ponicsan; Miracles in Lake Placid by
Chris Peters; The RBG Way: Secrets of
Indian Warrior Success of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by
Rebecca Gibian; and The Eagle Has
edited by
Landed: 50 Years of Lunar Science
Michael Oren Fitzgerald
Fiction, edited by Neil Clarke.
& Joseph A. Fitzgerald
foreword by Charles Trimble SOUNDS TRUE
Richly illustrated with historical Giveaways include Revolution of the
Soul by Seane Corn (300 copies); The
photographs and paintings, Spirit of the
Karma of Cats (100 copies); The Yoga
Indian Warrior presents the thoughts of
Plate by Tamal and Victoria Dodge (100
some of history’s greatest warriors copies); and Start Finishing by Charlie
and tribal leaders. Gilkey (50 copies).
ISBN: 978-1-936597-62-8,
$14.95, 6” x 7.25”, June 2019, 120 pp,
with over 80 color & b/w ills.
SOURCEBOOKS
Nefertiti Austin will sign copies of
Motherhood So White, and Kelli Estes
“This beautifully designed
will sign copies of Today We Go Home.
volume . . . depicts, through Other giveaways include Check In at
carefully chosen quotes and the Pine Away Motel by Katarina
strikingly moving images, the Bivald, Lady Clementine by Marie
spiritual depth of American Benedict, and Yale Needs Women by
Indian life.” —Joseph Bruchac, Anne Gardiner Perkins.
author of Crazy Horse’s Vision
World Wisdom
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Releases September 10, 2019
With humor, joy, and biblical scholarship,
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and phrases in Christ’s letters to the seven
churches in Revelation.
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Releases September 3, 2019
Seeing Angels is one of the most in-depth
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the church today. Joshua Mills goes
beyond the usual takes on angels
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regarding spiritual warfare and explores
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Releases October 1, 2019
DDiscover
iscover how every believer can develop a
miracle mind-set. This practical resource is
lled with ideas for personal application,
encouraging testimonies, and spiritual
activation prayers for tapping into the
miraculous.
Releases October 8, 2019
TTeri
eri Secrest shares what she has learned
from more than twenty years of research
into essential plant oils. She weaves
together the drama, romance, and
spiritual history of these oils to inspire the
reader to trust God’s Word and feel deep
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Releases November 5, 2019
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FICTION WITHOUT FRONTIERS

Signings & Galleys

Friday 5/30
9:30–10am
Jonathan Janz
P.D. Cacek

PB • $14.95 9781787581852 PB • $14.95 9781787581579

HC • $24.95 9781787581876 HC • $24.95 9781781593
288pp NEW Horror 304pp NEW Horror/Thriller
Friday 5/30
1:00 –1:30pm
Hopstaken & Prusi
Andrew Post
STERLING
Christopher Hart will sign 100 copies of How to Draw Dogs
& Cats from Simple Templates. There will also be 100 give-
aways each of Artificial Intelligence by Clifford Pickover and
A Little Bit of Mindfulness by Amy Leigh Mercree.
ST. MARTIN’S
Augusten Burroughs will be signing in-booth 100 copies of Toil
& Trouble, and Megan Goldin will sign 100 copies of The
Escape Room. Also, 500 ARCs of Therese Fowler’s A Good
Neighborhood will be given away.

THAMES & HUDSON

On offer: Moonlight Travellers by Quentin Blake and Will
PB • $14.95 9781787581715 PB • $14.95 9781787582835 Self (300 copies); The Pursuit of Art by Martin Gayford (200
HC • $24.95 9781787581739 HC • $24.95 9781787582859 copies); Unspeakable Acts: Women, Art, and Sexual
384pp MAY Horror/Mystery 288pp JUNE Mystery/Thriller
Violence in the 1970s by Nancy Princenthal (200 copies);
and Postures: Body Language in Art by Desmond Morris
(150 copies). Also, 400 BookExpo-exclusive blads of Mary
Galley Wilson’s Supreme Glamour.
Drop
titles TOR/FORGE
The authors will sign 100 copies each of Annalee Newitz’s The
Future of Another Timeline, Kel Kade’s Fate of the Fallen,
Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, and Tochi Onyebuchi’s Riot
Baby.
PB • $14.95
9781787583047 256pp
PB • $14.95
9781787582903 320pp
TURNER
HC • $24.95 AUGUST HC • $24.95 JULY Two hundred copies each of That’s Mentally by Amanda
9781787583061 Mystery/Thriller 9781787582927 Mystery/Thriller
Rosenberg and Tiny by Kim Hooper will be handed out.

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For the taking: What Is a Girl Worth? by Rachael
Denhollander, The Persian Gamble by Joel Rosenberg, The
Seamstress by Allison Pittman, How the Light Gets In by
Jolina Petersheim, Hit Hard by Pat and Tammy McLeod, and
Healing Depression for Life by Gregory L. Jantz.
UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA
Giveaways include 50 copies each of Out of Our Minds: What

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 Adult Galleys to Grab
Visit us at BEA booth 849
to see our latest books

Library Journal Review Booklist Review

We Think and How We Came to Think It by Felipe Fernández-

Armesto; Meat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of
Food by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft; American Disruptor: The
Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford by Roland De Wolk; and
Ithaca Forever: Penelope Speaks by Luigi Malerba.

UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO April 2019 • 144 pages May 2019 • 280 pages
The publisher is giving away 50 copies each of Camera Hunter: 978-1-5381-2385-0 • $19.95 • Cloth 978-1-5381-2221-1 • $24.95 • Cloth
George Shiras III and the Birth of Wildlife Photography
by James H. McCommons and Take Daily as Needed: A
Novel in Stories by Kathryn Trueblood.

VESUVIAN
Giveaways include 75 signed copies each of The Year I Left by
Christine Brae and In the Shadow of a Violent Moon by Stu
Jones and Gareth Worthington, as well as 50 copies of The
Vessels by Anna M. Elias.

VIKING
Galley giveaways include The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes,
The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames, and A Single Thread
by Tracy Chevalier.

WESTMINSTER JOHN KNOX

Up for grabs will be 50 copies of Near the Exit: Travels with
the Not-So-Grim Reaper by Lori Erickson.
April 2019 • 192 pages May 2019 • 272 pages
WORKMAN 978-1-5381-1837-5 • $15.95 • Paper 978-1-5381-2257-0 • $19.95 • Paper

Pamela Paul and Maria Russo will sign 100 galleys of How to
Raise a Reader, and Eric Nuzum will sign 100 galleys of Make
Noise: Everything You Need to Know About Podcasting.
Other giveaways are Crazy Cat Lady by Ester Scholten, illus.
by Agnes Loonstra, and Crazy Plant Lady by Isabel Serna (50
copies each). DISTRIBUTED TO THE TRADE BY NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK

YALE UNIV.
On offer are Fabulous Monsters by Alberto Manguel, WWW.ROWMAN.COM | 800-462-6420
Family Record by Patrick Modiano, and Oblivion or Glory:
1921 and the Making of Winston Churchill by David
Stafford. ■

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 Children’s Galleys
to Grab
We take a look at some of the unmissable
kids’ and YA galleys being showcased at BookExpo
ALGONQUIN
Galleys to look for include The Dark
Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean
Horwitz, in which the sole heir of the
D a r k L o r d E l i t h o r, 1 2 - y e a r- o l d
Clementine Morcerous, has been
groomed since birth to be Evil Overlord;
How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian,
about a young woman’s journey to find
her place in the world as the carefully
separated strands of her life begin to
tangle; Naked Mole Rat Saves the
World by Karen Rivers, starring a girl
with an unusual superpower; and Cub
by Cynthia L. Copeland, a humorous
graphic memoir about growing up and
finding one’s voice.
BLACKSTONE
Available are Shadow Frost by Coco
Ma, a debut YA fantasy by teen piano
prodigy and author Ma; and Beasts of
the Frozen Sun by debut author Jill
Criswell, a Norse-inspired tale of for-
bidden love.
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Compiled by Emma Kantor
BLOOMSBURY
Featured galleys include Past Perfect
Life by Elizabeth Eulberg, the story of a
teen searching for her identity while grap-
pling with secrets and lies from the past;
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper, a YA
debut starring two teens whose lives are
uprooted as their parents join a NASA
mission to Mars; Some Places More
Than Others by Renée Watson, a
Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King
Author Award winner, a middle grade
novel about finding one’s roots; The
Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao, a
middle grade debut inspired by Chinese
mythology; A Heart So Fierce and
Broken by Brigid Kemmerer, sequel to
the YA fantasy A Curse So Dark and Lonely;
Havenfall by Sara Holland, a gothic fan-
tasy set in the Rocky Mountains; The
Beast by Ally Condie and Brendan
Reichs, sequel to The Darkdeep; and The
Map from Here to There by Emery
Lord, the follow-up to The Start of Me and
You, featuring breakups, makeups, a road
trip, and a wedding.
CANDLEWICK
On offer are Weird Little Robots by
Carolyn Crimi, illus. by Corinna Luyken,
a Middle Grade Buzz selection, in which
two science-savvy girls create an entire
robot world; What Makes Us by Rafi
Mittlefehldt, about a viral video that
reveals a teen’s dark family history;
Malamander by Thomas Taylor, illus.
by Tom Booth, kicking off a fantasy
trilogy about a mysterious sea monster;
The Good Hawk by debut author
Joseph Elliott, starring two teens in
ancient Scotland who set out on a quest
to rescue their clan from Nordic raiders;
I, Cosmo by Carlie Sorosiak, the tale of
a golden retriever and his humans, told
from the dog’s perspective; Color of the
Sun by Hans Christian Andersen
Medalist David Almond, the dreamlike
tale of a boy rediscovering joy and beauty
amid sorrow; and The Starlight Claim
by Tim Wynne-Jones, a YA psycholog-
ical thriller set in the wilderness.
continued on p. 46
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continued from p. 42
CHARLESBRIDGE
Galleys to look for include Becoming
Beatriz by Tami Charles, a follow-up to
Like Vanessa; Contagion by Teri Terry,
first in the Dark Matter trilogy, about
the effects of a biological experiment
gone wrong, and an excerpt from
Deception, book two in the series; and
SumoKitty by David Biedrzycki, a pic-
ture book in which a cat trains like a
sumo wrestler in order to catch more
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CAPSTONE Golden Acorn by Katy Hudson, in
Featured titles are My Footprints by which Squirrel learns to control her
Caldecott Honor author Bao Phi, illus. competitive spirit and become a team
by Basia Tran, the tale of a Vietnamese- player; The Brave Cyclist: The True
American girl who imagines herself as Story of a Holocaust Hero by Amalia
different creatures as an escape from bul- Hoffman, a biography of Gino Bartali,
lying; Ona Judge Outwits the Tour de France champion and member
Washingtons: An Enslaved Woman of the WWII resistance; Sadiq and the
Fights for Freedom by Gwendolyn Desert Star by Siman Nuurali, illus. by
Hooks, illus. by Simone Agoussoye, Anjan Sarkar, an #OwnVoices series
recounting Judge’s heroic escape from starter about a third grader and his
George and Martha Washington; The Somali-American family; and The
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Galleys to look for include The Fowl
Twins by Eoin Colfer, a spinoff adven-
ture starring Artemis Fowl’s younger
brothers, Myles and Beckett; Race to
the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, in
which seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay
must stay one step ahead of a monster as
she connects with her Navajo ancestors
and discovers her innate powers; Tristan
Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by
Kawame Mbalia, about a boy who acci-
dentally rips open a chasm into the
MidPass, a volatile place where he finds
himself among African-American folk
legends and West African gods; Loki
Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee,
a story of struggle and betrayal, told
through the patchwork past of Marvel’s
misunderstood trickster; Stuffed by Liz
Braswell, a middle grade novel about a
world where stuffed animals are the last
line of defense between children and
monsters; Scavenge the Stars by Tara
Sim, a biracial, gender-swapped Count of
Monte Cristo retelling; Elizabeth
Webster and the Court of Uncommon
Pleas by William Lashner, in which the
daughter of an attorney for the damned
must solve her connection to a myste-
rious ghost; 10 Blind Dates by Ashley
Elston, about a high school senior who
lets members of her family set her up on
dates after a painful breakup; Last True
Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake, a
debut contemporary novel about a lost
shipwreck, a missing piece of family his-
tory, and how to weather the storms of
life; and Who Is the Mystery Reader?
by Mo Willems, second in the Unlimited
Squirrels series.
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The featured galley is The Nocturnals:
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FLYAWAY
On offer is The Worst Christmas Ever
by Kathleen Long Bostrom, illus. by
Guy Porfirio, in which Matthew is not
looking forward to Christmas in his new
California home, especially after his dog
goes missing.
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Av a i l a b l e g a l l e y s i n c l u d e T h e
Remarkables by Margaret Peterson
Haddix, a standalone middle grade novel
about two children who discover an
intriguing mystery next door; Dear
Sweet Pea, the first middle grade novel
by Dumplin’ author Julie Murphy, star-
ring a sixth grader who takes on the role
of town advice columnist; Lalani of the
Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly, a
debut Filipino fantasy by the Newbery
Medalist; Cog by Greg van Eekhout, in
which five runaway robots set out cross-
country to prove their self-worth; The
Best at It, a middle grade debut by actor
Maulik Pancholy; Serpent & Dove by
Shelby Mahurin, first in a fantasy
duology set in a world of powerful
women and dark magic; When You Ask
Me Where I’m Going by debut author
Jasmin Kaur, a story of undocumented

immigration, sexual assault, mental
health, love, and liberation; Butterfly
Yellow by Thanhha Lai, the National
Book Award and Newbery Honor-
winning author, a YA debut about sib-
lings separated during the Vietnam War;
Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted
Caplan, in which a girl drives more than
900 miles with an old friend to obtain a
legal abortion; and Angel Mage by
Garth Nix, the story of an ageless woman
with terrifying angelic powers, who is
bent on reuniting with her lover.
INKYARD
The featured titles are Dear Haiti, Love
Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite,
a debut novel featuring a Haitian-
American teen who finds herself sus-
pended from school and sent to Haiti for
a volunteer immersion project; and The
Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor
Namey, in which a bookworm must face
the reality of her mother’s hoarding
problem.
IPG
Giveaways from this distributor include
Offline by Brian Adams (Green
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the dark side of technology; All the
Better Part of Me by Molly Ringle
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actor grows into his bisexuality as he
finds himself falling for his best friend;
Noah Noasaurus by Elaine Kiely
Kearns (Albert Whitman), the tale of a
small dinosaur in a big, bad mood; The
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Whitman), a rhyming story depicting
the change in seasons and how we can all
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berjacks who helped save the U.K.’s war
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pediatrician shares his program for
helping kids develop organizational
skills; How to Be Remy Cameron by
Julian Winters (Interlude), about a teen
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she falls for Danny, a trans boy; A Time
Traveler’s Theory of Relativity by
Nicole Valentine, about a 12-year-old
boy who discovers that the women in his
family are time travelers; Seventh Grade
vs. the Galaxy by Joshua S. Levy, in
which teen Jack and his friends acciden-
tally catapult their public schoolship
across the galaxy and into the clutches of
aliens; I Am Farmer: Growing an
Environmental Movement in
Cameroon by Miranda Paul and Baptiste
Paul, a close-up of Cameroonian environ-
mentalist Tantoh Nforba; Thanku:
Poems of Gratitude, edited by Miranda
Paul, a poetry anthology that explores the
many ways of being grateful; and Stage
Dreams by Melanie Gillman, a queer
western adventure featuring a Latinx
outlaw and a trans runaway.
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Look for Crumbled! by Lisa Harkrader,
first in an illustrated middle grade series
pitched as The Sisters Grimm meets Shrek;
Only the Stars Know Her Name by
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revenge on those who tore her family
apart with false accusations of witchcraft;
The Woods by R.L. Toalson, a magical
realist tale of loss, grief, and acceptance;
The Inside Battle by Melanie Sumrow,
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LITTLE, BROWN
Among the featured titles are A Tale of
Magic... by Chris Colfer, in which
14-year-old Brystal is rescued from the
oppressive Southern Kingdom and sent
to the Academy of Magic, where she will
learn to become a fairy; The Bone
Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones, a fantasy
starring teen Ryn, who only cares about
two things: her family and their grave-
yard; Queen of Nothing by Holly
Black, finale to the Folk of the Air
trilogy; Sunnyside Plaza by NPR
Weekend Edition host Scott Simon, a
debut middle grade novel set in a com-
munity center for adults with develop-
mental disabilities; The Fresh New
Face of Griselda by Jennifer Torrez, in
which Griselda starts her own entrepre-
neurial venture, selling makeup to help
pay the bills for her financially strug-
gling family; The Light in the Lake by
Sarah R. Baughman, about a girl who
avoids the lake where her twin brother
drowned, until she is offered a position
to study it as a Young Scientist; A Match
Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai,
the story of a girl who comes from a long
line of Indian matchmakers; The
Mysterious Benedict Society and the
Riddle of Ages by Trenton Lee Stewart,
continuing the popular middle grade
mystery series; Pavi Sharma’s Guide to
Going Home by Bridget Farr, in which
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knowledge of foster care with other chil-
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Wednesday, May 29
LB/PATTERSON 3:00-3:30 p.m.
Available are Ali Cross by James Patterson, launching a series Table 4
that stars Ali, the son of detective and FBI agent Alex Cross; Joshua S. Levy
Rebels with a Cause by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein,
illus. by Beverly Johnson, continuing the adventures of girl
genius Max Einstein; Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha
Ngan, sequel to Girls of Paper and Fire; Swipe Right for
Murder by Derek Milman, in which a case of mistaken identity
puts a teen looking for a hookup on the run from both the FBI
and a murderous cult; and Scouts by Shannon Greenland, about
Thursday, May 30
a group of friends in 1985 who journey to investigate a crashed
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Galleys to look for include All the Impossible Things by
Lindsay Lackey, a middle grade novel about a girl navigating
the foster care system; Summer by Cao Wenxuan, illus. by Yu FREE
Rong, a picture book in which animals fight over shade on a BOOKS!
blazing hot day; There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose
Pool, a debut YA fantasy; InvestiGators by John Patrick
Green, kicking off a graphic novel series about a spy alligator
duo; The Burning Shadow by Jennifer Armentrout, second Friday, May 31
in the Origin series; Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell, sequel 12:00-12:30 p.m.
to Carry On; Rage by Cora Carmack, continuing the fantasy Table 10
romance series Stormheart; The Good Luck Girls by debut Melanie Gillman

author Charlotte Davis, an alternate Wild West adventure; and

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett, a speculative YA thriller in
the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Power. FREE
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MAGINATION
Featured are Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You
by Kathryn Gonzales and Karen Rayne, a guide for teens who
are transgender, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, gender- Celebrating 60 years
fluid, queer, or questioning their sexual and gender identity;
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 PENGUIN
Giveaways include Frankly in Love by David Yoon, a contem-
porary YA debut about two Korean-American high school
seniors who are caught between their parents’ traditional expec-
tations and their own Southern California upbringing; The
Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys, following a Dallas
high-society teen and son of an oil tycoon as he is confronted
with General Franco’s fascist dictatorship on a family trip to
Madrid; The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh, first in a paranormal
romance series set in 19th-century New Orleans; My Life as
an Ice Cream Sandwich by National Book Award finalist Ibi
Zoboi, a middle grade debut that unfolds over one summer in
Harlem, starring the sci-fi obsessed granddaughter of one of
NASA’s first black engineers; Strange Birds by PW Flying
Start author Celia C. Pérez, the story of four girls who form a
rebel Girl Scout group in their quest for justice, independence,
and an unforgettable summer; Pages & Co.: The Book-
wanderers by Anna James, a debut novel about a bookish girl
who discovers she has the ability to bookwander into any story
she chooses; and Fireborne by Rosaria Munda, a YA fantasy
debut set in a postrevolutionary world filled with dragon tour-
naments, political intrigue, and romance.

QUIRK
Featured are The GayBCs by author-illustrator Matt Webb,
an alphabet book of LGBTQ vocabulary, celebrating the
beauty of embracing one’s true self; and Kid Activists by
Robin Stevenson, illus. by Allison Steinfeld, featuring child-
hood biographies of Helen Keller, Harvey Milk, Rosa Parks,
and more.

RANDOM HOUSE
Look for the following galleys: Jackpot by Nic Stone, the story
of a teenage gas-station worker who sells a winning lotto ticket
and teams up with her classmate to find the ticket holder who
hasn’t claimed the prize; American Royals by Katherine
McGee, an alternate history in which America is ruled by the
House Washington, the royal family that has sat on the throne
since the Revolutionary War; White Bird by R.J. Palacio, a
debut graphic novel by the author of Wonder; Shine! by J.J. and
Chris Grabenstein, about a girl struggling to fit in at her new

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posh private school; The World Ends in April by Stacy

McAnulty, the story of a girl who starts a secret End of the World
club at her middle school after she reads about a deadly asteroid
predicted to hit Earth; Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett, in
which an HIV-positive teen navigates fear, disclosure, and self-
acceptance when she falls in love for the first time; Scars Like
Wings by Erin Stewart, about a girl who is living in the after-
math of a fire that has taken her home and her parents, and left
her face covered in scars; and Who Put This Song On? by poet
Morgan Parker, starring a black teenage girl who is searching
for her identity.

RUNNING PRESS
Available titles are Just Feel by Mallika Chopra, a guide from
the daughter of Deepak Chopra and author of Just Breathe that
empowers kids to problem solve and gain emotional awareness;
Mo’s Bows by Moziah Bridges with Tramica Morris, a primer
on starting one’s own business, written by a successful kidpre-
neur; and The Humiliations of Pipi McGee by Beth Vrabel,
in which eight-year-old Penelope has had her fill of embarrass-
ment and embarks on a quest for redemption.

SCHOLASTIC
Titles include Guts by author-illustrator Raina Telgemeier, a true
story about growing up and gathering the courage to face—and
conquer—one’s fears; Allies by Alan Gratz, a tale of teamwork
in the face of tyranny; Alyssa Milano’s Hope #1: Project
Middle School by actor and activist Alyssa Milano and Debbie
Rigaud, illus. by Eric S. Keyes, starring Hope Roberts, a girl who
is determined to change the world; Words on Fire by Jennifer
A. Nielsen, a historical novel in which a girl discovers the
strength of her people united in resisting oppression; The
Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown, an #OwnVoices ghost story
about reclaiming an abandoned segregated cemetery; Child of
the Dream (A Memoir of 1963) by Sharon Robinson, daughter
of Jackie Robinson, a personal account of one of the most impor-
tant years of the civil rights movement; Everything Awesome
About Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Beasts by Mike
Lowery, a trove of weird and wild facts about dinosaurs, presented
in a comics format; The Seventh Voyage: Star Diaries by
Stanislaw Lem, illus. by Caldecott Honor artist Jon J Muth, a

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 sci-fi tale about an astronaut caught in a
time loop in space; Tarnished Are the
Stars by Rosie Thor, a queer #OwnVoices
science-fantasy novel, in which uneasy
allies must work together to put an end
to a deadly epidemic; and Doc and the
Detective in Graveyard Treasure by
Tim Tingle, a middle grade mystery by
the two-time winner of the American
Indian Youth Literature Award.
SHADOW MOUNTAIN
Available are Paul, Big, and Small by
David Glen Robb—which will be part
of the Indie Insights “YA and New
Adult” showcase at BookExpo—
focusing on a trio of high school outcasts;
Waiting for Fitz by Spencer Hyde,
about a group of teens in a psych ward;
and A Monster Like Me by Wendy S.
Swore, about a girl with a facial defor-
mity who relates to the creatures in her
favorite myths.
An Asteroid Storm is Coming.
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Galleys on offer include Cursed by
artist, producer, and director Frank
Miller and Tom Wheeler, a cinematic YA
twist on the tale of King Arthur, in
which the Lady of the Lake is the true
hero; Charlie Thorne and the Last
Equation by Stuart Gibbs, launching a
middle grade series about the world’s
youngest and smartest genius; Look
Both Ways by Jason Reynolds, a middle
grade novel about what happens after the
dismissal bell rings; Slay by Brittney
Morris, which follows a teen game devel-
oper as she battles a real-life troll intent
on ruining the Black Panther–inspired
video game she created; Winterwood by
Shea Ernshaw, a YA romance where dark
fairy tales and enchanted folklore collide;
and The Okay Witch by Emma
Steinkellner, a graphic novel about a
half-witch who has just discovered the
truth about herself and is doing her best
to survive middle school.
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The following giveaways are scheduled:
There Was a Black Hole That
Swallowed the Universe by Baby
University creator Chris Ferrie, a cosmic
spin on “There Was an Old Lady Who
Swallowed a Fly”; Bedtime for Sweet
Creatures by Nikki Grimes, illus. by
Elizabeth Zunon, a bedtime story about
a mother, her son, and their imagina-
tion-fueled journey to get to sleep;
Survivors of the Holocaust: True
Stories of Six Extraordinary Children,
edited by Kath Shackleton, a graphic
novel that chronicles the true stories of
six children and how they survived one
of the darkest times in human history;
The Star Shepherd by Dan Haring and
MarcyKate Connolly, an illustrated
middle grade novel about a boy’s race to
save the stars before their light is extin-
guished forever; Jinxed by Amy
McCulloch, a Middle Grade Editors’
Buzz title about Lacey Chu, a coding star
whose rebuilding of a salvaged smart pet
gains her entry into an elite tech
academy; Here There Are Monsters by
Amelinda Bérubé, a story of sisterhood
and secrets; Wicked as You Wish by
Rin Chupeco, launching an alternative
history fairy tale series from the author
of the Bone Witch trilogy; We Are Lost
and Found by Helene Dunbar, about
three friends coming-of-age in the early
1980s; I’m Not Dying with You
Tonight by #OwnVoices debut authors
Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones, in
which two teenage girls—one black, one
white—are facing the race riots envel-
oping their city over the course of one
night; and Reverie by Ryan La Sala, an
#OwnVoices debut fantasy pitched as
Inception meets The Magicians.
STERLING
Featured titles are Martin McLean,
Middle School Queen by Alyssa
Zaczek, a middle grade debut about a
boy’s quest to find his voice and his inner
diva; Drew Pendous Travels to
Ancient Egypt, second in the Drew
Pendous series about a time-traveling
boy; Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life by
 Children’s Galleys to Grab

Laurie Wallmark, illus. by Katy Wu, a
picture book biography of the movie
star/inventor; and Momentous Events
in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti
Bowling, sequel to Insignificant Events in
the Life of a Cactus, following Aven Green
as she confronts high school—the paper-
back edition of Bowling’s previous book
will also be given away.
THAMES & HUDSON
Look for Franklin and Luna and the
Book of Fairy Tales by Jen Campbell,
illus. by Katie Harnett, in which the
characters return for a trip to the dusty
fairy tale kingdom inside the pages of a
magical book; The Star in the Forest
by Helen Kellock, a debut storybook
about two sisters who embark on an
adventure when it appears that a star has
fallen in the forest that borders their
grandparents’ cottage; and 1,001 Ants
by Joanna Rzezak, an illustrated over-
sized book about ants, their home, their
queen, and how they tend their colony.
Realm by Alexandrea Weis, about a teen
girl who is chosen to be the bride of
Alexander the Great after he conquers
her homeland; Speak No Evil by Liana
Gardner, following the orphaned
daughter of Appalachian snake handlers
as she becomes a ward of the state after
tragedy strikes; and The Night Weaver
by Monique Snyman, in which the adults
of a small New England town seem
indifferent when children begin to dis-
appear, leaving only Rachel Cleary and a
few allies to investigate.
WEST MARGIN
Look out for Glacier on the Move by
Elizabeth Rusch, illus. by Alice Brereton,
introducing the animals that live on gla-
ciers and facts about climate change;
Betty Builds It by debut author-illus-
trator Julie Hampton, about a deter-
mined robot girl who wants to build her
ideal friend out of recycled junk;
Catastrophe by the Sea by Brenda
Peterson, illus. by Ed Young, created in
partnership with the Seattle Aquarium,
in which a sea anemone befriends a lost
cat; Where Does a Cowgirl Go Potty?,
companion to Where Does a Pirate Go
Potty? (also available), a read-aloud that
portrays animals answering nature’s call;
and Play It! Children’s Songs, which
teaches readers how to play classic chil-
dren’s songs on the piano or keyboard.
WORKMAN
Available are The Big Book of
Monsters: The Creepiest Creatures
from Classic Literature by Hal
Johnson, illus. by Tim Sievert, a com-
pendium of 25 spooky and nefarious
monsters, from Dracula to the
Jabberwocky; and Indestructibles, the
series of chew-proof, rip-proof books for
babies. ■
For more children’s galleys to grab,
see publishersweekly.com/
kidsgalleys.

TURNER
There will be two featured galleys:
SEe You at boOk e
xpO!
Escape of Light by Fred Venturini, in
which teenage burn survivor Wilder
Tate faces heartbreak, plastic surgery, WEdnEsdAy, maY 29 @ 2 P.m.
and a terrible secret; and The Ables:
The Hero’s Journey by Jeremy Scott, BArrY WIttEnsTeiN
illus. by Jeremy Simser, continuing the
science fiction graphic novel series that
follows teleporter James. THurSdaY, may 30 @ 10 A.m.
TRacI SOreLl
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Available are The Heartwood Crown
by Matt Mikalatos, follow-up to The
Crescent Stone, in which Madeline Oliver THurSdaY, may 30 @ 11:30 A.m.
must choose whether she will return to TAmi chArlEs
the Sunlit Lands to save the land and its
people from destruction; and How
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Galleys on offer are HELIX by Mary
Ting, sequel to ISAN, in which Ava
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A debut wordless picture book
by Jessica M. Boehman
978-1-937054-78-6 | April 2019 | $20.00 U.S.
By day, the library lions Patience
and Fortitude guard the iconic
New York Public Library.
By night, they take adventures
based on the books their favorite
librarian reads to them. In this
debut wordless picture book, they
head to Coney Island for some
nostalgic summer fun.
“Positively aglow with smiling
bonhomie as well as color ...
an affectionate tribute to some
of New York City’s iconic
residents and institutions.”
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Abbeville
Booth 821
Founded in 1977, Abbeville is an inde-
pendent publisher of fine art and illus-
trated books as well as children’s books
under the Abbeville Kids imprint.
Abingdon
Booth 714
An imprint of the United Methodist
Publishing House since 1789, the press has
continued a tradition in religious pub-
lishing for crossing denominational bound-
aries with thought-provoking books.
Akashic
Booth 830A
Akashic Books is an independent com-
pany in Brooklyn dedicated to pub-
lishing literary fiction, crime fiction,
music books, and political nonfiction.
Featured titles: Fuck, Now There Are
Two of You by Adam Mansbach, illus. by
Owen Brozman; A Tall History of Sugar
by Curdella Forbes; The Freedom Artist by
Ben Okri.
Algonquin
Booth 1307
For more than 30 years, Algonquin has
published trade fiction and nonfiction.
Amazon
Booth MR 1363
The publishing arm of Amazon releases
print, e-book, audio, and deluxe formats,
as well as Kindle Serials and Kindle
Singles, across a wide range of genres for
all ages.
American Library Association
Booth 1446B
.com The ALA offers opportunities for world-
wide collaboration around the transfor-
mation and future of libraries as well as
opportunities to examine the latest
library-related publications, products,
and services.
American Psychological
Association
Booths 1209, 782
APA is a major publisher in the behav-
ioral and social sciences, as well as the
originator of APA Style and publisher of
the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association. Magination
Press is the APA’s children’s book
imprint.
Artisan
Booth 1307
Artisan publishes illustrated books, spe-
cializing in cooking, design, and pop
culture, employing a visual lens to
expand the boundaries of general
nonfiction.
Austin Macauley
Booth 124
With offices in New York, London, and
Sharjah, this independent trade pub-
lisher has a wide-ranging publishing
program that includes historical
romance, showbiz memoirs, illustrated
children’s tales, technical manuals,
thrillers, and poetry.
Baker
Booths 349, 684
Baker is a leading producer of Christian
resources that reflect a broad scope of
topics, including fiction, self-help, inspi-
ration, professional books for pastors and
counselors, Christian living, and aca-
demic titles.
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librarians, literary agents, publishers and more
unite to build relationships, learn tactics to serve
new audiences, get the pulse of what’s trending
in today’s shifting marketplace and engage in
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 B&H Publishing Group
Booth 343
A nonprofit publisher, B&H is dedicated
to Bible-centered content.
Basic
Booth 1339
Since its founding in 1952, Basic Books
has published books in history, science,
sociology, psychology, politics, and cur-
rent affairs, as well as new works in African
and African-American studies under the
Basic Civitas imprint.
Beaufort
Booth 1826
A New York trade publishing house,
Beaufort specializes in fiction and nonfic-
tion. It recently acquired Moyer Bell
Books and Papier Mache Press, two estab-
lished literary imprints.
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Blackstone
Booth 1411
Founded in 1987, Blackstone Publishing
is a privately owned company in Oregon
offering more than 10,000 audiobook
titles. Blackstone has recently expanded
into publishing print and e-book edi-
tions of new fiction and nonfiction titles,
as well as reviving classics.
Featured titles: The Lesson by Cadwell
Turnbull, Rewind by Catherine Ryan
Howard, The Dark Corners of the Night by
Meg Gardiner.
Bloomsbury
Booth 1538
An independent publishing house estab-
lished in 1986, with offices in London,
New York, Sydney, and New Delhi, its
four divisions include Bloomsbury
Academic and Professional, Bloomsbury
Content Services, Bloomsbury Adult,
and Bloomsbury Children’s.
Bookish
Booth 1348
Bookish is an online resource that aims to
help readers discover their next favorite
books.
Booklist
Booth 1446A
Booklist, the book review journal of the
American Library Association, is a key
resource for collection development and
reader advisory.
Boom! Studios
Booth 1748
Boom was founded by Ross Richie in
2005 to focus on creating world-class
comic book and graphic novel story-
telling for all audiences.
Brooklyn Book Festival
Booth 1539
The festival is the largest free literary
event in New York City and features 300
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national and international authors on 14 Candlewick Central Avenue

stages, as well as a vibrant literary mar-
ketplace with indie and major presses,
and special events. There are bookend
events September 10–17; Festival Day is
September 16.
C&T
Booth 844
Provider of books to the worldwide
quilting and sewing markets, C&T’s
three imprints are FunStitch Studio,
aimed at eight- to 14-year-olds; Stash
Books, inspiring sewists with modern
designs, simple instructions, and
engaging photos; and Kansas City Star
Quilts, featuring designs from the heart
of the Midwest.
Cambridge Univ.
Booth 825B
A nonprofit academic press, Cambridge
furthers the mission of the university
with learning and research solutions.
Booth 1039
Based in Somerville, Mass., this inde-
pendent press publishes children’s books
for readers of all ages.
Capstone
Booth 938
This children’s publisher aims to inspire
children’s imaginations and ignite their
curiosity.
Carolrhoda
Booth 621
A division of the Lerner Publishing
Group, the press offers picture books,
and intermediate and young adult fic-
tion and nonfiction titles.
Celadon
Booth 1545
A new division of Macmillan, Celadon
publishes approximately 20 fiction and
nonfiction titles per year.
Booth 1925
Central Avenue is a traditional press that
publishes writers of poetry and original
fiction across several genres.
Charlesbridge
Booths 780, 1725
Charlesbridge offers trade fiction and
nonfiction picture books and middle
grade texts that encourage love of litera-
ture, language, and learning. Its Imagine!
imprint publishes nonfiction for adults.
Charlesbridge Teen’s booth will feature
galleys of Twice Dead and Select Few, from
its YA list.
Chicago Review
Booth 1924
Under five imprints—Chicago Review
Press, Academy Chicago, Ball
Publishing, Lawrence Hill Books, and
Zephyr Press—this house publishes
approximately 60 titles per year.

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Church Publishing
Booth 446
A religious publisher dating back to
1918, Church offers official worship
materials, books, music, and digital
ministry resources for the Episcopal
Church, in addition to being a multifac-
eted publisher and supplier to the
broader ecumenical marketplace.
Cider Mill
Booth 1849
Cider Mill is an independent press of
cookbooks, cocktail books, humor, classic
children’s books, and more.
Columbia Univ.
Booth 738
CUP is a publisher of trade, scholarly,
and reference books, as well as e-books
and online publications.
Cornell Univ.
Booth 531
This press publishes in the areas of the
humanities, social sciences, and natural
sciences. Its imprints include Comstock
Publishing Associates, ILR Press,
Northern Illinois University Press, and
Three Hills.
Countryman
Booth 1521
A division of Norton, Countryman pub-
lishes books on cooking, travel, and out-
door recreation and runs the book pro-
grams for EatingWell magazine and King
Arthur Flour.
Da Capo
Booth 1339
Primarily a publisher of nonfiction, Da
Capo titles cover history, music, the per-
forming arts, sports, and popular culture,
and is home to the Lifelong Books
imprint.
DC Comics
Booth 1220
Part of DC Entertainment, DC Comics
is home to imprints DC (Superman,
Batman, Wonder Woman), Mad, and
Vertigo (Sandman). DC Comics pub-
lishes thousands of comic books, graphic
novels, and magazines each year. It is one
of the largest English-language pub-
lishers of comics in the world.
Dead Reckoning
Booth 745
Launched in 2018, Dead Reckoning is
the graphic novel imprint of the Naval
Institute Press. The latter was estab-
lished in 1898 and publishes about 90
titles each year in the genres of military
history, strategy, fiction, espionage and
intelligence, biographies and memoirs,
current affairs, political science, ship
design, and more.
Featured titles: Once upon a Time in
France by Fabien Nury, illus. by Sylvain
Vallee and Haley Rose-Lyon, trans. by
Ivanka Hahnenberger; Smedley by Jeff
McComsey; Katusha by Wayne Vansant.
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Booth 1713
The world’s largest publisher of chil-
dren’s books, magazines, and apps, DPW
creates and publishes books and maga-
zines both vertically in-house and
through extensive worldwide licensing.
Diversion
Booth 823A
Originally a traditional print publisher,
Diversion has emerged as a digital pub-
lishing house, partnering with literary
agencies, media companies, and authors.
DK
Booth 1226
A division of Penguin Random House,
this publisher is known for informing,
entertaining, and educating global
readers through highly designed con-
tent. DK also publishes the Eyewitness
series for children and Eyewitness Travel
Guides, Prima Games, Alpha Books, and
Rough Guides.
Dreamscape
Booth 1111
Dreamscape is a library-first, multi-
format media publisher of fiction and
nonfiction audiobooks, book-based chil-
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dren’s read-along videos, as well as documentaries and film.

Duopress
Booth 1307
Founded in 2007, this independent publisher of children’s
books and impulse books for adults is distributed by
Workman.

Elsevier
Booth 748
Elsevier is a global information analytics business that helps
institutions and professionals advance health care, open science,
and improve performance for the benefit of humanity.

Emerald
Booth 556
Emerald publishes more than 300 journals, 3,000 books, and
1,500 case studies in the areas of business and management,
health, social care, education, and engineering.

The Experiment
Booth 1307
An independent publisher launched in 2008, the Experiment
publishes a wide range of nonfiction, including on food, health
and fitness, psychology and personal development, parenting,
relationships, sexuality, science, and nature.

Fabled Films Press

Booth 833B
Fabled Films Press is a subsidiary of Fabled Films, a media
and entertainment company, and focuses on creating original
content for middle grade and early reader audiences.
Featured titles: The Nocturnals: The Kooky Kinkajou, part of
the Nocturnals: Grow and Read Early Readers series.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Booth 1545
FSG publishes poetry, literary fiction, and nonfiction.

Flammarion
Booth 675
This company publishes fiction, art, photography, lifestyle,
cookery, home and garden, biography, social sciences, and
children’s books, and medical reference.

Flatiron
Booth 1545
Flatiron is a division of Macmillan, launched in 2014, that
publishes two to three titles per month. Named after the his-
toric building in which Macmillan is housed, Flatiron is com-
mitted to publishing intelligent fiction and nonfiction with
commercial appeal by authors with distinctive voices.

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Fortress
Booth 843
Fortress Press publishes adult nonfiction
books that nourish souls, ignite minds,
and help readers promote the common
good.
Fox Chapel
Booth 438
Based in Lancaster, Pa., Fox Chapel spe-
cializes in illustrated nonfiction, focused
on craft books, with more than 1,500
titles and three quarterly magazines. Its
imprints include CompanionHouse
Books, Design Originals, IMM Lifestyle
Books, and Creative Homeowner.
Galaxy
Booth 1245
The publisher of Battlefield Earth, Galaxy
also publishes Stories from the Golden
Age, a line of mystery, adventure, science
fiction/fantasy, and western novels, as
well as Writers of the Future, the annual
science fiction and fantasy anthology
series, now in its 36th year.
Globe Pequot
Booth 844
For more than 60 years, Globe Pequot
has been publishing books about well-
known brands and people, regional
interests, history and military history,
lifestyle, cooking, outdoor recreation,
backyard life, nature, true crime, crafts,
children’s, performing art, and folklore.
Grand Central
Booth 1339
A division of Hachette Book Group,
GCP has hardcover, trade paperback,
e-book, and mass market imprints that
cater to diverse readers.
Grove Atlantic
Booth 733
Grove Atlantic is an independent pub-
lisher committed to publishing quality
works of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and
poetry. Its four imprints are Atlantic
Monthly Press, Black Cat, Grove Press,
and the Mysterious Press.
Featured titles: Virgil Wander by Leif
Enger; Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs.
Guilford
Booth 628
This press publishes print, e-books and
professional books, videos, and journals
on the subjects of psychology and the
behavioral sciences, education, research
methods, and geography, geared toward
general readers, professionals, and
academics.
Hachette
Booth 1339
Hachette Book Group is a leading U.S.
trade publisher and a division of the
third-largest trade and educational book
publisher in the world, Hachette Livre.
HBG is headquartered in New York,
 with offices in Boston, Mass.; Lebanon, Ind.; and Nashville,
Tenn. HBG owns Hachette Book Group Canada, a marketing
and publicity company based in Toronto.

Harlequin
Booth 2046
Now a division of HarperCollins, Harlequin was founded in
1949 and has had more than 60 years of success as a leading
publisher of books for women.
Featured titles: Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and
Maritza Moulite; Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work
and the Promise of America by Karine Jean-Pierre; and Followers
by Megan Angelo.

HarperCollins
Booth 2046
A subsidiary of News Corp, HarperCollins is the second-largest
consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 17
countries. With more than 200 years of history and 120-plus
imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approxi-
mately 10,000 new books every year in 16 languages and has a
catalogue of more than 200,000 titles.
Featured titles: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (Harper);
The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter (Morrow); The Scarecrow by
Beth Ferry (HarperCollins Children’s Books); Cold Storage by
David Koepp (Ecco); The Education of an Idealist by Samantha
Power (Dey Street); Lost in the Spanish Quarter by Heddi
Goodrich (HarperVia); Think Black by Clyde Ford (Amistad);
Anyone by Charles Soule (HarperPerennial); Ribbons of Scarlet
by Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, Heather Webb,
Sophie Perinot, and E. Knight (Morrow Paperbacks); The Little
Book of Otter Philosophy by Jennifer McCartney (HarperCollins);
Outspoken by Veronica Rueckert (Harper Business); The Right
Swipe by Alisa Rai (Avon); The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey
(HarperVoyager); Limitless Mind by Jo Boaler (HarperOne);
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis (Thomas Nelson); Girl,
Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis (HarperCollins Leadership).

Harvard Univ.
Paperback On Sale Sept. 2019 Booth 740
$9.95, ISBN 978-1-941813-25-6 With “scholarship plus” as its motto, Harvard publishes books
about subjects from ants to Zeus that open the academy to the
world.

Harvest House
Booth 549
Founded in 1974 with just five titles, this publisher of
Christian literature now publishes more than 150 new books
South Dakota Historical Society Press each year.

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Booth 1545
Now in its 153rd year, Holt publishes in the fields of history,

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rent events, science, and mysteries and
thrillers. Its imprints are Henry Holt,
Holt Paperbacks, and Metropolitan
Books.
Hoopla Digital
Booth 111
Hoopla is a digital library service
offering more than 600,000 titles on
demand. Patrons have access to e-books,
audiobooks, comics, music, movies, and
television—all from a mobile app.
Image Comics
Booth 1609
One of the largest comics and graphic
novel publishers in the U.S., this press
covers a host of genre and styles including
New Release - $0.99 on Amazon.com science fiction, romance, horror, crime
or, NathanielSewell.com/books fiction, historical fiction, humor, and
more.
Independent Publishers
Group
Booth 1822
IPG is an industry leader in print and
e-book distribution services and mar-
keting support for independent publishers
of general trade, children’s, academic,
Spanish, and gift books.
Indiana Univ.
Booth 826
This press aims to publish books that
will matter 20 or even 100 years from
now. It is also home to the Quarry Books
imprint and distributes Red Lightning
Books.
Ingram Content Group
Booth 725
Connecting readers with content in all
forms, Ingram’s services include print-
on-demand, digital and physical book
distribution, and digital e-learning.
Inner Traditions
Booth 749
Inner Traditions is a publisher of esoteric,
occult, and spirituality books. Its imprints
include Earthdancer Books, Findhorn
Press, and Healing Arts Press.
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Insight Editions
Booth 1856
This press creates art and photography
books celebrating famous personalities
and artists, and key cultural and histor-
ical events. It is an imprint of Palace
Press.
InterVarsity
Booth 1831
A leading Christian publisher of
thoughtful, award-winning, and criti-
cally acclaimed titles in religion, reli-
gious studies, cultural studies, biblical
reference and commentary, self help/
recovery, and literary critique.
Featured titles: Shades of Light by
Sharon Garlough Brown; Fearfully and
Wonderfully by Paul Brand and Philip
Yancey; The Road Back to You by Ian
Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile.
Johns Hopkins Univ.
Booth 481
Founded in 1878, Johns Hopkins
University Press is one of the world’s
largest university presses, publishing
more than 200 new books and 58 schol-
arly periodicals each year. The books
division publishes trade titles in the
humanities, social sciences, medicine,
life sciences, and science, as well as
monographs, textbooks, and reference
books.
Kar-Ben
Booth 621
The Jewish-themed children’s book divi-
sion of Lerner Publishing Group pub-
lishes 18–20 new children’s titles each
year.
Miles Kelly
Booth 560
With 500 titles available, from encyclo-
pedias and playbooks for younger readers
to classic fiction and activity books,
Miles Kelly creates innovative children’s
books to inspire and share.
Kumon
Booth 645
Kumon is a publisher of workbooks,
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Lectorum
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Lectorum is the oldest and largest
Spanish book distributor in the U.S., as
well as a publisher of children’s books.
Lerner
Booth 621
Celebrating 60 years of creating fiction
and nonfiction for children and young
adults, Lerner is one of the nation’s largest
independent children’s book publishers
with 15 imprints including Carolrhoda
Books, Carolrhoda Lab, Darby Creek,
Graphic Universe, Lerner Publisher
Services, Millbrook Press, and Zest Books.
Lion Forge
Booth 1609
Lion Forge publishes comics for every
A One-of-a-Kind Reading Adventure!
from SB Hilarion, author of I AM Manifesto
ISBN: 978-154-396-980-1
Page Count: 120
Publisher: BookBaby
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gender identity, ethnicity, and cultural
background.
Little Bee
Booth 1738
Little Bee Books is a children’s book
publisher for ages up to 12, offering a
range of books: early learning concept,
board, novelty, activity, picture, chapter
books, nonfiction, gift sets, and more.
Little, Brown
Booth 1338, 1339
Founded in 1837, Little, Brown is now
an imprint of the Hachette Book Group.
Little, Brown featured titles: The
Chain by Adrian McKinty, Talking to
Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell, and
Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand.
Little, Brown Books for Young
Readers featured titles: A Tale of Magic
by Chris Colfer, Sisters First by Jenna
Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush,
Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon.
“A dictionary-esque book that
tells the story of two kids and
their family as they wander
through a tale of words and
their definitions...”
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“An ideal pick for language
arts, science, and social and
cultural studies for teachers to
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Liveright
Booth 1521
Founded in 1917, Liveright was the first
American publisher of William
Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Sigmund
Freud, E.E. Cummings, Jean Toomer,
Hart Crane, Lewis Mumford, Anita
Loos, and the Modern Library series. It is
a division of Norton.
London Review of Books
Booth 968
Since 1979, the London Review of Books has
been devoted to the tradition of the lit-
erary and intellectual essay in English.
Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews
and essays by academics, journalists, and
other writers. There are also shorter art
and film reviews, as well as poems and a
lively letters page.
Lonely Planet
Booth 838
Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel
content provider, enables curious trav-
elers to experience the world and get to
the heart of a place via guidebooks, a
website, and a suite of mobile and digital
travel products.
Macmillan
Booth 1545
Macmillan is a group of publishing com-
panies that publish a broad range of
works, including fiction, nonfiction, and
children’s books.
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle
Booth 844
A publisher of travel guides, maps, and
atlases, Michelin offers a complete travel
portfolio for North America, Europe,
and the world.
Millbrook
Booth 621
A division of Lerner Publishing Group,
Millbrook offers picture books, illus-
trated nonfiction titles and series, and
photo-driven titles for grades K–5.
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Working with international authors and illustrators,
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MIT
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MIT publishes in the area of art, architecture, cognitive science,
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This press publishes the works of the National Academies of
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National Geographic offers content through various channels
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Since 1973, New Harbinger has published psychology, self-help,
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New York Univ.
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This academic press publishes in the areas of sociology, law,
cultural and American studies, religion, American history,
anthropology, politics, criminology, media and communica-
tion, literary studies, and psychology.
Nimbus
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Based in Canada, Nimbus publishes a range of subjects: chil-
dren’s picture books and fiction, literary nonfiction, social and
cultural history, nature photography, current events, biography,
sports, and cultural issues.
Norton
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Norton is the oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly
by its employees. It publishes in the areas of nonfiction, fiction,
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Orca
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Orca is an independently owned children’s book publisher with
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An Atlanta-based trade book publisher,
Peachtree specializes in quality chil-
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parenting; regional guide books; and
adult fiction, biography, and memoir.
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Penguin Random House
Booth 1221
PRH comprises the adult and children’s
fiction and nonfiction print and digital
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and U.K.
Featured titles: Red at the Bone by
Jacqueline Woodson, The Giver of Stars
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Kiley Reid.
Penguin Random House
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Booth 409
A full-service publisher, the company’s
Canadian imprints include Anchor,
Appetite, Bond Street, Doubleday,
Knopf, Penguin, Penguin Teen, Puffin,
Random House, Tundra, and Vintage.
Penguin Young Readers
Booth 1221
Featured titles: The Fountains of Silence by
Ruta Sepetys, Frankly in Love by David
Yoon, The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh.
Phidal
Booth 526
Since 1979, Phidal has published books
for children that are designed to enter-
tain, educate, and promote reading and
interactive play.
Princeton Univ.
Booth 743
Featured titles: The Preacher’s Wife:
The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women
Celebrities by Kate Bowler; Narrative
Economics: How Ideas Go Viral and Influence
Economic Events by Robert J. Shiller;
Brooklyn: The Once and Future City by
Thomas J. Campanella; Indebted: How
Families Make College Work at Any Cost by
Caitlin Zaloom.
Printers Row
Booth 1646
Printers Row Publishing Group special-
izes in adult trade, promotional, and
juvenile books.
Featured titles: Show Me History!
series by Mark Shulman and James Buckley
Jr.; Margaret Wise Brown Classics series by
Margaret Wise Brown; Rabbit & Bear Pest
in the Nest by Julian Gough.
Quarto
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Quarto publishes books from a variety of
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Everyday Getaway by Vern Yip; Grab Life cooking, new age topics, gardening,
Quirk by the Balls: And Other Life Lessons from the crafts, mother and child, weddings, and
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Headquartered in Philadelphia, Quirk Kyra Kupetsky.
publishes 25 books per year spanning
children’s books, art books, pop culture
titles, and more.
Featured titles: The Remaking by Clay
McLeod Chapman, The GayBCs by M.L.
Webb, Hope Rides Again by Andrew
Shaffer.

Ramsey
Booth 721
A subsidiary of Ramsey Solutions,
Ramsey Press publishes fiction and non-
fiction books, board games, and other
materials that are fun, practical, and
bring hope for all ages.
Featured titles: Everyday Millionaires
by Chris Hogan, The Contentment Journal
by Rachel Cruze, and The Proximity
Principle by Ken Coleman.

Rand McNally
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Rand McNally products include its
familiar Road Atlas, maps activity books,
classroom products, and other publications.

Red Wheel/Weiser
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This company’s imprints include Weiser
Books, Career Press, Conari Press,
Hampton Roads, and New Page Books.

Rowman & Littlefield

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An independent publisher and distrib-
utor in North America, the company
publishes more than 1,500 academic, ref-
erence, professional, and general interest
books each year across several imprints.

Running Press
Booths 1338, 1339
Now an imprint of Perseus Books, a divi-
sion of the Hachette Book Group,
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Founded in 1974, Schiffer is a family-
owned, independent publisher of more
than 5,800 titles on subjects including
antiques and decorative arts, architec-
ture and design, art, craft, fashion, food
and entertaining, mind-body-spirit, and
pop culture.
Scholastic
Booths 1638, 1639
Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher
and distributor of children’s books and a
leading provider of instructional mate-
rials and classroom resources, including
books and e-books, print and digital
classroom magazines and instructional
programs, and book clubs and book fairs.
Featured titles: Dog Man: For Whom
the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey (Graphix);
Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Graphix);
Hope #1: Project Middle School by Alyssa
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Milano and Debbie Rigaud, illus. by
Eric S. Keyes (Scholastic).
Second Story
Booth 1942
This press publishes fiction and nonfic-
tion for all ages with an emphasis on
social justice, strong female characters,
children’s empowerment, feminism, dis-
ability, First Nations/aboriginal stories,
LGBTQ, and Judaica.
Shadow Mountain
Booth 1244
Shadow Mountain is a general trade pub-
lisher of titles for children and adults,
such as the Fablehaven and Dragonwatch
series by Brandon Mull, Six Sisters’ Stuff
cookbooks, empathy-building middle
grade titles, and new voices in nonfiction
and titles on social justice.
Sharjah Book Authority
Booth 507
The book authority of Sharjah, part of the
United Arab Emirates, takes care of all
book activities there, including the
Sharjah International Book Fair, Sharjah
Children’s Reading Festival, and Sharjah
Publishing City.
Simon & Schuster
Booth 1838
Part of CBS, Simon & Schuster publishes
fiction and nonfiction for all ages, across
all print, electronic, and audio formats.
Featured titles: The Institute by
Stephen King, The World That We Knew
by Alice Hoffman, and The Deserter by
Nelson and Alex DeMille.
Skyhorse
Booth 1848
Founded in 2006, Skyhorse Publishing
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Placid by Chris Peters.
Sleeping Bear
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This press aims to produce distinctive
books with rich content that will spark
children’s interest and encourage them
to be lifelong readers.
Smithsonian
Booth 1243
The Smithsonian publishing program
covers trade nonfiction and illustrated book
categories that highlight the Smithsonian’s
authority in such areas as history; natural
history; science and technology; space, avia-
tion, and military; and art.
Sounds True
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Sounds True aims to create products to help
people live a more genuine and mean-
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Sourcebooks
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This independent publisher features a
wide variety of genres including fiction,
romance, children’s, and YA, and is com-
mitted to exploring new publishing
platforms and models.
South Dakota Historical
Society
Booth 514
This press produces books that reflect the
rich and varied history of the region. In
2018, the press was accepted as an affiliate
member of the Association of University
Presses.
Sterling
Booth 639
Sterling has more than 5,000 titles in
print and has been in business for 60
years publishing books across a variety of
imprints for all ages.
St. Martin’s
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Part of Macmillan, this press publishes
more than 800 titles a year under various
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Storey
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building, nature, horsemanship, animal
husbandry, crafts and home reference
books.
Storybook Genius
Booth 1224
A fast-growing children’s publisher, the
press’s mission is to marry the nimble,
innovative style of a start-up with story-
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all ages.
Thames & Hudson
Booth 1521
Established in the U.K. in 1950, Thames
& Hudson is distributed by Norton in
the U.S.
Featured titles: Supreme Glamour by
Mary Wilson, with Mark Bego; Shoot for
the Moon by Tim Walker; and Unspeakable
Acts: Women, Art, and Sexual Violence in the
1970s by Nancy Princenthal.
Theater Communications
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TCG Books is the largest independent
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North America.
Timber
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This press publishes books from experts
in the fields of gardening, horticulture,
and natural history.
Featured titles: Nature’s Best Hope by
Douglas W. Tallamy; Emily Dickinson’s
Gardening Life by Marta McDowell;
Nature into Art by Thomas Christopher,
photos by Ngoc Minh Ngo; A Garden
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Triumph
Booth 1923
A sports publisher, Triumph’s catalogue
includes a wide range of titles, including
biographies, memoirs, and reference
books and collectible keepsakes.
Tyndale House
Booth 1206
Tyndale is a Christian publisher of fic-
tion, nonfiction, children’s books,
Bibles, and digital media, and distrib-
utes the product lines of Navpress and
Focus on the Family.
Featured titles: What Is a Girl Worth?
by Rachael Denhollander; Persian Gamble
by Joel Rosenberg; and Overcomer by
Chris Fabry.
Univ. of California
Booth 742
Last year marked the quasquicentennial
of the University of California Press, cel-
ebrating 125 years of scholarly pub-
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Univ. of Georgia
Booth 481
The University of Georgia Press is the
oldest and largest book publisher in
the state. It publishes 60–70 new
scholarly and literary works each year
about the state and the region for gen-
eral readers.
Univ. of Illinois
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Featured titles: Traveling with Service
Animals by Henry Kisor and Christine
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The Life of Randy Shilts by Andrew E.
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Melanie Holmes.
Univ. of Nebraska
Booth 531
This press publishes 150 scholarly and
general interest titles annually under the
University of Nebraska, Bison Books,
the Jewish Publication Society, and
Potomac Books imprints, along with 30
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Univ. of Toronto
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UTP publishes books for academics, stu-
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humanities, and business.
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Weldon Owen
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A division of Bonnier and distributed
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Albert Whitman
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Since 1919, the company has been
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Workman
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Workman Publishing, founded in 1968,
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presses, Yale publishes across a variety
of disciplines.
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Austin paints an unflinching portrait of black
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The Star Shepherd is the story of 11-year-
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disappearing, so Kyro’s with the story and charac-
father leaves to report the ters in a way that quickly
threat. When he doesn’t put my fears to rest. We
return, Kyro and his friend more or less stuck with
Andra go on a quest to the original synopsis as far
save the falling stars. as the story line went, but
Although Haring cre- MarcyKate added a ton of
ated a detailed synopsis cool details and ideas that
of Kyro’s story, the project made it so much better.”
presented some chal- The book’s many
Why do the stars lenges; he had to come legends conjure bedtime
hang in the sky? Why up with a mythology and
a history to support the book’s world. Haring
stories and campfire tales,
including the Legend of the Seven Elders.
do they fall? What asked himself, “Why do the stars hang in the “The elders sacrificing themselves to create
sky? Why do they fall? What happens if they the stars wasn’t inspired by any particular
happens if they don’t don’t get rescued? Who are these people legend, though there may be some that are
get rescued? Who are who rescue them?”
These questions are what drew author
similar,” Haring says. “It had more to do with
imagining a world without any sort of stars
these people who MarcyKate Connolly to the project. She is or lights in the night sky and what lengths
obsessed with stars, so when her agent people might go to to protect their world.”
rescue them? pitched the concept along with Haring’s Haring and Connolly have created an
— Dan Haring illustrations, she was instantly hooked. “Dan’s incredible adventure in the style of the hero’s
illustrations are incredible,” Connolly says, journey. The Star Shepherd is set in a Tim
“and I fell in love with the characters and Burton–inspired fantasy world that will leave
the plot immediately. He’d crafted such a readers eager to explore this universe further.
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Spotlight on Gilly Segal

and Kimberly Jones
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Told from two perspectives written by two different writers,

I’m Not Dying with You Tonight shows how two fictional teens
react to being flung into the middle of a riot

G
illy Segal and Kimberly Jones
were both part of a local YA
writing community when they
became friends. After reading
about an incident that occurred during
the Baltimore riots in 2015, the two
women decided to write a novel about
how teens would deal with such an expe-
rience. During that Baltimore event,
when authorities learned that students
were planning a protest, they closed
school early, ordered the kids to dis-
perse, and closed public transporta-
tion, making it very difficult for anyone
to get home.
“As we read about the escalating,
terrible, but also powerful events tak-
ing place in Baltimore, we found our-
selves wondering how those students
navigated that day,” Segal says. “We
wondered what would happen if two
very different girls with very different
life experiences found themselves
trapped together in such a charged
situation.”
I’m Not Dying with You Tonight is set
in a fictional Atlanta neighborhood
inspired by the authors’ home. The plot
maps the journey of two high school
girls from the same class as they try to
safely make their way home after chaos
descends on a high school football
game. On their journey, the girls pass
through a protest and end up in the
middle of a riot. Lena is black. Campbell
is white. Their race shapes each of their
backstories and points of view.
The location is central to the story, as
the girls must stray from their usual routes
and walk down dangerous blocks. “As we
began plotting, we walked the streets of
our neighborhood, taking a route we
imagined the girls would walk on their
journey,” Jones says. “We used that literal
walk in our characters’ shoes to draw a
map of our fictional neighborhood and
populate it with the people and places
that made it feel real to us.”
Lena and Campbell have different
reactions when they encounter cops as
they are trying to leave school. This juxta-
position illustrates how their experiences
have given them wildly divergent world-
views. “One character’s experience of
police is that they are authority figures to
whom she can turn for assistance,” Segal
says. “The other character’s experience is
that police are authoritarian figures who
may present a danger. Putting them
together in a scene where they’re con-
fronted with a parking lot full of police
was bound to evoke opposite reactions
from them.”
“We wanted to think and talk about
these topics in a very personal way,” Jones
says. “The cultural backgrounds of these
two characters influence how they navi-
gate and interpret the events of the night.”
The book jumps between Lena’s and
Campbell’s points of view; Jones wrote
Lena’s story and Segal wrote
Campbell’s. The authors used the dual
points of view to strongly differentiate
the characters’ voices. “This is a novel
about perspective,” Jones says.
“Writing from two points of view
allowed us to personify that. Each girl
views the events of the night through a
different lens, informed by her life and
experiences leading up to the riot.
Rotating between two first-person
points of view enabled us to dig deeply
into each girl’s character.”
Yet these two characters are not
entirely different. One crucial charac-
teristic they share is that they’re both
girls, which “informs how they per-
ceive their circumstances and the
choices they make that lead them
down a path toward unforeseen trou-
ble,” Segal says. “We like to wonder: if
either of these characters had been
male or male presenting, would the
story have taken place?”
Their joint writing sessions gave
the authors a new take on compro-
mise, namely, that it is not about meet-
ing in the middle. “Sometimes, one
person had a passion for a particular
point,” Segal says. “Whenever that was the
case, we followed that passion. The novel
was always better served in the end by
taking that route.” Readers, too, will find
that differences—and the will to seek
understanding across them—can be pow-
erful tools for survival.
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Jeremy Scott
Scott, cocreator of YouTube sensation CinemaSins, which
has over eight million subscribers, makes his authorial
debut with a YA novel about teenage superheroes with
disabilities who save the world through teamwork

S
uperhero stories are often about
individuals who find empower-
ment through struggle and adver-
sity, but, author Jeremy Scott says,
these stories often “rehash the same kind
of superhero stories we’re all used to see-
ing.” Scott wanted to write about new
kinds of heroes: disabled individuals,
Scott says, “that superhero culture would
marginalize.” His debut YA novel, The
Ables, is set in a world
where superpowers are
common and teenagers
with powers go to super-
hero high school.
Scott’s protagonist,
12-year-old Phillip
Sallinger, attends one
such school. But, while
he has the power of tele-
kinesis, he and his friends
are often underestimated
because they also attend
the school’s special edu-
cation program. “They
have superpowers, but,
due to their disabilities,
the adults in their com-
munity do not consider
them equal to other hero children,” Scott
says. Unlike more solitary superheroes,
Scott’s characters work together to
achieve a greater good. “In some cases,
their disabilities do directly impede their
use of superpowers,” Scott says, “so they
sometimes have to rely on each other to
get hero work done.”
Scott channeled his own experiences
with hearing loss, anxiety, and depression
to write about how certain characteristics
that are considered deficits can belie hid-
den strengths. “I definitely connect to the
characters and their frustrations with how
the world reacts to disabilities,” Scott says.
“And, like my characters, I have learned
that I can be ‘able’ just the way I am.”
Writing about characters with disabili-
ties that Scott doesn’t share was for the
author an exercise in awareness and
compassion. Phillip is blind, and as a
result, Scott says, “He has to find a way—
or rather, I do—to tell the story without the
luxury of copious visual
details. A blind person
doesn’t experience life
the same way a seeing
person does.” There were
many passages that Scott
had to rewrite after realiz-
ing that he had described
something that Phillip
couldn’t have seen. “But
that’s important,” he says.
“I had regular reminders
to consider the perspec-
tive of a blind person,
something most of us
don’t do on a daily basis.
It was good for me. And it
forced me to consider
how the other senses
could be used to create tension or relief. It
stretched me as a person and as a writer.”
When it came time to share The Ables
with readers, Scott initially took matters
into his own hands by choosing to self-
publish. After the book was released,
executive editor Stephanie Beard at
Turner Publishing contacted Scott about
publishing the novel traditionally. Scott
knew it was a good fit right away. Not only
is Turner based in Nashville, where Scott
lives, but, he says, the publisher was “just
so authentically passionate about the
characters and the story and about giving
me the chance to tell more stories in this
world.”
Scott has written a sequel to The
Ables, titled Strings, which will be pub-
lished this September. “The story,” Scott
says, “takes place three years later and is
about the crumbling relations between
the superhero community and the gov-
ernment.” The third and fourth books will
follow Phillip and the other Ables into
adolescence and adulthood.
I definitely connect
to the characters and
their frustrations
with how the world
reacts to disabilities.
— Jeremy Scott
As The Ables reaches a broadening
audience, Scott is encouraged that kids
who may be discovering their own abili-
ties and superpowers will see themselves
in his characters. “I am humbled and
excited to inspire others with the stories of
the Ables,” he says.
Readers who upload their proof of pur-
chase at theablesbook.com will receive
bonus content and exclusive access to a
full-color 30-page digital comic book by
renowned storyboard artist Jeremy
Simser, who worked on Deadpool 2, Man
in the High Castle, Titans, and other books.
Strings will be available on September 24.

How I Met My Favorite Author
A teacher skips school to meet someone special at BookExpo
By Karen Wilfrid
I
was at a convention I had no
business attending, in a bath-
room that wasn’t meant for
me, when My Favorite Author
exited one of the stalls and
began washing her hands
beside me.
The convention was BookExpo in
New York City; the bathroom, I now
realized, was VIP only. My Favorite
Author and I had both just come from
the author breakfast panel, where she’d
been promoting her new book—the
entire reason I’d taken a Thursday off
from my job as a middle school English
teacher to attend a publishing industry
mega-event. Now, here she was, the
number-one person I most wanted to
meet, standing an arm’s length away
from me—in a bathroom.
“She’s tall,” I thought dreamily.
I had wanted to meet this author since
I was 15, when I read her first novel and
deemed it absolutely perfect. My mom
had heard that the book’s editor had only
changed two words. We liked to wonder
what those two words were.
I was an aspiring author myself, but I
knew I was far from perfection. As the
convention approached, I wondered, Am
I good enough to meet her?
Up until that point, my encounters
with celebrities had not been especially
affirming. Once, a beloved senator
stopped shaking hands just a few people
ahead of me, and I could only reach out
to touch the shoulder of her blazer.
Another time, I shook an author’s hand
with such enthusiasm that I felt his
knuckles fold and crush together. In the
days leading up to the expo, I couldn’t
help wondering whether I was only
gearing myself up for more anticlimax.
What did I hope to accomplish?
86 P U B L I S H E R S W E E K L Y ■ M A Y 1 3 , 2 0 1 9
Just to see her, my heart answered each
time—to meet her.
Back in the bathroom, as My Favorite
Author dried her hands, I agonized over
my options. Would I be the crazed fan
who cornered her by the sinks? Or would
I walk right out and risk the possibility
that when I later waited in line for her
autograph, she might stop signing before
I made it to the front? If that happened,
there would be no shoulder touching or
knuckle crushing; I would have come all
this way and missed my chance.
My Favorite Author turned to leave.
I wouldn’t say that I decided to speak.
Instead, some kind of balloon in my chest
burst, forcing out a rush of air in which I
said her name—urgently, as though to
warn her of fire or falling sheetrock.
She turned around.
“Hi—oh gosh,” I said. Words don’t
typically come to me even in the best of
circumstances. “I’m so glad you’re here.
I’m hoping to get your autograph later.”
She smiled and waited for me to say
more—only, there wasn’t more. I
couldn’t think of anything that wouldn’t
be hopelessly, paralyzingly weird to say
in a bathroom.
Soapbox
Fortunately, we were interrupted by
an “oh, dear”—another big name was
struggling with the automated paper
towel dispenser. My Favorite Author
heroically came to her assistance. I could
not get out of there fast enough.
Upstairs, on the mezzanine, I found a
bench and sat doubled over, thrilled and
mortified all at once. I had seen her, I had
spoken to her—and I had been a com-
plete idiot. Was this really it?
An hour later, at the appointed booth,
My Favorite Author arrived to sign auto-
graphs. Now that I’d had a chance to clear
my head, I knew what I wanted to say. I
wanted to say, “I’ve read your books more
times than I can count.” I wanted to say,
“I’m the same age as your daughter.” I
wanted to say, “What were the two words?”
That morning, at the breakfast panel,
My Favorite Author had thanked all of
us—booksellers, librarians, and
readers—for making her work possible.
“I think about you every day,” she said. I
was flattered to think that the tiniest
sliver of that remark was meant for me.
The line moved, and I stood before
her.“Hi,” she said, already busy signing
my book.
“Hi,” I replied. “I...”
Tears came to my eyes, and I couldn’t
speak. This moment, exactly this, was all
I had wanted. To see her. To be seen by
her.
I’d broken her rhythm, and now she
really looked at me.
“I don’t know what to say,” I finally
managed. “I love your writing.”
My Favorite Author smiled at me. She
then reached out and put her hand over
mine. ■
Karen Wilfrid is a freelance writer and seventh-
grade English teacher. She lives in Newton, Mass.
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