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Author Stages: Dystopian Fiction

This BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage event, “Dystopian Fiction,” was hosted by Ed Nawotka, Founder and EIC of PublishingPerspectives.com

Joining Nawotka were authors Ally Condie, Matched; Adam Dunn, Rivers of Gold; Lesley Hague, Nomansland; and Sigrid Nunez, Salvation City.

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Get Caught Listening Soundstage Event: Nelson DeMille & Scott Brick

This Get Caught Listening Soundstage Event features Nelson DeMille, author of By the Rivers of Babylon, Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, The General’s Daughter, Spencerville, Plum Island, The Lion’s Game, Up Country, Night Fall, and Wild Fire, and Scott Brick, actor, screenwriter and audiobook narrator. Brick has recorded over 400 titles and won over 40 Earphones Awards for his narrating skills, as well as the 2003 Audie Award for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad.

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Author Stages: New Spanish Translations

This BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage event, “New Spanish Translations,” featured an expert panel of authors. Panelists included Elvira Lindo, Manolito Four-Eyes; Alejandro Zambra, The Private Lives of Trees; and Juan Gómez Jurado, The Moses Expedition.

The session was hosted by Adriana V. Lopez, Editor & Writer, U.S./Spain.

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Author Stages: Thrillers

Sarah Weinman, Proprietor, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind, hosted the BEA 2010 “Thrillers” Author Stage event. Weinman was joined by authors Justin Cronin, The Passage; Lee Child; and Karin Slaughter, Broken.

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Author Stages: Suspense: Writer, Storyteller, Entertainer

Authors Tess Gerritsen, Ice Cold; Lisa Gardner, Live To Tell; and Steve Berry, The Emperor’s Tomb, join together in this BEA 2010 Author Stage event, “Suspense: Writer, Storyteller, Entertainer.”

The session was hosted by McKenna Jordan, owner of Houston’s Murder By The Book.

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Author Stages: Black Bestsellers in an e-book Age

This BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage event, “Black Bestsellers in an e-book Age,” was hosted by Troy Johnson, President, AALBC.COM.

Johnson was joined by the following panelists: Lori Tharps, author, Substitute Me; Vanesse J. Lloyd-Sgambati, Marketing/Publicity, The Literary Media Consulting; Lesleigh Irish-Underwood, Dir.,of Marketing/ On-Line Media, Kensington; Jack Salley, Vice President, Vook; and Charisse Carney-Nunes, Publisher, Brand Nu Words.

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Author Stages: Debut Fiction

Authors E.C. Osondu, Voice of America; Charles Elton, Mr Toppit; and Maile Chapman, Your Presence Is Requested At Suvanto participated in this year’s BEA Debut Fiction panel.

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Author Stages: The Authors’ Reading Club

This BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage event, “The Authors’ Reading Club,” featured authors Pat Conroy, My Life In Books and Patrick Hennessey, The Junior Officer’s Reading Club. The session was hosted by Ron Hogan, curator, Beatrice.com.

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Author Stages: Biography: Roosevelt Dynasty Book Club

This BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage event was hosted by Jeffrey Toobin, staff writer, The New Yorker, senior analyst, CNN, and author, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.

Toobin was joined by authors: Edmund Morris, Theodore Roosevelt vol 3; and Noah Feldman, FDR’s Scorpions.

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Author Stages: Steam Punk

Authors Cherie Priest, Dreadnought; Felix Gilman, Half-Made World; and Catherynne M. Valente, Steampunk Reloaded & Deathless join together for this BEA 2010 Author Stage event. The session was hosted by Liz Gorinsky, Assoc. Editor, Tor/Forge Books.

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Author Stages: YA Authors Crossing Over

Join Elissa Petruzzi of RT Book Reviews as she is joined by a talented panel of authors at the BEA 2010 “YA Authors Crossing Over” session.

Petruzzi was joined by: Melissa Marr, Wicked Lovely series and Graveminder; Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution and The Winter Rose; Stephanie Kuhnert, Ballads of Suburbia and I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone; Michele Jaffe, Rosebush, Bad Kitty (young adult), Stargazer, Bad Girf (adult); and Jeri Smith-Ready, Shade (YA), Bring On The Night (Adult)

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Author Stages: Mobilize This!

This BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage event features Rana June Sobhany, author of Mobilize: Strategies for Success from the Frontlines of the App Revolution.

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Get Caught Listening with Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan, author of three novels, The Invisible Circus, Look at Me, a finalist for the National Book Award, and the bestselling The Keep, is featured in this BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage event.

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Get Caught Listening Soundstage Event: Katherine Kellgren

Katherine Kellgren is a rising star in audio having been recognized for bringing L.A. Meyer’s Bloody Jack young adult series about a young female pirate to life. The Wake of the Lorelei Lee by L.A. Meyer, the 8th book in the award-winning Bloody Jack Adventures, is due out in November. She is also narrating A Rather Curious Engagement by C.A. Belmond (May release) and A Rather Charming Invitation by C.A. Belmond (July release). Her live performances are entertaining and memorable.

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