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BEA is about the future: the books that publishers are presenting, authors are signing, and booksellers and librarians are noting for the upcoming seasons.

This year, as always, we walked the aisles to ask our favorite folks in the know what upcoming books they are excited about. The two novels we heard about the most were Jonathan Franzens Purity (FSG, Sept.) and Garth Risk Hallbergs City on Fire (Knopf, Oct.).

Cathy Langer, buyer for the Tattered Cover, in Den-ver, joins the crowd with raves for Purity, and City on Fire, which she says she loved. It blew me away. Its brilliant. Langer is excited, too, for Dan Marshalls Home Is Burning (Flatiron Books, Oct.).

Joshua Jason of Mystery Pier Books in West Holly-wood, Calif., chimed in with praise for Franzen, saying, Hes really marvelous. He also noted, Im really anx-ious to read City of Fire. He also casts a vote for The Blue Between Sea and Sky, by Susan Abulhawa (Bloomsbury, Sept.): Its set in Gaza. I love this book. Its beautiful.

Books & Books buyer Joanna Clarke is excited about City on Fire, of course, and says, The edi-tor really sold it. Shes also jazzed about The Fall of Princes, by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin, Aug.), and mentions memoirs by musicians: Patti Smiths new memoir, The M Train (Knopf, October), and Elvis Costellos memoir, Unfaith-ful Music and Disappearing Ink (Blue Rider, Oct.).

Becky Anderson of

Andersons Bookshop in Naperville, Ill., echoed Clarkes sentiments, espe-cially when it came to Gool-rick and Costello. The Fall of Princes is so beautifully written, she said. His books stay with you for a

long time. We cannot wait to sell it. We are so excited about it. As for Elvis Costellos memoir, Ander-son says its the first mem-oir by a musician shes wanted to read. Anderson noted that hes got a unique perspective on the U.K. music scene and he has insights she hasnt perceived from other musi-cians. He goes deeper, she says, than the typical memoir by a pop culture figure.

The head buyer for Kramerbooks & After-words, in Washington, D.C., Jake Cumsky-Whitlock, is looking forward this fall to Undermajordomo Minor, by Patrick DeWitt (Ecco,Sept.).

We are great admirers of DeWitts The Sisters Brothershere at Kramerbooks, Cumsky-Whitlock said, and have hand-sold hundreds of copies of that nouveau west-ern. His forthcoming novel trades gold rush era Califor-nia for the mountains of Central Europe, where young Lucien Minor has arrived to assume his post as undermajordomo at the Castle Von Aux. Underma-jordomo Minor has all the

sharp black comedy, eccen-tricity, and adventure that we have come to expect from DeWitt.

Also on Cumsky-Whit-locks radar is This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison (Algon-quin, Sept.). Cumsky-Whit-lock says, Evison writes approachable, funny novels that are full of sympathetic and honest characters. Hes the Alexander Payne of

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Early Favorites for Young ReadersAs booksellers, librarians, and publishers descended on the Javits Center for the first full day of BookExpo America, there was strong early interest across all age ranges and genres, includ-ing adult books with YA crossover and vice versa.

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about Ernest Clines Armada [Crown, July], said Becky Anderson, owner of Andersons Bookshop, in Naperville, Ill. Ready Player One was such a great YA crossover, and it featured gaming and 80s culture. This is going to be another great crossover for teens. Amy Cherrix of Slush Pile Press was also looking forward to Armada, as well as Anita Silveys Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall (National Geographic, June). Im glad were getting more about her life.

Anderson also talked about the next Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea, due out from Philomel in February 2016. Its a YA novel based on an actual obscure historical incident during WWII. Its a great YA crossover, and I cant wait to sell this one. Sepetys writes the best historical fiction, and we dont have enough good historical fiction.

At Penguin, which was sharing space with Random House for the first time at this years show, Shanta Newlin described Marie Lus The Rose Society, an October follow-up to 2014s The Young Elites, as their biggest, most anticipated

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Little, Brown has big news to share with booksellers at BEA. This morn-ing, the publisher announced the launch of James Pattersons chil-drens book imprint, called jimmy patterson. The new line, which will include books written by Patterson as well as other authors, reflects some of Pattersons most heartfelt goals: to inspire kids to become willing, self-propelled readers; to help teachers, booksellers, and librarians get the tools, opportuni-ties, and skills they need to accom-plish that mission; and to identify the right books for each child by publishing books that showcase a compelling diversity of human voices and experiences.

Pattersons own profits from sales of jimmy patterson books will be put toward funding scholarships for teachers, supporting bookstores and school libraries, increasing the reach of the authors website, Read-KiddoRead.com, and distributing books to children unable to afford them. Reagan Arthur, Little, Brown senior v-p and publisher, will over-see the imprint, which will have a

dedicated staff of editors, market-ers, public outreach and advocacy experts, and designers.

The imprint debuts in September with Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City, co-written by Chris Grabenstein and illustrated by Juli-ana Neufeld, the third installment of this series that follows intrepid siblings on adventures across the globe. Five additional titles will be added to the imprint later in the fall.

Patterson anticipates that the imprint will release approximately 10 titles annually, half of which he will write, and that his previously published books for young readers will be folded into the new imprint as they come up for reprint. The author explains the scope of the

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Sandra Boynton and her daughter at the autographing area with Boyntons new book, Frog Trouble... And Eleven Other Pretty Serious Songs (Workman).

James Dashner at the Penguin Random House booth, signing copies of a special edition of The Maze Runner.

Digital consultant Charlotte Abbott, Open Road cofounder/CEO Jane Friedman, Simon & Schuster CMO Liz Perl, and Open Road publisher Tina Puhlman at a networking event held in the Digital Zone at the end of Day 2.

Newbery medalist Rebecca Stead signs copies of Goodbye Stranger at the PRH booth.

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Diversity in Book Reviews: Does It Matter?Wednesday afternoon at the Center for Fiction in midtown, NBCC board member Walton Muyumba led a conversation about racial and gender rep-resentation in book reviewing. Panelists included Hawa Allan, a contribut-ing editor at Tricycle magazine; Alexander Chee, a fiction writer and book reviewer; Miriam Markowitz, deputy literary editor at the Nation; Cate Marvin, cofounder of Vida: Women in Literary Arts; and Parul Sehgal, an editor at the New York Times Book Review.

Muyumba began by asking, Does any of this matter? It matters enormously, Chee responded. Especially with the decline of

book criticism sections and the rise of book blogging, believing it doesnt matter is part of the problem. Sehgal agreed: When you have book review sections that are all the same, it [raises the question], who can speak?

Allan argued that with all the blogs, there no longer is a need for blue-chip publications to tell [readers] what to read. These publications are going to have to expand to cater to the public. She cited a Pew Research report that showed that the fastest-growing book buyer demographic is black col-lege-educated women .

Muyumba asked how established publications can change to include more diversity in their book reviews. Sehgal gave the example of choosing a reviewer for Steven Millhausers collection of short stories Voices in the Night: It could have easily gone to a white male, but instead went to Indi-an-American novelist Tania James. Shes so good, and she writes about myths all around the world. She can write about magic.

Markowitz said, We have to see what kinds of books we are assigning women [to review]. However, she noted, in the end, the masters of the uni-verse are not book reviewers, but publishersand many of the panelists agreed. Diversity in book reviews is limited by diversity among the types of books published. Mark Rotella

Patterson Debuts New Childrens Imprint

At this years BookExpo America, the Authors Guild is rolling out its Fair Contract Initiative, a series of commentaries it will publish in the com-ing months that take a fresh look at the standard book publishing contract.

Our guiding principle for this new initiative is to restore balance to the author-publisher rela-tionship and help authors achieve a fair return for the efforts they contribute to the joint venture of book publication, said the Guild in a statement. These commentaries, which will be published at authorsguild.org, will first address the major ineq-uities in boilerplate contract terms, and then move on to educate authors on which terms are negotiable, according to the Guild.

The group has been distributing its launch statement at BEA throughout the show.

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AG president Roxana Robinson hosted a reception yesterday to kick off the Fair Contract Initiative.

Mandela: An Audio History won the award for Audiobook of the Year, and Neil Gaimans The Graveyard Book took home the prize for Distinguished Achievement in Production last night at the 20th annual Audie Awards Gala in New York City.

Mandela: An Audio Historynarrated by Desmond Tutu, Nelson Man-dela, and Joe Richman for Highbridge Audioalso won the award for Origi-nal Work, while The Graveyard Book, which was narrated by the author and a full cast for HarperAudio, also nabbed the awards for Childrens Titles for Ages 812 and Multi-Voiced Performance.

This years ceremony was hosted by bestselling author Jack Gantos at the New York Academy of Medicine. Bahni Turpin won the award for Solo Nar-rationFemale for her reading of Laila Ibrahims Yellow Crocus (Brilliance Audio), and Bronson Pinchot won for Solo NarrationMale for his perfor-mance of Christopher Healys The Heros Guide to Being an Outlaw (Harper-Audio). A Special Achievement Award was presented posthumously to acclaimed actor and narrator Edward Herrmann. Adam Boretz

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to becoming the savior of reading across this country, he adds. And that Walmart and Target are dedi-cating the book sections of their stores to the noble task of getting kids reading better.

Hooking kids on reading, through such outreach initiatives and the jimmy patterson books themselves, will have far-reaching implications, asserts Patterson: If

we accomplish thatjust thatwe will dramatically increase the num-ber of kids who finish high school in this country and thus have a better chance of going on to college or get-ting better jobs. We will create a more informed populace, with bet-ter citizens, better voters, better workers, better parentsbetter human beings.

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list: We will publish middle grade and YA novels, and Im not sure that we will get into picture books, but Im not ruling that out. And nonfiction is also a possibility.

Pattersons ambitious marketing and promotional outreach is also aligned with his goal to make com-pelling childrens books accessible to as broad an audience as possible. We are going try our best to make

connections with other entities, including the White House, he says. I would love to hear our pres-ident stand up and proudly announce that, during the last year or so of his term, he is going to devote himself to getting kids read-ing. Patterson also hopes to rally major players in the retail realm. If I could wave a wand, I would love to hear that Amazon is devoting itself

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Nelson DeMille signs copies of his latest thriller, Radiant Angel.

(l.r.): Mitchell Kaplan, owner and founder of Books & Books in Coral Gables, Fla., PWs bookstore of the year; Ted Heinecken, recipient of a PW Lifetime Achievement Award; HarperCollinss Jennifer Sheridan, sales rep of the year.

Leslie Zemeckis, author of the forthcoming Goddess of Love Incarnate, used a bubble machine to drum up interest at the Counterpoint booth.

PW at BEAThe big show is here. And heres how you can use PW to get the most out of your BookExpo experience: Read PW Show Daily, the official news publication of BEA. You can pick up a print copy for free at the Javits, or read it online at digitalpw.com. Stop by PWs booth (1852) to pick up recent issues of PW and talk with members of PWs editorial and business staff. Librarians: make sure to visit the Librarians Lounge in room R420. Well have food and drinks, galley giveaways (no lines!), daily raffles, author meet and greets, and more. Well also be at BookCon in booth 3276, and well publish PW Show Daily @ BookCon on both Saturday and Sunday. And, of course, you can keep up with all the show news at publishersweekly.com/bea.

Resurgence of Indie Bookselling ContinuesAt the annual meeting of the American Booksellers Association yesterday, both CEO Oren Teicher and incoming president Betsy Burton, owner of the Kings English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, confirmed that indie booksellers continue to make a comeback.

For the sixth year in a row the number of independent bookstores has grown. ABA added 48 members, for a total of 1,712, up from a core member-ship of 1,401 in 2009. The total number of locations also grew, to 2,227, from 1,651 in 2009. Even more impressive, as Teicher pointed out, sales at inde-pendent bookstores were up for 47 out of 52 weeks. And despite the brutal cold and massive snows throughout the Northeast, booksellers managed to hold on to last years gains for 17 out of the first 19 weeks of this year.

Of course, the localism movement continues to play a role, said Teicher, explaining the factors that have helped independents grow. He also regards publishers willingness to rethink outmoded business practices as a key ingredient.

Earlier in the day, at the ABA Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Luncheon, Teicher credited the seeds of the resurgence to his pre-

decessor, Avin Domnitz, and his passionate belief that the best educational tools would help independent bookstores reinvent themselves. Teicher, along with several past ABA presidents, presented an award in Domnitzs honor to Domnitzs wife, Rita.

Challenges still remain. The actions of some publishers, at times, seem as if they are so focused on the short-term gains of direct sales to consumers that they lose sight of the much greater potential that comes from directing those sales to indie bookstores.

Teicher also called on booksellers to keep up with the unending changes in technology. And he acknowledged that it will take hard work for inde-pendent stores to pay employees the living wage they deserve and stay on top of real estate increases.

Ultimately, Teicher said, I remain optimistic and confident that the best days of independent bookselling are ahead. Judith Rosen

For E-books in Libraries, Obstacles RemainA Thursday afternoon panel was officially named The Power of Partner-ships, but as moderator Keith Michael Fiels, executive director of the American Library Association suggested, it should have been called E-books: The Continuing Saga.

Prices are still too high, and the user experience is badly fragmented, Fiels said, among a host of additional unresolved issues: Publishers still feel threatened, and there is a large 500-pound gorilla in the room called Amazon, Fiels observed, along with issues connected to the rise of self-pub-lishing and user-generated content, ownership vs. subscription, and thorny preservation issues.

To start, Baker & Taylors Michael Bills noted that publishers seem to be lobbing models into libraries with abandon, hoping something will make sense, though often this just leads to confusion. But it was BiblioBoards Andrew Roskill who took the most direct line of criticism. He noted three issues that need to be better addressed: sustainability, reaching under-served communities, and improving user experience.

On the user experience side, the bar is no longer set by us, he said, but by companies like Amazon and Apple. The fact of the matter is that if we want to have a hope of reaching not the current generation, but the next generation, we need to do a lot of work in that area.

Representing libraries, Boston Public Librarys Michael Colford, and Veronda Pitchford, from the Illinois consortium RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System), offered a more ground-floor view of the situation. I really want to see something integrated for library patrons, Colford said. What I dont want is another platform, adding that while he was happy to buy e-books from anyone, once you hit the discovery, availability, holds management, checkout, and the bookshelf and reading experienceI want that to be one thing.

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MEETINGS AND EVENTS89:30 a.m.: Childrens Book & Author Breakfast: Oliver Jeffers, Rainbow Rowell, James Patterson, with Nathan Lane as emcee (Special Events Hall)

8 a.m.5 p.m.: Press Room Hours

9 a.m.5:30 p.m.: BEA Exhibit Hall

9 a.m.5 p.m.: International Rights and Business Center

1010:30 a.m.: BEA Young Adult Editors Buzz (Uptown Stage)

1010:50 a.m.: The Modern Bookstores Graphic Novel Section, moder-ated by Mark Siegel, editorial director of First Second Books (Room 1E08)

1111:50 a.m.: BEA Middle-Grade Editors Buzz (Uptown Stage)

2:303 p.m.: Spotlight on African-American Childrens Authors & Illustrators (Uptown Stage)

3:304:30 p.m.: Audio Publishers Association Author Tea: Judy Blume, Jack Gantos, Adriana Trigiani, with Jacqueline Woodson as emcee (Room 1E15/1E16)

44:45 p.m.: Picture Books in the Spotlight, moderated by Maria Russo, New York Times Book Review childrens editor (Uptown Stage)

AUTOGRAPHS9:30 a.m.4 p.m.: Authors will be signing at appointed hours all day at tables in the autographing area or at publishers booths. The list includes Jeff Abbott, Jennifer Armentrout, Calvin Baker, William Boyd, David Crabb, Charles Dubow, Susan Dworkin, Linda Fairstein, Shannon Hale, Webb Hubbell, J. Randy Taraborelli, Lisa Jakub, Peter Lerangis, Charles Kaiser, Cathy Max-well, Geoff Rodkey, Amy Kraus Rosenthal, Stephen Savage, Jeremy Scott, Linda Urban, Lynn Weingarten, Scott Westerfield, and many, many more.

Actress and childrens book author Julianne Moore signed copies of her most recent Freckleface Strawberry book yesterday.

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John Grisham is going rogue in more ways than one with Rogue Lawyer (Doubleday, Oct. 20). And why not? After all, Rogue Law-yer is Grishams 35th book, his 30th for adult readersall of which have been New York Times bestsellers. There are 300 mil-lion copies of those 35 books in print in 35 languages. Thus, Grisham can do whatever he wants to do, especially when it comes to both writing books and promoting them at BEA. This year, Grisham is making an offi-cial appearance on the show floor for the first time. Today, 910 a.m., he signs 64-page booklets containing an excerpt from Rogue Lawyer at the Penguin Random House booth (3119).

Rogue Lawyer, which is more episodic than Grishams trademark legal thrillers and narrated in the first person (another break from his tradition), features a street lawyer named Sebastian Rudd, who lives life on the edge by taking on controversial cases that other lawyers cycle away from as fast as they can. Rudd is a character that Grisham has wanted to develop ever since he himself was a street lawyer, drafting wills and deeds, while others more fearless than he defended those accused of horrific crimes.

Grishams debut in-booth signing is all the more remarkable, consider-ing how far back and deep he goes with this annual gathering. Grisham, who first attended what was then called the ABA in 1993, presided over the premiere of the film adaptation of A Time to Kill during the show in 1996, and was one of four speakers at the 2010 adult authors breakfast.

Even though he revels in BEAs incredible energy, Grisham typically doesnt promote his upcoming releases here because of his writing sched-ule. Usually, he says, hes still finishing up the final draft in late May of what is scheduled for a fall release. I dont put the finishing touches on a book until the month of August, he says. But with Rogue Lawyer, the pub-lishing stars were all in alignment: he started writing Rogue Lawyer three years ago, rather than the six months or so it usually takes for him to churn out a novel. Its suddenly ready in time for BEA, he says, disclosing that he sent off the manuscript to Doubleday the same day he spoke to Show Daily.

Somehow, Rogue Lawyers wayward path to publication fits in a cosmic way, it being the tale of a man who finds success by totally bucking the sys-tem. Sebastian is such a rich character; he sees so much of this side of the law, Grisham says about someone who may or may not be his own fic-tional alter ego and whom hes already considering featuring in another novelyet another departure from tradition, as a main character in a Grisham adult novel has made a repeat appearance only once before. I hope Sebastian will be around for a long time, Grisham says.

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In its latest digital initiative, HarperCollins has announced that it is the exclusive global content partner for Shazams new visual recognition functionality. The new feature transforms static print and digital images into dynamic pieces of content.

Starting today, whenever Shazam users wave their mobile phone over any HC book or promotional content with the Shazam camera logo, they will be linked to customized content that includes author interviews, special offers, and videos. Consumers will also be able to purchase e-books or to share them. Initial HarperCollins U.S. titles that will be part of the program range from Go Set a Watchman and American Sniper to Machines of Loving Grace. HC Canada also has some titles as part of the program and more books will be made avail-able from other HC global companies.

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Kunal Nayyar, who plays Raj on CBSs The Big Bang Theory, hosted yesterdays Adult Book & Author Breakfast, which offered a combination of inspiration and humor. Thriller writer Lee Child, record-breaking swimmer Diana Nyad, and blogger-photogra-pher-turned-bestselling-author Brandon Stanton also spoke.

Nayyar kept things breezy and funny, particularly as he described his first book, a collection of auto-biographical essays about growing up in New Delhi called Yes, My Accent Is Real (Atria, Sept.), which includes stories about why he came to America (for sex with blondes) and his seven-day wed-ding to Miss India. I hope this book makes people laugh, said Nayyar, who also wanted readers to feel what it means to be a fish out of water, and to teach you a lit-tle bit about Indiaand why I had eunuchs in my wedding.

Child, whose Jack Reacher novels have hit 100 million copies world-wide, and who is about to publish his 20th, Make Me (Delacorte, Sept.), spoke about his long and unlikely writing careernot that

he ever wanted to be a writer, even now. I wanted to entertain an audience, he said, a concept he brought with him from his earlier career as a presen-tation director for Granada Television in the U.K. Answering one of the ques-tions that frequently come on book tour, he explained why hes so thin. He only eats from two food groups: caffeine and nicotine. As to how hes managed to keep his current job for so long, he said, Obviously read-ers, obviously my publish-ers, and in the middle of them booksellers. Nobody walked out of a store with my book without the enthusiasm of booksellers. They created my career. Please keep on doing what you do.

Quoting poet Mary OliverTell me what is it you plan to do/with your one wild and precious life?swimmer Nyad, author of the forthcoming memoir Find a Way (Knopf, Oct.), talked about how she decided to go after her dream. Twenty months ago, at the age of 64,

she swam from Havana to Key West, a journey thought to be impossible. At the breakfast, Nyad played her favorite song, Revelry, on a trumpet and exhorted book-sellers, If you dont give up, youll find a way.

Five years ago, Stanton, who had lost his first job, decided to follow his dream. In his case it meant put-ting aside career plans, moving to New York, and taking photographs. The results turned into the popular

blog Humans of New York, which became the bestselling book Humans of New York. Today he has more than 15 million followers on several social media platforms, and has done two books, with a third on the way: Humans of New York: Stories (St. Mar-tins, Oct.). Stanton said he decided that if he could get up the courage to ask strangers if he could take their picture, he would also ask them the important questions about their biggest successes and failures, which became mate-rial for the book.

Of course, stories wouldnt reach their audience without help. PW honored those helpers at the breakfast. Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books in Coral Gables, Fla., received the PW Bookseller of the Year Award; Jennifer Sheridan, childrens specialist at Harper-Collins received the Rep of the Year Award; and recently retired sales representative Ted Heineken was given the first Lifetime Achievement Award.

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The U.S. market for coloring books began heating up last year. In the last few months it has really taken off, led by artist Johanna Basfords debut, Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book, and her follow-up last February, Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Coloring Book, both published by Laurence King and distributed in the U.S. by Chronicle Books.

To date Secret Garden has more than 1.5 million copies in print worldwide. The demand is dizzy-ing, says Debra Matsumoto, U.S. publicity and marketing manager. Its into five digits in some cases for one account. To keep up, this month and next Laurence King plans to deliver eight reprints of Secret Garden and four slightly larger ones of Enchanted Forest to the U.S. market alone.

Although coloring is a solitary activity, it can be done in the com-pany of others. Mark my words, says Matsumoto, it will be the new reading group. As a special perk, Laurence King is raffling off a set of Basfords products, including the upcoming Enchanted Forest Postcard Book, slated for fall release. Its also giving away a color-in postcard designed by Basford at the Chronicle booth (2720).

But Chronicle isnt the only booth with Basford postcards. To promote her next book, Lost Ocean, which Penguin Random House bought as part of a two-book deal earlier this month, it is also giving out a postcard at its booth (3119). The new book features Basfords trademark intricate designs, this time in the world under the sea, and releases at the end of October with a 400,000-copy announced first printing. The second, as yet unnamed, book will publish in fall 2016.

Other publishers are also testing the adult coloring book market this year and offering booksellers a bit of coloring respite at the show. Little, Brown will be offering color-ing book giveaways and holding a coloring contest in its booth (2918) to promote its first line of adult col-oring books, subtitled Color Your Way to Calm. In June, it will publish Splendid Cities, by Rosie Goodwin and Alice Chadwick, as well as Secret Paris, by Zo de Las Cases. Two additional de Las Cases color-

ing books are due in October: Secret New York and Secret Tokyo. All four are printed on high-quality paper and the Secret Cities books feature zentan-gle patterns to lower stress. Theyre also absolutely gorgeous, according to publicity manager Carrie Neill.

At Running Press, coloring as therapy is an important component of its first adult coloring books. Each has doodle and color your stress away on the front cover. The books are packaged by Michael OMara, who did the presss popular Doodle books for kids, and feature thick cardboard covers and four-color illustrations inside. Color Therapy, by Hannah Davies, Richard Merritt, and Jo Taylor, and Creative Therapy, by Cindy Wilde, Laura-Kate Chapman, and Richard Merritt are due out next month. Editorial director Jennifer Kasius points out that the press had only planned to start with two books, but bought a third (Calming Therapy, due in November), as a sign of its confidence that the trend will continue.

I have a feeling parents have been doing this for a while, says Jennifer Kasius, Running Press editorial director. Its nice to have it out there for adults and not to have to color Cinderella or Dora the Explorer. Booksellers and librarians will have a chance to relax and color at Running Presss booth (738), which will have blow-ups of coloring pages, markers, and easels. Judith Rosen

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A forthcoming line of picture books from HarperCollins Childrens Books invites a new generation of children and their parents to Explore the World of Margaret Wise Brown via new editions of some of the late authors stories. The program debuts in 2016 with the publication of two newly reillus-trated books, and continues in 2017 with the release of one of Browns never-before-published stories. Two subsequent reissues with new art complete the lineup.

First up is a fresh edition of The Dead Bird, featuring art by Chris-tian Robinson, who won Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors for Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Jose-phine Baker, by Patricia Hruby Powell, and whose most recent book, Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt de la Pea, was a New York Times bestseller. This March 2016 release will be followed in Septem-ber by Browns Christmas in the Barn, reillustrated by Anna Dewd-ney of Llama Llama fame.

Due in winter 2017 is the unpub-lished North, South, East, West, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli, whose

debut picture book, The Watermelon Seed, received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. Additional Brown titles illustrated by Loren Long (author-illustrator of the Otis series) and Jerry Pinkney (winner of the 2010 Caldecott for The Lion and the Mouse) are scheduled for fall 2017 and winter 2018, respectively.

At the helm of Explore the World of Margaret Wise Brown is editorial director Nancy Inteli, who notes that it is fitting to bring back classic and unseen Brown works for todays picture book audience. Harper has been publishing Browns books since the 1940s, so many of us here grew up with Good Night Moon and The Runaway Bunny and other Brown stories, and went on to share them with our children, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren, she says. Were thrilled to offer new readers the same excitement so many of us felt when we first discovered a Marga-

ret Wise Brown story. She had a unique abil-ity to convey a child-hood experience and perspective on the world that no other author had done before. In doing so, she changed the landscape of childrens litera-ture.

Inteli explains that her team worked hand-in-hand with Amy Gary, editor of the estate

of Margaret Wise Brown, to select titles for the line that have reso-nated with readers in the pastas well as deciding to include the North, South, East, West, which Inteli calls a simply beautiful story.

Booksellers whod like an advance peek at the line can visit the HarperCollins booth (2038, 2039), where promotional broad-sides showcasing Robinsons art from The Dead Bird are available today. Sally Lodge

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Despite the wide range of setting and genres, all of the books featured at the Young Adult Editors Buzz Panel had a common theme: love. Five editors took the stage to talk about their acquisitions, and the common thread was love of all kinds: first love, forbidden love, love from beyond the grave, and, not to be outdone, deadly love.

The panelists were Laura Chasen, associate editor, St. Martins Griffin; Wendy Loggia, executive editor, Delacorte Press; Arianne Lewin, execu-tive editor, Putnam Books for Young Readers; Christian Trimmer, execu-tive editor, S&S BFYR; and Elizabeth Bewley, executive editor, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt BFYR.

Dreams Things True, by Marie Mar-quardt (St. Martins Griffin, Sept.), is a love story at heart, but also an immigra-tion story, which edi-tor Chasen said is a hot button issue that people are talking about. Its tough stuff, but really real, she said. The author humanizes the situation, and I can think of no better way to introduce these issues to readers than with the characters of Evan and Alma.

In Everything, Everything, by Nicola Yoon (Delacorte, Sept.), 17-year-old Maddy hasnt been outside her house in her lifetime because of an allergy to the outside world. When a tall, handsome boy who dresses in all black moves in with his family next door, Maddys world is never the same. Its not only forbidden love that grows between Maddy and Olly, but because of medical complications, its a love that could actually kill her. Editor Loggia described the book as honest, truthful, and special. Its packed with teen appeal because of its authentic voice.

Nightfall, by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski (Putnam BFYR, Oct.), is set on an island where 14 years of daylight is followed by 14 years of dark-ness. Editor Lewin said the story is exactly what she loves in a story, part horror story, part love story, part mystery, all in a world that feels real. The story begins with twins falling for the same girl and the three of them get-ting trapped on the island, only to find out that the island belong to others when darkness falls.

The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1: At the Edge of Empire, by Dan-iel Kraus (S&S BFYR, Oct.), is a genre-mixing novel told by a 17-year-old who died in 1896. Trimmer, the books editor, said its a mixture of historical, coming-of-age, and love story. The book has not only brains and guts but also emotional depth, he said.

This Raging Light, by Estelle Laure (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jan.), is more than just a romance, according to editor Bewley. Its a love story, but it also deals with the complexities of friendship, she said. But even more than that, its authentic. Seventeen-year-old Lucille is pushed into adult-hood when her parents abandon her and her nine-year-old sister. To com-plicate things, Lucille falls for her best friends brother. I was swept away by the romance, said Bewley, but it also made me recall the anxieties of growing up. I love that the book lets readers think about their own defini-tion of growing up. Joy Bean

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The American Library Association this week issued a new, digital-focused supplement in its American Libraries magazine, featuring articles with a noticeable theme: progress. The supplement, Digital Futures, highlights the initiatives, opportunities, and challenges undertaken by libraries, and demonstrates that while there is a lot of work to do, libraries have moved on to a new phase in their digital evolution.

Among the contributions are articles on innovative projects, including the story of the New York Public Librarys Library Simplified, a service under development to aid e-book access for library users. Other articles focus on future directions for libraries and e-books, including a contribution from Tim McCall, former v-p at Penguin Group. James G. Neal, university librarian emeritus at Columbia University, offers a warning regarding born-digital materials and digital preservation. And Eric Hellman, presi-dent of Gluejar, which makes e-books available under Creative Commons licenses, offers some specific actions to improve digital privacy in libraries, as well as to upgrade the user experience.

The supplement shows that libraries are in a very different place than just a few years ago, when they were playing defense, as major publishers were backing away from e-book access. With basic access now achieved, libraries are now focusing on the larger issues in the digital future. Being on offense includes both taking action and planning for future action, Alan Inouye, guest editor of the supplement and director of ALAs Office of Information and Technology policy, said in a statement. Andrew Albanese

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Guests at this mornings annual Childrens Book and Author Breakfast will be entertained by a quartet of childrens book creators, including a debut picture book author famous for his performances in other spotlights; the illustrator of a 2014 breakout picture book bestseller; the award-winning author of two back-to-back YA hits; and a veteran childrens and adult novel-ist whose book sales exceed 305 million worldwide. The lineup is impressive: Nathan Lane, Oliver Jeffers, Rainbow Rowell, and James Patterson. Following the breakfast, ABA members can join the panelists for a book signing in the ABA Lounge.

Acting as master of ceremonies, Nathan Lane steps into a new role at BEA, that of picture book author. Cowritten with Devlin Elliot and illustrated by Dan Krall, Lanes debut picture book, Naughty Mabel (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Oct.), introduces an entitled French bulldog who bears an unmistakable likeness to the pet that shares Lane and Elliots home. I have to admit the real Mabel is indeed spoiled and pampered, Lane concedes. She actually has 26 separate allergies and a very delicate stomach. Shes extremely stubborn, a little neu-rotic, a little needyits like living with Gwyneth Paltrow.

Lane says that, when he suggested to Elliot that overprivileged, real-life Mabel might be easily parlayed into a childrens book character, Devlin thought it was a great idea, and said that we should write it together, and thus Naughty Mabel was born.

Elliot wrote the first draft of the picture book, which Lane says, was very sweet, but I thought it was a little too sweet, and I wanted to inject more humor and attitude into the character. We took turns doing drafts, and then worked on each one together, which was great fun. I think French bulldog owners will recognize two hilarious traits that are part of the breedloud snoring and excessive gasand we also knew kids would love that!

Lane is gratified to add childrens book author to his credits, noting that picture books have a very special place in our culture, and Devlin and I are thrilled and humbled to be a part of it. As a child, he recalls, bookstores and libraries were always magical places to me.

Though the author admits that todays breakfast takes place at an hour that is a little early for meits probably a little early even for Tibetan monks, hes honored to host the event and be in the presence of people who are hell-bent on getting the right books into the right kids hands. If that is not an honorable profession, Id like to know what is.

Oliver Jeffers is certainly a household name to booksellers, who heartily embraced and happily handsold The Day the Crayons Quit, written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Jeffers, which has 1.8 million copies in print in North America alone. Fans of all ages will be pleased to know that the strong-willed crayons return in The Day the Crayons Came Home (Philomel, Aug.), for which a one millioncopy announced first print-ing is on order. Jeffers notes that he and Daywalt had a good time bringing the crayons back. We had a lot of fun doing this book, he says. The crayons face a different raft of problems in this book, and rather than protest letters, they write postcards, since they feel forgotten and feel they need to be rescued. Designing the visual elements of the postcards and stamps was funI did a lot of laughing when we came up with some of the ideas.

Jefferss tweaks to his art give some spreads in the sequel a slightly differ-ent look from its predecessor. I used some special inks in this book, and it was fun to experiment with those, he notes. There are a couple of special crayons playing a role in this story, and I did have some fun with neon and glow-in-the-dark crayons.

The artist also welcomed the shift in his and Daywalts collaborative pro-cess this time around. With the first book, Drew had come up with the idea several years earlier, so when I worked on the illustrations, I didnt have a lot of communication with him, he says. But we got to know each other after the book came out, and at a certain point creating this second book, we realized it was more conducive to be in the same room working on it, so we got together.

Jeffers has illustrated another fall picture book, Imaginary Fred (HarperCollins, Oct.), by Eoin Colfer, about a boy and his imaginary friend. Jeffers and Colfer met while each was on a book tour on the other side of the planet, and after chatting in Sydney we decided we should do something together one day, Jeffers recalls. Two weeks later, Eoin sent me an idea I

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thought was a workable story that I could definitely bring to life. The story came pretty quickly to him, and the idea for the art came quite quickly to me. If we have fun making it, then kids will have fun reading it. And we defi-nitely had fun making it!

Jeffers is pleased to be speaking at todays breakfast, noting, I am very flattered to think that people might find what I have to say interesting. And I feel as though Ive already been introduced to booksellers through The Day the Crayons Quit, which I am grateful they have loved handselling. But I should say, I think the sequel is even a better book than the first.

Rainbow Rowell, who made a splash in the YA arena with 2013s Eleanor & Park and 2014s Fangirl, returns to BEA to promote her newest novel for teens, Carry On (St. Martins Griffin, Sept.), which is written in a different vein than, but was sparked by, her second YA novel. In Fangirl, I wrote about Simon Snow, a fictional character written by a fictional author, and about two sisters who write fan fiction about Simon, explains Rowell. I started thinking about how Id write a story about a boy with magical powers, and that led to Carry On.

In the novel, a combination ghost story, love story, and mystery, evil forces are out to get powerful magician Simon Snow during his last year at the Watford School of Magicks. As a kid, my first obsession was with Star Wars, says Rowell. And Ive spent a number of my adult years obsessed with Harry Potteroh, and I also had a King Arthur period. These were powerful, chosen people, and I began thinking about a young hero whos born into a similar position, how unfair it would be to a kid to be told, We need you to fight a war to save the world. These heroes never get to decide if they really want to fightand they always have to trust the person who tells them that they have to.

Rowell is pleased to be back at BEA, where, she finds, Its really exciting to experience all this buzzing energy. A first-time attendee of the Childrens Book and Author Breakfast, the author notes, I want to take this opportunity

to thank independent booksellers for being so very supportive of my books.Bestselling author and passionate literary advocate and philanthropist

James Patterson is no stranger to booksellers and is pleased to be back at BEA, where he can be a book junkie, going from booth to booth.

Patterson adds to his roster of childrens books this fall with additions to two middle-grade series published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City, in which the Kidd kids travel to China in search of an ancient artifact that will buy their mothers freedom from renegade pirates; and House of Robots: Robots Go Wild, recounting Sammys scramble to find out what is wrong with his malfunction-ing robot brother in order to save his family. Both books are cowritten by Chris Grabenstein.

Both series support Pattersons mission of hooking kids on reading. By the end of the Treasure Hunters series, kids will have visited every continent, which is a very cool notion, he says. And House of Robots helps get kids interested in both reading and science.

Patterson welcomes such opportunities as todays breakfast to connect with individuals involved, in various ways, with the childrens book industry. I love the chance to stand up and encourage more to stand up, he says. Kids books are one of the ways we can all help. We cant solve global warm-ing, but we can change things by making parents more aware of the impor-tance of reading, and reaching kids who are reading, but not reading enough. And in terms of at-risk kids, if they dont become competent readersnot necessarily great readers, but competentthey are pretty much doomed in terms of getting through high school.

Noting that this childrens literacy cause is huge to me, Patterson says, I am honored to be able to participate in todays panel, and inspire publishers and booksellers to take more responsibility, as I am also doing, to encourage kids to read. Not all kids love eating broccolithey may need some encour-agement. And we can all help. Sally Lodge

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BEAs perennially popular Middle-Grade Editors Buzz Panel, this year moderated by Sara Hines, co-owner of Eight Cousins Bookstore, in Falmouth, Mass., takes place today, in Room 1E12/1E13, 1111:50 a.m. Heres a preview of what attendees can expect to hear about panelists high expec-tations for the novels theyre spotlighting, as well as their observations on the value of this forum.

David Levithan, Scholastic v-p, publisher, and edi-torial director, on Alex Ginos George: When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows shes not a boy. She knows shes a girl. When her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlottes Web, George really wants to play Charlotte, but shes not even allowed to try out for the partbecause shes a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plannot just so she can be Charlotte, but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all. This is an amazing book. And its also an important book. Alex bril-liantly breaks new ground, and does it with a sweet touch thats unafraid to show its happiness.

When editors have a book they love, the natural inclination is to shout about it from every rooftop imaginable. And BEA is a damn effective roof-top.

Martha Mihalick, senior editor, Greenwillow, on The Doldrums, by Nicholas Gannon: Archer B. Helmsley yearns for an adventure, so together

with his two best friends, he schemes to rescue his grandparents, famous explorers who went missing on an iceberg. Gannon has a limitless imagination and a sly sense of humor, and the immense talent necessary to bring them onto the page both in art and writing. The artwork is at once precise in detail and wide in scope, showing the reader not just indi-vidual moments but the whole world his characters inhabit.

Introducing a distinctive new talent and a special book to a room full of passionate readerswhat could be better? To give booksellers insights behind

a story and an author that they can share with their customers is such a meaningful opportunity.

Nancy Paulsen, president and publisher, Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books, on Lisa Lewis Tyres Last in a Long Line of Rebels: When Lou uncovers the Civil Warera diary of her great-great-great-grand-mother, she learns some mind-boggling things about her familys past. This debut novel explores, in an accessible way, how where we come from can affect where we are going. Lisa introduces some of the most memorable, self-possessed characters Ive met. Her voice jumps off the page, bringing deli-cious, laugh-out-loud life to a small Tennessee town. Her book is full of the wonder of growing up and realizing the world and your family might be crazy and full of contradic-tions, but if you listen and try to communicate, you just might be able to hear each other and understand.

I believe that the value of this buzz panel is the chance to highlight a fresh and funny middle-grade voice, and to bring attention to some of the fine literary writing in this genre.

Elise Howard, publisher and editor, Algonquin Young Readers, on The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB, by Adam Shaughnessy: This

launches a new series in which Prudence Potts and her new friend ABE receive an invitation to join the Fantasy Investigation Bureau and soon discover theres a whole world beneath the surface of their towna world where Viking gods are on the brink of a war that they must somehow stop. This novel from a debut author is remarkable in numerous ways: it combines engaging protagonists, a great but not obvious villain, an intriguing mystery adventure, wordplay and puzzles, a sure command of Norse mythology, and terrific writing.

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All My StripesA Story for Children With AutismShaina Rudolph and Danielle RoyerIllustrated by Jennifer ZivoinZane, a zebra with autism, worries that his di erences make him stand out from his peers. With careful guidance from his mother, Zane learns that autism is only one of many qualities that make him special. 40 pages. Full-color illustrations. Ages 4-8.

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Aspergers TeensUnderstanding High School for Students on the Autism SpectrumBlythe GrossbergHigh school students who have been diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome will nd this a welcome tool to add to their support resources... Both teachers and counseling sta would be well served to have this title in their collection

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Happy TogetherThriving as a Same-Sex Couple in Your Family, Workplace, and CommunitySharon S. Rostosky and Ellen D. B. RiggleFilled with positive, life-a rming stories and coping strategies, this resource will help same-sex couples deal e ectively with the daily challenges and stresses of homophobia within their family, workplace, and community. 2015. 318 pages.

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Taking Control of AnxietySmall Steps for Getting the Best of Worry, Stress, and FearBret A. Moore is is a self-help book in the best sense of the termconversational in tone, supportive, and lled with simple tips and suggestions that can help people reduce their own anxieties. 2014. 239 pages.

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Andrea Spooner, v-p, editorial director, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, on Ali Benjamins The Thing About Jellyfish: In this profoundly moving debut novel, a girl becomes obsessed with the notion that her friends tragic drowning was caused by a rare, fatal jellyfish stingand she decides shell do anything, including travel across the globe, to prove it. Readers have been likening the experience of

reading this book to their own childhood Bridge to Terabithia moment when you really learn that not all stories in your life will have happy end-ings. And yet, its an inspiring read that reminds us about how grief can sometimes also open up the world in magical ways.

When you have a book that already has everyone in-house talking, you know its something that people out-of-house will feel is worth talking about, too. And having an industry forum like this panel at which we can jump-start that conversation is invaluable. Compiled by Sally Lodge

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2015 Pannell Winners HonoredAt todays Childrens Book and Author Breakfast, two bookstoresAndersons Bookstore in Naperville, Ill., and Once Upon a Story in Montrose, Calif.will receive this years WNBA Pannell Award. Cosponsored by the Womens National Book Association and Penguin Young Readers Group, the award recog-nizes bookstores that enhance their communities by fostering a love of reading with exceptional creativity. Each bookstore receives a check for $1,000 and a piece of art from a childrens book illustrator. Donators of the art for this years award are Tom Lichtenheld and Dan Santat.

Andersons Bookshops is the recipient of the 2015 Pannell Award

for a general bookstore. Among its many initiatives to connect kids with books are holding teacher open houses to introduce educa-tors to recent releases, orchestrat-ing author visits to the store and to schools, cosponsoring community-wide reading programs, establish-ing partnerships with local chari-ties and nonprofit organizations, and hosting an annual Young Adult Literature Conference.

Becky Anderson, a fifth-genera-tion owner of the bookstore (and, since her niece recently joined the bookstore roster, theres a sixth generation in the mix), doesnt hold back when asked about her reac-tion to winning the Pannell. We are absolutely thrilled! she says. We have so much fun when it comes to

childrens books, and winning this award makes us feel as though the industry is watching and recogniz-ing what we do. It is so nice to have that affirmation.

Anderson, who is in the process of opening a third retail store and was recently elected to the Naperville City Council, clearly has no shortage of energy or creativity.

My problem is that I have so manymaybe too

manyideas for things the store can do, she says. Luckily, we have so many brilliant booksellers at our stores willing to pitch in to think of ways to get outside of our four walls. As booksellers, we have to get out there and be loud, and scream from the highest mountain-top how very important books are to children.

The Once Upon a Time crew: owner Maureen Palacios (stand-ing) and (l. to r.) Kris Vreeland, Nikki Guza, and Judy Pfeiffer; and Becky Anderson, a fifth-generation owner of Andersons Bookshop.

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Once Upon a Time Bookstore is the 2015 Pannell Award recipient in the childrens specialty bookstore category. Award juror Cheryl Willis Hudson, v-p and editorial director of Just Us Books, was impressed by the stores great outreach and partnerships with publishers and schools. Juror Roger Sutton, edi-tor-in-chief, the Horn Book, com-mented that Once Upon a Time maintains a diversity of program-ming that includes both the starry

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store with her husband, Jorge, is a tireless reading advocate through a variety of channels. The store, which has been in business for 48 years, sponsors or hosts a whirl-wind schedule of events. During a single week earlier in May, reports Palacios, she and her staffers ran a three-day book fair at a local school, held an after-hours in-store book talk with 20 retired teachers,

arranged for author Pam Muoz Ryan to visit two schools and then welcomed her to the store for a large event, hosted registration for the regions branch of the American Youth Soccer Organization, and ran a book talk for parents of toddlers.

The mother of two college-age daughters, Palacios is passionate about giving teens work opportuni-ties at Once Upon a Time. When youre a small storewe have just

1,000 square feetyou dont have a lot of full-time employees, and giv-ing teenagers their first job and giv-ing them a good, solid foundation before they go off into the world is very important to me, she says. We have four going off to four dif-ferent colleges in the falland I offer them all small scholarships. This is another way that, as an inde-pendent bookseller, I can be a resource for our community.

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For the third year running, childrens book creators will take over an authors stage for an entire day, and devotees of books for young readers will be happy to learn that today is that day. Sally Dedecker, BEA education director, worked with childrens publishers to orchestrate the days pro-gramming on the Uptown Stage.

The success of the childrens book-themed stage programs (which last year, says Dedecker, were some of the best attended stage events of the show) is largely due to publishers creativity and spirit of cooperation. Many people from different houses came up with great, insightful ideas for pro-grams, panelists, and moderators, and pulled together to suggest books that tie in to various topics, explains Dedecker. Since we have limited space on the stage schedule, we went through publishers submissions to see what topics and titles we could combine, and to determine what would be of most interest to booksellers.

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Kids Only on the Uptown Stage Buzz Panels to authors often found on bestseller lists. For those planning their stage itineraries, heres the lineup of events on the Uptown Stage today.1010:30 a.m.: Meet the BEA Young Adult Buzz Authors 2015. Susannah Greenberg, president of Susannah Greenberg Public Relations, moderates a panel of debut novelists: Marie Marquardt (Dream Things True), Nicola Yoon (Everything, Everything), Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski (Nightfall), Daniel Kraus (The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1: At the Edge of Empire), and Estelle Laure (This Raging Light).

10:4511:15 a.m.: Wild at Heart: Animal Fantasy in Childrens Books. A panel of authorsMaggie Stiefvater and Jackson Pearce (Pip Bartletts Guide to Magical Creatures), Tui T. Sutherland (Wings of Fire: Book Five), and Inbali Iserles (Foxcraft)explores animal-centric fantasy, magic, and folklore in childrens literature. Author and Time magazine book critic Lev Grossman serves as moderator.

11:30 a.m.noon: Talking to Teens About Tough Topics. Margot Wood of Epic Reads moderates a discussion among YA authors whose novels tackle dis-

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After 18 bestselling books, two hit Disney mov-ies, and 15 years, Meg Cabots Princess Diaries series is coming to an end when Royal Wedding (Morrow) hits stores in June. Were so excited to be publishing the latest installmentand the first adult novelabout Princess Mia Thermopolis, says Jennifer Hart, senior v-p, associate publisher, and group marketing director. So many readers grew up with Mia, and now, as Mia is beginning her adult life, they too have struck out on their own. With Royal Wedding, Meg has once again delivered a hilari-ous and heartfelt novel her fans will not only identify with, but love.

This will actually be the second farewell for the Princess Diaries. Six years ago, after Princess Mia graduated from high school in Forever Princess, it was decided to end the series. We had a huge event at the New York Public Library with all sorts of celebrities making tiaras, Cabot recalls, and we raised lots of money for the library. But then readers kept writing and telling me they wanted to see Mia have a wedding like William and Kate. Cabot has now granted their wishesunless a scandal (when its discovered that Mias father has a biracial daughter) derails her big day.

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12:1512:45 p.m.: Telling the Truth for Every Age. These authors offer their perspectives on the childrens nonfiction genre: Gabrielle Balkan (The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 Fact-Filled Maps!), Winifred Conkling (Radioactive: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World); Steve Sheinkin (Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War), and Matthew McElligott (Mad Scientist Academy: The Dinosaur Disaster). The moderator is Betsy Bird, New York Public Library Youth Materials Specialist and coauthor of Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Childrens Literature.

11:30 p.m.: Meet the BEA Middle-Grade Buzz Authors 2015. Jenny Brown, childrens editor of Shelf Awareness and director of the Center for Childrens Literature at the Bank Street College of Education, moderates a discussion among Alex Gino (George), Lisa Lewis Tyre (Last in a Long Line of Rebels), Nicholas Gannon (The Doldrums), Adam Shaughnessy (The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB), and Ali Benjamin (The Thing About Jellyfish).

1:452:15 p.m.: Pranks! Experiments! Reading! Bestselling Middle-Grade Authors Reveal the Science of the Middle-Grade Series. Vicki Oatis, direc-tor of Youth Library Services at the Norwalk (Conn.) Public Library, moder-ates a trio of middle-grade authorsMac Barnett and Jory John (The Terrible Two) and Jon Scieszka (the Frank Einstein series)who discuss key ingredi-ents of quality series for young readers.

2:303 p.m.: Spotlight on African-American Childrens Authors & Illustrators. Panelists Jerry Pinkney (The Grasshopper & the Ants), E.B. Lewis (illustrator of First Step: How One Little Girl Put Segregation on Trial), and Shane Evans (28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World) share insights into their work. The moderator is Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati, founder of the African-American Childrens Book Project, and cultural cor-respondent, WURD-AM radio in Philadelphia.

3:153:45 p.m.: Middle Grade Characters & Adventures. Middle-grade authors Corey Ann Haydu (Rules for Stealing Stars), Lauren Oliver (Curiosity House), Kevin Sands (Blackthorn Key), and Ken Oppel (Nest) talk about the characters theyve developed, the worlds theyve created, and the adven-tures that bring these books to life. Peter Lerangis, author of the Seven Wonders series, moderates. Sally Lodge

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Princess (Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends), Cabots new middle-grade series. Readers will get to see Genovia through the illustratedwith line drawings by Cabotdiaries of Olivia Grace. Im thrilled to help introduce From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess to the world, says Allison Verost, v-p, publicity at Macmillan Childrens Publishing Group. Weve designed a marketing and publicity campaign to reach Megs existing fans who grew up with the Princess Diaries series, as well as introducing a whole new gen-eration of readers. Meg will be touring throughout 2015 and 2016, meeting fans at princess parties, book festivals, and trade shows, and were reaching new readers in creative ways through social media, advertising, and in store promotions.

So will Royal Wedding really be the end of the Princess Diaries series? Its not over until the princess gives up her crown, vows Cabot, and what girl would ever do that?

Cabot has a full schedule of signings and appearances at BEA and BookCon. Today, 3:304:30 p.m., shell be doing a ticketed signing of Royal Wedding galleys at Table 1 in the autographing area. On Saturday, shell be at BookCon for the Spotlight on Romance: Reader Love Panel (23 p.m., in Room 1A06),

Performing arts publisher Hal Leonards booth (1948) will be bouncing all day today with lively events. At 10 a.m., music and theater journalist Andy Propst will sign copies of You Fascinate Me So: The Life and Times of Cy Coleman (Applause Books), the first biography of the Tony, Grammy, and Emmywinning singer/song-

writer who wrote the classic hits Witchcraft, Big Spender, and The Best Is Yet to Come, as well as such musicals as Sweet Charity, City of Angels, Barnum, and The Will Rogers Follies.

At 11 a.m., its all about Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, as Michael Seth Starr (no relationyou know that wasnt Ringos real last name!) signs galleys of his unauthorized biography, Ringo: With a Little Help(Backbeat Books), which covers Ringos life and career. The book will pub on July 7, Ringos 75th birthday.

Backbeat Books has recently expanded its popular, long-run-ning, music-focused FAQ series to include pop culture subjects. At 1 p.m., author Brian Solomon signs copies of Pro Wrestling FAQ: All Thats Left to Know About the Worlds Most Entertaining Spectacle, the second title from the pop culture side. The book looks at the sport from its origins in carni-vals to the multimillion-dollar, mul-timedia industry of today. Future Pop Culture FAQ titles include Cocktails FAQ (Oct.), Dracula FAQ (Oct.), The Beat Generation FAQ(Sept.), and Haunted America FAQ(Oct.).

Speaking of the FAQ series, at 2 p.m., rock journalist Susan Masino will be signing copies of AC/DC FAQ, the 22nd title in that series. Masino has known the band since 1977