If you stopped into your favorite indie bookstore last week and didn’t see all the regular faces, it may have been because folks were in New York City for the annual BookExpo America, a.k.a. BEA. When you see them now, they may look verrrry tired because they’ve been up late every night reading advance readers copies of books from favorite authors.
Try this conversation starter, “Did you see [insert beloved author here] at BEA?” Chances are good, because here is a fraction of the list of authors who were at the show (with their upcoming or new books listed, together with publication dates so you can place your orders or preorders ASAP):
Mo Willems, That is Not a Good Idea!, 4/23/13
Kevin Emerson*, The Dark Shore (book 2 of the Atlanteans), 5/21/13
Richelle Mead*, Gameboard of the Gods, 6/4/13
Curtis Sittenfeld, Sisterland, 6/25/13
Oliver Jeffers, The Day the Crayons Quit, 6/27/13
Lauren Myracle, The Infinite Moment of Us, 8/20/13
Marisha Pessl, Night Film, 8/20/13
Kirby Larson*, the Bitty Baby series, 8/27/13
Jason Mott, The Returned, 8/27/13
Julianne Moore, My Mom Is a Foreigner, But Not Me, 8/27/13
Peter Brown, Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, 9/2/13
Giada De Laurentiis, the Recipe for Adventure series, 9/3/13
Jonathan Lethem, Dissident Gardens, 9/10/13
Jamie Ford*, Songs of Willow Frost, 9/10/13
Melissa de la Cruz, Frozen (book one of the Heart of Dread series), 9/17/13
Brandon Sanderson, Steelheart, 9/24/13
Jerry Pinkney, The Tortoise and the Hare, 10/1/13
James Dashner, The Eye of Minds, 10/8/13
Chuck Palahniuk*, Doomed, 10/8/13
Lemony Snicket, When Did You See Her Last? (the second in the All the Wrong Questions series), 10/15/13
Billy Collins, Aimless Love, 10/22/13
Lauren Kate, Teardrop, 10/22/13
Veronica Roth, Allegiant (third in the Divergent trilogy), 10/22/13
Marie Lu, Champion (third in the Legend trilogy), 11/5/13
Jan Brett, Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella, 11/5/13
Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (8th in the Outlander series), 12/10/13
Jarrett Krosoczka, Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle, 12/24/13
* Northwest author