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ALA 2015 Gatefold Brochure Shift Test.Indd Edwidge Danticat The Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau represents some of the most A powerful and widely celebrated voice in in-demand voices of our time. We are delighted to share with you here a wide contemporary fiction, Haitian American bestselling selection of speakers, and invite you to discover many more choices on our author and social activist Edwidge Danticat has been user-friendly website, www.prhspeakers.com. As premier destinations for events, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the National Book libraries have always helped words move beyond the page, connecting readers Critics Circle Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace with the authors they admire and communities with the books they love. We Prize, among other honors. She is the author of Claire of the Sea Light; Brother, I’m Dying; Breath, Eyes, look forward to continuing this tradition and helping you put together your next © Nancy Crampton Memory, and the forthcoming picture book Mama’s unforgettable engagement. Nightingale: A story of Immigration and Separation. Annie Barrows Vanessa Diffenbaugh Annie Barrows enchanted millions of readers with Vanessa Diffenbaugh is the author of the New York The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Her Times bestselling debut and book club sensation new novel The Truth According to Us is “irresistible The Language of Flowers. A foster parent herself, . a sly charmer of a story . .” (Melanie Benjamin, Diffenbaugh is an ardent advocate for foster care. Her The Aviator’s Wife). A gifted storyteller and lecturer, eagerly anticipated second novel, We Never Asked for Barrows is also the author of the beloved Ivy & Bean Wings, explores the themes of motherhood, young children’s series. © Infinity © Annie Frantzekos love, education, and immigration. Portrait Design Gayle Forman Melanie Benjamin Award-winning, internationally bestselling author and Please contact us if you would like further information on a particular Melanie Benjamin’s historical fiction tells the “stories journalist Gayle Forman’s novels strike a powerful speaker, including fees and availability, or if you are seeking advice on behind the stories.” In her New York Times bestseller nerve with readers. Always smart and fresh, her which speaker might be the right fit for your event. The Aviator’s Wife, she pulls back the curtain on the works, including the New York Times bestsellers If I marriage of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Stay, Where She Went, and, most recently, I Was Here, Tel. 212.572.2013 exploring their inner lives and unknown stories. garner praise worldwide. Gayle served as a writer and Email: [email protected] Benjamin shares with audiences her passion for executive producer on the film adaptation of If I Stay, history and biography and tells how she uses them to © Dennis Kleinman Website: www.prhspeakers.com © Todd Rennels starring Chloë Grace Moretz. craft her superb works of historical fiction. Karen Joy Fowler The Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau is a part of Penguin Geraldine Brooks Acclaimed author of The Jane Austen Book Club and New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize– Random House, the world’s most global trade book publisher. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy winning author Geraldine Brooks writes impeccably Represented by the Speakers Bureau are Pulitzer Prize winners such Fowler is considered “one of the most accomplished researched historical novels, including March, People and adroit fiction writers in America” by theLos as Junot Díaz, Charles Duhigg, Jennifer Egan, Joseph J. Ellis, Richard of the Book, Caleb’s Crossing, and The Secret Chord. A Angeles Review of Books. Fowler’s lectures are filled Russo, Isabel Wilkerson, and Lawrence Wright, as well as bestsellers former Wall Street Journal correspondent for Bosnia, with the same imagination and sharp wit that fill the including Gillian Flynn, John Green, Kathryn Stockett, Cheryl Strayed, Somalia, and the Middle East, she delves deeply into pages of her books, making her a popular choice for and Markus Zusak. Our relationship with these authors begins with the history with a journalist’s eye for detail and a master © Brett Hall Johns © Randi Baird libraries and book festivals. manuscript and continues well after the book’s publication. Through storyteller’s sense of character. the longevity of this relationship we know our speakers and the breadth Adam Gidwitz of their work intimately. It is this knowledge that allows us to customize Marc Brown New York Times bestselling author of In a Glass events for our clients and move beyond standard scripts. Beloved children’s book author and illustrator Marc Grimmly, The Grimm Conclusion, and A Tale Dark and Brown is best known for his bestselling Arthur series. Grimm—an ALA Notable Book, a New York Times Brown’s latest picture book, Monkey Not Ready for Our team has a wealth of expertise working with libraries, colleges and Editor’s Choice, and a Publishers Weekly “Best Kindergarten, introduces young readers to a charming universities, lecture series, corporations, and conferences both across Children’s Book of the Year”—Adam Gidwitz inspires new character. Brown lectures on childhood literacy the U.S. and throughout the world. We are involved at every stage of the audiences with his message, “if you’ve got a good and his journey as an artist and writer. imagination and a good book, you’re pretty much set process, from finding the perfect speaker, to arranging door-to-door © John Mancia © Christina for life.” travel, to making sure that books are available at every event. Markis Brown Peter Heller Emily St. John Mandel Ruth Ozeki Jane Smiley Peter Heller is an award-winning adventure writer and Emily St. John Mandel is the author of Station Eleven, Ruth Ozeki is a filmmaker, novelist, and Zen Buddhist Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jane Smiley is one the bestselling author of The Dog Stars. He captivates which was a New York Times bestseller, a finalist for priest. Her critically acclaimed novels have been of America’s most celebrated literary treasures. audiences with his stories about crossing the high the National Book Award, and George R. R. Martin’s published internationally, and her most recent work, Her most recent book, Early Warning, is the second seas with eco-pirates, kayaking remote gorges, favorite novel of 2014. The author of three previous A Tale for the Time Being, was shortlisted for the Man installment in a trilogy of novels that spans a hundred and—the ultimate adventure—becoming a successful highly acclaimed novels, Mandel is a poised and Booker Prize. Whether discussing the meat industry, years. As a speaker, Smiley’s topics are as diverse as novelist. Heller’s latest novel, The Painter, is a wildly thoughtful speaker, drawing audiences in with her agribusiness, or Zen Buddhism, Ozeki’s lectures are her body of work, ranging from literature to politics, suspenseful tale about an artist trying to outrun his lectures on the craft of writing. always thoughtful, sometimes philosophical, but child rearing to farming. © Micheal Lionstar © Dese’Rae L. Stage © Kris Krug © Mark Bennington past. never without her trademark biting wit. Cristina Henríquez Eimear McBride R. J. Palacio Bryan Stevenson Cristina Henríquez is the author of three books, Eimear McBride’s debut novel, A Girl Is a Half-formed R. J. Palacio took the world of children’s literature by Called “America’s young Nelson Mandela” by Nobel including the widely acclaimed novel The Book of Thing, has won almost every major literary award, storm with the publication of her debut novel, Wonder, Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Stevenson Unknown Americans. Hailed as “a flawlessly written including the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, and a #1 New York Times bestseller that has sold over a is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. His New book about immigration,” the novel brings to life the has elicited widespread international praise that million copies in North America. Palacio continues to York Times bestselling memoir Just Mercy is an inspiring varied human stories behind the ongoing debate includes comparisons to Virginia Woolf and James travel the country, speaking about the novel that has story of unbreakable humanity in the most desperate about immigration through the eyes of characters Joyce. McBride discusses feminism, modernism, and inspired countless children, educators, and families to circumstances. He is the recipient of a MacArthur from all over Latin America. literary experimentation, as well as her journey to embrace the book’s theme of choosing kindness. Foundation Genius Grant and an NAACP Image Award, © Sara Jane Semrad © Jemma Mickleburgh © Russel Gordon © Nina Subin publication. and his TED talk has been viewed over 2.6 million times. Jennifer Holm Paula McLain Gary Paulsen Elizabeth Strout Three-time Newbery Award–winning and New York Times Paula McLain’s critically acclaimed New York Times Three-time Newbery Honor–winning author Gary A Pulitzer Prize–winning author and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Holm is a favorite among bestselling novel The Paris Wife has been a publishing Paulsen is one of the world’s most popular authors for bestselling mainstay, Elizabeth Strout captivates young readers and educators. Her critically acclaimed phenomenon. Her new novel, Circling the Sun, tells young readers. He has written over 200 books and has audiences with her distinctively New England stories and novels include her latest, The Fourteenth Goldfish. 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