Authors & Books Announced For BEA's Editors' Buzz Forums
Norwalk, CT — BookExpo America (BEA) has revealed the authors and books that have been selected for this year’s Editors’ Buzz Forums. Three separate committees of booksellers, librarians and other industry professionals have reviewed the numerous submissions in each category and voted for this year’s final selections. BEA officials note that the intensive selection process, which takes place over a two and a half month period, always involves passionate debate over the amount of qualified books submitted for consideration. The selection committees are purposely designed to achieve the widest possible consensus.
The Buzz panel presentations, which feature book editors discussing the individual selections, will be supplemented with an Author Stage appearance for the chosen authors. BEA will take place Wednesday, May 27 – Friday, May 29 at the Jacob K. Javits Center.
The BEA Editors’ Buzz Forums and book selections for young readers are as follows:
YOUNG ADULT (YA) EDITORS’ BUZZ ‘15
BEA Young Adult Editors’ Buzz
Thursday, May 28th from 10:00 am – 10:50 am in Room 1E12/1E13
BEA Young Adult Editors’ Buzz – Author Stage
Friday, May 29th from 10:00 am – 10:30 am at the Uptown Stage
Dream Things True by Marie Marquardt, Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin, Publication Date: September 1, 2015
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon, Publisher: Delacorte Press, Publication Date: September 1, 2015
Nightfall by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski, Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, Publication Date: October 13, 2015
The Death And Life Of Zebulon Finch, Volume 1: At The Edge Of Empire by Daniel Kraus, Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Publication Date: October 25, 2015
This Raging Light by Estelle Laure, Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, Publication Date: January 5, 2016
MIDDLE GRADE EDITORS’ BUZZ ‘15
BEA Middle Grade Editors’ Buzz
Friday, May 29th from 11:00 am – 11:50 am in Room 1E12/1E13
BEA Middle Grade Editors’ Buzz – Author Stage
Friday, May 29th from 1:00 am – 1:30 am at the Uptown Stage
George by Alex Gino, Publisher: Scholastic Press, Publication Date: August 25, 2015
Last in a Long Line of Rebels by Lisa Lewis Tyre, Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books, Publication Date: September 29, 2015
The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon, Publisher: Greenwillow Books, Publication Date: September 29, 2015
The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB by Adam Shaughnessy, Algonquin Young Readers, Publication Date: September 8, 2015
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Publication Date: September 15, 2015
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BookExpo America (BEA) is North America’s largest gathering of book trade professionals attracting an international audience. It is organized with the support of association partners including the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the American Booksellers Association (ABA). BEA is recognized for the media attention it brings to upcoming books as well as for the notable authors it attracts to the convention itself.
