OPEN BOOK EVENT APRIL 4, 2019
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OPEN BOOK EVENT
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 11:00AM – 12:30PM..................................AUTHOR PANEL 12:30PM – 1:00PM...................LUNCH & THE BOOK REEL 1:00PM – 1:30PM................DK'S "HOW A BOOK IS MADE" 1:45PM – 2:45PM...............STAFF PICKS PRESENTATION 3:00PM - 3:30PM..........COCKTAILS & CONVERSATIONS WITH JULIA COLLIN DAVISON
AUTHORS Jane Green has written many novels (including Jemima J, The Beach House, Falling, and The Sunshine Sisters), most of which have been New York Times bestsellers, and one cookbook, Good Taste. Her novels are published in more than twenty-five languages, and she has over ten million books in print worldwide. She lives in Westport, Connecticut, with her husband and a small army of children and animals.
Lisa Grunwald is the author of the novels The Irresistible Henry House, Whatever Makes You Happy, New Year's Eve, The Theory of Everything, and Summer. Along with her husband, Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler, she edited the anthologies The Marriage Book, Women's Letters, and Letters of the Century. Grunwald is a former contributing editor to Life and former features editor of Esquire. She lives in New York City.
Rob Hart is the author of the Ash McKenna crime series and the short-story collection Take Out. He also co-wrote Scott Free with James Patterson. His new novel, The Warehouse, coming from Crown in August 2019, has been sold in more than 20 countries and been optioned for film by Ron Howard. He’s worked as a political reporter, the communications director for a politician, and a commissioner for the city of New York, and is currently publisher at MysteriousPress.com and the class director at LitReactor. He lives in Staten Island with his wife and daughter.
AUTHORS Liz Moore is the author of the acclaimed novels Heft and The Unseen World. A winner of the 2014 Rome Prize in Literature, she lives in Philadelphia.
Julia Phillips is a Fulbright fellow whose writing has appeared in Glimmer Train, The Atlantic, Slate, and The Moscow Times. She lives in Brooklyn.
THE BOOK REEL Sit back. Relax. And enjoy The Book Reel, featuring a just-released trailer for Brené Brown's new Netflix special, Brené Brown: The Call to Courage, followed by a viewing of our favorite upcoming Movie and TV Tie-In trailers.
DK'S "HOW A BOOK IS MADE" Hear from DK marketing team members Gayley Avery and Kristen Pozzuoli, and learn about the teamwork it takes—across oceans!—to create a DK book, from origination to book birthday, and how DK has evolved its publishing over the past 45 years.
COCKTAILS & CONVERSATIONS Ever wondered why you can’t seem to roast the perfect chicken? Or get your cake to settle just right? Wonder no more! Julia Collin Davison host of America’s Test Kitchen shares best practices, and answers your most difficult, or most obvious, cooking questions!
Julia Collin Davison is executive editorial director for America’s Test Kitchen. She is also host of America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country and is an original cast member of both shows, which are the two highest-rated instructional cooking shows on television. Julia began working as a test cook for Cook’s Illustrated in 1999 and led recipe development for America’s Test Kitchen cookbooks for more than a decade. She holds an A.O.S. degree from the Culinary Institute of America and a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy from SUNY Albany. Before coming to America’s Test Kitchen, Julia worked in Albany, the Berkshires, San Francisco, and the Napa Valley at several restaurants, catering companies, schools, and wineries.