DIRECTIONS & MAP Titan Student Union California State University, Fullerton DIRECTIONS: Enter the campus off State College Boulevard at Student Union Way. Make an immediate left and continue to the State College Parking Structure. ALPHA Assistance League® Professional Humanitarian Auxiliary – Fullerton PLEASE NOTE: Reservations are limited. TO ASSURE YOUR RESERVATION REGISTER EARLY BY MAIL OR ON OUR ONLINE SITE www.adayofauthors.com Once again this year we expect a sell-out event. Please submit your reservation as soon as possible. If all reservations are filled before we receive your reservation form, your check will be returned to you. THIS IS A NON-REFUNDABLE EVENT. FREE PARKING IN THE STATE COLLEGE PARKING STRUCTURE OFF STUDENT UNION WAY NORTH OF THE TITAN STUDENT UNION I n o i t a nvit ALPHA Assistance League® Professional Humanitarian Auxiliary – Fullerton 233 W. Amerige Fullerton, CA 92832 For additional information, contact: Titan Student Union California State University, Fullerton 800 North State College Boulevard Fullerton, CA 92831 Becky D’Arrigo 714-970-8466 www.adayofauthors.com Final schedule is subject to change. ALPHA RESERVATION FORM Assistance League® Professional Humanitarian Auxiliary – Fullerton Twenty-third Annual A Day Of Authors Saturday, March 21, 2015 Titan Student Union, California State University, Fullerton 8:15 9:00 REGISTRATION Enjoy a continental breakfast while purchasing books and Basket Raffle tickets. 9:00 9:15 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Diane Wilkinson, ALPHA Chair 9:15 10:05 10:05 10:40 scented Provençal landscape that (she) brings to life.” (The Boston Globe) Vreeland is the bestselling author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Luncheon of the Boating Party and Clara and Mr.Tiffany. Salina Yoon creates unique interactive books for children. Named the Best Board Book of 2013 by Parents Magazine, Pinwheel combines “lyrical writing and smart interactive design.” (Publishers Weekly) In Penguin and Pinecone, “Crisp illustrations…capture a genuinely loving heart. (Kirkus Reviews) “…it proves that love comes in many forms.” (Booklist) “Penguin on Vacation presents friendship…with an exotic tropical crab. Yoon’s story of an unlikely interspecies friendship is both funny and sweet.” (Horn Book) Craig Allen Johnson is the author of the contemporary Walt Longmire mystery series set in the austere West where “The characters talk straight from the hip and the landscape is its own kind of eloquence.” (The New York Times) “(He) combines a vivid sense of…the way human relationships take root in (daily) life with a sure-handed touch for jolting both characters and readers out of their comfort zones. It’s hard to ask for more in a literary mystery.” (Booklist) Gabrielle Zevin - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry takes you into a world you will love.” (The Boston Globe) “Filled with interesting characters…and very funny depictions of book clubs, Fikry (will prove) irresistible to book lovers everywhere.” (Booklist) With challenging insights into American spending habits and adult children removing themselves from parental influence, The Hole We’re In combines humor with grace. Zevin’s successful books for young adults include Elsewhere, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac and the “Birthright” trilogy. FIRST BREAKOUT SESSION Author signings in breakout room #1 Maggie Shipstead’s classic romantic comedy, “Seating Arrangements, (is a) wickedly clever tragicomedy of manners…with the plotting of a juicy mystery.” (Slate) “In the first five sentences, Shipstead hints at the sexual tension that holds taut the novel’s three-day span…” (New York Times) Astonish Me is “a supple, daring, and vivid portrait of desire and betrayal.” (Booklist) It is a gripping, thoughtful and tightly-written novel, where ballet acts as an effective metaphor for all aspirations and disappointments. April Smith’s A Star for Mrs. Blake is a beautiful and unforgettable novel about five WW1 Gold Star Mothers whose stories, both personal and universal, bring life to a wrongly forgotten historical footnote. Everyone serving or who has served in the military, their families, and friends needs to read this book. Smith’s FBI Special Agent Ana Grey series includes four successful novels of suspense. She “…writes in the forceful style of a true literary maverick.” (The New York Times Book Review) Author and journalist Héctor Tobar brings us his latest book—Deep Down Dark. A masterwork of narrative journalism, the incredible story of 33 trapped Chilean miners is a riveting account of a real-life event. Life stood still as they experienced imprisonment inside a mountain of stone while families waited above. “On the first day of their entombment, supervisor Urzua took off his distinctive white helmet and announced to his workers, “We are all equal now. There are no bosses and employees.” (NPR) In Lisette’s List, Susan Vreeland’s latest novel, you are invited into a beautiful village in the south of France along with three artists, a woman awakening to the power of art, the beauty of provincial life, and love in the midst of war. "Readers will enjoy lingering in the sun-dappled, fruit- 10:40 11:30 BOOK SALES AND AUTHOR SIGNINGS Time to purchase books and have them signed. 11:30 12:05 SECOND BREAKOUT SESSION Note: author signings following the second breakout session will take place in the Atrium and hallway. 12:05 12:30 BOOK SALES AND AUTHOR SIGNINGS Another opportunity to purchase Basket Raffle tickets. 12:30 1:30 LUNCH AND BASKET RAFFLE 1:30 2:20 2:20 3:00 Julia Glass - Winner of the 2002 National Book Award for Three Junes, Glass says, “I see life as increasingly complex, vivid, colorful, crazy, and chaotic. That’s the world I write about…the world I live in.” Please duplicate this form for additional registrations (only one registration per form). You may include multiple forms and check/s in one envelope. A postmark is required on the envelope for registration — no hand deliveries can be accepted. You may also register online at www.adayofauthors.com. Tickets, name badges, and programs will be held at the event for pick up. Print Name as you wish it to appear on your name badge ______________________________________________ Address _______________________________________ City __________________ State ___ Zip Code _________ E-Mail Address __________________________________ Phone ( ) _____________________________________ Preferences for the breakout sessions: Please indicate your choices for BOTH SESSIONS by numbering the list below from 1-6 with 1 as your FIRST CHOICE. Note: If your choices are filled and you have not specified alternate options, we will place you where an opening occurs. Breakout Sessions __ Maggie Shipstead __ April Smith __ Susan Vreeland __ Salina Yoon __ Héctor Tobar __ Gabrielle Zevin q Enclosed is my check for $85, which includes continental breakfast, lunch, and parking. ($35 of the fee goes toward the ALPHA philanthropic projects.) q Enclosed is my additional contribution of $ ______ for ALPHA philanthropies. (We welcome contributions of any amount and list donors in our program.) TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED: $ I would like to be seated with: Please clip this form and mail it with your check, payable to ALPHA. Send to: Diane Siegfried 1379 Ridgetop Lane Fullerton, CA 92831 Her latest novel, And the Dark Sacred Night, is “A masterful exploration of the secret places of the human heart…scenes and ideas return to the reader’s mind at quiet times after the last page is turned (as we) return to this place we call real life, enriched with new understanding.” (Richmond Times-Dispatch) _____________________________________________________ AUTHOR SIGNINGS A time to meet with authors, have books signed, and enjoy friends. For confirmation of your registration, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Your invitation is sent at the request of: Attendance is limited and closes when 500 attendee registrations are received.