Pick up your Galleys and Samplers and get familiar with our newest authors and their unique stories at BEA. Each of these featured authors has already stirred up quite a buzz in mainstream media and cracked open a plethora of opportunities for sharing their touching and memorable journeys.

iWant
By Jane Velez-Mitchell

Jane Velez-Mitchell, host of Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell on CNN Headline News, will be signing her new book on Saturday, May 30, at 12pm in booth #2559. iWant is Velez-Mitchell's story about overcoming compulsive cravings for drinking, smoking, overeating, and overworking and finding true, lasting healing.

“Jane details the battle of a lifetime. For anyone who believes they can’t go on, that their addiction is more powerful than they are…read this. So much strength from one little lady!” – Nancy Grace, Legal Commentator and Television Host

Visit Jane Velez-Mitchell's website on CNN.com.

Getting It Through My Thick Skull
By Mary Jo Buttafuoco

Mary Jo Buttafuoco is back in New York for BEA. Come and meet Mary Jo and get an autographed copy of her new book on Friday, May, 29, at 1pm and Saturday, May, 30, at 3pm.

In her deeply revealing book, Mary Jo exposes the true reasons that she stayed with Joey Buttafuoco and why she finally left and moved 3,000 miles away. She also talks about why she forgave Amy Fisher, how she battled an addiction to pain killers, her recovery in the Betty Ford Center, and even lets us in on her new love and “Brady Bunch” family.

• July 27 - Good Morning America - ABC-TV
  
• July 27 - Montel Across America- Air America radio
• July 28 - The View -ABC-TV
• July 29 - Howard Stern - radio & TV
• July 30 - Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell - CNN
• Entertainment Tonight - book feature - week of July 27
• Oprah - part of "90 Newsmakers" show - date TBA

Everything Sucks
By Hannah Friedman

22 year-old Yale graduate Hannah Friedman has a unique point of view, complimented with an in-your-face style of writing that keeps her Twitter followers (over 17 thousand), Facebook friends, blog visitors (over 15 thousand a month), and YouTube followers tuned in!

Everything Sucks is Friedman's memoir about her teenage years in all of their cringe-worthy absurdity—from getting home-schooled in a tour bus with hippie musicians, to attending one of New York's most prestigious private schools on full scholarship, to developing a drug habit and eating disorder, to nearly getting kicked out of Yale University before she even got to attend. In the end, it's Friedman's spirit and “everything sucks” attitude that keeps her afloat, as it will for all who share in her story.

Friedman will be signing her new book on Saturday, May 30, at 1pm. For now, be sure to check out her blog, follow her on Twitter and Facebook, and watch her videos on YouTube.

Zig-zagging
By Tom Wilson

This is Tom Wilson’s compelling journey from growing up in the shadow of his father's genius to inheriting an iconic cartoon when his father falls ill--all while struggling to overcome a crippling depression.

A touching father and son story, Wilson shares how our journeys are a zig-zagging series of unexpected events and it's up to us to turn them into meaningful destinations with a purpose. An excellent Father's Day gift, readers will find humor and heartache turned to hope, with a familiar and trusted friend.

Meet Tom Wilson at 2pm on Saturday, May 30 at HCI booth #2559.

Happily Ever After Divorce
By Jessica Bram

Jessica Bram is highly regarded as a feminist expert on the subject of divorce and has written articles for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Sacramento Bee, and Child magazine.

Happily Ever After Divorce is Bram’s honest, touching, uplifting collection of personal stories recounting her triumphant journey from divorce to a joyful new life.

Bram will be signing her new book on Saturday, May 30, at the HCI booth #2559. You can visit her websites for more information at www.jbram.com, and www.happilyeverafterdivorce.com.

Blue Collar and Proud of It
By Joe Lamacchia

Joe Lamacchia was recently seen on CNN explaining why blue collar jobs were important before the recession and why they will become even more important after the recession. He's been featured on major news media, including Dan Rather (CBS), Brian Williams (NBC), Fox News, National Public Radio, The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, The Boston Herald, Metro-West Newspaper and The New York Post.

Blue Collar & Proud Of It offers timely solutions for a receding economy and increasing high school and college dropout rates while providing new and innovative resources in job retraining for laid off workers, as well as emerging opportunities in the green collar movement.

Lamacchia will be autographing his new book on Saturday, May 30, at 2pm. Make sure you check out his website at www.bluecollarandproudofit.com

Act Now!
By Kevin Harrington

On Friday, May, 29 at 12pm you'll get to meet the brains behind million-dollar products such as the Ginsu Knife, The Foodsaver, The Great Wok of China, Bruce Jenner's Stair Climber, Tony Little's AB Isolator, and many more infomercial products you've heard of and probably even bought.

In Act Now! Kevin Harrington, the "infomercial guru" talks about his role in bringing about changes in the industry and about the business methods, marketing tactics, and strategic decisions he's made along the way. Budding entrepreneurs, creative inventors, and ambitious businesspeople will reap the benefits of Harrington's insights—how he chooses his products, what criteria he requires for his infomercials, and the details surrounding his choices in spokespeople, timing, and synergy.

The Tap
By Frank McKinney

Real-Estate Rock Czar, and two-time international best-selling author Frank McKinney reveals the driving force behind his success in The Tap, one of his three new titles this spring.

McKinney is a frequent fixture and go-to expert in mainstream media such as ABC's 20/20, NBC, The Wall Street Journal, CBN, USA Today, The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, and many more. You can view these and more on his greatest hits page at www.frank-mckinney.com.

Get an autographed copy of all three of McKinney’s books on Friday, May 29, 2009, at 11am at Table 19.

Other HCI Titles to Check Out @ BEA

By Frank McKinney	By Frank McKinney	By Carrie-Silver-Stock	By Laurie Ann Levin, Psy. D.	By Judy Rodgers, Gayatri Naraine
By Lauren Ulm	By Tammy Lakatos Shames, R.D. Lyssie Lakatos, R.D.	By Claire Mysko Magali Amadei	By Jen Singer	By Laurie Ann Levin, Psy. D.

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