BEA has announced the selected books -- and the editorial reps touting them -- that will be headling its three buzz panels at this year's trade show. The three events, officially called BEA Editors Buzz Forum, focus on adult, YA and middle grade works, respectively. The adult panel is scheduled for Monday, May 23; the YA panel for Tuesday, May 24; and the middle panel for Wednesday, May 25. The titles being featured are:
Adult panel:
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, Little, Brown and Company – Michael Pietsch, v-p and publisher
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday – Alison Callahan, executive editor
The Underside of Joy JOY by Sere Prince Halverson, Dutton – Denise Roy, senior editor
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron, Algonquin – Kathy Pories, senior editor
Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber, W.W. Norton - Alane Salierno Mason, v-p and senior editor
We The Animals by Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Jenna Johnson, senior editor
YA panel:
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Courtney Bongiolatti, editor
Au Revoir Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Margret Raymo, senior executive editor
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – Alvina Ling, executive editor
Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham, Tor & Forge Books/ Macmillan – Susan Chang, senior ditor
The Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon, HarperCollins Children’s Books - Erica Sussman, senior editor
Middle grade panel:
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing – Lisa Abrams, editor
Wildwood by Colin Meloy, Balzer + Bray - Donna Bray, v-p and co-publisher
Icefall by Matthew Kirby, Scholastic Press - Lisa A. Sandell, executive editor
Apothecary by Maile Meloy, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers - Jennifer Besser, v-p and publisher
The Ashtown Burials #1: The Dragon's Tooth by N.D. Wilson, Random House Children’s Books – Jim Thomas, editorial director
