Three Authors and an Editor and a Flea

Thanks to my nifty Time Machine, even though I am back in Southern California, I'm still in NYC!



Yes, after that rousing KidLit Drink Night, the next day was devoted to more food and fun! Why? Because I rendezvoused with these mystery guys . . .


(You are looking at the shoes of three authors and an editor.)

You are correct! It's amazing author Phil Bildner and amazing Disney senior editor Kevin Lewis.

Kevin's one of those classic over-achievers and is also an author. In fact, he wrote one of Son's favorite books when he was younger (um, that is when both Son and Kevin were younger).



Where did we meet? Why here, of course . . .



Excuse me? But where exactly is that, you ask.

Why, it's the Brooklyn Flea -- as in flea market!

There was so much to see, and it was great because the three of us love looking at old books!


(Fun fact: Kevin was the editor of Tony DiTerlizzi's SPIDER AND THE FLY)

There was no shortage of great food . . .



Peepy liked the donuts best . . .



On the topic of donuts, recently it was National Donut Day!!! Of course, I did my part to support this non-partisan food fest. It was, after all, my patriotic duty.



Oops. We digressed. Back to Brooklyn.

I had the pulled pork sandwich and fresh watermelon juice . . .



Fortified, we continued our exploration . . .



It was all well and good, until Kevin's obsession with large vintage metal object became too much for Phil to handle . . .



I would have to say that I side with Kevin on this. Given what my office looks like, and all. I mean, one can't have too much stuff, right?



Luckily, by the end of the day (ice cream helped) we were all friends again!





Speaking of Warp Speed (pretend we were!), here are some really cool things people have been saying about it. Click HERE and HERE to see.

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Authors, Illustrators and Editors Invade KidLit Drink Night

When last we blogged, we were at BEA (BookExpo America), hobnobbing with fascinating, good-looking bookish people . . .


Wait. What? No way! There's more???!!!!

That night we ventured over to KidLit Drink Night to benefit RIF.


(The fellow waving is Harold Underdown, and that's Melanie Hope Greenberg, on the right, pretending that he's not there. Harold has been known to behave badly in social situations.)

It's always great to see uber librarian/blogger Betsy Bird, the woman Forbes called "the most powerful, most beautiful, most smartest, most strongest, most most-est blogger* in kids'books" . . .

(A couple of years ago, Peepy went MISSING while we were visiting Betsy at the New York Public Library. It was (almost) a tragedy.)

Betsy's soon-to-be delivered baby girl is not named Molly. However, there are over 80 books autographed to Molly. CLICK HERE to find out what I am blathering about.

Everywhere we looked, there were authors and illustrators. Oh, hello! It's NY TIMES bestselling author and bon vivant Michael Buckley . . .

(The last time Michael and I saw each other we were debating humor in Arizona. Er, not if there is humor in Arizona, but we were in Arizona debating about humor. Okay, I'll leave that alone now.)

Over there! Hey, it's tres chic award-winning illustrator Brian Floca!

(The last time we saw Brian, he was a quad.)

Katie Davis and Peepy have so much in common since both are bright, beautiful and effervescent . . .


Peepy was determined to pitch her epic memoir/fashion tip book to lovely Little Brown editor Alvina Ling . . .


Not one to leave anything to chance, Peeps also gave talented Clarion editor and author Daniel Nayeri the scoop on her best-seller-to-be . . .


Of course, Peepy will need some stellar creative, so she took a meeting with Abram's dapper Creative DirectorChad Beckerman . . .

(Michael Buckley is angling to collaborate with Peeps on her book, but she'd prefer solo author credit.)

Later, Peep peered into Daniel's totally cool book promo piece . . .


Oh, look! It's maggot-hating Newbery Award winner Linda Sue Park with Daniel . . .

(Despite THIS HORRIFIC occurrence, Linda Sue is still my friend.)

We asked them to be still so we could focus on them. There. That's better . . .

(Who's that with them? Why, that's awesome author Barry Lyga, of course.)

We asked Linda Sue to say something deeply profound and she said . . .

Hey, a shout out to my fabulous editor Cheryl Klein and Betsy Bird for organizing the event!


(That's Cheryl, above. She got engaged Jane Austen-style.)

The next day on my way to lunch in Brooklyn, I observed this . . .


One of those things is not real. Can you guess what's real and what's not?

Here's a hint . . .


If you guessed that Barry Lyga is not real, then you have to guess again. That's because, it's the subway that's fake! Yes, it was built for the Men In Black 3 movie!

And here's the real, honest to goodness, Barry . . .

(Barry and I once shared a meal in Las Vegas!)

There's even more of our New York Adventures, and we'll be blogging about it next. In the meantime, here's a sneak peek of the next blog . . .


*Forbes mostly said those things.

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Children's/YA Lit Folk Run Rampant - BEA II

Okay! So after hanging out with Jon Hamm (sort of), Day One of BEA (BookExpo America) continued into the night.

Met up with old pal (as in I've known her for a long time), Elise Broach, on the right, and finally got to meet Natalie Standiford.



Wait, there's more . . . look, it's Bennett Madison!



The four of us debated the misuse of who/whom, which one of us should run for president, and advanced algebra.

The next day, it was back to BEA. So, so, so fun seeing friends, like Egmont VP/Publisher Elizabeth Law . . .


NY TIMES bestselling author Lisa McMann and I rendezvoused for the second time in a month . . .



Oh, look! John Rocco's new book with our Young People's literature ambassador, Katherine Paterson . . .


(John was also there for the unveiling of his latest Rick Riordan book cover.)

It's always great to see Megan McDonald, here with JUDY MOODY a.k.a. Jordanna Beatty.



What's that? What does Jordanna have to say about Peepy? Let's find out . . .

Michael Northrup was walking looking inconspicuous with a chic Peep . . .



This unassuming multiple Caldecott Honor winner is from our hometown-ish . . .


I waited in line for Tom Perrotta's new book THE LEFTOVERS. (I've read EVERYTHING he's ever written, well except for his cancelled checks.)



Speaking on lines, here's mine for my American Girl KANANI signing . . .



It was lunch with the gals, Sarah Darer Littman and Julia DeVillers and we discussed global warming, geometry and, er, the dearth of pronouns . . .



One of us was celebrating a birthday, but I won't say who/whom. However, here's a hint . . .


Later, we went out for birthday drinks with NY TIMES bestselling Peter Brown . . .



Here's Peter with a very special well-thought out message to us all . . .

The signing for my American Girl 2011 Girl of the year KANANI books went great! I signed several million copies (more or less) . . .



Oh! And I can't forget, we also ran into Coe Booth and Editor/Author/Everything NY TIMES bestselling (they were everywhere!) author David Levithan. Here's some really, really, deep stuff they had to say.



The evening was tres exciting because it was KidLit Drink Night, benefiting, RIF!!! But I'll blog about that next so you can rest your eyeballs.

In the meantime, here's a preview pic of an unnamed editor and Newbery Award winner at the event . . .



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