BEA Editors’ Buzz Books Revealed
BookExpo America has announced the titles to be featured at this year’s adult, YA, and middle grade Editors’ Buzz Forums. The panels, which present book editors discussing their favorite upcoming titles, will be supplemented with Author Stage appearances by featured authors. BEA will take place Wednesday, May 27, through Friday, May 29, at the Jacob K. Javits Center.
The 2015 BEA Editors’ Buzz Forum book selections are:
ADULT EDITORS’ BUZZ
BEA Adult Editors’ Buzz: Wednesday, May 27, from 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in Room 1E12/1E13/1E14
BEA Editors’ Buzz Adult Books – Author Stage: Thursday, May 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 am, on the Downtown Stage
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Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine, by Damon Tweedy
Publisher: Picador; Publication Date: September 1, 2015
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City on Fire, by Garth Risk Hallberg
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Publication Date: October 20, 2015
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Eileen, by Ottessa Moshfegh
Publisher: Penguin Press; Publication Date: August 18, 2015
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Home Is Burning, by Dan Marshall
Publisher: Flatiron Books; Publication Date: October 20, 2015
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In A Dark, Dark Wood, by Ruth Ware
Publisher: Scout Press; Publication Date: August 25, 2015
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The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui’s Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory, by Julie Checkoway
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Publication Date: October 27, 2015
YOUNG ADULT (YA) EDITORS’ BUZZ
BEA Young Adult Editors’ Buzz: Thursday, May 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. in Room 1E12/1E13
BEA Young Adult Editors’ Buzz – Author Stage: Friday, May 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on the Uptown Stage
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Dream Things True, by Marie Marquardt
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; Publication Date: September 1, 2015
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Everything, Everything, by Nicola Yoon
Publisher: Delacorte Press; Publication Date: September 1, 2015
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Nightfall, by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers; Publication Date: October 13, 2015
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The Death And Life Of Zebulon Finch, Volume 1: At The Edge Of Empire, by Daniel Kraus
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Publication Date: October 25, 2015
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This Raging Light, by Estelle Laure
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers; Publication Date: January 5, 2016
MIDDLE GRADE EDITORS’ BUZZ
BEA Middle Grade Editors’ Buzz: Friday, May 29, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. in Room 1E12/1E13
BEA Middle Grade Editors’ Buzz – Author Stage: Friday, May 29, from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the
Uptown Stage
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George, by Alex Gino
Publisher: Scholastic Press; Publication Date: August 25, 2015
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Last in a Long Line of Rebels, by Lisa Lewis Tyre
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books; Publication Date: September 29, 2015
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The Doldrums, by Nicholas Gannon
Publisher: Greenwillow Books; Publication Date: September 29, 2015
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The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB, by Adam Shaughnessy
Algonquin Young Readers; Publication Date: September 8, 2015
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The Thing About Jellyfish, by Ali Benjamin
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Publication Date: September 15, 2015
The featured titles were chosen by committees of booksellers, librarians, and other industry professionals who reviewed the numerous submissions in each category and voted for this year’s final selections.