A Tale of Two Book Signings

(Technically, neither of these were strictly book signings, but still, the title was too catchy to pass up.)

On Wednesday, I went to the Teen Author Reading Night at the Jefferson Market branch of the NYPL. There were a ton of authors there! The actual event featured David Levithan, Rachel Cohn, Lena Roy, Barry Lyga, Scott Westerfeld, Sarah Beth Durst, Kieran Scott, and Lauren Henderson. Each read a little from their most recent or upcoming novels, and then there was a short Q&A session with the audience, which was a lot of fun. Please excuse the poor lighting in the photos, I tried to touch them up as best as I could.

Rachel Cohn and David Levithan talk about Dash & Lily

Lena Roy reads from her novel Edges and Rachel Cohn looks on

Scott Westerfeld makes Barry Lyga crack up

Kieran Scott watches as Sarah Beth Durst talked about Enchanted Ivy

Lauren Henderson and Kieran Scott

In the audience, I spotted lots of other authors, including the most fabulous Melissa Walker, who I was so excited to meet, having absolutely loved her Violet books, Micol Ostow, and Coe Booth, among others.

Then on Thursday, I went to The Mockingbirds publication party at Books of Wonder, which was, surprise, surprise, a blast. This event was in reality more of a glorified book signing because there were snacks, such as these amazing cupcakes:

Notice the gorgeous mockingbirds, straight from the cover of Daisy's book!

Daisy is just such a cool person! She's gorgeous, fashionable, smart, and talented, and kept everyone thoroughly entertained.

Daisy being charming

Me and Daisy Whitney

And that is my tale of two (very fun) book signings.