Celebration of Reading Authors List

Houston
April 19, 2012

Please mark your calendar for the 2012 Houston Celebration of Reading taking place on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Download the official announcement

Sandra Brown

Sandra Brown is the author of fifty-eight New York Times bestsellers, including her newest, Tough Customer, all of which have jumped onto the Times bestseller list in the #1 to #5 spot. In 1992, she had three on the list at the same time, joining the exclusive club of Stephen King, Tom Clancy, J. K. Rowling, and Danielle Steel. Publisher's Weekly calls Tough Customer a must-read for anyone who appreciates a tough guy hero with a heart of gold, namely her irresistable character Atlanta PI Dodge Hanley, who first appeared in 1992's Smash Cut.

Donovan Campbell

Donovan Campbell is a decorated military officer and a young business leader whose lessons about leadership and teamwork came the hard way, through three combat deployments — two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon and a Bronze Star with Valor for his time in Iraq.

Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben enjoys frequent top spots of bestseller lists worldwide, with his last four consecutive novels, Live Wire, Caught, Long Lost and Hold Tight having debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List. His first young adult novel Shelter was just released as a spin-off from his infamous Myron Bolitar series for adults. Live Wire is Harlan's latest Bolitar novel that exposes Myron's past and family as unknowing participants in a story of murder and intrigue.

Blake Mycoskie

Blake Mycoskie, best known as the founder of TOMS Shoes (for every pair of shoes purchased, they will give another pair away to children in need around the world) has written Start Something that Matters, a brilliant collection of valuable lessons about entrepreneurship, transparency of leadership, and living by one’s values. The story of TOMS is a blueprint to inspire others and to show them how to go about starting something that matters.

More best-selling authors will be announced soon.

Dallas / Ft. Worth
November 7, 2011

Please mark your calendar for the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Reading Dallas / Fort Worth taking place on Monday, November 7, 2011. Download the official announcement

David Feherty

David Feherty, ex-pro golfer and current commentator at CBS Sports, delivers a laugh-out-loud funny and totally uncensored collection of rants sure to surprise and crack up golfers everywhere.

Have you ever wondered where the weaknesses are in Tiger's game? Or what would happen if there were PGA Tour cheerleaders? Or how Old Tom Morris would play if he came back from the dead? In The Power of Positive Idiocy, readers will be treated to Feherty's answers to these questions, as well as his distinctive commentary on aging, Texas, the Irish, parenting, addiction, Charles Barkley, and, of course, every pro golfer and golfing situation you can imagine. Full of great laughs, ridiculous wisecracks, and some of the best advice for anyone new to the game of golf, Feherty's remarkable collection is a must have for golfers of every stripe. Read more

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon in her book The Dressmaker of Khair Khana tells the incredible true story of a young woman in Afghanistan who mobilized her community despite the repression of the Taliban. With only her determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own.

Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich has created his own genre of nonfiction, chronicling the amazing story of fortune and betrayal behind the founding of the world's biggest social network, Facebook, and led to the creation of the movie "The Social Network." As the author of The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, Ben has furthered the fascination with these young and highly successful entrepreneurs.

Wes Moore

Wes Moore is a youth advocate, Army combat veteran, promising business leader and author. His book, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of two young men with the same name growing up in the same city. One grows up to be a Rhodes Scholar, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison for felony murder. The book is a story of these two boys and the journey of a generation.

Helen Simonson

Helen Simonson is a first time author but her book, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand went right to the best-seller list. The story is about Major Pettigrew, a retired British army major in a small English village. When he embarks on an unexpected friendship with the widowed Mrs. Ali, who runs the local shop, trouble erupts to disturb the bucolic serenity of the village and of the Major's carefully regimented life.