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(A look back at the 2008 Fair)

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Comics Creators JESSICA ABEL and her husband Matt Madden have teamed up to create a primer on comic creation, Drawing Words & Making Pictures: Making Comics, Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond (First Second Books, $29.95). Abel is the author of Soundtrack and Mirror, Window, culled from her comic book series, Artbabe. Recent works include La Perdida, which won the Harvey Award for Best New Series and Life Sucks, a satiric vampire story co-authored with Gabriel Soria and illustrated by Warren Pleece. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Room 7106-07

MEGAN ABBOTT is the Edgar-award-winning author of the crime novel, Queenpin (Simon & Schuster, $13), the story of a young woman hired to keep the books at a nightclub who gets mixed up with the mob. Abbott is also the author of The Song is You and Die a Little, and the nonfiction study, The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir and editor of A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir. Her new novel, Bury Me Deep, is forthcoming in July 2009. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 7174-75

JOSE ABREU FELIPPE (Cuba/USA) Tues, Nov. 11, 6 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Su obra abarca poesía, narrativa y teatro. La novela Siempre la lluvia resultó finalista en el concurso Letras de Oro, y recientemente recibió el Premio de Poesía Gastón Baquero en España por su libro El tiempo afuera. Ha publicado Orestes de noche; Cantos y elegías; Amar así; Habanera fue (con sus hermanos Juan y Nicolás); y Cuentos mortales. En esta edición de la Feria presenta el libroBarrio azul, de la Editorial Silueta.

Award-winning photographer ROBERT ADELMAN’s Mine Eyes Have Seen: Bearing Witness to the Civil Rights Struggle (Time, $29.95) includes essays by Charles Johnson. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 2106

MARCOS AGUINIS (Argentina) Sun., Nov. 9, 6 p.m., Auditorium and Nov. 10, 8 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. No sólo es escritor, sino que ha estudiado Medicina y Psicoanálisis. Francia lo designó Caballero de las Letras y las Artes. Entre sus obras se destacan: La cruz invertida; La gesta del marrano; La matriz del infierno; Elogio de la culpa; y Qué hacer. Este año presenta en la Feria La pasión según Carmela (Sudamericana), su esperado retorno a la ficción, y parti-cipa en el panel sobre los últimos 25 años de la literatura latinoamericana.

TRACY AKERS’ The Search for the Unnamed Ones (Aisling Press, $ 24.95) is the second in the Souls of Aredyrah fantasy literature series for young adults. Akers, a former teacher of students with learning disabilities, lives in Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 4:30 p.m., Room 7113

LAILA AL-ARIAN exposes the devastating consequences of the U.S. military occupation of Iraq on civilians in Collateral Damage (Nation Books, $22.95). This stark narrative shows how the “mechanics” of war lead to abuses and deaths of innocents. Al-Arian is a freelance journalist who has written for United Press International, and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. She co-wrote the book with Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, former Middle East Bureau Chief of The New York Times and Senior Fellow at The Nation Institute. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Chapman

ELISA ALBO’s poems have appeared in Alimentum, Crab Orchard Review, and Irrepressible Appetites, among others. Albo, a creative writing professor at Broward Community College, has had a chapbook published, Passages to America (March Street Press). Write Out Loud Café

LISA ALLEN-AGOSTINI (Trinidad), is the co-editor with Jeanne Mason of Trinidad Noir, (Akashic Books, $15.95), a romp through the seedy side of Caribbean life. Travel to the dark side of paradise in this intriguing collection of noir thrillers inspired by real crime, where the horror is laced with unexpected humor.  This collection features new stories by many acclaimed Caribbean writers, including Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, and co-editor Allen-Agostini, an award-winning journalist, poet, playwright and author of a children’s novel. Sat., Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m., Room 7114

ARLENE ALLEN is a Teen Services Librarian with Broward County Library in South Florida, where she serves on the graphic novel selection committee. She has hosted two mini anime conventions at the Main Library, drawing crowds of close to 1000. Fri., Nov. 14, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Room 7128

JEFFERY RENARD ALLEN’s debut short story collection is Holding Pattern: Stories (Graywolf Press, $15).  Allen is the author of the novel Rails Under My Bank and two collections of poetry.  He teaches African-American literature and creative writing at Queens College/CUNY and is founder and director of the Pan African Literary Forum. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 7106-07

PRESTON ALLEN’s novel All or Nothing (Akashic, $14.95) tells the story of “P,” a school bus driver who is also a desperate gambler and his descent into dependency, paranoia and depression. Then he hits it big. And that’s when his troubles really begin. Allen, a recipient of a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, is the author of Hoochie Mama, as well as the collection Churchboys and Other Sinners. His stories have appeared in numerous magazines and journals and have been anthologized in Brown Sugar (Penguin) and Miami Noir (Akashic). He lives in South Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 7106-07

WILL ALLEN exposes the dirty secrets of America’s chemical companies; how they pushed toxic pesticides and fertilizers on farmers in The War on Bugs (Chelsea Green, $23). This exposé includes two centuries of advertisements, part of the propaganda campaign promoting “better living through chemistry.” Allen, an organic farmer who holds a Ph.D in Anthropology, is co-chair of Farms Not Arms and a policy advisory board member of the Organic Consumers Association. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 7114

JOÃO ALMINO is a Brazilian writer and diplomat. He the award-winning author of Ideas on Where to Spend the End of the World, Samba-Enredo, The Five Seasons of Love (first published in Portuguese by Editora Record; published in Spanish by Alfaguara, México; in English by Host Publications, 2008) and The Book of Emotions, recently published in Portuguese. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:10 a.m., Centre Gallery

ODETTE ALONSO (Cuba/Mexico) Tues., Nov. 11, 8 p.m., Café Bohemio. In Spanish. Poeta, narradora, ensayista y promotora literaria cubana. Fue compiladora de la antología Las cuatro puntas del pañuelo. Poetas cubanos del exilio y la diáspora. Ha publicado el libro de relatos Con la boca abierta , y los poema-rios Insomnios en la noche del espejo; Enigma de la sed e Historias para el desayuno, entre otros. Leerá de sus más recientes obras.

OSWALDO ALVAREZ PAZ  Venezuela) Sun. Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Auditorium. In Spanish.Político venezolano. En 1992 fue reelegido como Gobernador del estado Zulia con el apoyo del Partido Social Cristiano COPEI. En mayo de 2005, fundó el  Partido Alianza Popular. En las elecciones del 3 de diciembre de 2006 apoyó informalmente a Manuel Rosales, candidato opositor al presidente Hugo Chávez. Participa en el panel El nuevo socialismo del siglo XXI.

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON answers that question in Chains (Simon & Schuster, $16.99), the story of a slave girl during the American Revolution who makes a difficult choice to secure her freedom. Anderson is the author of several critically acclaimed picture books, Thank You, Sarah and Independent Dames and the novels, Twisted and Speak, a National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor Book. Student Literary Encounters

DIVA DOROTHY DE ANDRADE CARNEIRO Fri., Nov. 14 and Sun. Nov. 16, varrious times, Brazil Pavilion

NIN ANDREWS has been called a “complete original” by poet Denise Duhamel. Her latest book is Sleeping with Houdini (BOA Editions, 2007), a book of prose poems both personal and provocative that invites the readers into Andrews’ dream states. Andrews has written numerous books of prose poems, including The Book of Orgasms. Her work has appeared in literary reviews and anthologies, including Best American Poetry (1997 and 2001), The Best of the Prose Poem, The Virginia Quarterly, The Paris Review and Ploughshares. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Room 3410

BRIAN ANTONI’s novel, South Beach (Grove Press, $14) tells the story of Gabriel, a trust fund baby who inherits a run-down hotel on South Beach. He makes a go of it with a cast of freakish characters that includes a performance-artist girlfriend and a regular assortment of drugs and sex. Antoni, born in Trinidad and raised in Freeport, Bahamas, spent 20 years living on South Beach and researching this novel. His first novel was Paradise Overdose. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Room 7128

MOHAMED AOUAMRI first published amusing animal cartoons in Pilote magazine 1982, which earned him a prize that same year at the prestigious Angoulême comics festival. Aouamri created the erotic albums Le Savoir-Aimer with Luc Norin for Editions Sévigny in 1990, using the pseudonym Wamry. He also created the series Sylve and Mortepierre, both written by Tarvel. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., Centre Gallery

PLINIO APULEYO MENDOZA (Colombia) Sun., Nov. 9, 6 p.m., Auditorium. In Spanish. Ha recibido múltiples premios de perio-dismo y publicado los libros: El desertor; Años de fuga (premio de novela Plaza Janés); La llama y el hielo; El olor de la guayaba; Los Retos del poder; Zonas de fuego; El sol sigue saliendo; y es coautor de El desafío neoliberal y Manual del perfecto idiota latinoamericano. Este año nos acompaña en la Feria participando en el panel sobre los últimos 25 años de literatura latinoamericana.

FERNANDO ARRABAL (Spain) Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room Prometeo. In Spanish. Especialmente conocido como autor de teatro. Cultiva una estética irreverente tanto en su obra como en sus apariciones públicas. Además de su obra teatral, ha dirigido siete largometrajes, y ha publicado catorce novelas, libros de poesía y varios ensayos. Ha recibido el aplauso internacional por su obra narrativa. Finalista del Premio Cervantes (2001) y ganador del Gran Premio de Teatro de la Academia Francesa. Su obra ha sido traducida a numerosas lenguas. De su obra dramática vale destacar: El triciclo (1953), Fando et Lis (1955), El arquitecto y el emperador de Asiria (1966), El laberinto (1967), El cementerio de automóviles (1959), y Pic Nic (1961).

RUBI ARANA (Nicaragua) Mon., Nov. 10, 8 p.m., Room 3208/3209. In Spanish. Ha publicado artículos en varias revistas de Nicaragua, Estados Unidos y México. Tiene dos libros publicados, ambos poemarios: Emanuel, e  In nomini filii. En la Feria, presentará su nuevo libro de poemas Homenaje a la tierra.

RACHAEL ARONOFF (Lip Service) is a passionate lyricist, a poet, a writer and a spoken-word artist. Write Out Loud Café

Prompted by the story of his own great-grandfather who did a stretch in Sing-Sing prison, RON ARONS traces the histories of both famous gangsters and lesser known gonuvim (thieves) in The Jews of Sing Sing: Gotham, Gangsters and Gonuvim (Barricade Books, $22.95), the first book to fully expose the story of more than 7000 Jews who served time in the prison since it opened in 1828.  Arons, a genealogist, is a recipient of the 2005 Hackman Research Residency Award. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3208-09

CAROL ASCHER, the daughter of a Jewish refugee psychoanalyst, tells the story of her family’s flight and resettlement in America in Afterimages: A Family Memoir (Homes & Meier, $24). Ascher has published six books, including The Flood, a novel and Simone de Beauvoir: A Life of Freedom. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards, including three EN/National Endowment for the Arts Syndicated Fiction Awards. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 7106-07

ANDREA ASKOWITZ is the author of My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy (Cleis Press). It’s hilarious — you can ask her mom.  She has written numerous articles and essays for The Washington Blade, The New York Blade and The Manhattan Resident.  Andrea is the producer of Lip Service, a quarterly event featuring true stories out loud; and a mom. Sat., Nov. 15, 1:30 p.m., Room 7113

JAMES ATLAS, a contributor to The New Yorker and an editor at The New York Times Magazine, is the founding editor of the Lipper/Viking Penguin Lives Series. He is the author of Delmore Schwartz: Life and Times of an American Poet, which was nominated for the National Book Award and a memoir, My Life in the Middle Ages. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Chapman

ELIZABETH A. BABCOCK is a Research Assistant Professor, Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries, at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. She is the co-editor of Sharks of the Open Ocean. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 3208-09

PHYLLIS BAKER’s most recent book is A Dreamer’s Journey (Educa Vision, Inc.), which explores how dreams can be used to transform and enrich our lives. Baker, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Miami-Dade College and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Florida International University, is also the author of African-American Spirituality, Thought and Culture. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 1101

ALEX BALADI has produced more than 30 graphic novels and books since 1992, including Frankenstein Now and Forever. He is working on a movie inspired by the Frankenstein book with the French director Isabelle Nouzha. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Centre Gallery

DANIEL BALMACEDA (Argentina) Mon., Nov. 10, 6 p.m., Room 3208/3209. In Spanish. Periodista  y escritor. Miembro titular y   vitalicio de la Sociedad Argentina de Historiadores. Autor de Espadas y corazones; Pequeñas delicias de héroes y villanos de la historia argentina; Oro y espadas...; y Romances turbulentos de la historia argentina. En esta edición de la Feria presenta Historias insólitas de la historia argentina, un libro que compila curiosidades del pasado patrio, editado por Norma.

SUSAN S. BANK’s award-winning monograph, Cuba: Campo Adentro (Sagamore Press, $50) includes 48 black and white images of Cuban tobacco farmers deep in the country of Cuba’s Pinar del Rio Province. The bilingual book, which also includes an essay by Cuban art critic Juan Antonio Molina, has been called “poetic, fantastical and compelling,” by the Michener Art Museum’s Associate Curator of Contemporary Art. Bank is a Philadelphia-based photographer whose work has been published in Camera Arts and The Photo Review. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 7128

RUSSELL BANKS’ newest novel, The Reserve (Harper, $24.95), is set in the period before the Second World War. Love and murder unfold in a remote Adirondack Mountain enclave favored by the rich. This passionately romantic novel of suspense features a troubled, beautiful heiress, a seductive local artist and a host of family secrets. Russell Banks, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is the founding president of Cities of Refuge North America, which provides safe havens to persecuted writers around the globe. His works have been translated into twenty languages and have received numerous international prizes and awards. His novels include Continental Drift, The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction. Banks was the 1985 recipient of the John Dos Passos Prize for fiction. He lives in upstate New York and is the New York State Author. Banks’ first nonfiction book, Dreaming Up America (Seven Stories, $21.95) contemplates the American soul in a series of provocative essays that examines our country’s values, conflicts and contradictions. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Auditorium.

RICK BASS lives in the mountains because they are “one of the last huge and wild and magnificent things we have left in this country.” Thus this geologist turned fiction writer turned environmental activist came to write Why I Came West (Houghton Mifflin, $24), the story of his quest to protect his beloved Yaak Valley in northwestern Montana from the ravages of mining and development. Bass’ first short story collection, The Watch, won the PEN/Nelson Algren Award. His stories have been awarded the Pushcart Prize and the O.Henry Award and have been collected in The Best American Short Stories. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 7128

BARBARA WESTON BAR’s poetry and short fiction has appeared in numerous national publications and anthologies. She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry and was the Senior Poet Laureate in 2006. Bar’s book of poetry, One Song, Two Voices, with Spanish translations by Fanny Moreno, was published in 2003. Write Out Loud Café

CYNTHIA BARNETT’s Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. (University of Michigan Press, $18.95) discusses the world’s water woes in an era of vanishing resources. Florida’s parched swamps and rampant developments are leading indicators of a future of water shortages and conflicts once limited to the arid West. Barnett is an award-winning environmental reporter. Sat., Nov. 15, 4:30 p.m., Room 7113

MARIO BARROS (Cuba/USA) Wed., Nov. 12, 6 p.m., Room 3208/3209. In Spanish. Humorista, escritor, actor y compositor. Fundador del grupo humorístico satírico Lenguaviva. Actualmente escribe la columna semanal de crónicas humorísticas El bus de Lenguaviva  Ha tenido una  destacada trayectoria en teatro, radio y televisión.  Presenta en la Feria Kleankuts, Inc., Los misterios de Cayo Lungo.

CYNTHIA BARROW-GILES lectures in political science at the University of the West Indies. Her books include Introduction to Caribbean Politics, Living at the Borderlines: Issues in Caribbean Sovereignty and Development and General Elections and Voting in the English Speaking Caribbean: 1992-2005. She is a member of the St. Lucia Constitution Reform Commission. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:00 p.m., Room 7114

DAVE BARRY’s History of the Millennium (So Far) (Berkley Trade, $14) is irreverent and misinformed but that’s why you’ll love it, right? This entertaining read opens with a 33-page outline of history and includes 32 cartoons. Barry also teamed up with Ridley Pearson to create Science Fair: A Story of Mystery, Danger, International Suspense, and a Very Nervous Frog (Disney Editions, $18.99) which tells the story of a hapless eighth grader who’s out to get the $5,000 school science fair prize. To win, he’ll have to outsmart rich kids with super-ambitious parents and terrorists bent on destroying the United States through school science experiments.  Barry was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary and his columns for the Miami Herald were syndicated worldwide. He is the author of numerous best-selling books. Pearson is a best-selling author of 23 novels, including the young adult novel The Kingdom Keepers. History: Sat., Nov. 15, 1:00 p.m., Chapman, and Science Fair at 11 a.m., Freedom Tower

SAM BARRY is the author of the forthcoming book How to Play (Gibbs-Smith, Summer 2009). With his partner Kathi Kamen Goldmark he writes a monthly column in BookPage called “The Author Enablers.” He is a member of the Rock Bottom Remainders, an all-author band.

An Evening With MARIO BATALI, see Evening's With....

Activist JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER tackles some of the most difficult issues surrounding the termination of a pregnancy in Abortion & Life (Akashic Books, $16.95)  told from the perspectives of women who made the choice, including folk singer Ani DiFranco, and writers Barbara Ehrenreich and Gloria Steinem.  Baumgardner is the producer/creator of the award-winning film I Had an Abortion and the author of Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics. Sun., Nov. 16, 4:30 p.m., 7106-07

What is the real cost of the food on our plates? Animal rights activist GENE BAUR exposes the ugly truth in a provocative look at the modern farm industry in Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food (Touchstone, $15). Baur probes into the ethical questions that arise when humans fill their plates from the proceeds of assembly-line factory farms where animals are treated as mere “production units”. Baur is the president and cofounder of Farm Sanctuary, an organization dedicated to the rescue of discarded living animals from stockyards, slaughterhouses and factory farms. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., 7114

Composer ARMANDO BAYOLO is the founding Artistic Director and Conductor of Great Noise Ensemble. He has been featured on Public Radio International’s Studio 360 and NPR’s French Ink. Bayolo is the recipient of the 2008 Brandon Fradd fellowship in music from the Cintas Foundation. He is on the music theory faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., 3410

FRANK BEDDOR gives his take on the Alice-in-Wonderland story in The Looking Glass Wars,(Puffin, $8.99), an imaginative tale that has Alice living in Victorian London.  Beddor is the producer of the hit comedy There’s Something About Mary. He lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., Centre Gallery

ISHMAEL BEAH, see Evening's With....

RUTH BEHAR tracks the diaspora of Cubans in The Portable Island: Cubans at Home in the World (Palgrave Macmillan, $22.95), a gathering of thoughts from Cuban writers, artists and thinkers contemplating the haunting impact of exile on their own lives. Behar, who co-edited The Portable Island with Lucía M. Suárez, an associate Professor of Spanish at Amherst College, is also the author of An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba, is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. Sat., Nov. 15, 12 p.m., Room 7113

RICHARD BELZER’s debut novel, I Am Not a Cop (Simon & Schuster, $) is the first in a new mystery series about a television actor who plays a cop who takes on a real-life investigation when his good friend goes missing. Belzer plays the acerbic Detective John Much on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” He is the author of numerous books, including JFK and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to be Crazy to Believe. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 2106

Edgar Award-winning novelist LARRY BEINHART’s Salvation Boulevard (Nation Books, $24.95) is a page-turning thriller about private investigator Carl Van Wagener  trying to solve the death of an atheist professor who was allegedly murdered by a Muslim student. It’s a case that has Wagener questioning his most basic beliefs. Beinhart is the author of Wag the Dog and The Librarian. He was the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Scholar at Oxford University and is a regularly featured blogger on the Huffington Post. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 2106

ALAN L. BERGER and David Patterson wrote Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Drawing Honey From the Rock (Paragon House, $19.95), an examination of the historical, philosophical and theological issues that may enhance or endanger relations between Christians and Jews. Berger, an accomplished author, holds the Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair for Holocaust Studies at Florida Atlantic University. Patterson, a winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award, holds the Bornblum Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Memphis. He is the co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature and author of numerous books and articles. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3410

MICHELLE BERNSTEIN reinterprets childhood favorites (chicken liver parfait, paella and arroz con pollo) with international twists in her first cookbook, Cuisine à Latina: Fresh Tastes and a World of Flavors from Michy’s Miami Kitchen (Houghton Mifflin, $30). Bernstein is the chef-owner of Michy’s, named one of the country’s best new restaurants by Gourmet. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 7174-75

MADELINE CÁMARA BETANCOURT examines the writings of Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta, Lydia Cabrera, María Elena Cruz Varela and Zoé Valdes in relation to language, power, sexuality and race in contemporary Cuba in Cuban Women Writers: Imagining a Matria (Palgrave MacMillan, $74.95).  Betancourt is Associate Professor of World Languages at the University of South Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Room 3315

The “hauntingly beautiful” poems in JILL BIALOSKY’s newest collection, Intruder (Knopf, $25) examine the intrusion of eros, art and the imagination.  Bialosky, an editor at W.W. Norton, is the author of two other poetry collections, The End of Desire and Subterranean and two novels, House Under Snow and The Life Room. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 1101

LILI BITA, (Greece/USA) is an author and actress who has published nearly twenty works, including a memoir, Sister of Darkness, which traces the dramatic story of a woman’s childhood on a Greek Island to her survival from domestic violence. Her latest volume of poetry, Women of Fire and Blood (Somerset Hall Press, $12.95), gives feminist voice to the archetypal heroines of antiquity. Lyrical and forceful, the poems demand a reckoning. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., Room 3410

CARA BLACK revisits the streets of Paris in Murder in the Rue de Paradise (Soho Crime, $24), her eighth novel in the highly praised Aimée Ledue series. This charming detective story has our spunky, spike-haired heroine investigating her fiancée’s murder in a gritty, off-the-beaten track Paris filled with bombings, sleeper cells and warring Muslim factions. She is a member of the Paris Sociéte Historique in the Marais. Black, a frequent visitor to Paris, lives in San Francisco. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 7174-75

RICHARD BLANCO was made in Cuba, assembled in Spain, and imported to the United States. His first book, City of a Hundred Fires, received the prestigious Agnes Starrett Poetry Prize from the University of Pittsburgh Press. His second book, Directions to the Beach of the Dead won the 2006 PEN / American Beyond Margins Award for its exploration of the universal themes of home and place. Blanco’s poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies including, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, Michigan Quarterly, Best American Poetry 2000, Best American Prose Poems, and National Public Radio. He is recipient of a Bread Loaf Fellowship and a Florida Artist Fellowship. Sat., Nov. 15, 12 p.m., 7113 and Write Out Loud Café

ROY BLOUNT, JR. explores the sprits of letters, words and combinations thereof in Alphabet Juice (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25). This clever handbook will make you laugh out loud (by the way, the word “laugh” is linguistically related to chickens and pie. Who knew?)  Blount is the author of twenty books, covering subjects from the Pittsburgh Steelers to Robert E. Lee, to trying to understand the South, including the definitive Roy Blount’s Book of Southern Humor. He is a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait, Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! and is a contributing editor to The Atlantic. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Chapman

LYNN KIELE BONASIA has written a quirky, endearing novel, Some Assembly Required (Simon and Schuster, $14), a tale of a woman making her way in a New England seaside town. Heartwarming, romantic and witty, Bonasia’s novel traces the footsteps of the reluctant heroine, Rose, a “washashore” who moves to the small beach community to find herself but discovers much more, including the fact no instruction manual will help explain the oddballs, oddities and mysteries she encounters. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., 7114

MARILYN BOOTH is an associate Professor of the Program in Comparative Literature and the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds her Ph. D from the Oriental Studies Faculty and Middle East Centre, University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College) and is the author of Bayram al-Tunisi’s Egypt (1990) and translator of My Grandmother’s Cactus: Stories by Egyptian Women (1991) as well as other Arabic fiction such as The Loved Ones by Aliyah Mamduh. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., Room 3410

JAMES O. BORN is a real-life lawman who handles criminal investigations, from public corruption cases to drug cartels for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. His newest thriller, Burn Zone (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $25.95), is set in New Orleans and has ATF agent Alex Duarte chasing after a mysterious Panamanian gun trader and marijuana importer. Burn Zone is Born’s fifth novel. In 2007, he won the Florida Book Award for Escape Clause. Born lives in Lake Worth, Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Room 7174-75

JUAN CARLOS BOTERO (Colombian) Sun., Nov. 16, 3:15 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. El escritor e hijo del maestro colombiano Fernando Botero llega a la Feria con Las semillas del tiempo (Planeta). El libro está compuesto de 50 “epífanos”, textos breves y explosivos, cargados de violencia e inspirados en el estilo de la obra de Ernest Hemingway.  En 1986 obtuvo el premio Juan Rulfo de Cuento con El encuentro, y en 1990 ganó el XIX Concurso Latinoamericano de Cuento, con El descenso. Entre sus novelas se destacan La sentencia y El arrecife.

An Evening With ANTHONY BOURDAIN, see Evening's With....

RICK BRAGG’s humorous and heart-breaking tale of growing up poor in Appalachia with an alcoholic father is recounted in The Prince of Frogtown (Knopf, $24), the last book in a trilogy of family narratives that began with All Over but the Shoutin’. Bragg juxtaposes his own difficult childhood with the experience of raising his 12-year-old stepson in a loving, secure home. Bragg, who won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for The New York Times, has also written Ava’s Man, I Am a Soldier, Too, and Somebody Told Me. Bragg lives with his family in Alabama. Sun., Nov. 16, 2:30 p.m., Room 2106

MARIE BRENNER, an accomplished reporter who exposed Big Tobacco and Enron scandals, has written a heartbreaking memoir of her difficult relationship with her dying brother. Apples and Oranges: My Brother and Me, Lost and Found (Sarah Crichton Books, $25), is at once a family memoir, a study in the psychology of sibling rivalry and an overview of the U.S. apple-growing industry. Brenner is Writer at Large for Vanity Fair. Her exposé of the tobacco industry, “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” was the basis of the 1999 movie The Insider. She is also author of the best-selling House of Dreams: The Bingham Family of Louisville. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 7106-07

ROBIN E. BRENNER is the Teen Librarian at the Brookline Public Library in Massachusetts. She is the author of Understanding Manga and Anime and created and leads a successful Japanese manga and anime club for teens. She reviews manga for Booklist, reviews Japanese anime for Video Librarian; and she regularly speaks and conducts workshops on graphic novels, manga, and anime. She also hosts a Web site on graphic novels, www.noflyingnotights.com, and two sister sites, Sidekicks, for children through age 12; and the Lair, for adults. Fri., Nov. 14, 10 a.m and 2 p.m., Room 7128

TIM BROTHERS, Jeffrey Wilson and Owen Dwyer, geographers at Indiana University, introduce the cultural and physical diversity of the Caribbean islands through geography in Caribbean Landscapes: An Interpretive Atlas (Caribbean Studies Press), a look at both the natural and human landscapes of the islands, including terrains, natural communities, agriculture, industry and political landscapes. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Room 3315

JERRY B. BROWN’s new book, Freedom from Mid-East Oil (World Business Academy, $24.95) outlines how the U.S. can liberate itself from its dependence on Middle Eastern oil by 2015 with energy efficient technologies and a transition to alternative fuels and a hydrogen economy. Brown, a professor, writer and energy expert, co-wrote this book with Rinaldo S. Brutoco, founder of the World Business Academy and James A. Cusumano, former Research and Development Director for Exxon. Sun. Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., Room 7114

What if you could relieve back pain without surgery or pills? Renowned spine surgeon, DR. MARK BROWN, a Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Miami, explains how in Conquer Back & Neck Pain: Walk it Off! (Sunrise River Press, $11.95). Dr. Brown explains how avoiding common pitfalls of back-pain treatments and incorporating gentle aerobic exercise will almost always bring pain relief naturally. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 3410

LAURENT de BRUNHOFF is the son of the creator of the beloved Babar books. When his father died at the age of 37, then twelve-year-old Laurent took over the stories and illustrations. Translated from author Jean de Brunhoff’s original French, the misadventures of the “King of the Elephants” have enchanted generations of children. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Target Children’s Stage

Pulitzer-prize winning, Edgar-nominated author EDNA BUCHANAN, a former Miami Herald police reporter, is back with Legally Dead: A Novel (Simon & Schuster, $26), the first book in a new series that introduces Michael Venturi, a tough-talking ex-U.S. Marshall and special operative in the Marines who is on the trail of a child killer. Buchanan, winner of the prestigious George Polk Career Award, is the author of seventeen novels and numerous short stories. She lives in Miami. Sun., Nov. 16, 4 p.m., Room 3208-09

VERNON BURTON’S The Age of Lincoln (Hill & Wang, $15) traces the history of the five decades that surrounded the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Burton, University Distinguished Teacher/Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the author or editor of ten books and the director of the Illinois Center for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Science. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 7128

Pulitzer Prize-winning author ROBERT OLEN BUTLER’s provocative new collection of short stories, Intercourse: Stories (Chronicle Books, $22.95) imagines what famous couples had on their minds while copulating. Napoleon and Josephine.  Adam and Eve. Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln. J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson. No one is spared his musings, apparently. Butler is the author of another short story collection, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, and Severance, a series of death monologues. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m., Room 3208-09

PEDRO CABIYA (Cuba/USA) Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. La obra de este narrador puerto-rriqueño ha aparecido en revistas lite-rarias y en varias antologías. En 1999 publicó sus cuentos Historias tremendas, obra declarada Mejor Libro del Año.  Luego publica Historias atroces, una colección de cinco novelas cortas. Desde el 2001, reside en Santo Domingo, donde se ha desempeñado como periodista, columnista y comentarista cultural. En el 2008 la editorial  Norma publica su novela Trance.

FRANCISCO CALDERÓN VALLEJO (Cuba/USA) Sun. Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m. Tinta Fresca. In Spanish. Escritor, periodista y documentalista. Emigró a los Estados Unidos en 1961. Ha dirigido importantes revistas de circulación internacional: Vanidades, Cosmopolitan, Buenhogar, Geomundo,  Mundo 21 y muchas otras. Se presenta en la Feria con Yagruma. Amores prohibidos en épocas de tiranía, su primera obra literaria, editada por Habana Vieja.

ARMANDO CALDERÓN SOL (El Salvador) Sun. Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Auditorium. In Spanish. Reconocida figura política salvadoreña. Uno de los fundadores del partido ARENA. Tras larga trayectoria política, llegó a ocupar la presidencia de El Salvador, y puso en marcha una serie de medidas neoliberales. Terminado su mandato, el 1 de junio de 1999, Calderón Sol pasó a ser Diputado del Parlamento Centroamericano. Desde entonces ha mantenido un alto perfil político y ha ocupado el cargo de presidente honorario de ARENA. Participa en el panel El nuevo socialismo del siglo XXI.

In his third collection of poetry, Dixmont (Autumn House Press, $14.95), RICK CAMPBELL writes about a range of topics, from baseball, to teaching, to Florida landscape. Campbell is the author of The Traveler’s Companion and Setting the World in Order, which won the Walt McDonald Prize. A winner of the Pushcart Prize, Campbell is the director of Anhinga Press and the Anhinga Prize for Poetry. He teaches English at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 3315

JUAN MANUEL CAO Sun., Nov. 9, 6 p.m., Auditorium. In Spanish. Periodista y escritor. En 1994 la editorial Planeta publicó su primera novela Te juro que soy culpable. En estos momentos trabaja como presentador de noticias en América TeVe. Participa en el panel sobre los últimos 25 años de la literatura latinoamericana.

ANDREW CARMELLINI has written a soulful book of intriguing recipes filled with great stories about the cook’s life. In Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food (Bloomsbury, $35), Carmellini shows how to make delicious food with the ingredients, techniques and time available to the ordinary home cook. Lamb meatballs stuffed with goat cheese, roast pork with Italian plums and grappa and a honey-flavored pine nut cake are among the 100 recipes presented along with stunning photos. Carmellini, owner of the New York restaurant, A Voce, is the 2004 winner of the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: New York City award. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 7174-75

ADRIAN CASTRO’s poems seem to “dance off the page” according to the New York Times. Miami-born Castro is a Cuban-Dominican poet and performer whose collections include Cantos to Blood & Honey and Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time. He is a recipient of a Cintas Fellowship, the State of Florida Individual Arts Fellowship  and the Eric Mathieu King award from the Academy of American Poets. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Room 3410

THOMAS B. CAVANAGH’s entertaining and fast-paced mystery, Head Games: A Novel (St. Martin’s Minotaur, $24.95) has retired Florida cop Mike Garrity on the case of a missing boy-band heartthrob. Besides a life-threatening brain tumor Garrity nicknames “Bob”, his 15-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. Cavanagh is an award-winning writer of children’s television and the author of the novel, Murderland, set in a Florida theme park. He lives in Central Florida with his family. Sat., Nov. 15, 4:30 p.m., Room 7113

CARLOS CENZANO (Cuba/USA) Tues., Nov. 11, 8 p.m., Café Bohemio. In Spanish. Sus poemas han aparecido en revistas y suplementos literarios, tanto en Cuba, y en Estados Unidos, así como en varias antologías poéticas. En el 2004 publicó País de agua. Este año presenta Papeles de Santiago, publicado por Editorial EntreRios.

LYNN AARTI CHANDHOK was the winner of the 2006 Levine Prize in Poetry for The View from Zero Bridge (Anhinga, $14). Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals and her forthcoming chapbook, Picking the Flowers, will be published by Aralia Press. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 3315

DAÍNA CHAVIANO’s award-winning novel, now in English, The Island of Eternal Love (Riverhead, $25.95) is the magical, multigenerational story of three families from Africa, Spain and China bound by the love they feel for each other and the island they call home. Chaviano is author of several novels published in Spanish, including El hombre, la hembra y el hambre, winner of the Azorín Award for Best Novel. Sat., Nov. 15, 11 a.m., Room 1101

RAUL CHAÓ (Cuba/USA) Mon., Nov. 10, 6 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Ha sido consultor de la NASA y editor científico de las publicaciones de la National Science Foundation. Ha publicado numerosos artículos en revistas técnicas y varios libros científicos. Presenta en la Feria Contramaestre, su primera novela histórica, publicada por la editorial Universal. El autor escoge como su material un pedazo de historia de la vida del Padre de la Patria cubana Carlos Manuel de Céspedes.

WILLIE CHEN is a contributor to Trinidad Noir (Akashic, $15.95), an intriguing collection of noir thrillers inspired by real crime in the Caribbean. Sat., Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m., Room 7114

ANDREI CHERNY tells the untold story of the Berlin Airlift, considered one of the great military and humanitarian successes of American history, in The Candy Bombers (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $29.95). Cherny, a former White House speechwriter, is the editor of the idea journal Democracy and has written extensively on history, politics and culture for the New York Times and other national publications. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., Room 3208-09

ALAN CHEUSE’s To Catch the Lightning: A Novel of American Dreaming (Sourcebooks Landmark, $25.95) is based on the life of Edward Curtis, the photographer who created a pictorial record of Native American tribes. Cheuse, the book critic for National Public Radio, is the author of numerous novels and short fiction collections and a memoir, Fall Out of Heaven. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Auditorium

BRYAN CHRISTY’s The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World’s Greatest Reptile Smugglers (Twelve, $24.99) introduces readers to the world of reptile fanatics – collectors, hunters and smugglers – willing to do and pay anything to own the reptiles of their dreams. In the course of writing this book, his first, Christy was bitten between the eyes by a blood python, chased by a mother alligator and sprayed by a bird-eating tarantula. Sun., Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Room 7128

Internationally acclaimed author SANDRA CISNEROS is the author of the novels The House on Mango Street and Caramelo, a collection of short stories Woman Hollering Creek, a book of poetry Loose Woman, and a children’s book Hairs/Pelitos. She is the recipient of the Lannan Literary Award and the American Book Award, and of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MacArthur Foundation. Her upcoming book is Infinito, a book of short stories. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Auditorium

C.M. CLARK has published her poetry in The Blue Hour (Three Stars Press, 2007), and Pillow Talk, an art book in collaboration with painter Georges LeBar.  Her work has appeared in Gulfstream, the online journal Asili, and Geoffrey Philip’s Blog Spot, a review of Florida and Caribbean authors. Clark lives in Miami, Florida with her husband. Sun., Nov. 16, 1:30 p.m., Room 3410

ROBERT CLARK presents an account of the flood that ravaged Florence, Italy in 1996 in Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces (Doubleday, $20.95), a devastating event that killed 33 people and damaged 14,000 works of art, books and antiques. Clark is the author of the novels In the Deep Midwinter, Mr. White’s Confession and Love Among the Ruins and numerous nonfiction titles, including The Solace of Food: A Life of James Beard. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m. Auditorium

AUSTIN C. CLARKE explores the complexities of race in More (Thomas Allen, $29.95), the story of Idora Morrison, a black immigrant who has lived in Canada for 30 years struggling to raise a son alone. Possibly Clarke’s most political novel, More has been described as an indictment of the iniquities of racial discrimination and the crime of poverty. Clarke is a Writer-in-Residence at Massey College, University of Toronto. He has published ten novels and six short-story, including the best-selling The Polished Hoe, winner of the Giller Prize for best Canadian novel of the year and, more recently, Pigtails and Breadfruit: A Culinary Memoir (Random House Canada/New Press USA, $21.95). Clarke is also a past winner of the W.O. Mitchell Prize, the Price of Barbados Distinguished Service Award, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Achievement Award and the Order of Canada. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Auditorium

Called a must-read for anyone with aging parents and those curious about what their own old age will be like, DUDLEY CLENDINEN’s A Place Called Canterbury: Tales of the New Old Age in America (Viking, $24.95) is the chronicle of life at his mother’s retirement home in Florida. Clendinen is a former national reporter and editorial writer for The New York Times and columnist for the St. Petersburg Times.  He is the editor of a book of essays, The Prevailing South, and co-author of Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America. Sun., Nov. 16, 2:30 p.m., Room 2106 and Queer culture panel Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 1101

JOE CLIFFORD (Lip Service) earned his MFA from FIU. His work has appeared in the Connecticut Review, Dos Passos Review, Opium, Hobart, Big Bridge, Bathhouse, Bryant Literary Review, and Thuglit.  He has been to jail but never prison. Write Out Loud Café

ANDREI CODRESCU honors the dispossessed of New Orleans, post-Katrina – the artists, lovers and cultural icons – in Jealous Witness: New Poems (Coffee House Press, $19.95), a new collection of poetry about this Romanian poet’s adopted home. The book includes an accompanying CD of Storm Songs by the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars. Codrescu, a writer of poetry, essays and novels and an NPR commentator, is also the author of New Orleans, Mon Amour. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m., Room 3208-09

An Evening with BILLY COLLINS, see Evening's With.... and PEN panel Sat., Nov. 15, 2:45 p.m., Chapman

PETER BLAZE CORCORAN and A. James Wohlpart co-edited A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter (University of Georgia Press, $26.95), a collection of essays, poems and stories by some of America’s most insightful writers, including Terry Tempest Williams and Rick Bass. Corcoran is director of the Center for Environmental Sustainability Education at Florida Gulf Coast University. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 7128

ENRIQUE CÓRDOBA (Colombia) Sun. Nov. 16, 2:45 p.m. Tinta Fresca. In Spanish. Periodista, escritor y ex diplomático colombiano, residente en Miami. Es autor de Cien voces de América; Mi pueblo, el mundo y yo; y Te espero en la frontera, título que presenta en la Feria, publicado por la editorial Concept-E.

Emmy Award-winning writer LINDA CORLEY and Kennedy photographer Bob Davidoff have created The Kennedy Family Album: Personal Photos of America’s First Family (Running Press, $29.95), a chronicle of 50 years of the extended Kennedy clan on holiday. Corley is an Emmy Award-winning television producer. Davidoff was a Palm Beach society photographer when he first befriended Rose Kennedy in 1959. He died in 2004. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 1101

SHIRLEY CORRIHER deciphers the science behind “fudgy” brownies versus “cakey” brownies in Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking (Simon & Schuster, $40). This former research biochemist has been called the “food scientist of the people.” From cakes to soufflés to cookies and breads, Bakewise includes 200 new recipes. Corriher is the James Beard award-winning bestselling author of Cookwise. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Room 7174-75

SLOANE CROSLEY tracks a twenty-something navigating the everyday perils of life in the big city in her first essay collection, I Was Told There’d Be Cake (Riverhead Books, $14). At once charming, witty and dark, Crosley, a literary publicist by day, lets us in on the hapless and hip encounters of her urban life. Whether it’s the travails of getting a new apartment or serving as a bridesmaid, she deftly dismantles the experiences with humor and insight. Crosley’s essays and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, New York Observer, The Village Voice and Maxim.  She lives in New York City. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 7128

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright NILO CRUZ is one of the country’s most produced Cuban-American writers whose plays include Anna in the Tropics and Two Sisters and a Piano, A Park in Our House, A Bicycle Country, Dancing on Her Knees, Night Train to Bolina. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Alton Jones Award and the Kesselring Prize. Mr. Cruz is a professor at the Yale School of Drama. He resides in New York City and is a New Dramatists alumnus. Sat., Nov. 15, 11 a.m., Room 1101

JUAN CUETO-ROIG (Cuba/USA) Sun., Nov 9, 3 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Poeta y narrador. Es parte del equipo editorial de las revistas Latino Staff Review y Decir del agua. Ha publicado:  En la tarde, tarde; y Palabras en fila, en clase y en recreo (poesía), Ex-Cuetos; Hallarás lobregueces; y Verycuetos (relatos). Este año participa en la presentación del libro colectivo Aldabonazo en Trocadero 162, de la Editorial Aduana Vieja, un homenaje a José Lezama Lima.

KC CULVER teaches writing at the University of Miami, where she’s also the managing editor of the new undergraduate literary journal Mangrove.  Her poetry considers the effects of storytelling on both personal and cultural levels. She received her MFA from the University of South Carolina.  Write Out Loud Café

MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM is the author of the best-selling novel The Hours, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, A Home at the End of the World, also adapted for the screen. Another novel, Flesh and Blood, is currently being adapted into a miniseries for Showtime. His latest novel is Specimen Days (Picador, $14), a bold story that spans centuries in New York City, from the industrial revolution to a 21st Century city plagued by terrorist bombings to an uncertain future where refugees from another planet inhabit the city. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Auditorium

P. SCOTT CUNNINGHAM’s arts criticism appears regularly in the Miami New Times. His poetry has been published in The Harvard Review, McSweeney’s, Pool, Court Green, Cider Press Review, and Tigertail: A South Florida Poetry Annual. Write Out Loud Café

CYRIL DABYDEEN is a widely published author of poetry, stories and novels whose work has appeared in more than 60 magazines worldwide and anthologized in more than 20 volumes, including Best Canadian Short Stories and Caribbean New Wave: Contemporary Short Stories. His most recent books are Drums of My Flesh: A Novel (TSAR Publicatins), Imaginary Origins: Selected Poems (Peepal Trees Press, UK) and Play a Song Somebody: New and Selected Stories (Mosaic Press). Sat., Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m., Room 1101

ALEX DAOUD, the former Mayor of Miami Beach, wrote Sins of South Beach: The True Story of Corruption, Violence and the Making of Miami Beach (Pegasus, $45.35), the true story behind the transformation of South Beach from a perspective of a jaded and wayward insider. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 3410

IDOLIDIA DARIAS (Cuba/USA) Sun. Nov. 16, 1:15 p.m. Tinta Fresca. In Spanish. Periodista independiente cubana radicada en Miami. De manera independiente realizó una investigación sobre el Escambray y la realidad socio política de la región. Este año presenta en la Sesión Tinta Fresca: Escambray. La historia que el totalitarismo trató de sepultar, publicado por Ediciones Memoria.

CAROLE BOYCE DAVIES has written extensively about Caribbean women. Her most recent work is Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones (Duke University Press, $22.95). She is a Professor of Africana Studies, English and Comparative Literature at Cornell University. Sat., Nov. 15, 1:30 p.m., Room 7114

JEFFERY DEAVER, a lawyer turned novelist, has turned up the suspense and terror in his new work, The Bodies Left Behind (Simon and Schuster, $26), the story of a lakeside murder in a small Wisconsin town. Deaver is the best-selling author of many novels, including The Bone Collector, which was made into a movie starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. His books have been translated into a dozen languages and he is a three-time recipient of the Elery Queen Reader’s Award for Best Short Story of the Year and a nominee of five Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. Sun., Nov. 16, 4 p.m., Room 3208-09

ANTONIO RAFAEL DE LA COVA offers a comprehensive assessment of the failed attacks on the Cuban army garrisons at Moncada and Bayamo by Fidel Castro’s forces in July 1956 in The Moncada Attack: Birth of the Cuban Revolution (University of South Carolina Press, $59.95). De la Cova is an assistant professor of Latino studies at Indiana University. He is also the author of Cuban Confederate Colonel: The Life of Ambrosio José Gonzales. Sun., Nov. 16, 4:30 p.m., Room 7174-75

RODRIGO DE LA LUZ Tues., Nov. 11, 7 p.m., Café Bohemio. In Spanish. Poeta cubano de singulares ritmos, residente en Miami.  Su primer libro es Mujer de invierno. Este año nos lee poemas de su obra Poesía viva, en la presentación de la Editorial Ultramar.

MARISA DE LOS SANTOS’ novel, Belong to Me (William Morrow, $24.95) tells the story of Cornelia, a devoted city-dweller who finds intrigue and solace in the suburbs among new women friends with secrets of their own. De los Santos is an award-winning poet and novelist. Her first novel, Love Walked In, is about finding love in unexpected places. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., 7106-07

WANDER MELO MIRANDA is a tenured professor of Literature Theory at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and director of the UFMG Publishing House. He is the co-editor of the magazine Margens/Márgenes and he is a member of the editorial council of several academic magazines. Sat., Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m., Centre Gallery

PABLO DE SANTIS (Argentina) Mon., Nov. 10, 7 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Novelista argentino. En 1997, la novela La traducción le granjeó el puesto de fina-lista en el Premio Planeta Argentina. A partir de entonces ha publicado Filosofía y Letras; El teatro de la memoria; El calígrafo de Voltaire; y La sexta lámpara. El Enigma de París, que presenta en la Feria, ganó el primer Premio Planeta-Casa de América en 2007.

ENRIQUE DEL RISCO Sun. Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m. Tinta Fresca. Also Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Room 3313-14. In Spanish. Ha publicado varias colecciones de cuentos: Obras encogidas; Pérdida y recuperación de la inocencia; Lágrimas de cocodrilo; y Leve historia de Cuba. Su obra ha aparecido en las antologías Guayaba Sweet, literatura cubana en Estados Unidos; y Aldabonazo en Trocadero 162. Este año presenta en la Feria Elogio de la levedad, y ¿Qué pensarán de nosotros en Japón?, obra que le valió el V Premio Iberoamericano de Relatos Cortos de Cádiz.

How do you mend a broken heart? With a potion, if you’re Erika Luna, the jilted scientist in ANJANETTE DELGADO’s debut novel, The Heartbreak Pill (Atria, $14). After her husband cheats on her, Erika finds she can’t control her emotions, and turns to science to eliminate love’s pain. Delgado is an Emmy award-winning writer and producer and sitcom writer. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., 7114

Palm Beach Psychologist DAVID DESMOND’s debut novel, The Misadventures of Oliver Booth (Greenleaf, $14.95) tells the story of a socially aspiring and clueless Palm Beach interior decorator who gets his big break when a society doyenne sends him to Paris on a shopping spree. Desmond, the nephew of Donald Trump, is working on his second novel, which continues the adventures of Oliver Booth in the world of Palm Beach and Manhattan real estate. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., 7114

JAQUIRA DÍAZ (Lip Service) has always been a writer, except for that period in the 8th grade when she was a salsa/break dancer.  She still choreographs dance moves in the shower. Write Out Loud Café

JUNOT DÍAZ’s first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Riverhead, $14) won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Novel and was named the best novel of the year by Time magazine. The hilarious and heartbreaking story spans three generations and six decades, from the inner city neighborhoods of New Jersey to the barrios of Santo Domingo, with a fair amount of Dominican history, particularly about the fearful years of the Trujillo dictatorship. Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised there and in New Jersey. His critically acclaimed collection of stories, Drown, was one of the first books to portray the lives of Dominican-American immigrants. He is a tenured professor at MIT and lives in New York City and Boston. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Auditorium and Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Los libros de este autor dominicano, residente en New Jersey, describen la dura realidad de los emigrantes hispanos en Estados Unidos. Este año presenta en la Feria La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao (Random House), en la sesión El futuro es hoy. Por esta obra, Díaz ganó el Premio Pulitzer.

JOSÉ DÍAZ-DÍAZ (Colombia) Wed., Nov. 12, 8 p.m., Room 3208/3209. In Spanish. Poeta, escritor y crítico literario. Autor de la novela El último romántico y del poemario Los versos del emigrante, que presenta en la Feria.

ANDREY DO AMARAL is the author of O máximo e as máximas de Machado de Assis, which presents the genius of Machado de Assis and honors the 100th anniversary of his death. Fri., Nov. 14, 5 p.m., Brazil Pavilion

ALEJANDRO DOLINA (Argentina) Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Escritor, músico, dramaturgo, actor y publicista. Conductor de La venganza será terrible, uno de los programas de radio más populares de Buenos Aires, donde habla, toca música, y cuenta frente al público, todas las noches, sus historias de barrio. Ha publicado Crónicas del ángel gris (más tarde convertida en un musical); El libro del fantasma; y Bar del infierno. También es autor de las comedias musicales El barrio del ángel gris; y Teatro de medianoche.

JAN J. DOMINIQUE, a Haitian journalist, wrote Memoir of an Amnesiac (Caribbean Studies Press, $19.50) a remarkable story of exile and memory growing up under the dictatorship of Francois Duvalier. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., Room 7113

TIM DORSEY’s tenth novel, Atomic Lobster (William Morrow, $24.95) is a fast-moving, raucous tale with a Florida twist that features folks on the fringe – a stripper, an addict, and a killer – all destined to converge with thrilling results. Dorsey, a former reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune is also the author of The Big Bamboo, Torpedo Juice and Hurricane Punch. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Room 7174-75

What do you get when you mix a mom who thinks her children have been replaced by aliens, a disappearing father, a sister who hides in closets and an unreliable narrator? JOHN DUFRESNE’s latest novel, of course - Requiem, Mass. (W.W. Norton, $24.95) - a tragicomic tale filled with funny and grotesque moments.  Dufresne is the author of numerous books, including Lousiana Power & Light, Love Warps the Mind a Little, and the fiction-writing guide The Lie That Tells a Truth. He lives in Dania Beach, Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Auditorium

BETH DUNLOP’s Great Houses of Florida (Rizzoli, $55), presents the greatest and most intriguing houses of the state, including John and Mabel Ringling’s fabulous Venetian Palazzo a d’Zan, James Deering’s spectacular Italianate Villa Vizcaya in Miami, and the Audubon and Hemingway houses in Key West.  This dazzling book is co-written with Joanna Lombard and features the photography of Steven Brooke, winner of the A.I.A. National Institute Honor for photography. Dunlop, the editor-in-chief of Home Miami magazine and award-winning architecture critic of the Miami Herald, is the  author of Miami: Mediterranean Splendor and Deco Dreams. Sun., Nov. 16, 11:30 a.m., Room 1101

JORGE EDWARDS (Chile) Sat., Nov. 15, 5 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Ganador del Premio Nacional de Literatura en Chile, 1994 y el Premio Cervantes en 1999,  es uno de los grandes escritores de la lengua española. Es autor de cuentos, novelas, ensayos, memorias y columnista muy leído en dia-rios en Hispanoamérica. Sus principales obras son El peso de la noche; y Persona non grata, que supuso la primera crítica de un intelectual latinoamericano al régimen cubano, Los convidados de piedra; El museo de cera; El anfitrión; La mujer imaginaria; El origen del mundo; El sueño de la Historia; y El imútil de la familia. La Feria del Libro de Miami tiene el honor de celebrar sus 25 años con el nuevo libro de Edwards, La casa de Dostoievsky (Pla-neta).

NATHAN ENGLANDER’s short fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, and numerous anthologies including The Best American Short Stories, and The O. Henry Prize Anthology. His most recent book is The Ministry of Special Cases (Vintage, $14.95). His story collection, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges earned him a PEN/Malamud Award and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kauffman Prize.  Sun., Nov. 16, 6 p.m. Chapman

DANIEL P. ERIKSON explores the twilight of the Castro era and contemplates the island’s future in The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution (Bloomsbury Press, $28). Erikson is a senior associate for U.S. policy at the Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Room 7174-75

ABILIO ESTÉVEZ (Cuba/USA) Sat., Nov. 15, 12 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Ha escrito Los palacios distantes; y Tuyo es el reino (Premio de la Crítica Cubana, 1999 y Mejor Libro Extranjero en Francia, 2000. También es autor del volumen de cuentos El horizonte y otros regresos, de las prosas poéticas Manual de tentaciones, y de varios textos teatrales, entre ellos, los monólogos Ceremonias para actores desesperados. En la Feria presenta El navegante dormido (Tusquets), en el que reúne a una familia que espera la llegada de un terrible ciclón en un caserón de una aislada playa cubana.

Beat the clock with SAMANTHA ETTUS’ The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster (Clarkson Potter, $19.95), where 100 wise ones dole out advice on everything from getting ready in the morning to throwing a fabulous dinner party to beauty basics. Industry leaders, celebrities, sports heroes all weigh in with funny, surprising and clever advice. Ettus, a Harvard MBA and on-air reporter for New York 360° on NCYTV, is the creator of the best-selling The Experts’ Guide series of how-to books. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 7113

FRED FEJES tackles the issue of whether lesbians and gay men are a “legitimate” minority in Gay Rights and Moral Panic: The Origins of America’s Debate on Homosexuality (Palgrave Macmillan, $79), which provides a detailed account of the political campaigns that pitted the civil rights claims of America’s lesbians and gay men against society’s belief and fears about homosexuality. Fejes is a member of the faculty of the School of Communications and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 1101

JUAN JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ (Spain) Sun. Nov. 16, 11 a.m. Tinta Fresca. In Spanish. Periodista español. Presenta en la Feria su primer libro, El laberinto cubano. Las dos orillas, donde se refleja la aventura del autor en la búsqueda y el encuentro familiar. El libro hace una dura crítica a una revolución, muy distinta a la que muchos esperaban.

New York Times foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize finalist DEXTER FILKINS offers a searing account of the Iraq War in The Forever War (Knopf, $25), a look from the ground up that reveals the “human essence” of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Filkins, a former Miami Herald reporter, has covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. Sun., Nov. 16, 4 p.m., Chapman

BRENDA FLANAGAN’s (Trinidad/USA) Allah in the Islands (Peepal Tree Press, $8.99 UK), follows Beatrice Salanday, the heroine of her previous novel, You Alone Are Dancing, as she returns to her village and gets caught up in an Islamic uprising lead by the mysterious and charismatic Haji. Flanagan is a widely published writer of poems, plays, essays and short stories whose work has been translated into Spanish, Arabic, and Russian.  In 2005 Flanagan became the first American writer to read her work in Libya in 25 years; she has also served as a cultural ambassador in Tripoli and Benghazi. She lives and works in Michigan, teaching journalism and creative writing. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 7106-07

GRETCHEN FLETCHER is a travel writer and leads writing workshops for Florida Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Library of Congress. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies and online at PoetrySoutheast.com and a chapbook, That Severed Cord (Finishing Line Press, $   ). She recently won the Poetry Society of America’s Bright Lights, Big Verse competition and read her poem in Times Square where she was projected on the Panasonic Jumbotron. Write Out Loud Café

ADRIAN FOGELIN’s The Sorta Sisters (Peachtree, $15.95) tells the Florida story of a foster child with a new best friend who wants to belong to a place and to someone. Fogelin, winner of the Florida Book Award, is the author of several novels for middle readers and young adults. She lives in Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 4:30 p.m., Room 7113

The discovery of a dead woman’s body beneath Puget Sound leads to an investigation of human trafficking and a sex trade in the Pacific Northwest in CLYDE FORD’s latest nautical thriller, Precious Cargo (Vanguard Press, $24.95). Ford, trained as a psychotherapist, is a critically acclaimed author of nonfiction and fiction, including the Charlie Noble Mysteries. He lives in Bellingham, Washington, where he writes aboard his 30-foot Willard trawler. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 7174-75

CLAUDIA FORESTIERI is a Miami-based producer, writer and freelance journalist.  She is the author of The Gordita Chronicles, a novel about a less-than-perfect woman trying to penetrate the fickle TV news market. Write Out Loud Café

CONNIE MAY FOWLER’s new novel is How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly. She is an essayist, screenwriter, and memoirist, is the bestselling author of Before Women Had Wings, which received the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and was made into an Emmy-winning Oprah Winfrey Presents movie for television. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 7128

MARTHA FRANKEL comes clean about her poker addiction in Hats & Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling (Tacher/Penguin Hardcover, $23.95), a harrowing and heartwarming tale of growing up in a loving Jewish family of gamblers. Frankel’s memoir tracks her journey from friendly Wednesday poker games with the boys to the hard-charged atmosphere of online gambling, which plunged her into serious debt and a world of shame and guilt.  Frankel, an entertainment journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Redbook and Cosmopolitan, also hosts a weekly radio show in Woodstock, N.Y, where she lives with her husband. Sat., Nov. 15, 1:30 p.m., Room 7113

MAUREEN FREELY’s novel Enlightment (Thorndike Press, $30.95) offers a complex and spell-binding story of political intrigue set in Turkey.  After her Turkish husband is detained and sent to Guantanamo, Jeannie Wakefield seeks the help of his former lover, a journalist, to reveal the truth that will free her husband. Freely is an acclaimed translator, journalist and professor at the University of Warwick. She was born in the United States and grew up in Istanbul. Sun., Nov. 16, 1:30 p.m., 7106-07

CARLOS FRíAS only heard about his parent’s homeland through stories. But those stories came to life when he traveled to Cuba in 2006 to learn about the life his family left behind 40 years earlier. Take Me With You (Atria, $25) tracks the gritty lives of the people living in Cuba today. Frías is an award-winning reporter for the Palm Beach Post. Sat., Nov. 15, 3 p.m., Room 7113

HARVEY FROMMER’s Remember Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of the House That Ruth Built (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $45) mixes and matches more than 100 voices dating back to the 1920s to tell the tale of the storied stadium which will close its doors forever after the 2008 season. The experiences of Hall-of-Famers, bat boys, fans, vendors, Yankee players and managers are included as well as more than 200 images, from ticket stubs to program covers. Frommer is one of the country’s leading authorities on baseball and the author 39 sports books, including New York City Baseball and Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3208-09

JOSE LORENZO FUENTES (Cuba/USA) Tues., Nov. 11, 6 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. En su país natal, Cuba, obtuvo el Premio Internacional de Cuento Hernández Catá por El lindero, asícomoel Premio Nacional de Novela Cirilo Villaverde, por Viento de enero, y mención en el concurso Casa de las Américas por su libro de cuentos Después de la gaviota  –que presenta este año en la Feria.

CHRISTOS GAGE discovered comics soon after he started reading at the age of three and never gave up comics for girls “the way some flip-floppers do,” he says. Gage is a screenwriter and comic book writer, whose work includes The Breed and the 2002 film Teenage Caveman. He is currently working on two graphic novels with his writing partner and wife, Ruth Fletcher Gage. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., Centre Gallery

A murder investigation of a bishop in a remote Brazilian town is at the center of LEIGHTON GAGE’s first novel, Blood of the Wicked (Soho Crime, $24), a brutal and violent romp through a Brazil that tourists never see. Class struggles between landless peasants, big landowners and the Church elevate this crime fiction into a political thriller.  Gage lives in Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil part of the year and the rest in Florida and the Netherlands. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 7174-75

STEVEN GAINES tells tales of rich people breaking bad in Fool’s Paradise: Players, Poseurs, and the Culture of Excess in South Beach (Crown, $25.95).  Real estate playboys, hotel and club owners, even tourism officials throw money around and abuse power in this story of boom and bust that defines South Beach success. Gaines is the best-selling author of twelve books, including Philistines at the Hedgerow and books about the Beatles and the Beach Boys. He is a former columnist for the New York Sunday News, contributor to Vanity Fair, Worth and Connoisseur and a radio show host on Southhampton, NY.  Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Room 7128

CRISTINA GARCIA’s  I Wanna Be Your Shoebox (Simon & Schuster, $16.99) tracks a painful period in the life of Yumi Ruiz-Hirsch, an eighth grader who loves to surf and hang out with her beloved grandfather Saul, who is facing a terminal illness. In her most moving novel to date, A Handbook to Luck (Vintage, $13.95) three teenagers from Cuba, San Salvador and Tehran each confront difficult lives marred by poverty, loss and disillusionment. Garcia was born in Havana and grew up in New York City. Her first novel, Dreaming in Cuban, was nominated for a National Book Award. Student Literary Encounters, Teen Scene (pg. 21), Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m. (Shoebox) and 4 p.m (Dreaming)

REINALDO GARCIA RAMOS (Cuba/USA) Sun., Nov. 9, 3 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Coautor de la antología Novísima Poesía Cubana. Ha publicado los poemarios El buen peligro; Caverna fiel; En la llanura; y Unicas ofrendas, cinco poemas. En 2006 recibió el XI Premio Internacional de Poesía Luys Santamarina- Ciudad de Cieza, por su libro Obra del fugitivo. Este año participa en la presentación del libro colectivo de la editorial Aduana Vieja, Aldabonazo en Trocadero 162, un homenaje a José Lezama Lima.

NICK GARNETT, with the prodding of his agent/editor, is revising his memoir, Straight Man — A Married Guy’s Journey to Fire Island and Back. His short story, Blue Note, was published in the literary journal, Recovery.  A grant recipient from the Vermont Studio Center, he is currently enrolled in FIU’s creative writing MFA program in creative non-fiction and has taught creative writing frequently for The Florida Center for the Literary Arts. Write Out Loud Café

Award-winning photographers CLAIRE GAROUTTE and Anneke Wambaugh explore the intimate world of Afro-Cuban spirituality and document Afro-Cuban religions Santeria and Palo Monte in Crossing the Water (Duke University Press, $24.95) This photo-essay book includes 150 striking photographs of their encounter with a priest-practitioner in Santiago de Cuba. Garoutte, an assistant professor of photography at Seattle University, also wrote and illustrated Matter of Trust. Wambaugh is an independent scholar of African and Afro-Caribbean ritual art who works as a Haitian Creole interpreter in Seattle. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 7128

LINDA GASSENHEIMER’s second edition of Mix ‘N’ Match Meals in Minutes for People with Diabetes (American Diabetes Association, $16.95) provides a flexible blueprint for hundreds of tasty meals that can help people with diabetes stay healthy. The book includes suggestions for “speed meals” that can be prepared in 15 minutes or less and a convenient shopping list. Gassenheimer, an experienced nutritionist and health writer who has written numerous award-winning cookbooks, also writes the nationally syndicated “Dinner in Minutes” column. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Room 7174-75

AMITAV GHOSH’s (India/USA) epic novel, Sea of Poppies (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26) revolves around a ship, the Ibis, and a cast of characters who sail the Indian Ocean during the nineteenth century Opium Wars. His novel has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Ghosh, a former journalist who once studied social anthropology at Oxford, is an internationally best-selling author of fiction and non-fiction work, including the novel, The Glass Palace. He divides his time between India and New York. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Auditorium

LUÍS GIFFONI (Brazil) is the award-winning author of 20 books: novels, short stories, biography and stories for young readers. His play In Memoriam was performed by the Oficinão do Grupo Galpão. Presently he is working in his new novel, O Pastor das Sombras, a story that takes place in 18th century Minas Gerais. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Centre Gallery

MICHAEL GATES GILL tells his story of riches-to-rags in How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else (Gotham, $23). Unemployed, despondent over failing finances and health, Gill takes a job as a barista at Starbucks. And it changes his life and, more importantly, his outlook on life. Gill, a former creative director at J. Walter Thompson Advertising, lives in New York City and works at Starbucks. Sun., Nov. 16, 2:30 p.m., Room 2106

NIKKI GIOVANNI is a three-time NAACP Image Award winner, the first recipient of the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award, and holds the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry. She is the author of 27 books, and a University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. This year she is presenting two books. Hip Hops Speaks to Children (Sourcebooks, $19.99), which includes an audio CD, is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship (Holt, $16.95) looks at the unusual friendship between these two great American leaders – former slave and abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass, and Lincoln, the president who delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.  Sat., Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m.,
Freedom Tower

MARSHALL I. GOLDMAN offers insight into Vladimir Putin’s role in transforming Russia into an energy superpower in Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia (Oxford University Press, $27.95).  Goldman is an internationally recognized authority on Russian history, politics and economics. He is Professor of Economics Emeritus at Wellesley College and Senior Scholar at the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., Room 3208-09

KATHI KAMEN GOLDMARK writes a monthly column in BookPage called “The Author Enablers” with her partner, Sam Barry. She is a founding member of the Rock Bottom Remainders, an all-author band.

PETER GOLENBOCK chronicles the history of Brooklyn through the eyes of immigrants who call the New York borough home in In the Country of Brooklyn: Inspiration to the World (William Morrow, $32.95). The book is a study of adversity in America, where change is constant as is the fight for social justice. Golenbock, a New York Times best-selling author, is also the author of Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3208-09

MIRIAM GÓMEZ (Cuba/Great Britain) Wed., Nov. 12, 7 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Compañera de Guillermo Cabrera Infante por más de 40 años. Presenta la obra inédita del reconocido autor cubano, ganador del Premio Cervantes: La ninfa inconstante, publicada por la Editorial Galaxia Gutenberg. La novela es un puente entre La Habana para un infante difunto y Tres tristes tigres, y la primera de tres obras que se darán a conocer tras la muerte del autor, acaecida hace tres años.

LUCIA GONZALEZ, a children’s librarian, bilingual storyteller and puppeteer, has written The Storyteller’s Candle/La Velita de los Cuentos (Children’s Book Press discover the library in el barrio during the Great Depression. The book includes stunning oil washes and paper collage by illustrator Lulu Delacre.  Student Literary Encounters

HEATHER GRAHAM weaves a ghostly tale of haunted houses, serial killers and paranormal suspense in three bone-rattling thrillers, Deadly Night, Deadly Harvest and Deadly Gift (MIRA Books, $7.99 each). The trilogy features private investigator Jeremy Flynn, a by-the-book cop who doesn’t believe in ghosts until….Graham, a member of the Killer Thriller Band, is a New York Times best-selling author who has written more than, $16.95), the story of how Pura Belpré inspired Puerto Rican immigrants to one hundred novels. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 7174-75

MITCHELL GRAHAM’s Majestic Descending (Tor, $7.99) is a suspense novel about an attorney who takes a fabulous cruise ship vacation hoping to unwind and forget her horrendous past and gets mixed up in a new nightmare. Majestic Descending will be made into a forthcoming film from Blocke and Cherokee productions starring Bruce Willis. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 7174-75

There’s nothing worse than a bad vacation. PETER GREENBERG’s Don’t Go There! The Travel Detective’s Essential Guide to the Must-Miss Places of the World (Rodale, $17.95) helps you avoid the world’s worst destinations with practical tips, including which airports to avoid, which attractions are the most overpriced and which cities are the most polluted. Greenberg, a preeminent travel expert, is the author of the popular Travel Detective series of books, a contributing editor for Men’s Health and Best Life, and travel editor of the Today Show. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 2106

STEVE GREENBERG has searched the nation for the weird and wacky. It’s all documented in Gadget Nation: A Journey Through the Eccentric World of Invention (Sterling Publishing, $21.95) an entertaining and engaging look at the world of innovators, thinkers and tinkerers. Get inspired with the likes of bird diapers, talking toilet paper dispensers and Thanksgiving turkey “handles.”  And for those “must have” products, there’s also a “where to go” list of resources. Greenberg, a former television journalist, calls himself an “invention groupie.” Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Room 7113

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RONNIE GREENE tells the riveting story of Margie Richard, a resident of Norco, LA, who fought 14 years to hold Shell Oil accountable for pollution that sickened her friends and family in Night Fire: Big Oil, Poison Air, and Margie Richard’s Fight to Save Her Town (Amistad, $24.95).  Greene is a prizewinning investigative reporter with the Miami Herald, where his stories have exposed the exploitation of farm workers in Florida. This is his first book. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., 7114

ANDREW SEAN GREER’s The Story of a Marriage (Farrar, Straus, Giroux, $22) explores the secrets everyone hides in this account of the seemingly happy marriage of Pearlie and Holland Cook that is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a former boss and lover. The book has been called a meditation on love and war. Greer is the best-selling author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli, the story collection How It Was for Me, and the novel The Path of Minor Planets. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Auditorium

STEPHANIE ELIZONDO GRIEST’s Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines (Washington Square Press, $14), chronicles her adventures in Mexico, her mother’s country of origin. Griest is the author of Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana and 100 Places Every Woman Should Go. She recently won the Richard J. Margolis Award for Social Reporting. Sat., Nov. 15, 12 p.m., 3410

JAMES GRIPPANDO’s latest novel, Last Call (HarperCollins, $24.95) is the seventh in his acclaimed Jack Swyteck series. Trouble comes in the form of a 3 a.m. call from his friend Theo, a former death row inmate who asks Jack to join him in tracking his mother’s killer, a journey that takes them from old Miami’s “Little Harlem” to new Miami’s power-elite.  In Leapholes (American Bar Association, $15.95), A mysterious old lawyer with the power to time travel and a young boy in trouble with the law pair up. The legal research that can help Ryan has him physically entering the law books and meeting people involved in famous cases – like Rosa Parks and Dred Scott. Grippando was a trial lawyer for 12 years before becoming the best-selling author of 14 novels, including Lying With Strangers, When Darkness Falls and Last to Die. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. Sun., Nov. 16, 4 p.m., Room 3208-09 and Student Literary Encounters

LAUREN GROFF’s debut novel, The Monsters of Templeton (Voice, $24.95) takes place in a fictionalized Cooperstown, New York, a setting rich in literary history and mysteries to be solved by Willie Upton, who returns home seeking refuge only to find herself caught up in a town frenzy when the corpse of a prehistoric monster surfaces in a glacial lake. Groff’s short stores have appeared in literary publications, including The Atlantic, Best American Short Stories, Ploughshares and Pushcart Prize XXXII. She lives in Gainesville, Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 3208-09

MICHAEL GRUNWALD is a prize-winning national reporter, now with Time magazine. His book, The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise, was a Publishers Weekly and Booklist starred review. Past awards include the George Polk Award for national reporting and the Worth Bingham Prize for investigative reporting. He lives in Miami. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., 7114

RITA GEADA (Cuba/USA) Sat., Nov. 15, 1:15 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Ha publicado los poemarios Mascarada (Premio Carabela de Oro); Vertizonte; Esa lluvia de fuego que nos quema; y Espejo de la tierra. Este último título recibió el VI Premio Internacional de Poesía Luys Santamarina- Ciudad de Cieza. Beca CINTAS 78, presenta en esta edicion de la Feria su obra El mar sigue batiendo.

GERMÁN GUERRA (Cuba/USA) Sun., Nov. 9, 3 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. El poeta, ensayista, fotógrafo y editor cubano ha publicado Dos Poemas; Metal y Libro de silencio. Con este último título ganó el Florida Book Award, en la categoría de Lengua Española, al mejor libro publicado en 2007 por un autor residente en la Florida. Este año participa en la presentación del libro colectivo Aldabonazo en Trocadero 162 (Aduana Vieja), un homenaje a José Lezama Lima.

WENDY GUERRA (Cuba) Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Es una de las voces más representativas de la nueva narrativa cubana. Publicó los libros de poesía Platea oscura; Cabeza rapada; y Ropa interior. Su primera novela Todos se van recibió el Premio Bruguera de Novela.  Presenta su última obra Nunca fui Primera Dama (Bruguera-Ediciones B), en la sesión El futuro es hoy.

DAVID HAJDU tells the story of the rise and fall of comic books in the years after World War II in The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America (Farrar, Starus & Giroux, $26). The American pop culture that emerged from the comics – irreverent and suspicious of authority – created generational clashes and raised the ire of church groups and Congress alike. Hajdu is a music critic for The New Republic and the author of Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn and Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 7106-07

EDUARDO HALFÓN (Guatemala) Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Novelista. Considerado uno de los mejores escritores jóvenes latinoamericanos por el Hay Festival de Bogotá. Su obra literaria abarca Esto no es una pipa, Saturno; De cabo roto; El ángel li-terario; y Siete minutos de desasosiego. La Editorial Pre-Textos presenta en la Feria El boxeador polaco, su última obra, en la sesión El futuro es hoy.

JAMES W. HALL has been called one of South Florida’s best crime novelists. His latest novel in the mystery series featuring a reclusive outdoorsmen named Thorn is Hell’s Bay (St. Martin’s Minotaur, $24.95). This suspenseful thriller involves a killer who is after Thorn’s new-found family and their fortune.  Hall is an Edgar and Shamus Award–winning author whose novels take place in the wilds of Florida. He is the author of four books of poetry, a collection of short stories and 14 novels, including Rough Draft, Blackwater Sound and Off the Chart. Hall is a professor of literature and writing at Florida International University. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m. Auditorium

SUE HALPERN debunks some of the myths surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and normal memory loss in I Can’t Remember What I Forgot (Harmony, $24). Halpern is the author of Migrations to Solitude and Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly and two novels. She is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler and Good Housekeeping. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 2106

GEORGE HAMILTON’s memoir Don’t Mind if I Do (Touchstone, $26) offers an intimate look at fifty-plus years of Hollywood told by the quintessential insider. Discover Hollywood’s secrets and scandals from the man who had a front row seat. During Hamilton’s successful career as Hollywood’s most famously tan star, he has appeared in major motion pictures with legends and starred in popular television shows. Most recently Hamilton has appeared in TV’s Dancing with the Stars and Broadway’s Chicago. Sun., Nov. 16, 10 a.m., Chapman

JUDITH HANSEN, an attorney who had a long career with major trade book publishers, including Simon & Schuster, was the former deputy publisher of Kitchen Sink Press and is a partner in the Kitchen & Hansen Agency, which represents Will Eisner Studios, Inc. She is also the founder of the Hansen Literary Agency. Eisner Tribute, see page 12

TITANIA HARDIE’s historical thriller, The Rose Labyrinth (Atria, $26.99) uncovers the secrets of Queen Elizabeth’s famed astrologer, John Dee. It’s an intellectual treasure hunt with a mystical twist that begins when Lucy King receives the heart of one of Dee’s last descendents in transplant surgery as well as an ancient silver key and parchment of riddles. Hardie, of Somerset, UK, is a third generation White Witch and top-selling author. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Room 7174-75

PETER HARGITAI’s Millie (iUniverse, $14.95) is a coming-of-age story of a young Hungarian émigré who falls in love with an American girl, bridging a cultural divide and defying long-standing traditions of hate. Hargitai came to the U.S. as a nine-year-old after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. He is an award-winning translator, poet and novelist and recipient of the Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets for Perched on Nothing’s Branch by Attila Jozsef.  Hargitai teaches English at Florida International University. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., Room 3410

Trade your ho-hum words for snazzier ones with MIM HARRISON’S Smart Words: Vocabulary for the Erudite (Perigee, $12), a guide to the 500 words that will make you sound smarter. Harrison is the founding editor of Levenger Press. She is the author of Words at Work and hosts a Web site and a blog which she invites all language-lovers to visit. Harrison is also the author of The Happy Warrior: The Life Story of Winston Churchill as told Through Great Britain’ Eagle Comics of the 1950s. Comix Galaxy, Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Centre Gallery and Smart Words, Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 3410

JOHN HART is the Edgar Award-winning author of Down River (St. Martin’s Minotaur, $7.99), the story of a man acquitted for murder but still a suspect in the eyes of his family. He returns home, embittered, to face new troubles. Hart is also the author of The King of Lies. His books have been translated into twenty-six languages and published in over thirty countries. Hart’s third novel, The Last Child, will be released in 2009. He lives in North Carolina. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 7174-75

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KENDALL HAWTHORNE, a Florida eighth-grader, wrote Friends Are Like Shoes (Tate, $14.99), a children’s book that will change the way you look at your own friends, based on the wit and wisdom of her grandmother. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Teen Scene (see pg. 21)

The first book to collect the best of TOM HAYDEN’s work, Writings For A Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader (City Lights, $21.95) presents 40 years of writing, thinking, movement work and personal reflections – from young student journalist to Freedom Rider to elected official and back to movement work as a peace advocate. Also newly released is Voice of the Chicago 8: A Generation on Trial (City Lights, $15.95) a revisiting of the explosive protests of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that resulted in the infamous conspiracy trial where Hayden was a defendant. This new edition of the transcripts of the trial crafted by Frank Condon and Ron Sossi includes a new forward by Hayden, a former California Senator. Hayden is the author or editor of more than a dozen critically acclaimed books, including Reunion and Street Wars. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Room 3208-09

DAVID HEATLEY’s My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Pantheon, $24.95) offers a full range of Heatley’s wildly unique voice and vision as he recounts his life story through narrative and “dream comics”  – from sexcapades dating back to kindergarten (?!) to vignettes skewering his lovable but apparently dysfunctional parents. Heatley’s work has appeared in McSweeney’s and in The Best American Comics, 2006 and 2007 editions. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Room 7106-07

CHRIS HEDGES exposes the devastating consequences of the U.S. military occupation of Iraq on civilians in Collateral Damage (Nation Books, $22.95). This stark narrative shows how the “mechanics” of war lead to abuses and deaths of innocents. Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, former Middle East Bureau Chief of The New York Times and Senior Fellow at The Nation Institute. He is the author of several books, including War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning and American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America. He co-wrote this book with Laila Al-Arian, a freelance journalist who has written for United Press International, and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Chapman

VICKI HENDRICKS is the author of Miami Purity, Iguana Love, Voluntary Madness, Sky Blues, and Cruel Poetry, her most extreme novel of sex, obsession and murder, which was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2008. Her short stories appear in many collections, including Murder for Revenge, Best American Erotica 2000, Tart Noir, Miami Noir, and Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir. The complete collection of stories will be published as Florida Gothic in 2010. Write Out Loud Café

HEATHER HENSON honors the “Pack Horse Librarians” who traveled to remote rural communities to introduce the joy of reading to children and adults alike in That Book Woman (Atheneum, $16.99), which tells the story of Cal, who lives high up in the Appalachian Mountains. This picture book is beautifully illustrated by Caldecott winner David Small. Student Literay Encounters

DANIEL HERMAN is an author, attorney and the publisher and the founder of Hermes Press, which focuses on producing art books that preserve the history of popular culture. His most recent book is Behind the Silver Screen: Hollywood Stills Photography from the 1930s to the 1950s (Hermes Press, $39.95). Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Centre Gallery

CARMEN HERNÁNDEZ (Puerto Rico) Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Escritora y periodista. Ha publicado Manuel Altolaguirre, vida y literatura; De aquí y de allá; Libros de Puerto Rico y del extranjero; Puerto Rican voices in English: Interviews With Writers; y Ricardo Alegría. Una vida. Este año nos acompaña en la Feria con la obra publicada por la editorial Norma A viva voz. Entrevistas a escritores puertorriqueños.

MAUDE HEURTELOU co-wrote Who is Who in the Haitian Diaspora, with Féquière Vilsaint, a Haitian-American molecular biologist and president of Educa Vision, Inc, a publishing company that develops multicultural education materials. Heurtelou is a Senior Public Health Nutritionist and Health Educator working for the State of Florida. She is the author of several publications in science, nutrition, and maternal and child care. She has received several awards for her contributions in the field of health care and preventive medicine. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Room 7113

Golf mania gripped CARL HIAASEN a few years ago and the result is a hilarious confessional, The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to the Ruinous Sport (Knopf, $22), the story of his return to the game after a 32-year hiatus. Despite a career made lampooning overdevelopment, he finds solace and inspiration on the links, and nature, too. This sometime-memoir also has its poignant moments as he recalls his early golfing days with his father (who died prematurely at age 50) and more recent proud moments watching his young son learn the game. Hiaasen, who writes a column for The Miami Herald, is the author of 11 novels, 2 children’s books and Team Rodent, an essay on the Disney enterprise in Florida. He’s also a songwriter and fisherman who raises snakes for fun. Sun. Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Chapman and PEN panel Sat., Nov. 15, 2:45 p.m., Chapman

GRAHAM HILL and Meaghan O’Neill, the original “treehuggers,” claim the time to save the planet is now. And they’ll show you how in Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living (Villard, $15). You can reverse climate change,protect your kids, pets, improve your health and save money with some simple adjustments outlined in this how-to guide. Hill created treehugger.com, the most frequented green lifestyle site on the Internet and is a partner with the Discovery Channel in Planet Green, the first entirely eco-focused TV channel.  Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., 7114

Food Network star INGRID HOFFMANN takes everyday recipes and gives them a Latin twist in her first cookbook, Simply Delicioso: A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). She uses bold, bright flavors to spice up basics. Traditional Latin dishes are presented with spiced-up twists, including Rum Chica Rum Chicken, Caribbean Salmon with Mango-Veggie Sauce and Coconut Ceviche. The illustrated cookbook also includes shortcut tips and a section of essential ingredients to always have in the pantry. Hoffman also hosts Delicioso, a Latin cooking and entertainment show on Galavision/Univision. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 7174

Poet and anthologist LEE BENNETT HOPKINS’ America at War (Margaret K. McElderry, $21.99) is a collection of more than 50 poems and paintings about warfare from the American Revolution to the Iraq War, exposing the effects of war through hearts of poets and eyes of the artist, acclaimed painter and printmaker Stephen Alcorn. Student Literary Encounters

NANCY HORAN blends fact and fiction in her debut novel, Loving Frank (Ballantine Books, $14.00), a compelling love story between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney, whose influence permeated the architect’s work. Their clandestine affair led them to Europe and away from their families. Loving Frank traces their affair to its shocking and tragic end while exploring the sacrifices and conflicts Mamah grappled with as she tried to reconcile her role as mother, wife, lover and intellectual in the early 20th Century. Nancy Horan, a former journalist, lives on an island in Puget Sound. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 3208-09

RAVI HOWARD’s novel, Like Trees, Walking (Amistad, $24.95) is based on the true story of the 1981 lynching of nineteen-year-old Michael Donald in Mobile, Alabama, by the Ku Klux Klansmen and the six-year trial that led to the convictions and bankruptcy of the organization. Howard was the finalist for The Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award in 2008. He is also a former producer at NFL Films and was awarded an Emmy for his work on Inside the NFL. He lives in Mobile, Alabama. Sat., Nov. 15, 3 p.m., Room 7114

SUSAN ISAACS’ novel Past Perfect (Scribner, $15) has Katie Schottland, a former CIA agent who has reinvented herself as a novelist and TV show creator, getting back in the game in search of a co-worker who has mysteriously disappeared. Isaacs, the former editor of Seventeen and a freelance political speechwriter, is the author of nine New York Times best-selling novels. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 3208-09

GREG ILES’ new thriller, Third Degree (Pocket, $9.99) has a jealous husband holding his pregnant wife and children hostage in a prolonged and suspenseful standoff with the police. Iles is the best-selling author of nine novels, including Blood Memory and 24 Hours. He is a member of the legendary group, “The Rock Bottom Remainders.” His novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 2106

NORMA L. JARRETT’s dynamic group of women attorneys and lifelong friends discuss their lives, loves, the law and the Lord in The Sunday Brunch Diaries (Broadway Books, $12.95). Jarrett is an inspirational speaker and author of Sunday Brunch and Sweet Magnolia. Sat., Nov. 15, 4:30 p.m., Room 7114

A former Stegner Fellow, Jones Lecturer and Marsh McCall Lecturer, ADAM JOHNSON is currently the Draper Lecturer in Creative Non-Fiction. He teaches fiction and poetry technique, non-fiction workshops, new media writing, as well as seminars on the novel. He is the author of Emporium, a short story collection, and the novel Parasites Like Us, which won a California Book Award. His work has appeared in Esquire, Harper’s and The Paris Review, as well as many journals, textbooks and anthologies. Fri., Nov. 14, 10 a.m and 4 p.m., Room 7128

ANDREW JOHNSON is a print and television journalist, former editor of the Trinidad Guardian newspaper. Johnson was the founding president of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:00 p.m., Room 7114

Essayist CHARLES JOHNSON teamed up with award-winning photographer Robert Adelman to create Mine Eyes Have Seen: Bearing Witness to the Civil Rights Struggle (Time, $29.95), a chronicle the Civil Rights struggle, vividly revealing what life was like and how change was made even in the face of violence. Johnson is the author of Middle Passage (Scribner, $15), the story of a freed slave who accidentally boards a ship bound for Africa,which won a National Book Award.He is a recipient of aMacArthur Fellowship and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Johnson is the S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Professor of Writing at the University of Washington in Seattle. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 2106

ANA MARGARITA (ANNIE) JONES, a former financial analyst, began her professional writing career as a freelance writer for Editorial Televisa, and has published in national periodicals such as Hispanic, Poder and Hispanic Entrepreneur.  She is currently editing her first manuscript, Forever Neverland. She is the Operations Assistant for the Miami Book Fair International. Write Out Loud Café

VERNON E. JORDAN, JR. celebrates the oral traditions of African-Americans – storytelling, preaching and speechmaking – in Make it Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out (Public Affairs, $24.95) Jordan, Jr., the senior managing director of Lazard Frères & Co., LLC in New York, was the former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Chapman

JOSÉ JOSÉ (Mexican) Sun., Nov. 9, 4 p.m., Auditórium. In Spanish. Uno de los cantantes mexicanos más populares en Hispanoamérica. Es conocido como “El Príncipe de la canción”. A lo largo de su carrera de más de 45 años, ha alcanzado los más grandes premios a los que puede aspirar un cantante profesional, como el Grammy. Ha vendido más de 44 millones de discos, cuenta con una estrella en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood y diversos reconocimientos a nivel mundial. Este año, la 25ta edición de la Feria del Libro de Miami presenta su autobiografía Esta es mi vida (Random House).

IRAKLI KAKABADZE is a leading contemporary Georgian writers.  He is an author of five books, including the award-winning novel Allegro, and scores of short stories and poems.  Since 1990 he has published more than 50 short stories in Georgian, Russian and English publications.  Kakabadze comes from a family long active in politics and his activism has brought him both acclaim and imprisonment.  Kakabadze was one of the founders of the Civic Disobedience Committee and Theater for Change in 2003, which significantly contributed to the Rose Revolution. In 2007 he was awarded the Hellman/Hammett prize by Human Rights watch, the year he began living in exile in the United States. In June 2008, he became Ithaca City of Asylum’s fourth writer-in-residence; in spring 2009, he will begin teaching in Cornell University’s Peace Studies Program. Fri., Nov. 14, 6 p.m. Chapman

MAHA KAMEL Sun., Nov.16, 3:30 p.m. Room 3410

BOB KEALING tells the story of Brownie Wise, the first woman to appear on the cover of Business Week and the marketing genius behind Tuperware’s “home party” phenomenon in Tupperware Unsealed (University of Florida Press, $28).  Kealing documents Wise’s charismatic rise and then mysterious firing. Kealing, the author of Kerouac in Florida: Where the Road Ends, is an Emmy-Award-winning reporter in Orlando, Florida. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Room 7113

A retirement community, a sky full of vultures, a lot of key lime pie martinis and a couple of murders make for some madcap adventures in N.M. KELBY’s Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar & Grill (Shaye Areheart, $ 23). Kelby, a former journalist, is the author of three novels. She lives in Sarasota, Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 7174-75

Award-winning journalist CHRISTOPHER KENNEALLY is director of author and creator relations for the Copyright Clearance Center and host and moderator for Beyond the Book, broadcast nationally on C-SPAN’s Book-TV.  Kenneally is the author of Massachusetts 101. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Room 7174-75

MAX KENNEDY’s Danger’s Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot who Crippled Her (Simon & Schuster, $30) draws a gripping portrait of the men who served bravely in the war amid the terrifying new weapon that almost halted the U.S. forces – suicide bombing. Kennedy is the ninth child of Robert F. Kennedy. He is the author of Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy and the Words That Inspired Him. Sun., Nov. 16, 4 p.m., Chapman

STETSON KENNEDY offers a portrait of the Key West that was in Grits & Grunts (Pineapple Press, $19.95). Illustrated with the carved bas-relief paintings of Key West street scenes by artist Mario Sanchez, this charming look at folkloric Key West also includes a “songbag” with lullabies and ballads, as well as games and folktales. Kennedy is the recipient of the Florida Folk Heritage Award and the Governor’s Heartland Award and is in the Florida Hall of Fame. His other books include Palmetto Country and South Florida Folklife. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 3315

CHIP KIDD is the author of Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan (Pantheon, $60). Kidd, a graphic designer and writer, is the author of two bestselling books about comics: Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz and Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross. Both won the Eisner Award. Sun., Nov. 16, 1 p.m., Room 2106

KRISTY KIERNAN’s Matters of Faith (Penguin, $14) is about a young man’s search for faith that has unintended consequences for his family. Kiernan is the author of Catching Genius. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 7128

CASSANDRA KING continues to write about love and life in the Deep South in Queen of Broken Hearts (Hyperion, $13.95), the story of Clare, a divorce coach, who must counsel her daughter who has a cheating husband and confront the truth about her own painful past before she can enjoy love again.  King’s previous novels include Making Waves, The Sunday Wife and The Same Sweet Girls. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 7128

JEFF KINNEY is the author of the New York Times bestseller about the hazards of growing up, Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Abrams, $12.95) and two sequels. Kinney is an online game developer and designer. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Freedom Tower

MIA KIRSHNER’s I Live Here (Pantheon, $29.95) documents the lives of refugees and displaced people caught in crisis: the war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi. This groundbreaking book is part of a larger project, the I Live Here Foundation that is committed to establishing creative writing programs for marginalized people throughout the world.  Kirshner is a film and television actor. This is her first book. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., Room 2106

DENIS KITCHEN’s pioneer company, Kitchen Sink Press (1969-99) published classic and underground artists, including R. Crumb and Will Eisner. For three decades while at W.W. Norton Publishing Kitchen was the principle publisher for Eisner. He is the former chair of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Upcoming books include: The Art of Harvey Kurtzman, Underground Classics and The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen. Eisner Tribute, see page 12

JULIE KLAM’s Please Excuse My Daughter (Riverhead, $22.95) is a memoir about her privileged upbringing and the hardships she faced as an adult. Klam, a former intern at Late Night with David Letterman, is a contributor to national magazines, including Rolling Stone, Harper’s Bazaar and Glamour. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., 7106-07

NAOMI KLEIN concludes that highly unpopular economic changes are pushed through after massive collective shocks (wars, terrorist attacks or natural disasters) in The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Picador, $16).  Klein shows how the “shock doctrine” produced world-change events, including Pinochet’s coup in Chile in 1973, the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and more recently, the “shock and awe” warfare and the covert CIA-funded experiments in electroshock and sensory deprivation. Klein is an award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker. She is a former Fellow at the London School of Economics.  Her first book was No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, which was translated into twenty-eight languages. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Chapman

LILY KOPPEL tells the real-life story of Florence Wolfson, an inquisitive ingénue living a glamorous and privileged life in 1930s Manhattan — summering in the Catkills and hosting literary salons – in The Red Leather Diary (HarperCollins, $23.95). This charming memoir begins with Koppel’s discovery of the forgotten diary in a New York City dumpster and ends with a visit to Florence more than 70 years after the last journal entry. Koppel writes for The New York Times. She studied at Oxford and in Paris and lives in New York City. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 7128

CHARLES KOCHMAN, the first editor of Licensed Published at DC Comics and MAD Magazine, is the executive editor at Abrams ComicArts, where he has edited numerous New York Times bestsellers.  While at Bantam Books he was the editor of the Choose Your Own Adventure series and the Star Wars publishing program for middle grades. Kochman, a member of the National Cartoonists Society, is on the board of advisors for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. Eisner Tribute, see page 12

MARK KURLANSKY traces the history of Gloucester, Mass. in The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town (Ballantine, $25). Tourists coveting sandy beaches, wealthy yacht owners coveting dock space and fishermen contending with federal limits on catches are locked in battle in this quintessential northeastern coastal fishing town. Kurlansky is a James A. Beard Award-winning author of many books, including Cod and The Big Oyster, Salt and the novel, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 3208-09

RACHEL KUSHNER’s debut novel, Telex from Cuba (Scribner, $25) transports readers to an American community in pre-Castro Cuba where two boys growing up within the gated enclave of the United Fruit Company are swept up by the revolution. Kushner’s mother grew up in Oriente Province, Cuba, in the same American enclave where the novel takes place.  Kushner is co-editor of the literary and art journal Soft Targets and a frequent contributor to Artforum. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 3208-09

CESAR LACAYO (Nicaragua/USA) Wed., Nov. 12, 8 p.m., Room 3208/3209. In Spanish. Poeta y periodista que promueve la literatura de autoayuda y crecimiento personal. Autor de una docena de libros, entre ellos, La actitud de un millón de dólares;  Atrévete a vivir;  Para nacer has nacido; Las semillas del éxito y su más reciente obra presentada en esta edición de la Feria: La actitud más influyente del mundo.

EDUARDO LAGO (Spain) Sun., Nov. 16, 12:45 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Novelista, traductor y crítico literario. Dirige el Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York.  Ganó el premio al mejor artículo de crítica literaria Bartolomé March, con El íncubo de lo imposible. Con su obra Llámame Brooklyn, obtuvo el Premio Nadal de Novela, y el Premio Nacional de la Crítica. Ha publicado además Cuaderno de Méjico; y la colección de relatos Cuentos dispersos. Este año presenta en la Feria Ladrón de matas, publicado por Planeta.

WALLY LAMB has been called a “modern-day Dostoyevsky” for his creation of introspective characters who question the existence of God yet can’t help turning to Him in times of trouble. In his latest novel, The Hour I First Believed (Harper, $29.95), a middle-aged teacher and his wife who were caught up in the Columbine tragedy, seek refuge in an old family farm only to find a cache of letters and diaries that hold their own dark secrets and terrors. Lamb is the author of New York Times bestsellers, She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True. Sun., Nov. 16, 11:30 a.m., Auditorium

YOUME LANDOWNE and artist Anthony Horton collaborated to create Pitch Black (Cinco Puntos Press, $17.95), a graphic novel about Anthony’s life of an artist in New York City.  Landowne is a painter and book artist who grew up in Miami, Florida. Her first book, Selavi, won numerous awards. She studied cross-cultural communication through art at the New School for Social Research and Friends World College and has lived in Kenya, Japan, Haiti, Laos, and Cuba. Horton is an artist. When he met Landowne, he was living in the subway tunnels underneath New York City. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Centre Gallery

JOSAPHAT-ROBERT LARGE’s Partir sur un coursier de nuages (L’Harmattan) is the second part of a trilogy which began with his novel Les terres entourées de larmes (Shore surrounded with tears), winner of the Prix littéraire des Caraïbes (Caribbean literary Prize) in 2003.  Written in French, it is a story that spans three generations beginning with the slaves of the French colonies. Large’s Rete! Kote Lamési  (Presses nationales d’Haiti), a novel written in Kreyol explores the themes of Haiti’s songs – voodoo practices and the struggles of the poor striving for survival.  Large is an award-winning Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., Room 7113

A lapsed Catholic in crisis finds solace in Santeria worship in IRETE LAZO’s novel,  The Accidental Santera (Thomas Dunne Books, $24.95). Gabrielle Segovia’s visit to a New Orleans botánica opens up a strange new world of both the living and dead and a return to the long lost family in Miami, all of whom are practicing Santeros. Lazo (a pseudonym) is a former scientist and a practicing Santera. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., 7114

MARTHA WEINMAN LEAR, New York Times best-selling author of Heartsounds, examines the what, when, and why of normal memory loss in Where Did I Leave My Glasses? (Grand Central Publishing, $22.99). This well-researched book weaves together new finds from neuroscientists, psychologists and evolutionary biologists with anecdotes that provide comfort and reassurance to everyone who has experienced memory lapses and wondered what’s normal and what’s worrisome. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 2106

DAVID LEDDICK is a novelist and author of art books. His latest book is The Nude Male: 21st Century Visions (Universe, Rizzoli, $39.95), a survey of the male nude form from 120 established and influential visual artists. Leddick is an expert in male nude photography and the author of several anthologies on the subject. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Room 1101

DENNIS LEHANE delves into historical fiction in The Given Day (William Morrow, $27.95), a sweeping family epic set in Boston at the end of the First World War. This dramatic novel tells the story of police officer Danny Coughlin as he infiltrates a loosely organized group of officers struggling for better working conditions while battling corrupt officials. Lehane is the author of numerous novels, including Gone, Baby, Gone, and the New York Times bestselling novels, Shutter Island and Mystic River. He is a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award, winner of the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best Novel. Lehane holds an MFA from Florida International University and is the writer-in-residence at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m. Auditorium

GREGORIO LEON (Spain) Wed., Nov. 12, 6 p.m., Room 3208/3209. In Spanish. Periodista y novelista. Ganador de premios internacionales con las novelas  Murciélagos en un burdel y El pensamiento de los ahorcados, que será presentada en la Feria por la editorial Algaida. Relata la historia de Rachel, actriz de películas pornográficas que se proyectaban en el teatro Shanghai de La Habana pre-revolucionaria.

MIA LEONIN’s critically acclaimed poetry book, Unraveling the Bed (Anhinga Press, $17) has been called “transcendent.” The poetry collection includes a music CD composed by Carlos Ochoa, a trained classical guitarist and flutist who specializes in electronic composition and Andean folklore instruments. Leonin is the author of Braid and her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals. Leonin lives in Miami, Florida where she teaches at the University of Miami and frequently writes about performance, dance and theater. Sun., Nov. 16, 2:30 p.m., Room 3410

ADRIANA LISBOA (Brazil) was a Brazilian jazz singer in France and also a flutist and music teacher. Lisboa published eight books, including the novels Symphony in White, Colombine’s Kiss, Rakushisha and, for young readers, The Heart Sometimes Stops Beating. Her books won awards such as the José Saramago in Portugal and the Moinho Santista in Brazil, and have been published in four countries. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Cantante, traductora, novelista y poeta. Publicó ocho libros, entre ellos, Un beso de colombina; Rakushisha y Sinfonia em branco, obra incluida en Bogotá 39. Antología del Cuento Latinoamericano (Ediciones B), que se presentará en la sesión El futuro es hoy.

Luck, in all its permutations, transforms the lives of four characters in MARGOT LIVESEY’s newest novel, The House on Fortune Street (HarperCollins $24.95). Two lovers and a father and daughter struggle together and apart in this melancholy novel that artfully rises above the loneliness of its characters lives. Livesey, a writer in residence at Emerson College in Boston, is the author of many acclaimed novels, including Homework, Criminals, The Missing World, and Eva Moves the Furniture. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium

FÉLIX LIZÁRRAGA (Cuba/USA) Sun., Nov. 9, 3 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Este autor cubano ha publicado la no-vela Beatrice y los poemarios Busca del unicornio; A la manera de Arcimboldo; y Los panes y los peces. ­Obtuvo el Premio Fronesis de Poesía erótica. El Grupo Prometeo del Miami Dade College ha estrenado sus obras Farsa maravillosa del Gato con Botas; y Matías y el aviador. Este año participa en la presentación del libro colectivo de ediciones Aduana Vieja, Aldabonazo en Trocadero 162, un homenaje a José Lezama Lima.

Comics writer and artist RÉGIS LOISEL is one of the first French creators to work in the fantasy genre, a style he used for his well-known series La Quete de l’Oiseau du Temps, and that has become a standard for the European artists. His popular serial, Peter Pan, combines the classical adventure with stories of an orphan.  Loisel has cooperated on the Disney animation films Mulan and Atlantis, as well as on Olivier Dahan’s Petit Poucet. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., Centre Gallery

JOANNA LOMBARD is the co-author with Beth Dunlop of Great Houses of Florida (Rizzoli, $55), a look at the greatest and most intriguing houses of the state, featuring the award-winning photography of Steven Brooke. Lombard is a practicing architect and professor at the University of Miami’s School of Architecture. She is co-author and co-curator of the book and exhibition The Historic Landscapes of Florida. Sun., Nov. 16, 11:30 a.m., Room 1101

SHEILA LUKINS finds the foods people love to eat  - steak, chocolate, pasta, 32 in all, and then finds the ten very best recipes for each in Ten: All the Foods We Love and Ten Perfect Recipes for Each (Workman Publishing, $19.95). More than 300 recipes, including dishes from top chefs, are included in this collection of the best of the best. Lukins is the food editor of Parade magazine, and the author of numerous cookbooks. Sun., Nov. 16, 11:30 a.m., Room 1101

HELGE LUNDE was born in Stavanger, Norway in 1961. He directed the Kapittel Stavanger International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech from 1998-2005. From 1998 he was also in charge of Stavanger as City of Refuge to persecuted writers, as Stavanger was one of the early members of the International Parliament of Writers (IPW) network of cities of asylum (INCA). When INCA ceased to function in 2004, Helge Lunde was managing the establishment of ICORN, International Cities of Refuge Network in Stavanger, Norway. He is currently the executive director of ICORN, which has more than 20 member cities in Europe and beyond. Fri., Nov. 14, 6 p.m. Chapman

KATHY MACDONALD’s poetry and fiction appears in journals and anthologies such as Mindprints, WaveLength, Heartlodge, and The Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. Her first collection of poetry, White Dwarfs, was published this year.  In 2006, Kathy’s fiction was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Write Out Loud Café

ANGELO MACHADO (Brazil) is a scientist, teacher, environmentalist and award winning writer. He was a founding member of Biodiversitas Foundation, the mission of which is the conservation of biodiversity in Brazil. His books have the extraordinarily rich Brazilian flora as backdrop. In 1993, he received Brazil’s most important literary award, the Jabuti Prize, for his book O Velho Da Montanha: Uma Aventura Amazônica.  Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Centre Gallery

MATT MADDEN is a comics creator and teacher at New York’s School of Visual Arts. He is the creator of the graphic novels Black Candy, Odds Off, and A Fine Mess and of the comics theory book 99 Ways to Tell a Story. He is co-creator, with wife Jessica Abel of the primer on comic creation, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures (First Second Books, $29.95). Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Room 7106-07

MARTA MAGELLAN teaches children all about lizards – about their tails, why their tongues stick out and which ones run on water in Those Lively Lizards (Pineapple Press, $14.95). Magellan is a nature lover who teaches at Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida. Student Literary Encounters

South African writer SINDIWE MAGONA’s newest book is Beauty’s Gift (Kwela Books), the story of four women who lose their best friend prematurely to AIDS and vow to take control of their lives, even if it means defying their own husbands. Magona is the author of autobiographies, short story collections, and novels, including Mother to Mother, Forced to Grow and Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night. She retired from the United Nations and lives in South Africa. Sat. Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m. Room 1101

JONATHAN MAHLER chronicles a Supreme Court showdown that unfolded amid the war on terror in The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25). This legal thriller tells the story of two young lawyers charged with defending an accused terrorist.  The lawyers sue the president of the United States over the legality of the military tribunals — and win. Mahler, a New York Times Magazine writer, is also the author of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Chapman

HOOMAN MAJD offers a portrait of Iranian politics and culture in The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran (Doubleday, $24.95) in a witty, conversational style that reveals the paradoxes in the Iranian character. Majd, the Western-educated grandson of an ayatollah, has written about Iran for GQ, the New York Times, and The New Yorker and is a contributing editor at Interview magazine. Sun., Nov. 16, 1:30 p.m., Room 3208-09

MAX MANIGAT edited Cap-Haitien Excursions dans le temps (Educa Vision, $32), a nostalgic look at Cap-a-Haitien, Haiti’s second-most important city. Written by 29 contributors, the book is in French.  Manigat distributes out-of-print and current books on Haiti or by Haitians through the Haitian Book Center. His previously published collections of Haitian bibliography include Haitaina (1971-1975) and Haitiana (1991-1995). Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Room 7113

DAVID MARANISS, the New York Times best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author offers a provocative account of the Olympics in Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World (Simon & Schuster, $26.95), a remarkable narrative of how Cold War rivalries, the civil rights and women’s movements and legendary athletes (including Muhammad Ali) all came together to change history and the character of the Olympics.  Maraniss, an associate editor at The Washington Post, is the author of Clemente, They Marched Into Sunlight, When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi and First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton.  Maraniss is a fellow of the Society of American Historians. In 1993, he won a Pulitzer for National Reporting for his articles on the life and times of Bill Clinton. Sun., Nov. 16, 4 p.m., Room 7128

KATHERINE MARSH has written The Night Tourist (Hyperion, $17.99), the story of Jack Perdue, a precocious ninth-grade classics scholar who is catapulted into an adventure in the land of the dead. Marsh is the managing editor of The New Republic magazine, where she edits articles on politics and culture. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 7174-75

ESTHER MARTINEZ (Lip Service) earned her BA in literature writing at Columbia University and is presently an MFA candidate in nonfiction writing at FIU. This is her second reading at the Fair; she debuted in 1988 at 10 years old. Write Out Loud Café

MANUEL MARTINEZ (Lip Service) received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Florida.  His fiction has been published in The Quarterly, Blackbird, Bridge, and The Sun.  He teaches English at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida. Write Out Loud Café

MARIADILIA MARTINEZ (Nicaragua/USA) Wed., Nov. 12, 8 p.m., Room 3208/3209. In Spanish. Pintora, autora y poetisa.  Cofundadora del Círculo de Escritores y Poetas Iberoamericanos. Ha escrito el poemario Pétalos en mi sendero; y Mi lucha por vivir (autobiografía inédita). Su presente libro, César Caracas: el arte no se puede someter, es un homenaje a su esposo César Caracas. 

SENATOR MEL MARTINEZ’s A Sense of Belonging: From Castro’s Cuba to the U.S. Senate, One Man’s Pursuit of the American Dream (Crown Forum, $26.95) is an account of the exile experiences of the junior Senator from Florida.  His story begins when he escaped Cuba as a child through the Pedro Pan program, and narrates how he was sustained by religious faith and his determination to overcome language and cultural barriers as he made a new life in America. Martinez, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is the first Cuban-American to serve in the U.S. Senate. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Chapman

RITA MARIA MARTINEZ’s first chapbook of poetry, Jane-in-the-Box (March Street Press, $9) is about a modern literary Jane Eyre who shops at Macy’s and walks in a world of tattoos. Poet Denise Duhamel calls her poems “literary, conversational, personal,” and “fun.”  Martinez’s work has appeared in numerous poetry journals and literary magazines, including Gulf Stream, Ploughshares and Burnt Sugar Caña Quemada: Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish. She lives in Ft. Lauderdale. Sun., Nov. 16, 1:30 p.m., Room 3410

BRAD MATSEN recounts the dark truth behind the Titanic’s tragic sinking in Titanic’s Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler (Twelve, $27.99). Through secret archives, forensic engineering and evidence discovered through death-defying dives by Chatterton and Kohler, Matsen reveals new information that shows the Titanic sinking was not what it seemed.  Matsen has written many books and articles about the sea and its inhabitants, including Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss. Sun., Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Room 7128

PETER MATTHIESSEN’s American epic in three volumes – Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man’s River, and Bone by Bone – has been rewritten into one, Shadow Country (Modern Library, $40), a lyrical, illuminating venture into the wild Florida frontier and the story of notorious outlaw E.J. Watson. Matthiessen has enriched American literature with a series of influential, highly regarded novels and 16 books of nonfiction that explore issues in the conservation of animal species and human cultures, including Wildlife in America, and In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Auditorium

JANE MAYER gives the definitive account of how the United States made decisions to violate the U.S. Constitution in pursuit of terrorists around the world in The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals (Doubleday, $27.50). Mayer is a Washington-based staff writer for The New Yorker specializing in political and investigative reporting. She is the co-author of two best-selling books, Landslide: The Unmaking of the Presidents, 1984-1988 and Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, a finalist for the National Book Award. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Chapman

SCOTT MCCLELLAN’s What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception (Public Affairs, $27.95) provides analysis of the George W. Bush administration, including insight into how decisions were made during the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina. McClellan served as White House press secretary from 2003 to 2006. Sat., Nov. 15, 5:30 p.m., Chapman

FRANK MCCOURT is the author of Angela’s Ashes, a memoir of his impoverished Irish childhood, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award and Teacher Man, the story of his years as a New York City public school teacher.  In 2006, McCourt won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:00 p.m., Chapman

A commemorative compilation of SCOTT MCCLOUD’s classic series Zot! The Complete Black and White Collection: 1987-1991 (Harper, $24.95) is now available with never-seen-before art and extensive commentary about his creative process. McCloud, a widely acclaimed illustrator, is the author of Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, and Making Comics. He lives in California. Sat., Nov. 15, 1:30 p.m., Room 7106-07

Award-winning poet CAMPBELL MCGRATH’s newest collection, Seven Notebooks (Ecco, $23.95) is comprised of journals in verse and prose that comment on everything from poetry, time and consciousness to jet skiers and blue margaritas. McGrath teaches creative writing at Florida International University and is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Florida Poems. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Auditorium

PATRICK MCGRATH’s psychological thriller, Trauma (Knopf, $24.95) is about a Manhattan psychiatrist who counsels patients with post-traumatic stress disorder but harbors his own haunting story. McGrath is the author of six previous novels, including Asylum and Spider, and two collections of stories. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m. Auditorium

WILLIAM MCKEEN provides a true look at the man and writer in Outlaw Journalist: the Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson (Norton, $27.95). This first complete narrative biography of the inventor of Gonzo journalism honors Thompson and his writing legacy. McKeen, a University of Florida professor, is the author of Highway 61 and the editor of Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., 7106-07

DIANE MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE’s Trading Dreams at Midnight (Harper, $24.95) begins when 15-year-old Neena and her younger sister are abandoned by their mother and ends with a reunification, where three generations of women must confront their own memories. McKinney-Whetstone, winner of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s Literary Award for Fiction, is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Tumbling, Tempest Rising, Blues Dancing, and Leaving Cecil Street. Sat., Nov. 15, 3 p.m., Room 7114

Award-winning cartoonist STEPHANIE MCMILLAN teamed up with activist and philosopher Derrick Jensen to create the graphic novel, As the World Burns: 50 Things You Can do to Stay in Denial (Seven Stories Press, $14.95), a satire of modern environmental policies. Jensen is the author of Endgame, A Language Older Than Words and The Culture of Make Believe, a finalist for the 2003 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. McMillan is a syndicated political cartoonist whose work has also been exhibited in museums across the country. A book based on her comic strip, Minimum Security, was published in 2005. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Centre Gallery

PABLO MEDINA and Mark Statman offer a newly translated, bilingual edition of Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca’s Poet in New York (Grove Press, $14), a groundbreaking, defining work of modern literature that was inspired by Lorca’s nine months as a student at Columbia University at the beginning of the Great Depression. Medina is a novelist and poet who most recent works include the novel The Cigar Roller and the poetry collection Points of Balance/Puntos de apoyo. Sat., Nov. 15, 11 a.m., 7113

BRIAN MEEKS has written extensively on Caribbean politics and political theory. Meeks is a Professor of Social and Political Change and Director of the Centre for Caribbean Thought at the University of the West Indies, Mona. His books include Caribbean Revolutions and Revolutionary Theory: An Assessment of Cuba, Nicaragua and Grenada. His first novel, Paint the Town Red, was published in 2003. Sat., Nov. 15, 12 p.m., Room 7114

BRAD MELTZER’s newest mystery thriller is The Book of Lies (Grand Central Publishing, $25.99), the story of an ancient murder weapon – the one Cain used to kill Abel – and a modern murder. Meltzer is the author of six New York Times bestselling thrillers: The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, The Zero Game, and The Book of Fate. He is also the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed comic books Identity Crisis and Justice League of America, and is the co-creator of the TV series Jack & Bobby. Sun., Nov. 16, 1 p.m., Room 2106

ELMER MENDOZA (Mexico) Sun., Nov. 16, 12:45 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Ha publicado cinco volúmenes de cuentos y dos crónicas. Entre sus novelas, Un asesino solitario; El amante de Janis Joplin (Premio Nacional de Literatura en México); Efecto tequila; y Cóbraselo caro. Este año presenta en la Feria de Miami Balas de plata, merecedora del III Premio Tusquets de Novela, que relata las peripecias del agente Edgar “el Zurdo” Mendieta para averiguar -con una dosis de humor y adrenalina- quién está detrás de una sucesión de crímenes. 

SARAH MKHONZA was forced to leave Swaziland in 2003 following a campaign of harassment against herself and her family. An outspoken voice for women’s rights under the monarchical Swazi regime, Mkhonza wrote newspaper columns for The Observer and The Swazi Sun that told of the daily struggles of Swazi women and children ejected from their land. Her refusal to stop writing resulted in threats, assaults and hospitalization. Mkhonza was Ithaca City of Asylum’s third resident writer. She is the author of the novels What the Future Holds and Pains of a Maid andtwo chapbooks, Two Stories and Woman in a Tree. She co-founded the Association of African Women, and the African Book Fund Group at Michigan State University. She is currently a Visiting Associate Professor at the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University. Fri., Nov. 14, 6 p.m., Chapman

LLOYD MILLER’s Biscayne National Park: It Almost Wasn’t (Lemdot, $10) tracks the history of Miami-Dade County’s other national park – from pirate days to the struggles in the 1960s that kept a petrochemical plant and deep sea port from destroying southern Biscayne Bay and its wild islands. Miller was instrumental in the creation of Biscayne National Park and in January 2007 was awarded the National Parks Conservation Association’s prestigious Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 3315

NANCY MILFORD is the Executive Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography. Milford’s Zelda was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Her most recent book is Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay. She also has a forthcoming biography of Rose Kennedy. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Chapman

TEDDY KESER MOMBRUN’s dream of publishing a graphic novel first came to fruition in the form of weekly segments for the magazine, Ticket. He has since published Alain Possible and Company and Alain Possible, King of the Jokers. Mombrun, a medical student, was born in Haiti. Sun., Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Centre Gallery

CARLOS ALBERTO MONTANER (Cuba/USA) Thurs., Nov. 13, 8 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Novelista y periodista cubano, autor de numerosos libros sobre el tema cubano y latinoamericano, como Viaje al corazón de Cuba; y Perromundo. Dos de sus más polémicos y divulgados ensayos son los best-sellers Manual del perfecto idiota latinoamericano; y Fabricantes de miseria. El regreso del idiota fue escrito en colaboración con Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza y Álvaro Vargas Llosa. Este año presenta La batalla de ideas (Firma Press), donde demuestra la falsedad o debilidad de los argumentos ideológicos del gobierno cubano.

LINDA MONTANER (Cuba/USA) Sun. Nov. 16, 2 p.m. Tinta Fresca. In Spanish. Intelectual cubana, residente en Madrid. En el 2007 escribió un libro sobre la vida de su madre, creadora en Cuba del Laboratorio Zaydén. Se titula Perla Zaydén, una mujer de éxito (Orbet et Orbe). En la obra demuestra cómo la sociedad cubana – antes de 1959 – 
generaba un ambiente propicio para los espíritus emprendedores.

MAYRA MONTERO (Cuba/Dom. Rep.) Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 3313/3314. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:15 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Periodista cubana radicada en Puerto Rico. Tras el libro de cuentos, Veintitrés y una tortuga, publicó su primera no-vela, La trenza de la hermosa luna. Le siguieron: La última noche que pasé contigo; Del rojo de su sombra; Tú, la oscuridad; y Como un mensajero tuyo. En el año 2000, ganó el Premio La Sonrisa Vertical con Púrpura profundo y, en el 2002, publicó El Capitán de los dormidos. Este año nos acompaña para presentar Son de almendra.

CARLOS MOORE’s Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro’s Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, $26.95) recounts his life of devastating poverty, racism and his fight for justice. Pichón traces his imprisonment and eventual exile for speaking out against Fidel Castro and his return to Cuba 30 years later.  Moore, born in Cuba of Jamaican immigrants, is a political scientist and ethnologist. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., 7113

Poet HONOR MOORE recalls the life of her late father, Paul Moore, the former Episcopal bishop of the diocese of New York, in The Bishop’s Daughter, (W.W. Norton, $25.95). Her father, a leader in the civil rights and peace movements, was also a man who struggled privately with his sexuality.  Moore is the author of three poetry collections and The White Blackbird, the story of her grandmother, the painter Margarett Sargent. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m., Room 2106

Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist JIM MORIN’s Ambushed: A Cartoon History of the George W. Bush Administration (Paradigm, $19.95) recounts the exploits of the Bush years from 2001-2008. The book includes analysis by Walter C. Clemens, Jr., a leading political scientist at Boston University and Harvard University, and a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies. Morin is the editorial cartoonist for the Miami Herald. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Room 7128

Architectural historian PETER MORUZZI’s Havana before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground (Gibbs Smith, $30) evokes the glamour and glitz of Havana through vintage and contemporary photographs, brochures and artifacts. This stunningly beautiful book includes more than 500 color and black and white images. Moruzzi, a writer and lecturer, is an expert on mid-century Modern architecture and design. Sun., Nov. 16, 4 p.m., Room 1101

FRANÇOISE MOULY founded Raw Books & Graphics in 1977 and was the founder along with her husband, cartoonist Art Spiegelman, of the comics anthology RAW. Mouley, the art director of The New Yorker, also founded RAW Junior and LITTLE LIT, publishing books of comics for kids by star writers, children’s books artists and cartoonists and most recently, TOON Books, her own imprint of hardcover comics for emerging readers.  In 2001, she was named chevalier in the order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. Fri. Nov. 14, 10 a.m., Room 7128 and Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 7106-07 and Target Children’s Stage at 11:45 a.m.

ALBERTO MULLER (Cuba/USA) Fri, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Periodista cubano. Ha escrito seis libros, entre ellos su novela, Monólogo con Yolanda. Actualmente es profesor de la asignatura Ética y Leyes del Periodismo de la Universidad de Miami. Este año presenta en la Feria: Retos del periodismo (Universal), un libro apasionante por su carácter ético y su  variedad temática.

HERALDO MUÑOZ, the Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations, has written a memoir, The Dictator’s Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet (Basic Books, $26.95), a compelling account of his experiences. He began as a revolutionary who campaigned in the streets to remove the dictator from power, then became a scholar of international relations and eventually, senior official in the democracy that emerged after Pinochet’s downfall. Sun., Nov. 16, 1:30 p.m., Room 3208-09

ALYSE MYERS’ life with an unpredictable and cruel mother is recounted in Who Do You Think You Are? (Touchstone, $24).  This dark and powerful memoir explores the heart-wrenching insights that often only come to light after the death of a parent. Angela’s Ashes author Frank McCourt calls it a book about love.  This is Myers’ first book. She is a marketing executive with The New York Times. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., 7106-07

WILLIAM NAVARRETE (Cuba) Sun., Nov 9, 3 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Historiador del Arte y escritor cubano radicado en Francia. Ha publicado diversos ensayos sobre música y artes plásticas, entre ellos: Insulas al pairo. Poesía contemporánea en París; Edad de miedo al frío y otros poemas; Catalejo en lontananza. Crónicas cubanas; y Visión crítica de Gina Pellón. Este año participa en la presentación del libro colectivo Aldabonazo en Trocadero 162, un homenaje a José Lezama Lima.

JAIME NEBOT (Ecuador) Sun. Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Auditorium. In Spanish. Es el actual alcalde de la ciudad de Guayaquil. Ha ocupado, además, los puestos de Gobernador de la Provincia del Guayas, diputado provincial y nacional. Es desde 1990 miembro del Partido Social Cristiano, siendo uno de los principales líderes nacionales opositores al Presidente Rafael Correa. Se lo considera uno de los hombres más poderosos e influyentes de la República.  Este año fue nominado como Mejor Alcalde del Mundo. Participa en el panel El nuevo socialismo del siglo XXI.

HARVEY NEPTUNE’s Caliban and the Yankees: Trinidad and the United States Occupation (University of North Carolina Press, $21.95) documents the story behind the installation and operation of U.S. bases in the Caribbean colony of Trinidad during World War II. Neptune is assistant professor of history at Temple University. Sat., Nov. 15, 1:30 p.m., Room 7114

G. NERI tells the story of Marcus, an angry middle school student on the brink of trouble in Chess Rumble (Lee & Low Books, $18.95) who moves his fighting off the street and onto the chessboard. The story is told in verse that captures Marcus’ moods, at first despairing and ultimately hopeful. Neri is a storyteller, filmmaker, artist and digital media producer who once taught animation and storytelling to inner city teens in Los Angeles. Student Literary Encounters

GUADALUPE NETTEL (Mexico) Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Ha publicado los libros de cuentos: Juegos de artificio y Les jours fossils. Obtuvo el Prix de la Meilleure nouvelle en Langue Française de Radio France Internationale. El huésped es su única novela. Su último libro de relatos Pétalos y otras historias incómodas (Anagrama), es presentado en la Feria en la sesión El futuro es hoy.

ANDRÉS NEUMAN (Argentina/Spain) Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Entre sus novelas están Bariloche; La vida en las ventanas; y Una vez Argentina. Es autor además de los libros de cuentos El que espera; El último mi-nuto; y Alumbramiento, editado por Páginas de Espuma,y que presenta en la Feria en la sesión El futuro es hoy.  Como poeta ha publicado entre otros Métodos de la noche (Premio Antonio Carvajal) y El tobogán (Premio Hiperión).

M. GARY NEUMAN provides efficient practical strategies to help married women make sure their husbands stay faithful in The Truth About Cheating: Why Men Stray and What You Can Do to Prevent It (Wiley, $24.95).  This groundbreaking book is based on interviews with 100 men who have cheated and 100 who have remained faithful. Neuman is a licensed family counselor and rabbi who is a regular guest on national television shows, including Oprah, the Today Show, Good Morning America and The View. Sun., Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Room 1101

Rebellious musical youth of the world rejoice! TRAVIS NICHOLS has your manual on starting a band in Punk Rock Etiquette: The Ultimate How-to-Guide for FIY, Punk, Indie, and Underground Bands (Roaring Brook Press, $12.95). Nichols is a cartoonist, activist, artist and former elementary school teacher who has also played in more than a dozen bands. He is developing a networking Website for indie bands. Teen Scene, see page 21

MILDRED C. NITZBERG recalls the life of her husband, Saul I. Nitzberg, a Holocaust survivor, in I Chose Life (AuthorHouse, $24.99). The rich narrative tells the heart-breaking journey of Nitzberg, a medical doctor, who travels back to the Soviet Union in search of a brother who was drafted into the Russian army. He also returns to Auschwitz to recite the “kaddish” (the traditional mourner’s prayer for the dead) for his parents who perished in the concentration camp. Nitzberg co-wrote this book with Marilyn Segal. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3410

TED NORDHAUS and Michael Shellenberger shook the world of environmental activism a few years ago with a contentious essay, “The Death of Environmentalism” which called for a radical new approach to battling global warming. They expand the idea in Breakthrough: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility (Houghton, Mifflin, $25), which argues Americans must sacrifice their standard of living to tackle the catastrophic consequences of global climate change. Nordhaus and Shellenberger are managing directors of American Environics, a social values research and political strategy firm, and senior fellows with the Breakthrough Institute, a think tank based in California. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Room 7114

DAVID NORMAN’s short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in American Literary Review, Southern Humanities Review, The Ledge, Image, and Kaleidoscope. He was a finalist in Phoebe magazine’s 2007 Winter Fiction Contest. He teaches Humanities at Austin Community College. Write Out Loud Café

SHERRY NORTH’s picture book Because You Are My Baby (Abrams, $15.95), illustrated by Marcellus Hall, is an imaginative and heartwarming tale of a parent’s love for her child. North is a former writer and producer for CNN Headline News whose work has appeared in Highlights magazine. She lives in Florida. Children’s Alley

ELIZABETH NUNEZ (Trinidad/USA) is the award-winning author of six novels, including Prospero’s Daughter, a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice and the 2006 Florida Center for the Literary Arts One Book, One Community selection. Nunez is co-editor with Jennifer Sparrow of Stories from Blue Latitudes: Caribbean Women Writers at Home and Abroad and co-founder of the National Black Writers Conference. She is executive producer of the acclaimed television series Black Writers in America and now chairs the PEN American Center Open Book committee. Her other novels including Grace, Discretion, Beyond the Limbo Silence, When Rocks Dance and Bruised Hibiscus. She lives in Amityville, New York. Sat., Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m., Room 7114

CARA NUSINOV was a freelance reporter and poetry columnist for Community Newspaper.  Cara’s work appeared in Sunscripts, Scattered Seed, and Step into My Metaphor, An Anthology of South Florida Poets.  She won the Georgia National Literary Competition. Write Out Loud Café

JOYCE CAROL OATES was inspired by an unsolved American true-crime mystery to write My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike (Ecco, $25.95). Skyler Rampike is 19 years old and the only surviving child of the Rampike family after the murder of her six-year-old sister, an ice-skating champion. Her newest work of prose fiction is the intriguing and imaginative Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway (Ecco, $24.95).  Oates reinvents climactic events in the lives of these literary geniuses, including death scenes. Oates is the author of the Falls, Blonde and We Were the Mulvaneys. She is the recipient of the National Book Award, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the Prix Femina. Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m. Auditorium

DENNIS O’DRISCOLL (Ireland) is one of Ireland’s most popular poets and critics. A former editor of Poetry Ireland Review, his poetry is known for its invigorating, grounded and modern voice. When his newest collection of poetry, Reality Check: New Poems (Copper Canyon Press, $15) was published in the United Kingdom last year, it was named one of the top ten books for 2007 by The Independent of London. Other new works are: Quote Poet Unquote: Contemporary Quotation on Poets and Poetry (Copper Canyon Press, $18) and Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m., Room 1101

In JOSEPH OLSHAN’s novel The Conversion (St. Martin’s Press, $24.95) Russell Todaro, a young American translator in Paris, contends with the violent death of his lover, a famous poet, and the scandal that follows. Olshan is the award-winning author of eight novels, including Clara’s Heart, which went on to be made into a film starring Whoopi Goldberg.  His other novels include Nightswimmer and In Clara’s Hands. Sun., Nov. 16, 1:30 p.m., 7106-07

RANEN OMER-SHERMAN and Samantha Baskind are the editors of The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches (Rutgers University Press, $49.95), an interdisciplinary collection of essays and illustrations about Jewish literary and artistic culture depicted in graphic novels. Contributors include Will Eisner, Art Spiegelman and Joann Sfar. Baskind is an associate professor of art history at Cleveland State University. Omer-Sherman is Gabelli Senior Scholar of Arts and Science and an associate professor of English at the University of Miami. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Centre Gallery

STEWART O’NAN’s latest novel Songs for the Missing (Penguin, $23.95) portrays a family in crisis after the disappearance of their popular, athletic and beautiful daughter, who also has a wild side that only her friends know. O’Nan is the author of numerous novels, including Snow Angels and A Prayer for the Dying. He also co-authored Faithful, about the Boston Red Sox, with Stephen King. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium

LUIS ORSINI is a renowned landscape artist from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Fri., Nov. 14, 12 p.m., Brazil Pavilion

MEAGHAN O’NEILL and Graham Hill, the original “treehuggers,” claim the time to save the planet is now. And they’ll show you how in Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living (Villard, $15). You can reverse climate change,protect your kids, pets, improve your health and save money with some simple adjustments outlined in this how-to guide. Meaghan O’Neill is also the author of the eight-part series, “The Slate Green Challenge with TreeHugger,” a 2007 National Magazine Award finalist. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., 7114

LINDA PASTAN’s new collection of poetry, Queen of a Rainy Country (W.W. Norton, $13.95) recounts her life in poetry, from childhood to old age. She has been described as a poet of “great vision,” and “a hundred small delights.”  Pastan, the former poet laureate of Maryland and author of numerous books of poetry, is the recipient of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Pastan won a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award. She is a finalist for the 2007 Paterson Poetry Prize. She lives in Potomac, Maryland. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 1101

RICARDO PAU-LLOSA (Cuba/USA) writes poetry, short fiction and art criticism. In Parable Hunter (Carnegie Mellon University Press, $14.95), he explores the themes of need, instinct, fulfillment and transcendence – the cardinal points of self.  Pau-Llosa was born in Cuba and grew up in the United States. He lives in Miami. Sun., Nov. 16, 4:30 p.m., Room 3410

RIDLEY PEARSON, considered by some the “best thriller writer alive” brings back Sheriff Fleming in Killer View (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $24.95). The pulse-pounding novel has Fleming searching for a killer in the unforgiving Sun Valley wilderness while negotiating eco-terrorists, political cover-ups and a personal crisis or two. This year he is also presenting a children’s book he wrote with Dave Barry, Science Fair: A Story of Mystery, Danger, International Suspense, and a Very Nervous Frog (Sat., Nov. 15, 11 a.m., Freedom Tower) Pearson was the first American awarded the Raymond Chandler/Fulbright Fellowship at Oxford University. This New York Times best-selling writer is the author of numerous novels, including Parallel Lives and Probable Cause. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 2106

FRANCES DE PONTES PEEBLES (Brazil/USA) tells the story of twin sisters whose lives diverge in 1930s Brazil when one runs away with cangaceiros, a rural outlaw group, and the other marries a wealthy, older man in The Seamstress (HarperCollins, $25.50), her debut novel. Peebles, a native of Brazil who grew up in South Florida, is an award-winning writer whose short stories have appeared in numerous literary journals and collections, including the O. Henry Prize Story Collection 2005.  She is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Room 7106-07

EDUARDO PELÁEZ (Cuba/USA) Sun. Nov. 16, 11:45 a.m. Tinta Fresca. In Spanish. Profesor cubano, residente en Miami. Ha publicado varios cuentos, entre ellos, el premiado El Hombre y la Máquina. Este año nos acompaña con su primera novela, Permiso de Salida (Trafford Publishing).

JORGE A PÉREZ-PÉREZ (Cuba/USA) Wed., Nov. 12, 8 p.m., Room 3208/3209. In Spanish. Poeta, escritor, ensayista, periodista y crítico de arte. La Universidad de La Sorbona, de Paris, publicó su ensayo La semiótica en el arte renacentista. Presenta en La Feria el poemario Envuelta en magia claridad de Aurora, en el que el poeta se hace preguntas esenciales en las que está toda su vida.  

MIKE PERKINS works for Marvel Comics, “The House of Ideas,” where he works on comic strip icons Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and Elektra and he is currently collaborating on Captain America. Perkins, who remembers picking up a comic at the age of two, went on to sell his own anthology comics in grade school. He has traveled the world working as a graphic designer and illustrator. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Centre Gallery and Teen Scene (see pg 12)

NINO PERNETTI, renowned chef/owner of Coral Gables’ Caffé Abbracci restaurant, features recipes for more than 100 of his most popular dishes, along with stories of his life in Nino Pernetti’s Caffé Abbracci Cookbook: His Life Story and Travels around the World (University Press of Florida, $40). The illustrated cookbook was co-written with Ferdie Pacheco, M.D. and his wife Luisita Sevilla Pacheco. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Room 7174-75

GEOFFREY PHILP’s Grandpa Sydney’s Anancy Stories (Mabrak Books, $12.95) is inspired by the rich oral tradition that originated in West Africa. The stories’ wisdom is just what Jimmy Harrison needs to overcome a class bully. Philp is the author of a novel, Benjamin, My Son, and a short story collection, Uncle Obadiah and the Alien and four poetry collections. His poems and short stories have been published in the Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse and the Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories. Student Literary Encounters

RALPH PENEL PIERRE is a graphic designer and illustrator who published the graphic novel, Les Feres Lobo (The Lobo Brothers). He is currently working on two comic books: one dedicated to disarmament and the other, to environmental issues. Sun., nov. 16, 2 p.m., Centre Gallery

NÉLIDA PIÑÓN (Brazil) began to write at the tender age of ten and was acclaimed worldwide in 1961 when she published the novel Guide Map of Archangel Gabriel. Among her prolific works are Season of Fruit, The House of Passion, The Republic of Dreams, The Presumed Heart of America and Voices of the Desert. She has been dubbed Brazil’s best writer by the New York Review of Books, and received honorary distinctions and many literary accolades. Sat, Nov. 15, 12:15 p.m., Centre Gallery

CARLOS PINTADO (Cuba/USA) Sun., Nov. 9, 3 p.m., Room 2106 and Sat., Nov. 15, 1:15 p.m., Room 3313-14. In Spanish. Poeta y escritor de origen cubano. Recibió el Premio Internacional de Poesía Sant Jordi  en España, por su libro Autorretrato en azul. Ha publicado, además, El diablo en el cuerpo; Los bosques de Mortefontaine; y Habitación a oscuras -obra de la editorial Vitruvio que presenta este año en la Feria. También ha escrito el libro de ensayos y cuentos La Seducción del minotauro. Poemas y cuentos suyos han aparecido en las antologías Ante el espejo, Adiós, Una voz en el abismo y Aldabonazo en Trocadero 162, entre otras.

Lambda Award finalist NEIL PLAKCY’s mystery novel, Where There’s Smoke…There’s Murder (Alyson Books, $14.95) follows Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka as he investigates who’s behind a bomb that explodes at a local charity event in support of gay marriage.  Plakcy is also the author of Mahu and Mahu Surfer. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Room 7174-75

FRANCINE PROSE’s touching novel, Goldengrove (Harper, $24.95) tells the story of Nico, a 13-year-old girl who must contend with the drowning death of her adored older sister while trying to figure up how to grow up and move on with her life. Prose is the author of fifteen books of fiction, including A Changed Man and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the nonfiction New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. She is the president of the PEN American Center. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m. Auditorium, and Sat., Nov. 15, 2:45 p.m., Chapman

JORGE QUIROGA (Bolivia), Sun. Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Auditórium. In Spanish. Reconocido político boliviano. Conside-rado actualmente como el líder de la oposición al gobierno de Evo Morales. A los 37 años fue vicepresidente durante el último mandato de Hugo Banzer, para ­­luego asumir la presidencia de Bolivia, tras la renuncia de Banzer por motivos de enfermedad. Participa en el panel El nuevo socialismo del siglo XXI.

James Beard Award-winning STEVEN RAICHLEN confirms he’s the master of grilling in The Barbecue Bible: 10th Anniversary Edition (Workman, $22.95), with full-color photographs of nearly 500 grilling recipes gathered while on a 25-country pilgrimage. Raichlen hosts the TV shows The Primal Grill and Barbecue University. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 3208-09

SERGIO RAMÍREZ (Nicaragua) Tues., Nov. 11, 8 p.m., Room 3208/3209. In Spanish. Abogado y escritor. Ganador del Premio Alfaguara de Novela 1998 con Margarita, está linda la mar. Fue una personalidad destacada en la política de su país.  Entre sus obras: Castigo divino (Premio Internacional Dashiel Hammett);  Un baile de máscaras; Adiós muchachos, Sombras nada más; El reino animal; y Mil y una muertes.  El cielo llora por mí (Alfaguara), su más reciente novela, se presenta en la Feria.

JORGE RAMOS wrote I’m just like my Mom/I’m just like My Dad (Me Parezco Tanto a Mi Mama/Me Parezco Tanto a Mi Papa) (Rayo, $16.95), a bilingual book that explores the many ways children are just like their parents. Ramos, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the Univision anchorman for the past 21 years, is also the author of No Borders: A Journalist’s Search for Home and Dying to Cross. Fri, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Auditórium. In Spanish and Sat., Nov. 15, 3 p.m., Target Children’s Stage

JOHN RECHY’s memoir About My Life and the Kept Woman (Grove Press, $24) is a moving look at a life that has witnessed a century of change in America  – from the Depression to the Second World War, the Vietnam War protests to the emergence of gay resistance. Rechy is the author of the controversial best seller Sexual Outlaw and the classic City of Night and numerous other books. In 1997, Rechy was the first novelist to receive Pen-Center USA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Room 1101

BRIAN REED’s Secret Invasion (Marvel Comics, $13.99), marks the return of one of Marvel’s greatest heroes thanks to an accident in the Negative Zone. Reed is also the author of the critically acclaimed Ms. Marvel comics series. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., Centre Gallery

JAMES REESE tells the story of the Irish novelist Bram Stoker’s encounter with, and conquest of, Jack the Ripper in his latest novel, The Dracula Dossier (William Morrow, $24.95). This sweeping, suspenseful novel foreshadows Stoker’s later literary classic, Dracula. Reese, a New York Times best-selling author, lives in Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Room 7174-75

MANUEL REGUERA SAUMELL (Cuba) Thurs., Nov. 13, 7 p.m., Room 3208/09. In Spanish. Escritor y teatrista cubano radicado en España. Autor de diversas obras de teatro, guiones cinematográficos y de la novela Un poco más de azul. Presenta en la Feria La noche era joven y nosotros tan hermosos, publicada por Barataria, obra que transcurre en La Habana de los años cincuenta.

DAVID RIEFF’s account of the struggles he and his mother, the writer Susan Sontag, endured in her final battle against cancer are chronicled in Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son’s Memoir (Simon & Schuster, $21.)  Reiff is a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute at the New York Institute for the Humanities at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of numerous nonfiction books, including Going to Miami: Tourists, Exiles and Refugees in the New America and The Exile: Cuba in the Heart of Miami. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m., Room 2106

LAURA RESTREPO (Colombia) Sat., Nov. 15, 11 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Narradora. Autora de las novelas Dulce compañía; La novia oscura; La multitud errante y Delirio,  por la que recibió el Premio Alfaguara. Ha recibido numerosos galardones internacionales. Su obra literaria ha sido traducida a más de doce idiomas. Este año presenta en la Feria Olor a rosas invisibles (Alfaguara), donde muestra el lado masculino del adulterio.

NINA REVOYR recalls an early Hollywood era in The Age of Dreaming (Akashic, $15.95), a novel about a Japanese actor who was a silent-film star, now living as a recluse with secrets of his own. Revoyr was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a Polish-American father, and grew up in Japan, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. She is the author of two previous novels, The Necessary Hunger and Southland, a finalist for an Edgar Award, and one of the Los Angeles Times‘ “Best Books of 2003.” She lives and works in Los Angeles. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 1101, and Queer culture panel, Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 1101

The first comprehensive collection of prints by famed Louisiana artist GEORGE RODRIGUE, the creator of the iconic Blue Dog series, has been published to coincide with a major exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. George Rodrigue Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne 1970-2007 (Abrams, $50) features more than 600 lithographs and silk screens.  Rodrigue has also published Blue Dog Speaks (Sterling, $24.95), the first book to feature the painting titles alongside the works. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Room 7128

ANTONIO ORLANDO RODRIGUEZ (Cuba/USA) Sat., Nov. 15, 12 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Escritor, editor y periodista cubano, residente en Estados Unidos. Ha publicado los libros de cuentos Strip-tease y Querido Drácula, así como numerosas obras para niños y jóvenes. Autor además de las novelas Aprendices de brujo. Presenta en la Feria su más reciente obra ganadora del Premio Alfaguara 2008, Chiquita, donde relata la biografia de una joven cubana de veintiséis pulgadas de estatura.

PEDRO V. ROIG delivers new insights into the history of Cuba in The Elusive Quest for Freedom, which also includes an extensive bibliography. Roig, an attorney and educator who has written numerous history books on Cuba, is the director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Room 3315

RAFAEL ROJAS (Cuba/USA) Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Historiador y ensayista cubano, residente en México. Autor de varias obras entre las que se cuentan El ocaso de la Nueva España; El arte de la espera; La isla sin fin; y Tumbas sin sosiego. Presenta en la Feria la obra Motivos de Anteo, publicada por Colibrí, donde reconstruye la historia de los conceptos de patria y nación y sus metáforas en la cultura cubana.

BILL ROSEMANN has been a freelance writer, marketing director and editor in the comic book world for 15 years. He currently works at Marvel where he edits a variety of popular titles, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, Secret Invasion: Inhumans, Thunderbolts, War Machine, and War of Kings. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Centre Gallery

KENNETH D. ROSEN will show you how get the best return for your money buying apartment complexes, office buildings, retail store centers and warehouses in Investing in Income Properties: The Big Six Formula for Achieving Wealth in Real Estate (Wiley, $39.95). Rose is the Founder and President of Kendar Realty, Inc. Over the past 30 years he has bought and sold $300 million in investment real estate. He is past president of the Realtor Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches. He is one of the pioneers in condo conversions and the author of Condominium Conversions. Sat., Nov. 15, 5 p.m., Room 7128

ROBERT H. ROSENBERG is a filmmaker and Founding Director of the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Moderator: Queer Culture, Mainstream Culture; Assimilation and Identity in the 21st Century. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 1101

Learn how to save money without feeling deprived or letting anyone else know you’re skimping with SHARON HARVEY ROSENBERG’S The Frugal Duchess: How to Live Well and Save Money (DPL Press, $15.95). Rosenberg writes monthly columns for the Miami Herald, Florida Trend, and her work has appeared in numerous national magazines, including Money Magazine. She also writes a daily “Frugal Duchess” blog, one of the top-ranked frugal-living, personal finance blogs. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 7113

BETI ROZEN’s Annabelle: A Child on the Way (Sem Fronteiras Press), is co-authored by Peter Hays and illustrated by Eliardo França. Rozen is the author of more than ten children’s books in Brazil, Colombia and the United States. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m., Brazil Pavilion

CARLOS RUIZ-ZAFÓN (Spain) Fri, Nov. 14, 8 p.m., Auditorium. In Spanish. Es uno de los autores más leídos y reconocidos en todo el mundo. Debutó como novelista con El príncipe de la niebla (Premio Edebé). Amante de la novela del siglo XIX e influenciado por autores como Dostoievsky, Tolstoi y Dickens prosiguió su carrera con títulos de misterio, como el Palacio de la medianoche; Las luces de septiembre; y Marina.  Su obra La sombra del viento resultó un best-seller en varios países. Se presenta en la Feria con su última novela El juego del angel (Random House).

SALMAN RUSHDIE has created a dazzling, vivid, bawdy and profoundly moving novel, The Enchantress of Florence (Random House, $26), the story of a woman trying to forge her own destiny in a man’s world. The Washington Post calls it “…an homage to Renaissance magic and wonder.” Rushdie is the author of nine previous novels, including Midnight’s Children, winner of the Booker Prize in 1981 and was later judged to be the “Booker of Bookers,” the best novel to have won that prize in its first twenty-five years and The Satanic Verses, winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel. He is co-editor of Mirrorwork, an anthology of contemporary Indian writing. Sun., Nov. 16, 6 p.m., Chapman

SELWYN VERE DOUGLAS RYAN, an assistant professor at York University, Toronto, has published extensively on Trinidad & Tobago history and politics, including his first major work, Race and Nationalism in Trinidad and Tobago to his most recent, Independent Thought and Caribbean Freedom: Essays in Honour of Lloyd Best. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:00 p.m., Room 7114

SUSAN SAINT SING tells the fascinating story of legendary coach Richard “Dick” Glyndon and the 1920 Olympic crew team in The Wonder Crew: The Untold Story of a Coach, Navy Rowing, and Olympic Immortality (St. Martin’s Press, $25.95) Sing, a former coach of the Penn State rowing crew, was a member of the 1993 U.S. Rowing Team. She lives in Stuart, Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 4:30 p.m., Room 1101

REIHAN SALAM and co-author Ross Douthat chronicle the failure of the conservative revolution and offer recommendations to revitalize the Republican Party in Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream (Doubleday, $23.95). Douthat is a senior editor at The Atlantic and author of Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class. Salam is an associate editor at The Atlantic and a fellow at the New American Foundation. Sat., Nov. 15, 11 a.m., Room 3410

KIKE SANTANDER (Colombia) Sun., Nov. 9, 4 p.m., Auditorium. In Spanish. Compositor, arreglista y productor de éxitos de Carlos Santana, Jennifer López, Luis Miguel, Gloria Estefan y Thalía. Ha recibido varios premios Grammy. Presentará el libro Por amor a la música (Urano), donde expone experiencias claves de su vida como artista.

ESMERALDA SANTIAGO’s memoir, El Amante Turco/The Turkish Lover (Simon & Schuster, $14.95) recalls a Puerto Rican girl’s journey of self-liberation and self-discovery that culminates in her graduation from Harvard. Santiago is the author of When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Auditorium and (Las Comadres) Sat., Nov. 15, 12 p.m., Room 3410 and PEN, Sat, Nov. 15, 2:45 p.m., Chapman

FABIOLA SANTIAGO’s debut novel, Reclaiming Paris (Atria, $24.95) traces the sensuous journey of a Cuban-American woman who unravels a family secret while having affairs that span the globe. Santiago is a features writer and art critic for the Miami Herald. Sat., Nov. 15, 12 p.m., 3410 and Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Room 7106-07

SILVIANO SANTIAGO (Brazil) has published novels, short-stories, poems and essays, and was awarded with major Brazilian literary prizes. His most popular novel is Stella Manhattan (Duke University Press) translated into English by George Yudice. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:10 a.m., Centre Gallery

JEREMY SCAHILL exposed the private company at the center of the “global war on terror”, in Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army (Nation Books, $16.95). This new edition includes a gripping account of the Nisour Square shootings, where 17 Iraqi civilians died at the hands of Blackwater forces and a new conclusion, which chronicles the company’s newest venture as providers of CIA-type services to Fortune 500 companies and governments. Scahill, an award-winning journalist, is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Chapman

JON SCIESZKA is an award-winning children’s writer, author of The True Story of the 3 Litte Pigs!, considered the “classic picture book for all ages” and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, which won a Caldecott Honor medal, both illustrated by Lane Smith. Scieszka is also the author of the Time Warp Trio series, and creator of a new preschool/kindergarten series, Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown and an essay compilation, Guys Write for Guys Read, as well as many other children’s books. Scieszka is a nationally recognized reading advocate. Earlier this year he was named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:15 p.m., Target Children’s Stage and Student Literary Encounters

Investigative reporter MARK SCHAPIRO argues U.S. corporations will have to adhere to Europe’s strict safety standards for consumer products or lose market share in a shifting global economy in Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power (Chelsea Green, $22.95).  Schapiro is editorial director of the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco. He writes extensively on foreign affairs for Harper’s, The Nation and Atlantic Monthly and has reported stories for Frontline/World, NOW with Bill Moyers and NPR’s Marketplace. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., 7114

STACY SCHIFF’s A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America (Holt, $16) won the 2005 George Washington Book Prize, the Ambassador Award in American Studies, and the Institut Français’s Gilbert Chinard Prize. Schiff received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Véra . Her first book, Saint-Exupéry, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the recipient of numerous awards abroad.  Schiff was awarded a 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  She is a contributor to Wikipedia, The New Yorker and The New York Times. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Chapman

Relive the glorious angst of high school with ARIEL SCHRAG’s graphic novel trilogy, Awkward, Definition and Potential (Touchstone, $15 each), three amazingly honest looks at Schrag’s teenage years. Schrag’s illustrations and comics have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Jane, Paper and the Village Voice and her original art has appeared in museums and galleries around the world. Schrag was a writer for the Showtime series, The L Word and wrote the screen adaptation to her book, Potential, which is being developed into a major motion picture. Sat., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., Room 7106-07

DAVID SERCHAY is a youth services librarian for the Broward County Library System in South Florida, where he is on the graphic novel selection committee. He is the author of The Librarian’s Guide to Graphic Novels for Children and Tweens and the upcoming companion volume The Librarian’s Guide to Graphic Novels for Adults. He has previously written about the subject in a chapter for Thinking Outside the Book, and for Library Journal; Serials Review; Florida Living; Animato!; and Comics Source. Fri., Nov. 14, 10 and 11 a.m., Room 7128

DEBORAH SHARP introduces the world to Mama in Mama Does Time (Midnight Ink Books, $13.95), part of the Mace Bauer Mystery series. Mama is a true southern woman with impeccable manners who can serve sweet tea and sidestep alligator attacks. She’s also facing a murder rap for the stiff found in the trunk of her car. Only her daughter Mace can save her now. Sharp, a former reporter for USA Today, writes about the vanishing backcountry culture of Old Florida in her Mace Bauer mysteries. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 7174-75

AMMON SHEA has read the 137-pound, twenty-volume Oxford English Dictionary so you don’t have to. Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 27,730 Pages (Perigee, $21.95) is your ticket to the greatest dictionary on earth, including the most obscure, useful and useless gems, like what you call the itchy spot on your back you can’t scratch — acnestis.  Shea is the author of two previous books on obscure words, Depraved English and Insulting English. He lives in New York, surrounded by large old books. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., 3410

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MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER and Ted Nordhaus shook the world of environmental activism a few years ago with a contentious essay, “The Death of Environmentalism” which called for a radical new approach to battling global warming. They expand the idea in Breakthrough: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility (Houghton, Mifflin, $25), which argues Americans must sacrifice their standard of living to tackle the catastrophic consequences of global climate change. Nordhaus and Shellenberger are managing directors of American Environics, a social values research and political strategy firm, and senior fellows with the Breakthrough Institute, a think tank based in California. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., 7114

LUCILLE GANG SHULKLAPPER is a workshop leader for the Florida Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Library of Congress. Her fiction and poetry has been anthologized and appears in many publications, as well as in four poetry chapbooks, What You Cannot Have, The Substance of Sunlight, Godd, It’s Not Hollywood, and In The Tunnel. Write Out Loud Café

Chicago and its whirlwind politics is the focus of SCOTT SIMON’s new novel, Windy City (Random House, $25).  A murdered mayor of Chicago has the police racing to the find the killer and fellow politicians jockeying for power in this hilarious and touching story that includes colorful characters, terrorism scares and sex scandals. Simon is the host of NPR’s Weekend Edition. He is the author of Home and Away, a memoir, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball and the critically acclaimed novel Pretty Birds.Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Auditorium

PABLO SIMONETTI (Chile) Sun., Nov. 16, 3:15 p.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish.
En 2004, Pablo Simonetti publica Madre que estás en los cielos, novela de corte autobiográfico, una historia de amores filiales, rupturas familiares y redención, aclamada por la crítica y los lectores de su país y de todo Latinoamérica. Ahora presenta su novela La razón de los amantes, donde una pareja ansiosa de romper con la rutina, se precipita a experiencias límite y en pocos meses socava su convivencia.Un fenómeno editorial que se ha extendido por el continente, superando incluso su anterior éxito, con cuatro traducciones contratadas y un proyecto en marcha para ser llevada al cine.

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Novelist APRIL SMITH has a following among law enforcement personnel for her razor-sharp realism. Judas Horse: An FBI Special Agent Ana Gray Mystery (Knopf, $23.95), her third novel, has Special Agent Pam Graham investigating an anti-government, animal-loving, terrorist group with a penchant for homemade bombs.  Graham goes undercover to find out more in this suspenseful thriller. Smith is also the author of North of Montana and Good Morning Killer. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 3208-09

PHILIP SMITH’s memoir, Walking Through Walls (Atria, $24) is the story of growing up with a father who by day was an interior decorator to the stars, and by night, a psychic healer who partied with the dead. Really. Smith is the former managing editor of GQ and an artist whose works are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum, Miami Art Museum and the Chase Art Collection. He lives in Miami. Sun., Nov. 16, 12 p.m., 7106-07

SISTER SOULJAH is the author of Midnight: A Gangster Love Story (Atria, $26.99). Souljah is a political activist and educator. She is the author of The Coldest Winter Ever, and a memoir, No Disrespect. Sun., Nov. 16, 4:30 p.m., Room 2106

MICHAEL SOUSSAN tells his dark political coming-of-age story about his experiences working for the United Nations’ Oil-for-Food program in Backstabbing for Beginners: My Crash Course in International Diplomacy (Nation Books, $25.95). Soussan, a contributor for the Wall Street Journal, The New Republic and Commentary Magazine, and other national publications, teaches International Affairs and the Iraq conflict at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs. He was the first insider to call for an investigation of the UN’s dealings with Saddam Hussein. Sun., Nov. 16, 1:30 p.m., Room 3208-09

Nigerian poet and playwright WOLE SOYINKA was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He writes in English and his language is marked by great scope and richness. During the civil war in Nigeria, he was arrested, accused of conspiring with the Biafra rebels, and held as a political prisoner for 22 months. Soyinka has published more than 20 works, including the novel The Interpreters (1965), a complex narrative work that has been compared to Joyce’s and Faulkner’s, and Season of Anomy (1973), which confronts the Orpheus and Euridice myth with the mythology of the Yoruba. Autobiographical books include The Man Died: Prison Notes (1972) and the account of his childhood, Aké (1981). His essays are collected in Myth, Literature and the African World (1975).  He has been visiting professor periodically at the universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, Yale, Emory and UNLV. He is a founder of the City of Refuge programs both in Europe and in North America. Fri., Nov. 14, 6 p.m., Chapman

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist ART SPIEGELMAN has introduced the world to a groundbreaking collection of comics for early readers with TOON Books. His Jack and the Box (TOON Books, $12.95) keeps kids guessing what’s in the gift box Jack got for his birthday – each time he opens it something new, scary, silly pops out!  Spiegelman also has a new book of comics for grown-ups, Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! (Pantheon, $27.50).  Spiegelman, who claims both he and his children learned to read from comic books, has two other children’s books, Open Me…I’m a Dog and the Little Lit series of comics anthologies, for which he was both co-editor and contributor. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:45 a.m., Chapman and 2:45 p.m (PEN) and Sun., Nov. 16, 1 p.m., Target Children’s Stage

ELIZABETH SPIRES is the author of five volumes of poetry. This “jewel of a poet” contemplates death and illness in her newest collection, The Wave-Maker (W.W. Norton, $23.95). Spires lives in Baltimore, Maryland, where she teaches at Goucher College. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 1101

WESLEY STACE’s By George (Back Bay, $14.99) is the school-boy narrative of George Fisher, age 11 and that of an alter-ego of sorts, his ventriloquist father’s dummy, also named George. In different eras, both boy and dummy find their own voice and an understanding of a world full of trickery and illusion. Stace is also the author of Misfortune. As a musician, (performing as John Wesley Harding), Stace has released 15 albums. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Room 7128

LES STANDIFORD recounts the story of how Charles Dickens, broke and dispirited, came to write the inspiring story The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career & Revived Our Holiday Spirits (Crown, $19.95). Dickens not only wrote it, he designed, illustrated, printed, bound and distributed it to stores after publishers rejected the touching story that transformed his career and sparked a revival in a holiday that at one time was illegal in the former colonies. Standiford, a recipient of the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, is the author of numerous critically acclaimed novels and several works of nonfiction. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Chapman

MARK STATMAN and Pablo Medina offer a newly translated, bilingual edition of Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca’s Poet in New York (Grove Press, $14), a groundbreaking, defining work of modern literature that was inspired by Lorca’s nine months as a student at Columbia University at the beginning of the Great Depression. Statman is a poet whose work has appeared in Tin House and The Village Voice. He is the author of Listener in the Snow. Sat., Nov. 15, 11 a.m., 7113

JOHN STAUFFER offers a fascinating and original study of two preeminent men of the nineteenth century in Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln (Twelve, $30). Douglass, born a slave, and President Lincoln were both self-educated, Stauffer notes, using the same short list of books that would shape and inform their speeches, writings and public debates. Stauffer is the award-winning author of The Black Hearts of Mean: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race, co-winner of the 2002 Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Institute. He is the chair of the History of American Civilization and Professor of English at Harvard University. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 7128

DAVID HENRY STERRY was at party central in New York City in the 1980s, clad in tuxedo, top hat and roller skates. And he took notes. The result is Master of Ceremonies: A True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates & Chippendales (Canongate, $14.95), the tale of his two years at the male strip club. Sterry, a writer and actor who also once worked as a chicken and a ham sandwich, is the author of nine books, including Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent. Sat., Nov. 15, 1:30 p.m., Room 7113

TERE STARR is president of the Miami Poets. Her poetry has been published in various journalsand in the anthologies, Bohemian Corner II and Step into My Metaphor: An Anthology of South Florida Poets. She has also completed a young adult novel and two one-act plays. Her first full-length poetry manuscript, Wings of Stone, awaits publication. Write Out Loud Café

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A retired schoolteacher is at the heart of thirteen heart-wrenching tales set in coastal Maine in ELIZABETH STROUT’s latest novel, Olive Kitteridge (Random House, $24.95).  Strout, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, is the national best-selling author of Amy and Isabelle and Abide With Me. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Auditorium

DOUG STUMPF’s debut novel Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy (Harper, $13.95) satires the excesses of New York’s money elite from the perspective of a Brazilian boy. Stumpf is a deputy editor at Vanity Fair. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 3208-09

LUCÍA M. SUÁREZ, an Associate Professor of Spanish at Amherst College, is the co-editor with Ruth Behar of The Portable Island: Cubans at Home in the World (Palgrave Macmillan, $22.95). She has received awards from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Mellon-Mayes, and the Social Science Research Council. More recently, she has been a Ford Foundation Fellow (2007-08).  She is the author of The Tears of Hispaniola: Haitian and Dominican Diaspora Memory. Sat., Nov. 15, 12 p.m., 7113

JAMES SWAIN’s newest thriller, Night Stalker (Ballantine, $25) features Jack Carpenter, the hero of his previous novel Midnight Rambler, an overzealous ex-cop from Ft. Lauderdale who is enlisted by a serial killer days away from his execution to help find his kidnapped grandson. Swain, winner of the prestigious Prix Calibre 38 for Best American Crime Fiction, is the best-selling author of eight previous novels. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Room 7174-75

JOYCE SWEENEY is the author of thirteen novels for young adults and winner of numerous awards, including the First Annual Delacorte Press Prize for an Outstanding Young Adult Novel.  Her current novel, Headlock, won a Silver Medal in the 2006 Florida Book Awards and was chosen by the American Library Association as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers.  Her first chapbook, Impermanence, was published in 2008 by Finishing Line Press.  Sweeney conducts ongoing workshops in creative writing which have so far produced twenty-three published authors. Write Out Loud Café

YVES SWOLFS, a graphic novelist, is the creator of Durango, a Western-style character inspired by the actor Clint Eastwood. He is also the creator of historic graphic novels, including Dampierre and Légende. Swolfs is also a guitarist with the hard-rock group, Lazare. After studying journalism, Swolfs joined the Atelier R, a prestigious graphic novel section of the Saint Luc Institute of Bruxelles. Sun., Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Centre Gallery

LORI L. THARPS tells the story of a fearless adventurer who finds true love and lives out her dreams in Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love, & Spain (Atria, $23), a memoir that’s also a history book and travelogue.  As an African-American, she encountered overt racism on her arrival in Spain but that didn’t stop her from finding her place and forging a life with her Spaniard husband, the “gazpacho” to her “kinky.” Tharps is a former staff writer for Vibe and a correspondent for Entertainment Weekly. Sat., Nov. 15, 3 p.m., Room 7113

IVÁN THAYS (Perú) Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Es cuentista, novelista, profesor universitario, conductor de un programa de TV sobre libros y editor del blog Moleskine literario. Considerado como uno de los 39 mejores escritores latinoamericanos jóvenes, es autor, entre otras, de La disciplina de la vanidad (Universidad Católica del Perú), que se presentará en la sesión El futuro es hoy.

MOLLY THOMAS-HICKS Sun., Nov.16, 3:30 p.m. Room 3410

SHAUN TOMSON’s Bustin’ Down the Door: The Surf Revolution of ’75 (Abrams, $35) documents the season that changed the sport of surfing, with essays by the legends and 200 full-color photos by renowned surfing photographer Dan Merkel. Tomson was the 1977 Professional World Champion. He is the author of Surfer’s Code. Sat., Nov. 15, 4:30 p.m., Room 1101

EMMA TRELLES’s poems and essays have appeared in New Millennium Writings, Ocho, Newsday and Latina magazine. She is the editor of the Tigertail poetry series. She is also the editor of the recently released, MiPOesias: The American Cuban Issue (Create Space, $15.99), which showcases the work of poets of Cuban descent who live in the U.S. Sun., Nov. 16, 1:30 p.m., Room 3410

GABY TRIANA’s The Temptress Four (Harper Teen, $16.99) follows four best friends who go on a cruise after graduation. Though it’s supposed to be the best eight days of their lives…fate has other plans. Triana is also the author of Backstage Pass and Cubanita. Student Literary Encounters

HELEN TSE’s Sweet Mandarin (St. Martin’s Press, $27.95) is named after the award-winning restaurant run by Kily Kwok, the first Chinese woman to open a Chinese restaurant in Great Britain. This memoir spans 100 years of challenges endured by successive generations of strong Chinese women who persevere with the help of family and good food.  The book is currently being adapted into a major BBC serialization and being used by UK and Asia schools for Chinese cultural studies as part of the China Now Government initiative. Tse, a finance and tax lawyer in the UK, currently advises companies interested in investing in China. Sat., Nov. 15, 3 p.m., Room 7113

Best-selling author SCOTT TUROW has a new legal mystery, Limitations (Picador, $13) which features a recurring character, George Mason, who is now a judge confronting the disturbing case of a brutal rape. Mason begins to question his fitness to judge in this compelling legal mystery that probes the limitations of the law. Turow, a lawyer-storyteller, is the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction books and a frequent contributor to national newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Vanity Fair and The Atlantic. In 2004 he received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Ultimate Punishment, a reflection on the death penalty. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages and won numerous literary awards, including the 2003 Heartland Prize for Reversible Errors. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Room 2106

JUDY VALDES (Lip Service) thinks of herself as a regular girl. You’ll think otherwise. Write Out Loud Café

ZOÉ VALDÉS (Cuba/USA) Sun., Nov. 16, 4:45 a.m., Room 3313/3314. In Spanish. Escritora cubana radicada en París. Autora de poemarios, ensayos y novelas. Entre sus obras se cuentan La nada cotidiana; Te di la vida entera; Lobas de mar; La eternidad del instante; Bailar con la vida; y La cazadora de astros.  En 1996 obtuvo la Orden de Chevalier de las Artes y las Letras que otorga Francia.  Presenta en la Feria La ficcion Fidel (Harper Collins), ensayo a través del cual interpreta la historia de Cuba desde su independencia hasta el golpe de estado de 1959.

GONNY VAN DEN BROEK’s award-winning poetry has appeared in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Lyric, The Federal Poet, Visions, and in many anthologies. Write Out Loud Café

RUTH VANDER ZEE’s Always With You (Eerdmans, $17.64), illustrated by Ronald Himler, is based on the true story of a Vietnamese orphan who draws strength from her mother’s last words. Vander Zee is the author of Erika’s Story and Mississippi Morning.  Student Literary Encounters

IAN VASQUEZ’s debut novel, In the Heat (St. Martin’s Press, $24.95) is set in the gritty underworld of Belize, where a professional boxer turned investigator gets in over his head while searching for the missing daughter of a wealthy woman. Vazquez, an avid boxing fan who grew up in Belize, lives near Tampa Bay, Florida. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Room 7174-75

MANNY VASQUEZ PORTAL (Cuba/USA) Sun., Nov. 9, 3 p.m., Room 2106. In Spanish. Poeta, narrador, filólogo y periodista independiente cubano, residente en Miami. Ha publicado los libros de poesía A mano abierta; Fábrica de antojos (poemas para niños); Del pecho como una gota; Cantos iniciales; y Celda número cero. Este año participa en la presentación del libro colectivo Aldabonazo en Trocadero 162 (Aduana Vieja), un homenaje a José Lezama Lima.

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FÈQUIÉRE VILSAINT, a Haitian-American molecular biologist, is president of Educa Vision, Inc, a publishing company that develops multicultural education materials. He is the author of 16 bilingual dictionaries and glossaries and has published extensively in academic journals. He wrote Who is Who in the Haitian Diaspora, with co-author Maude Heurtelou. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., Room 7113

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BOB WALLACE traveled to Namibia in Africa to photograph the elusive cheetah for The Cry of the Cheetah (Tate, $14.99), an audiobook that tells the story of a cheetah and lion cub who grow up as friends. The book won the President Book Award of the Florida Publishers Association. Wallace is an accomplished lecturer, author, explorer and natural science photographer who has traveled the world in search of endangered wildlife species and marine life. Sat., Nov 15, 9:30 a.m., Target Children’s Stage

DANIEL WALLACE, acclaimed author of the best-selling Big Fish, has a new novel equally mesmerizing and colorful, Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician (Anchor Books, $13.95). It’s the story of the disappearance of magician Henry Walker from a decrepit traveling circus after he encounters a group of menacing white youths.  Wallace’s stories have been published in numerous literary magazines and books, including Yale Review, Glimmer Train and The Best American Short Stories. He teaches at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he lives with his wife and son. Sat., Nov. 15, 1 p.m., Room 7128

Award-winning photographers ANNEKE WAMBAUGH and Claire Garoutte explore the intimate world of Afro-Cuban spirituality and document Afro-Cuban religions Santeria and Palo Monte in Crossing the Water (Duke University Press, $24.95) This photo-essay book includes 150 striking photographs of their encounter with a priest-practitioner in Santiago de Cuba. Garoutte, an assistant professor of photography at Seattle University, also wrote and illustrated Matter of Trust. Wambaugh is an independent scholar of African and Afro-Caribbean ritual art who works as a Haitian Creole interpreter in Seattle. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 7128

STEVEN WATTS details the life of Hugh Hefner and the influence Playboy magazine had on American culture in Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream (Wiley, $29.95).  Watts, Professor of History at the University of Missouri, is the author of four books, including The People’s Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century and The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., 7106-07

ROBERT WEIL is an executive editor and vice president at W. W. Norton & Co. He worked closely with Will Eisner, overseeing the publication of his books.  He has edited over 500 books in his career, and his authors include Robert Crumb, Henry Roth, Nelson Mandela, Patricia Highsmith, Michael Oren, Primo Levi, Edmund S. Morgan, E. O. Wilson, Sarah Lyall, and Annette Gordon-Reed. Wed., Nov. 12, 6 p.m., Centre Gallery

ERIC WEINER travels the world to find the who/what of happiness in The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World (Twelve, $25.99). Answer: It’s not about the money. Though a few drinks with friends can help.  Weiner is an award-winning foreign correspondent for NPR and a former reporter for the New York Times and contributor to The New Republic, The International Herald Tribune, and The Los Angeles Times. He also writes the popular “How They Do It” column for Slate. Sun., Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Room 2106

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EDMUND WHITE’s biography Rimbaud: The Double Life of a Rebel (Atlas & Co., $24) tells the story of the poet and prodigy, Arthur Rimbaud who died in 1891 but was an influential creative force for the likes of Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. White, a literary and cultural critic, is the author of biographies of Genet, Proust and eight novels, including most recently Hotel de Dream. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and teaches at Princeton University. Sun., Nov. 16, 11 a.m., Chapman

TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS’ writes about her travels to Ravenna, Italy, the American Southwest and a small village in Rwanda in Find Beauty in a Broken World (Pantheon, $26) a meditation on how the natural and human worlds collide and connect. Williams is the Annie Clark Tanner Scholar in Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah. Her previous books include Leap, Red and The Open Space of Democracy. Sat., Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Auditorium

DIANE WILSON, peace activist, environmental crusader and fourth-generation Texas Gulf Coast shrimper, looks back at her childhood growing up under the influence of a church-going family in Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out; or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus (Chelsea Green, $24.95). Wilson, a mother of five and recipient of Mother Jones’ Hell Raiser of the Month award, (among many environmental awards and honors), became an accidental activist when she took on the chemical companies who dumped toxins into her beloved Gulf Coast waters. She wrote about her struggle in her first book, An Unreasonable Woman. Sat., Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m., Room 7106-07

TERRI WITEK is the author of The Shipwreck Dress: Poems (Orchises Press, $14.95), a vivid, deeply sensuous collection of new poetry, featuring art by Cyriaco Lopes. Sun., Nov. 16, 2:30 p.m., Room 3410

Is a wonder drug that promises happiness a poison or a cure? DIRK WITTENBORN’s Pharmakon (Penguin, $25.95) explores this question through the story of an ambitious psychology professor who tries out the drug on an unsuspecting lab assistant with tragic consequences. Wittenborn, an Emmy-nominated HBO producer, is the author of Fierce People, for which he also wrote the screenplay. His newest movie is The Lucky Ones, starring Tim Robbins. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 2106

A. JAMES WOHLPART and Pete Blaze Corcoran co-edited A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter (University of Georgia Press, $26.95), a collection of essays, poems and stories by some of America’s most insightful writers, including Terry Tempest Williams and Rick Bass. Wohlpart is an associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University. Sun., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., Room 7128

KEITH WOODS’s The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race & Ethnicity (Columbia University Press, $46.50) includes a selection of television and newspaper stories, a DVD and a website project. Woods is the dean of faculty at the Poynter Institute. The Authentic Voice was co-written with Arlene Notoro Morgan, associate dean at Columbia University and former assistant managing editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Alice Irene Pifer, director of professional education at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a former producer at ABC News. Sun., Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Room 7174-75

JNITA WRIGHT’s award-winning poetry has appeared in Lucidy, Lyric, Nostalgia, Bird Talk, and Good Housekeeping and in ten anthologies and three published books: An Apple Falls, Taming the Word and Neighbor Hood. Write Out Loud Café

DAVID WROBLEWSKI’s debut novel, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Ecco, $25.95) tells the coming-of-age story of Edgar Sawtelle, a mute boy whose idyllic world raising dogs on a remote farm in the northern Wisconsin wilderness comes to an abrupt end with the murder of his father.  Wroblewski grew up in rural Wisconsin, near the Chequamegon National Forest where the novel is set. Sun., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium

PAUL YEAGER tackles trite, trendy and grammatically incorrect words in this witty guide to eloquence, Literally, The Best Language Book Ever (Perigee, $13.95). Yeager, a freelance writer, is the managing editor for Accuweather.com. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., 3410

LISA ZIMMERMAN’s newest book is The Light at the Edge of Everything (Anhinga Press). Her first book, How the Garden Looks From Here,won the Violet Reed Haas Poetry Award. She is the author of two chapbooks, In Places Without Time Nothing Hurries and Traveling Among the Animals.  She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in the Colorado Review, Redbook, Atlanta Review, Portland Review and Indiana Review.  She teaches composition and creative writing at the University of Northern Colorado. Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m., Room 3315

ALAN ZWEIBEL’s Clothing Optional (Ballantine, $22) offers a collection of laugh-out-loud essays, short fiction, and dialogues all drawn from his peculiar life as a comedy writer for television, including Saturday Night Live, Curb Your Enthusiasm and It’s Gary Shandling’s Show. Zweibel’s book, The Other Shulman, won the 2006 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Sat., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m., Room 2106