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Melissa Marr (signed): Author of the Wicked Lovely series, her new novel - Graveminder - is her first for adults.

John Scalzi (signed): Bestselling author of the "Old Man's War" series of books as well as a forthcoming sequel to H. Beam Piper's "Fuzzy" novels.

Lawrence Block (signed): One of the great crime writers, author of dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories, creator of such characters as Matt Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr. His newest is A Drop of the Hard Stuff, the first Scudder book in years.

Robert Silverberg (signed): One of the great science fiction writers, winner of multiple Hugos and Nebulas and author of Lord Valentine's Castle, Dying Inside, Nightwings and literally dozens of other SF classics.

Julie Orringer (signed): Author of the magnificent and widely anthologized short story The Smoothest Way Is Full of Stones, the collection How to Breathe Underwater and the recent novel, The Invisible Bridge which is just out in paperback.

Steve Earle (signed): Musician, author of the short story collection Doghouse Roses and the new novel I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive. SOLD OUT!

John Sayles (signed): One of the giants of American independent film, Sayles is also a National Book Award-nominated novelist (for Union Dues) and short story writer.

Ricky Jay (signed): One of the greatest living sleight-of-hand artists, Jay is also an actor and author of numerous books including Cards As Weapons and the new Celebrations of Curious Characters.

Adam Hochschild (signed): Poet, illustrator, author of several novels and short story collections. Also, reportedly the inspiration for Steely Dan's song, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number". Her newest book is a short novel, Netsuke. Adam Hochschild - Journalist, historian and author of "King Leopold's Ghost" and "To End All Wars". SOLD OUT!

Jo Nesbo (signed): Norwegian author of the Harry Hole mystery series, the latest of which is The Snow Man. Nesbo also writes the Doktor Proktor children's books.

Timothy Ferris (signed): Pulitzer Prize-nominated science writer, author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way and several others including his newest, The Science of Liberty.

John Waters (signed): Filmmaker ("Pink Flamingos", "Cry Baby", "Hairspray"), sometime actor, raconteur. His books include Crackpot, Shock and Role Models.

Rikki Ducornet (signed): Poet, illustrator, author of several novels and short story collections. Also, reportedly the inspiration for Steely Dan's song, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number". Her newest book is a short novel, Netsuke.

John Flanagan (signed): Author of the Ranger's Apprentice series, the latest (and last) of which is The Emperor of Nihon-Ja.

WonderCon: Northern California's largest comic book and pop culture event. This year's guests included Marv Wolfman, Paul Levitz, Len Wein, Tony Daniel, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Joe Quesada, Jeph Loeb, Jason Aaron, Sergio Aragones, Berke Breathed, Robert Kirkman, Terry Moore, Frank Quitely, Seth, Bill Sienkiewicz, Larry Marder, Geof Darrow, Wendy Pini, Judd Winick and many others. Enter "WonderCon 2011" into the keywords field to bring up a partial list of items we had signed or picked up at the convention.

Jayne Ann Krentz (signed): New York Times bestselling author of 150+ novels in a variety of genres under a number of pseudonyms including Amanda Quick, Jayne Castle and Stephanie James.

Mary Gordon (signed): Author of Final Payments, The Rest of Life and several other novels and short story collections. Her newest novel is The Love of My Youth.

Holly Black (signed): Co-creator, with Tony DiTerlizzi, of the Spiderwick Chronicles series as well as the author of Tithe and the newest book in the Curse Workers series, Red Glove.

Cassandra Clare (signed): Author of the Mortal Instruments series, the newest of which is City of Fallen Angels.

Billy Collins (signed): U.S. Poet Laureate from 2001-2003, author of The Names and the new Horoscopes for the Dead.

Richard Preston (signed): Author of the bestselling The Hot Zone (one of the scariest books Scott's ever read), Preston's newest books are Panic in Level 4 and The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring.

Joyce Carol Oates (signed): One of the US' foremost writers, the incredibly prolific Oates has written too many books to be listed in this short space. Her newest, A Widow's Story, is a memoir of the death of her husband of nearly 50 years.

Charles Baxter (signed): His newest book is Gryphon: New and Selected Stories. Baxter is also the author of several other collections of stories and five novels including The Feast of Love, a Scott favorite.

Anthony Horowitz (signed): Author of the Alex Rider series, the latest (and last) of which is Scorpia Rising. Horowitz is also a noted writer for film and television and is the creator of the BBC series, "Foyle's War".

Joshua Foer (signed): Science writer whose first book, Moonwalking with Einstein, may be one of the best books of 2011. Foer has also written for National Geographic, The Nation and other magazines.

Howard Gordon (signed): TV writer-producer who has worked on shows ranging from the X-Files to 24. His first novel is Gideon's Sword, which was originally titled The Obelisk.

Ian Rankin (signed): Edgar Award-winning author of the Inspector Rebus novels. His latest, The Complaints, launches a new series about Internal Affairs detectives.

Lois Lowry (signed): Two-time Newbery Medal-winner (for Number the Stars and The Giver), author of numerous modern classics for children including A Summer to Die and the Anastasia Krupnik series. Her newest book is Bless This Mouse. SOLD OUT!

Kevin J Anderson (signed) and Brian Herbert (signed) Co-authors of the "Dune" continuations. Their newest book is a non-Dune collaboration and the start of a new series, Hellhole.

Colin Thubron (signed): One of the world's most celebrated travel writers. His newest book is To a Mountain in Tibet.

Jasper Fforde (signed): Author of the Thursday Next mystery/SF hybrids, the newest of which is One of Our Thursdays Is Missing.

Jon Scieszka (signed): Creator of the Time Warp Trio series, author of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and others illustrated by Lane Smith. His latest is the second in his new series, "SPHDZ" (Spaceheads).

Maxine Hong Kingston (signed): Author of the classic memoirs The Woman Warrior and China Men, as well as the novel Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book. Her newest is also a memoir, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life.

Ray Kurzweil (signed): Inventor, futurist, controversial speaker on the subject of transhumanism and technological singularity and author of The Age of Spiritual Machines, The Singularity is Near and others.

Gary Snyder (signed): Pulitzer Prize-winning poet associated with the Beat movement; author of Turtle Island, Regarding Wave and many others.

Karen Russell (signed): One of the New Yorker's "20 Under 40", author of the short story collection St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised By Wolves and the new novel, Swamplandia!.

Susan Vreeland (signed): NYT bestselling historical novelist, author of the well-regarded Girl in Hyacinth Blue and the new Clara and Mr. Tiffany.

Katharine Kerr (signed): Author of the Deverry fantasy series.  Her newest book is the inaugural offering in the Nola O'Grady urban fantasy series, "License to Ensorcell".

Daisy Whitney (signed): First-time novelist, author of the excellent The Mockingbirds, Scott's favorite book of 2010 [Read the January 26, 2011 edition of our newsletter for Scott's review].

Joseph McElroy (signed): Influential American novelist, author of A Smuggler's Bible, Lookout Cartridge and the new short story collection (his first), Night Soul and Other Stories.

Stephen Dobyns (signed): Author of The Church of Dead Girls, the Charlie Bradshaw mysteries (the ones with "Saratoga" in the title) and a new book of poetry, Winter's Journey.

Colm Toibin (signed): Author of the Booker-nominated The Blackwater Lightship and The Master, his newest book is a short story collection, The Empty Family.

David Lance Goines (signed): Iconic artist and printmaker, his works have appeared on posters and products for many business including Scharffen Berger Chocolate, Ravenswood wines and Peet's Coffee.  His latest book is The Poster Art of David Lance Goines.

Daniel Alarcon (signed): One of the New Yorker's "20 Under 40", Granta's "Best Young American Novelists 2" and author of Lost City Radio.

Chris Adrian (signed): One of the New Yorker's "20 Under 40", McSweeney's contributor and author of the novels Gob's Grief and The Children's Hospital.

Yiyun Li (signed): One of the New Yorker's "20 Under 40", Granta's "Best Young American Novelists 2" and author of The Vagrants and the recent collection of stories, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl.

Patton Oswalt (signed): Comedian, actor, comic book writer and now author of the essay collection Zombie Spaceship Wasteland.

Spain Rodriguez (signed): A classic underground cartoonist, creator of Trashman and biographer of Che Guevara.  He is the illustrator of the new Devil Dog. 

Salman Rushdie (signed): Author of the Booker-of-Bookers Midnight's Children, the controversial Satanic Verses and the new Luka and the Fire of Life.

Nora Ephron (signed): Journalist, New Yorker contributor, screenwriter (When Harry Met Sally, Silkwood, Heartburn) and film director (Julie and Julia, Sleepless in Seattle).  Her newest book is I Remember Nothing.

Terry Bisson (signed): Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the classic story Bears Discover Fire as well as the novels Voyage to the Red Planet, Fire on the Mountain, Dear Abbey and many other works of fiction and nonfiction.

Amy Sedaris (signed): Co-creator of "Strangers with Candy", co-author, with David Sedaris, of several plays and author of the new Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People.

Simon Winchester (signed): Author of the fascinating The Professor and the Madman as well as numerous other books on various topics.  His newest is Atlantic.

Lady Antonia Fraser (signed): Noted historian, creator of the Jemima Shore mysteries and author of the memoir, Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter.

Yann Martel (signed): Man Booker Prize-winning author of Life of Pi and the new Beatrice and Virgil.

Ayelet Waldman (signed): Author of the "Mommy Track" mysteries, the new Red Hook Road and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, the movie adaptation of which is set to be released in January.

Lisa Brown (signed): Illustrator, author of the "Baby..." series of board books for adults and co-author, with Adele Griffin, of Picture the Dead.

Gary Shteyngart (signed): The author of Absurdistan returns with Super Sad True Love Story, a funny dystopian May-December romance.

Myla Goldberg (signed): Author of Bee Season, Wickett's Remedy and the new The False Friend.

Sam Lipsyte (signed): Author of the story collection Venus Drive and the novels Home Land and The Ask.

Suzanne Collins (signed): Author of the five-book "Underland Chronicles" (Gregor) series.  Her newest book, Mockingjay, concludes the Hunger Games trilogy. SOLD OUT!

Armistead Maupin (signed): Author of the beloved "Tales of the City" series, the newest of which is Mary Ann in Autumn.

Nicole Krauss (signed): Author of Man Walks Into a Room and History of Love, two of our favorite novels of recent years.  She's one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists and the New Yorker's 20 Under 40.  Her newest, Great House has been nominated for the National Book Award. 

Alexander McCall Smith (signed): Author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Isabel Dalhousie series as well as numerous other books.  His newest is The Charming Quirks of Others.

Charles Burns (signed): Cartoonist, contributor to The Believer, author of Black Hole (soon to be a movie) and the new X'ed Out.

Jimmy Carter (signed): 39th President of the United States, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and author of the new The White House Diary.

Karen Joy Fowler (signed): Best known for The Jane Austen Book Club, Fowler is also the author of the luminous Sarah Canary and the brilliant short story collection Artificial Things.

Claude Lalumiere (signed): Author of Objects of Worship, one of the best short story collections I've read in a long time.  He also, with Rupert Bottenberg, curates the website Lost Myths.

Emma Donoghue (signed): Author of Slammerkin, Stir-Fry and the Man Booker Prize-nominated Room.

Lois McMaster Bujold (signed): Multiple Hugo Award-winning author of the Vorkosigan series, the newest of which is CryoBurn. 

David Weber (signed): Author of the bestselling Honor Harrington series.  His newest book is Out of the Dark.

Alternative Press Expo (signed): The Alternative Press Expo was the weekend of October 16th. This year's guests of honor included Tony Millionaire, Megan Kelso, Lynda Barry, Daniel Clowes, Rich Koslowski, Renee French and Tommy Kovac. Look for books signed by all the above as well as by attending guests Barron Storey, Lark Pien, Spain Rodriguez  and others in the near future. Search using keyword "APE 2010".

Paolo Bacigalupi (signed): Winner of virtually every award science fiction has to offer, author of The Windup Girl and a host of excellent short stories collected in Pump Six and Other Stories. We reviewed Pump Six and Other Stories in April, 2008 and reviewed The Windup Girl in October, 2009.

Cherie Priest (signed): Author of the Eden Moore trilogy as well as Boneshaker, which was nominated for the Nebula.  Here newest book is Dreadnought, set in the same universe as Boneshaker.

F. Paul Wilson (signed): Author of the classic The Keep and well as other novels in the Adversary cycle as well as many novels in the Repairman Jack series.

Tony DiTerlizzi (signed): Co-creator, with Holly Black, of the Spiderwick Chronicles series, award-winning illustrator and author of The Search for WondLa, first in a trilogy.

Judd Apatow (signed): Writer and or director of "Knocked Up", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Funny People", creator of the fondly remembered tv series "Freaks and Geeks".

Dave Cooper (signed): Cartoonist, author of Weasel, Suckle and Dan and Larry.  His newest book is a collection of fine art, Bent, which features an introduction by Guillermo del Toro.

Rick Meyerowitz (signed): Founding editor of the National Lampoon and creator of the Lampoon's most enduring visual image, the Mona Gorilla.  Meyerowitz has written a new coffee table book on the National Lampoon entitled Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead.

Maira Kalman (signed): Author and illustrator of many children's books including the Max series, and co-creator, with Rick Meyerowitz, of the classic New Yorker cover "New Yorkistan".  Her newest is 13 Words, written by Lemony Snicket.

Lemony Snicket (signed): Author of the Series of Unfortunate Events series.  He also writes novels and short stories under his real name, Daniel Handler.  His newest is a picture book for kids, 13 Words, illustrated by Maira Kalman.

Diana Gabaldon (signed): Author of the bestselling Outlandish series, the latest of which is The Exile, a graphic novel illustrated by Hoang Nguyen.

Margaret Peterson Haddix (signed): Author of Just Ella, the Missing trilogy and the final book in the 39 Clues series, Into The Gauntlet.

Jonathan Safran Foer (signed): One of Granta's “Best Young American Novelists” and The New Yorker's “20 Under 40”, author of Everything Is Illuminated  and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

James Patrick Kelly (signed): Hugo-winning author of the great story, “Think Like a Dinosaur” as well as the novel Burn.

John Kessel (signed): Frequent collaborator with James Patrick Kelly, author of Freedom Beach and co-editor of Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology from Tachyon Publications.

Kelley Armstrong (signed): Creator of the Women of the Otherworld series, which includes Bitten, Stolen and Waking the Witch.

Melissa Marr (signed): Author of one of our favorite recent fantasy novels, Wicked Lovely as well as its sequels.

Stephen Breyer (signed): Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.  His books include Active Liberty and the new Making Our Democracy Work.

Jeff Lindsay (signed): Creator of Dexter Morgan, the serial killer/forensics expert at the center of the Showtime TV series.

Jonathan Franzen (signed): National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections.  His new book, Freedom is getting amazing press, and Franzen was recently featured on the cover of Time Magazine.

William Gibson (signed): Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the modern classic, Neuromancer as well as many others.  His new book is Zero History.

John Porcellino (signed): Cartoonist, author of the books Perfect Example, King-Cat Classix and Map of My Heart and author/publisher of King-Cat Comics.

Rick Moody (signed): Author of The Ice Storm, Demonology and many others.  His newest book is The Four Fingers of Death.

Jack Vance (signed): Living legend (we were lucky enough to visit with him recently).

Martin Cruz Smith (signed): His newest, Three Stations, the seventh novel to feature Arkady Renko, who made his debut in the classic Gorky Park.

Mary Roach (signed): Author of the phenomenal nonfiction works Stiff, Bonk, Spook and the new Packing for Mars.

Carl Hiaasen (signed): His new book is Star Island, which takes on modern celebrity and the papparazzi with his usual outstanding mix of humor and violence.  One of our favorite authors. 

David Mitchell (signed): Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green and others. His fifth book is the much-anticipated The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.

Justin Cronin (signed): Author of the much-discussed The Passage (first in a trilogy) as well as two previous novels, The Summer Guest and Mary and O'Neil.

Brian Froud and Wendy Froud (signed): The Frouds are also conceptual artists for films (best known for “The Dark Crystal”, “Labyrinth” and Yoda in the Star Wars movies), illustrators for children's books and the creators of Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book and its successors.

Derek McCulloch (signed) and Greg Espinoza (signed): Writer and artist of the new original graphic novel, Pug. McCulloch is also the writer of the Eisner-nominated Stagger Lee.

Mark Sumner (signed): Author of the fondly remembered "News from the Edge" series of Ace paperback originals; his newest book is a non-fiction work, The Evolution of Everything.