RWA will host the “Readers for Life” Literacy Autographing on July 11, 2007, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. This is during the 27th Annual RWA Conference in Dallas, Texas at the in the Hyatt Regency hotel.
There will be over 450 romance fiction authors will be signing books donated by publishers with the proceeds of the sales going to literacy charities. It is a great excuse to spend money on books *g*. You do not need to be attending the conference to go.
When I lasted checked this was the list of authors who will be signing:
Shana Abe, C.T. Adams, C.H. Admirand, Lara Adrian, Jami Alden, Lacey Alexander, Victoria Alexander, Renee Alexis, Regan Allen, Karen Anders, Jessica Andersen, Bella Andre, Gina Ardito, Kelley Armstrong, Judith Arnold, Keri Arthur, Jennifer Ashley, Melanie Atkins, Kate Austin, Lori Avocato, Jina Bacarr, Kathleen Bacus, Roz Bailey, Mardi Ballou, Nina Bangs, Jill Barnett, Linda Barrett, Gerry Bartlett, Beverly Barton, Shelley Bates, Elizabeth Batten-Carew, Alexandra Benedict, Jules Bennett, Renee Bernard, Heidi Betts, Elizabeth Bevarly, Jo Beverley, Jenna Black, Shayla Black, Sandy Blair, Toni Blake, Stephanie Bond, Lori Borrill, Marie Bostwick, Elizabeth Boyle, Eden Bradley, Shelley Bradley, Shelley Brannigan, Jean Brashear, Cynthia Breeding, Helen Brenna, Allison Brennan, Dee Brice, Kate Bridges, Terri Brisbin, Pamela Britton, Suzanne Brockmann, Connie Brockway, Gemma Bruce, Nina Bruhns, Niki Burnham, Monica Burns, Jaci Burton, Nancy Bush, Gayle Callen, Candy Calvert, Dawn Calvert, Anna Campbell, Linda Cardillo, Opal Carew, Kathy Carmichael, Teresa Carpenter, Robyn Carr, Dixie Cash, Kathryn Caskie, Mary Castillo, Maureen Caudill, Michelle Celmer, Victoria Chancellor, Janet Chapman, Layla Chase, Lisa Childs, Judy Christenberry, Ann Christopher, Cathy Clamp, Pamela Clare, Jaycee Clark, Debra Clopton, Kresley Cole, Debby Conrad, Kristina Cook, Jerri Corgiat, Beth Cornelison, Nicola Cornick, Leigh Court, Tami Cowden, Gretchen Craig, Susan Crandall, Megan Crane, Susan Crosby, Claire Cross, Melinda Curtis, Victoria Dahl, Claudia Dain, Jacquie D’Alessandro, Margaret Daley, Kathleen Dante, Kay David, Patricia Davids, Stephie Davis, Geralyn Dawson, Alyssa Day, Sylvia Day, Gail Dayton, Kimberly Dean, Cindy Dees, Ann Defee, Robyn DeHart, Claire Delacroix, Jana DeLeon, Kathie DeNosky, Anna DeStefano, Thea Devine, Delilah Devlin, Lori Devoti, Helenkay Dimon, Christina Dodd, Susan Donovan, Kate Douglas, Cheryl Dragon, Dianne Drake, Isabelle Drake, Laura Drewry, Eileen Dreyer, Judy Duarte, Michele Dunaway, Natalie Dunbar, Diana Duncan, Lois Faye Dyer, Kathleen Eagle, Jennifer Echols, Anne Elizabeth, Simone Elkeles, Suzanne Enoch, Jennifer Estep, Wendy Etherington, Anna J. Evans, Molly Evans, Lillian Feisty, Tina Ferraro, Caridad Ferrer, Honora Finkelstein, Gaelen Foley, Jacey Ford, Elaine Fox, Mara Fox, Kit Frazier, Barbara Freethy, Patricia Gaffney, Barbara Gale, Shelley Galloway, Diane Gaston, Cindy Gerard, Tina Gerow, Rachel Gibson, Blythe Gifford, Debby Giusti, Colleen Gleason, Kristi Gold, Linda Goodnight, Carol Grace, Donna Grant, Jane Graves, Samantha Graves, T.L. Gray, Carmen Green, Jennifer Greene, Shannon Greenland, Leigh Greenwood, Diana Groe, Elizabeth Guest, Laura Lee Guhrke, Shirley Hailstock, Stephanie Hale, Gemma Halliday, Lori Handeland, Kristin Hannah, Beth Harbison, Kristin Hardy, Fiona Harper, Kim Harrison, Celia May Hart, Raven Hart, Ellen Hartman, Karen Hawkins, Rachel Hawthorne, Jasmine Haynes, Lorraine Heath, Candice Hern, Kristan Higgins, Sandra Hill, Cindy Holby, Emma Holly, Diana Holquist, Hannah Howell, Elizabeth Hoyt, Charlotte Hubbard, Jan Hudson, Janis Reams Hudson, Kalen Hughes, Madeline Hunter, Laura Iding, Jessica Inclan, Jackie Ivie, Lisa Jackson, Myla Jackson, Ann Jacobs, Delle Jacobs, Allyson James, Elle James, Eloisa James, Marcia James, Marianna Jameson, Anna Jeffrey, J.M. Jeffries, Sabrina Jeffries, Beverly Jenkins, Sophia Johnson, Linda Winstead Jones, Brandy Jordan, Sophie Jordan, Wayne Jordan, Shirley Jump, Julia Justiss, Lisa B. Kamps, Virginia Kantra
Gayle Kasper, Kathy Kaye, Stacey Kayne, Karen Kelley, Karen Kendall, Julie Kenner, Janette Kenny, Alison Kent, Cassidy Kent, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Megan Kerans, Shayla Kersten, Joan Kilby
Cindy Kirk, Mindy Klasky, Angela Knight, Deidre Knight, Amy Knupp, Betina Krahn, Jayne Ann Krentz, Pamela Labud, Lynn Lafleur, Judith Laik, Jill Marie Landis, Elizabeth Lane, Ruth Ryan Langan, Kaenar Langford, Leslie Langtry, Julia Latham, Stephanie Laurens, Kathleen Lawless, Day Leclaire, Jade Lee, Kara Lennox, Marion Lennox, Julie Leto, Cathy Liggett, Caroline Linden, Julie Linker, Cathie Linz, Marjorie M. Liu, Kimberly Llewellyn, Julia London, Beverly Long, Julie Anne Long, Gennita Low, Denise Lynn, Janice Lynn, Kate Lyon, Heather MacAllister, Ann Macela, Kinley MacGregor, Sally MacKenzie, Donna MacMeans, Margo Maguire, Anne Mallory, Marianne Mancusi, Michelle Marcos, Lynne Marshall, Kat Martin, Sandra Marton, Jolie Mathis, Liz Maverick, Cathy Maxwell, Melissa Mayhue, Amanda McCabe, Dinah McCall, Penny McCall, Erin McCarthy, Monica McCarty, Barbara McCauley, Melissa McClone, Judi McCoym, Cathy McDavid, Denise Belinda McDonald, Maureen McKade, Morag McKendrick Pippin, Annmarie McKenna, Lee McKenzie, Terry McLaughlin, Suzanne McMinn, Teresa Medeiros, P.J. Mellor, Marliss Melton, Christine Merrill, Tanya Michaels, Cindy Miles, Janet Miller, Micqui Miller, Stevi Mittman, Lisa Mondello, Rae Monet, Alexis Morgan, Pamela Morsi, Brenda Mott, Sophie Mouette, Janet Mullany, Debra Mullins, Hannah Murray, Sophia Nash, Carla Neggers, Tara Nina, Hailey North, Brenda Novak, Terry Odell, Jana G. Oliver, Robin D. Owens, Sharon Page, Liza Palmer, Pamela Palmer, Nancy J. Parra, Kate Pearce, Kate Perry, Marta Perry, Diane Pershing, Jenna Petersen, Carly Phillips, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Andrea Pickens, Barbara Pierce, Michelle M. Pillow, Caridad Pineiro, Allie Pleiter, Robin T. Popp, Jane Porter, Patricia Potter, Mary Alice Pritchard, Amanda Quick, Julia Quinn, Tessa Radley, Susan Ralph, Francis Ray, Shelby Reed, Virginia Reede, Cynthia Reese, Eileen Rendahl, T.A. Ridgell, Christie Ridgway, Leigh Riker, Kelle Z. Riley, Christine Rimmer, J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts, Farrah Rochon, Joanne Rock, Maya Rodale, Emilie Rose, Karen Rose, Pam Rosenthal, Ann Roth, Mandy M. Roth, Robin L. Rotham, Stephanie Rowe, Michelle Rowen, Gerri Russell, Hank Ryan, Sharon Sala, Barbara Samuel, Lynda Sandoval, Lynsay Sands, Patricia Sargeant, Melissa Schroeder, Sharon Schulze, Sandra Schwab, Brenda Scott Royce, Alice Sharpe, Isabel Sharpe, Kathryn Shay, Gena Showalter, Eve Silver, Misty Simon, Elizabeth Sinclair, Linnea Sinclair, Nalini Singh, Jennifer Skully, Susan Smily, Kathryn Smith, Barbara Dawson Smith, Jeri Smith-Ready, Maria V. Snyder, Sharon Sobel, Jamie Sobrato, Annie Solomon, Teresa Southwick, Catherine Spangler, Kerrelyn Sparks, Susan Squires, Roxanne St. Claire, Jennifer St. Giles, Sloan St. James, Kelley St. John, Cricket Starr, Carol Stephenson, Kay Stockham, Kelly L. Stone, T.A. Stone, Todd Stone, Deb Stover, Amie Stuart, Cara Summers, Sunny, Karin Tabke, Hope Tarr, Teri Thackston, Jacquelin Thomas, Melody Thomas, Colleen Thompson, Vicki Lewis Thompson, BA Tortuga, Anne Tourney, Jessica Trapp, Janet Tronstad, Stephanie Tyler, Leah Vale, Bonnie Vanak, Evelyn Vaughn, Rachel Vincent, J.R. Ward, Christine Warren, Linda Warren, Nancy Warren, Tracy Anne Warren, Margaret Watson, Jeannie Watt, Debra Webb, Peggy Webb, Tawny Weber, Phaedra Weldon, Karen Whiddon, Karen White, Loreth Anne White, Pat White, Karen White-Owens, Diane Whiteside, Merrillee Whren, Andrea Wilder, Eileen Wilks, Beth Williamson, Michelle Willingham, Dolores J. Wilson, Ruth Wind, Lois Winston, Lenora Worth, Trish Wylie, Cathy Yardley, Susan C. Yarina, Mia Zachary
So this contest is uber easy. Tell us at least five authors you would stand in line to have sign your book if you were or are going. Jane and I will be there, in fact we have volunteered for the set up, I think, at some ungodly hour of 8am or something.
So give a shout and maybe we will meet up ;).
Comment with your list until Thursday June 14, 2007 @ midnight CST. The winner will 3 books:
Karma Girl, Dinner, First, Me Later? and A Dangerous Beauty
All unsigned and donated by the publisher (Berkley, Grand Central Publishing, Avon).
Kelly Armstrong
Marjorie M. Liu
Maria V. Snyder
Linnea Sinclair
Nalini Singh
Elizabeth Hoyt
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
J.R. Ward
Kelley Armstrong
Julia London
Good thing you said “at least”….
Linnea Sinclair
Jennifer Echols
Jennifer Estep
Caridad Pineiro
Julie Kenner
Janice Lynn
Ann Macela
Tanya Michaels
Misty Simon
Catherine Spangler
I would want say hello to Sherri Kenyon but I wouldn’t want to stand in her line!!
Lacey Alexander
Shelley Bradley
Beth Williamson
Sunny
Michelle M. Pillow
Annmarie McKenna
Melissa Schroeder
Angela Knight
Lisa Jackson
Myla Jackson
Ann Jacobs
Allyson James
Emma Holly
Delilah Devlin
Kate Douglas
Sylvia Day
Jaci Burton
I would have to have these authors sign my book if I could go. I love their books!
J.R. Ward,but then I’d be there the whole day.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Connie Brockway
Suzanne Brockmann
Linnea Sinclair
Kelley Armstrong
Michelle M.Pillow
Julia Quinn
I think I would hit maybe two or three biggies, then spend the rest of my time hitting newer or lesser known authors that I think have talent, so I’ll have their stuff if they hit it big. And then I could sell it on EBay.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
JR Ward
Angela Knight
Julia Quinn
Christina Dodd
Susan Sizemore
and so many others I would be there for hours and hours!
OMG!!! I am whimpering, whimpering I tell you that I’ll be there!
Let’s see – It’s hard to narrow down to five and although that’s what you said – there really are more!!
Pamela Clare
Bonnie Vanak
Alexis Morgan
Linnea Sinclair
Elizabeth Hoyt
Oh wait! You said at least? Well then
Kate Bridges
Jennifer Ashley
Sandra Schwab
Kate Lyon
Cathy McDavid
Maureen McKade
Morag McKendrick Pippin
Alexis Morgan
Patricia Potter
and of course!!!
Nora Roberts
Keri Arthur
Kelley Armstrong
Lara Adrian
Sandra Hill
J.R WArd
I’m whimpering too. I would stand on line for pretty much everyone listed. If I have to narrow it down, I’d say all the paranormal romance authors, as well as Jill Barnett, Patricia Gaffney, Kristin Hannah, Dinah McCall, and Teresa Medieros.
In no particular order:
Nina Bruhns who also writes as Nikita Black
Shelley Bradley/Shayla Black
Kim Harrison
Emma Holly
Sunny
It is actually quite hard to narrow down list…in truth there are many other authors for example, Gennita Low, JR Ward, Kate Douglas, Linnea Sinclair, etc.
I’m on somebody’s list. Sweet! 🙂
I’d want to meet Kim Harrison, JR Ward, Marjorie Liu, Kelley Armstrong, and Debbie Macomber (for the Mom). I heard Nora speak at last year’s RWA. She was really funny.
I wont be there but I am thinking of doing San Fran in 2008
Elizabeth Hoyt
Madeline Hunter
Candice Hern
Pam Rosenthal
Anna Campbell
Eloisa Jmes
Jade Lee
Pamela Morsi
Elaine Fox
Eileen Dreyer
Barbara Dawsom Smith
Beth Harbison
This is a romance fans dream!!
So many choices… AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Kresley Cole
Deidre Knight
JD Robb
Nalini Singh
JR Ward
Trying to narrow it down to 5:
Diane Gaston
Melody Thomas
Eloisa James
Jennifer Ashley
Julia London
and one more for luck – Kinley MacGregor
Kelley Armstrong
Sylvia Day
Amy J. Fetzer
Jill Shalvis
Nalini Singh
But I’m kind of bummed that this years signing is only two hours instead of three.
Kathryn Caskie
Elizabeth Boyle
Roxanne St. Clair
Rachel Gibson
Cindy Gerard
Elizabeth Hoyt
Sabrina Jeffries
Erin McCarthy
Stephanie Laurens
Dinah McCall
Susan Sizemore
Christie Ridgway
JD Robb/Nora Roberts
Keri Arthur
J.R. Ward
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Julia Quinn
Jane Porter
kelley armstrong
victoria alexander
keri author
kim harrison
kerrelyn sparks
jennifer estep
nora roberts
J.R. Ward
Glad you said if we were going!
Lara Adrian
Kelley Armstrong
Keri Arthur
Nina Bangs
Beverly Barton
Toni Blake
Suzanne Brockmann
Jaci Burton
Colleen Gleason
Kim Harrison
Lisa Jackson
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Angela Knight
Julie Leto
Majorie M. Liu
Robin D. Owens
J.D. Robb
Gena Showalter
Kerrelyn Sparks
Roxanne St. Clair
Bonnie Vanak
J.R. Ward
Eileen Wilks
OMG! I wish I could go. I would love to meet the following authors (and so many more):
Kelley Armstrong
Kim Harrison
Linnea Sinclair
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Lisa Childs
Angela Knight
Anna J. Evans
Sylvia Day
I would love to go and see these authors:
Sylvia Day
Pamela Morsi
Emma Holly
Leigh Riker
Nora Roberts
Kate Douglas
Jaci Burton
Emma Holly
Cricket Starr
Lynn Lafleur
Colleen Gleason, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kim Harrison, Kresley Cole and Jill Shalvis
If I could go I would want everyone’s signature but I would start with:
Nora Roberts
Candice Hern
Gena Showalter
Pam Rosenthal
Nicola Cornick
Eloisa James
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Christina Dodd
Karen Hawkins
Sabrina Jeffries
Julia Quinn
Beverly Barton
Carly Phillips
Rachel Gibson
This would be awesome to see all these authors and more.
Gena Showalter
Robin Owens
J.R. Ward
Angela Knight
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Michelle Pillow
Mandy Roth
Debra Clopton
Margaret Daley
Sherrilyn Kenyon
MaryJanice Davidson
J R Ward
Nalini Singh
Gena Showalter
Lisa Childs
HelenKay Dimon
Erin McCarthy
Julie Leto
Marianne Mancusi
Julie Kenner
Debra Webb