Tor/Forge Blog
Presenting our stellar list of authors and their events at BEA 2011!
An Editor’s Buzz Pick, a Ticketed Autographing and an two Author Spotlight Stages are just some of the highlights of the show this year. We have a table in the autographing area reserved exclusively for Tor/Forge authors this year; all signings will take place at Table 12 unless otherwise noted. Read on for show highlights and a day-by-day guide to this year’s BEA!
Highlights for Tuesday, May 24th
Ice-T & Coco Ticketed Autographed Signing! 175 tickets and copies of Kings of Vice and Angel will be available on a first come first serve basis.
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Bill Willingham’s Down the Mysterly River has been selected as an Editor’s Buzz Pick for Children! The book is only one of four chosen within all of the publishing houses; Editor Susan Chang will present.
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Room 1E15
New York Book Week Science Fiction & Fantasy Evening at the NYPL
Tor authors John Scalzi & Catherynne Valente along with Lev Grossman & Scott Westerfeld will read with improvisational music courtesy of our own Brian Slattery, followed by a Q&A.
6:00pm – 7:45pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg, South Court Auditorium
New York Public Library
Other events on Tuesday:
Forge In-Booth signing
- David Hagberg / Abyss / Macmillan Booth 3352 / 11:00am –11:30am
Tor In-Booth Giveaway
- Card & Card / Laddertop / Macmillan Booth 3352 / 3:30pm – 4pm
Mystery Writers of America Booth Signings (#4482)
- Hilary Davidson / The Damage Done / 9:30am – 10:30am
- H.T. Narea / The Fund / 2:00pm – 2:30pm
- David Black / The Extinction Event/ 2:45pm – 3:15pm
- David Hagberg / Abyss/ 3:30pm – 4:00pm
Formal Autographings at the Tor & Forge Table (Table #12)
- David Lubar / Attack of the Vampire Weenies / 9:30-10:30am
- Edward Lazellari & Lev A. Rosen / Awakenings & All Men of Genius / 10:30am-11:30am / “A salute to debut authors from Tor”
- Margaret McLean & H.T. Narea / Under Fire & The Fund / 11:30am-12:30pm/ “A salute to debut authors from Forge”
- Lisa Desrochers & Kiki Hamilton / Original Sin & The Faerie Ring/ 2:30pm – 3:30pm / “A salute to debut authors from Tor Teen”
- Bill Evans / Dry Ice / 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Highlights for Wednesday, May 25th
Author Spotlight Stage with Bill Willingham! Heidi MacDonald, Graphic Novel Editor, Publishers Weekly to moderate.
10:30pm – 11:00pm
Midtown Stage
SFF Author Insight Stage: Tor Authors with John Scalzi, Carrie Vaughn & Vernor Vinge . Moderated by Ron Hogan, founder of Beatrice.com and SFF reviewer for Shelf Awareness.
1:30pm – 2:10pm
Midtown Stage
Other events on Wednesday:
Tor In-Booth signing
- Bill Willingham / Down the Mysterly River / Macmillan Booth 3352 / 11:30am –12:00am
Forge In-Booth Giveaway
- Bruce Cameron / Emory’s Gift/ Macmillan Booth 3352 / 10:00am – 10:30am
Mystery Writers of America Booth Signing (#4482)
- Bruce DeSilva / Rogue Island / 12:30pm – 1pm
Formal Autographings at the Tor & Forge Table (Table #12)
- Carrie Vaughn & CJ Henderson / Kitty’s Greatest Hits & Central Park Knight / 9:30-10:30am “A salute to urban fantasy from Tor”
- Jon Land / Strong at the Break / 10:30am – 11:30am / “Forge Books very own Energizer bunny!” (Just kidding, wanted to see if you’re still paying attention)
- Ellen Datlow & F. Paul Wilson / The Dark at the End & Blood and other Cravings / 11:30 – 12:30 “A salute to horror legends from Tor”
- Bob Gleason / End of Days / 1:30pm – 2:30pm /”A new thriller from Forge Executive Editor”
- Bruce DeSilva /Rogue Island / 2:30pm – 3:30pm / “2011 Edgar Award winner”
- Vernor Vinge & John Scalzi / 3:30pm – 4:30pm / “Science fiction legends from Tor”
ICE-T was born in Newark, New Jersey, and moved to Los Angeles, California. After graduating from high school he served in the United States Army for four years. He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987. He’s since sold more than ten million records. Ice-T formally began his acting career in the film New Jack City. He has played Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 2000.
NICOLE “COCO” MARROW, also known as Nicole Austin, grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Southern California. She is happily married to rapper and actor Ice-T. A former aerobics trainer, Coco has been featured in national magazines including People, Us Weekly, and Playboy and was the subject of a highly rated E! True Hollywood Story on hip-hop wives.