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Week of February 7, 2010

I, Sniper

By Stephen Hunter

#14 - Hardcover Fiction

The Devil's Punchbowl

By Greg Iles

#3 - Mass Market Fiction

The Truth About Lord Stoneville

By Sabrina Jeffries

#5 - Mass Market Fiction

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Author Voices

EXCLUSIVE RANTS, RAVES AND MUSINGS FROM S&S AUTHORS

Conference on The Inkwell, Ellen...

by Ellen Sandbeck - February 4, 2010

I am being interviewed in an online conference on The Inkwell from February 3rd through the 14th....

New new cover!

by Jennifer Echols - February 3, 2010

Endless Summer, the sequel to The Boys Next Door, has a new release date--May 25--and a beautiful new...

Launch Day for TAKE TWO! Our twins series...

by Julia DeVillers - February 2, 2010

It's a happy book birthday for TAKE TWO, the second book in our 'identical twins' series. I walked...

Michele Dominguez Greene

Q. What were your previous occupations?

A. I have been an actress since I was seventeen and I still am, I never had a different job!

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Richard C. Morais

Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?

A. Friends and family on long table in a summer garden, enjoying delicious home-cooked food, lots of...

Jeremy Duns

Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?

A. I've no idea! Perhaps my total ignorance of my most obvious traits?

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News from Simon & Schuster: February 9, 2010

Monday the Bullfrog Safety Recall: For information on the Monday the Bullfrog safety recall, click here.

2010 National Book Critics Circle Awards: Jan. 25 — Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America by Kati Marton has been named a finalist in the autobiography category.

2010 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Finalists: Jan. 19 — The S&S nominees for the awards, given by Mystery Writers of America, are A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn; Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley; Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott; Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn; and The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett.

American Library Association Honors S&S Titles, Authors: Jan. 18 — Among the awards and winners are:
•Caldecott Honor Book: All The World by Liz Garton Scanlon
•Michael L. Printz Honor Book: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
•Robert F. Sibert Honor Book: Moonshot by Brian Floca
•Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration: My People illustrated by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
•Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award: Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
•Schneider Family Book Award: Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin.

NAACP Image Awards Nominations: Jan. 6 — Four S&S titles are finalists in three categories: Kiss the Sky by Farai Chideya; Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison; Just Another Hero by Sharon Draper; and Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon.

Brooklyn Wins Costa Novel Award: Jan. 5 — Irish writer Colm Tóibin won the Costa Novel Award for Brooklyn. Judges said: "Poised, quiet and incrementally shattering—we all loved this book and can't praise it highly enough."

Booklist Editors' Choice Awards: Dec. 21 — Moonshot by Brian Floca, Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin, and The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey are Booklist Editors' Choice selections for 2009.

The 10 Best Books of 2009: Dec. 4 — The New York Times Book Review's "10 Best Books of 2009" list includes Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls; A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert; and Raymond Carver by Carol Sklenicka.

2010 GRAMMY Award Nominees: Dec. 3 — We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land read by author Jimmy Carter and Wishful Drinking read by Carrie Fisher are nominated for Best Spoken Word Album.

New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books of 2009: Dec. 1 — The Simon & Schuster titles named to this year’s Notables list are:
• Amateur Barbarians by Robert Cohen
• The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
• Do Not Deny Me by Jean Thompson
• Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
• A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
• A Country of Vast Designs by Robert W. Merry
• Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
• The Last Empress by Hannah Pakula
• The Mercy Papers by Robin Romm
• Raymond Carver by Carol Sklenicka
• Securing the City by Christopher Dickey
• Thelonious Monk by Robin Kelley

10 Best Illustrated Children's Books: Nov. 5 — Included on the the The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books list for 2009 are Moonshot by Brian Floca; The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett; White Noise by David A. Carter; and All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon.

Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2009: Nov. 2 — Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton and All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon are among the titles on PW's Best Books of 2009 lists.

Books for a Better Life Awards: Oct. 26 — Among the finalists for the awards from the NYC Chapter of the National MS Society are How to Rule the World from Your Couch by Laura Day; The Narcissism Epidemic by Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D., and W. Keith Campbell, Ph.D.; Second Spring by Dr. Maoshing Ni; and Spent by Frank Lipman, M.D.

Fall 2009 Parents' Choice Awards: Oct. 7 — A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant and Extra Credit by Andrew Clements have won Fall 2009 Parents’ Choice Awards.

Introducing the Vook: Read and Watch It: Oct. 1 — An entirely new concept, a vook blends text and video into a single, complete story. Learn more about this exciting new product now.

PEN USA 2009 Literary Awards: Sept. 30 — The Underneath by Kathi Appelt has been chosen as the 2009 winner in the Children's Literature category.

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner: Sept. 22 — A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery by Benjamin Skinner has won the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for nonfiction.

2009 NAPPA Award Winners: Sept. 17 — Moonshot by Brian Floca and It's All Too Much, So Get It Together by Peter Walsh are 2009 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award winners. Honors Award winners include It's Picture Day Today!; My Little Red Fire Truck; Pop-Up Book of Nursery Rhymes; Firefighter Ted; White Noise; and Rhyming Dust Bunnies.

Introducing Simonandschuster.net: Sept. 9 -- Simon & Schuster is pleased to introduce www.simonandschuster.net to serve the academic and library community.

2009 Shamus Award Nominations: Aug. 24 — Among the nominees for the Private Eye Writers of America’s award are The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang and The Black Hand by Will Thomas.

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists Announced: Aug. 19 — Among the finalists are Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner; Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker; A Crime So Monstrous by E. Benjamin Skinner; and The Great Experiment by Strobe Talbott.

Author Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom: Aug. 13 — President Obama presented the medal, the highest civilian honor a president can bestow, to Stephen Hawking yesterday.

Great American Taste Test: Aug. 12 — Participate in Atria Books’ Great American Taste Test on Sept. 14 and have your blog featured on epicurious.com. Learn more.

Season Premiere of PRIVATE: Aug. 11 — Click here to watch the season premiere of PRIVATE, the exciting new web series based on the New York Times bestselling novels by Kate Brian.

S&S Adds Lexile Measures to Books: Aug. 6 — MetaMetrics®, Inc., will provide The Lexile Framework® for Reading, an educational tool that connects readers with books, for many of Simon & Schuster‘s imprints. Read the press release for more information.

SCRIBE Award Winners Announced at Comic-Con: July 28 — Winners of the awards from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers include CSI: Headhunter by Greg Cox and Star Trek: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers by James Swallow.

Titles from Pocket Books Win Romance Awards: July 21 — Take No Prisoners by Cindy Gerard and Seducing Mr. Darcy by Gwyn Cready won 2009 RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America. Other finalists include Now You Die by Roxanne St. Claire and Julia London's novella Snowy Night with a Highlander, which was published in Snowy Night with a Stranger.

Frank McCourt, 78, Author of Angela's Ashes: July 19 — Frank McCourt, the former New York City schoolteacher whose book about his childhood in Ireland won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, passed away today.

S&S Titles Win at Thrillerfest: July 13 — The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver won Best Thriller of the Year at the 2009 Thriller Awards. The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver and The Last Patriot by Brad Thor were up for Best Thriller of the Year; Calumet City by Charlie Newton was up for Best First Novel.

Former Vice President to Publish Memoir: June 24 — Former V.P. Dick Cheney will publish his memoir with Threshold Editions. The yet-to-be-titled work is expected in Spring 2011.

Spring 2009 Parents’ Choice Awards: June 4 — Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life Song, by Ashley Bryan, and All God's Critters, by Bill Staines and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, are Spring 2009 Parents’ Choice Award winners.

S&S Audio Titles Receive AUDIE Awards: June 1 — The winners are The Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer and Duma Key by Stephen King.

International Latino Book Awards: June 1 — The following titles won awards:
• Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos
• El Secreto: El libro de la gratitud by Rhonda Byrne
• A Simple Guide to U.S. Immigration and Citizenship by Luis Cortes
• De inmigrante a ciudadano by Luis Cortes
• Por la vida de mi hermana by Jodi Picoult
• The Heartbreak Pill by Anjanette Delgado
• Take Me With You by Carlos Frias
For more information, visit the International Latino Book Awards website.

David Herbert Donald, 88, Historian and Biographer: The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Lincoln, Lincoln At Home, and We Are Lincoln Men passed away on May 17.

New! Star Trek Klingon Language Suite for iPhone: May 8 — The Star Trek Klingon Language Suite application for iPhone® and iPod Touch® is now available in the Apple App Store.