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Week of March 14, 2010

Willie Mays

By James S. Hirsch and Willie Mays

#8 - Hardcover Non-Fiction

Little Bee

By Chris Cleave

#1 - Trade Paperback Fiction

The Forgotten Garden

By Kate Morton

#15 - Trade Paperback Fiction

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Susie Bright FAQ

by Susie Bright - March 10, 2010

Susie Bright FAQIs Susie Bright your real name?Yes, it really is. I was born in 1958, when "Susie"...

Keeping It Real

by Trudi Trueit - March 10, 2010

I’d much rather listen to a speech than give one. Nerves may have something to do with it, but I...

Can the Lakers stay on top while Kobe is...

by Karyn Grice - March 8, 2010

Yes! Although they lost to Boston 2/17 they are still a good solid team. I forseee another...

Leila Sales

Q. What is your greatest achievement?

A. I once organized 100 people to play Tetris in the windows of a building.

Karyn Grice

Q. What is your motto or maxim?

A. Life is short. Do it now before its too late.

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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News from Simon & Schuster: March 11, 2010

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

2010 Young Lions Fiction Award: March 5 — The Longshot by Katie Kitamura is a finalist for the New York Public Library's award.

2010 Indies Choice Book Awards: March 4 — Finalists for the American Booksellers Association's awards include: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin; Still Alice by Lisa Genova; Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld; All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and Marla Frazee; Moonshot by Brian Floca; Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz; and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, and Lois Ehlert. Laurie Halse Anderson is nominated for Most Engaging Author.

2010 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award Winner: March 4 — Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town by Elyssa East was named the winner in non-fiction. Learn more.

2010 Golden Kite Awards: March 3 — The following were honored by The Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators: Sea of the Dead by Julia Durango; Ashley Bryan by Ashley Bryan; and Bella & Bean by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and illustrated by Aileen Leijten.

Winner of Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature: Feb. 25 — American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods by Bonnie Tsui was named the Adult Non-Fiction Winner.

Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists: Feb. 23 — The finalists include Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott, A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert, and A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias.

Nebula Awards Nominees: Feb. 23 — The nominees for the awards, which are given by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, include Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, Ice by Sarah Beth Durst, and Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman.

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.