Authorpalooza – It’s a Party When More than 30 Utah Authors Get Together
On Saturday I went to Authorpalooza hosted by a local Barnes and Noble. So I seriously thought that I had a handle on who our Utah authors are but I think I gasped when I saw who would be signing. I’ll fully admit that I was not familiar with many of them although plenty of my favorites were there. What better way to spend a couple hours on a Saturday hanging out with these folks:
- James Dashner
- Jessica Day George
- Frank Cole
- G.G. Vandagriff
- Bree Despain
- Jillayne Clements
- Wendy Paul
- Nichole Giles
- Cindy Beck
- Terri Ferran
- Ronda Gibbs Hinrichson
- Heather Justesen
- Linda Chadwich
- Berin Stephens
- Dan Willis
- Cory Paulson
- Lisa Mangum
- Mettie Ivie Harrison
- Emily Wing Smith
- Sharlee Glenn
- AlvinaKwong
- Kristyn Crow
- Carol Lynch Williams
- Ann Cannon
- Ann Dee Ellis
- Kevin Hall
- Larry Myler
- Mike O’Reilly
- Zane Taylor
- Jack Nelson
- Rebecca Lerwill
- Kim Williams Justesen
- Bobbie Pyron
- Aubry Mace
- Sydney Salter
- Nathan Hale
- Bron Bahlmann
- Alan Bellows
- Paul Genesse
- Larry Correia
I also ran into Suey from It’s All About Books, Heather from Fire and Ice Photos and Brodi Ashton. Going to these type of events is so much fun. I didn’t take any pictures this time around but I did take video. I REALLY apologize for the sound in this video. I wish for the authors sake that it had turned out better because many of them are an absolute riot. Obviously, there were tons of people there and let me tell you . . . when Utah authors get together, it’s a party!
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I realized how little I was aware of our very own authors. I know I spent far more than I intended to partially because some were just so awesome that I couldn’t not buy their books.
on February 9th, 2010 at 4:30 pmOh, that was so fun! I sure wish I hadn’t been sick.
on February 9th, 2010 at 5:01 pmWow what an amazing lineup! How fun!
on February 9th, 2010 at 5:10 pmI love the video!! What a great time!
on February 9th, 2010 at 5:34 pmSo fun to see how that turned out. I didn’t realize there was so much background noise. Bummer about that. And sorry I giggled at Nathan Hale right when you were filming him… oppps… but he was funny, you know! We need to make sure Mette and Lisa are on our author invite list to the dinner coming up… I mentioned it to them and they both seemed interested…
on February 9th, 2010 at 6:26 pmThat is a HUGE list! Oh what I wouldn’t have given to attend such an event. My pile of author-signed books for the silent auction for the Adult Literacy League would be much taller!
on February 10th, 2010 at 12:11 amWow, that is a lot of authors and I love the video snippets, though it is hard to hear them sometimes.
on February 10th, 2010 at 9:07 amLooks like a really good time! Utah can be proud! GL
on February 10th, 2010 at 1:33 pmIt was so fun to see you there and I love the video!!
on February 10th, 2010 at 2:26 pmWhat a great idea! Looks like a fun time was had by all.
on February 10th, 2010 at 3:08 pmLooks like an amazing event!
on February 12th, 2010 at 6:43 am