“A riveting insider’s tale of the ‘been there, done that’ outsized world of big-time sports on big-time television,” raves Tom Brokaw of Brian Brown’s remarkable first novel, TV (Crown Books), which follows the advent of television and its grandest hours through the life of Caesar Fortunato, directorial genius and inventor of the instant replay. Highlighted in USAToday, TV was critically well-received with raves in Publishers Weekly, Baltimore Sun, The New York Times Book Review, Kirkus Reviews, and The Washington Post.

A former reporter for The New York Times and San Diego Union turned television/film writer, director, and producer, Brown has been nominated for more than a twenty Emmys and has won eight thus far. He is a senior producer and story editor for NBC Olympics and its development arm, The Edison Project. Brown is currently writing his second novel, AMERICAN HAMLET, a meditation on politics, entertainment, and the struggle for hope after deep personal loss. Brown lives in leafy Westchester with his wife and two children.

In THE MOVIES THAT CHANGED US: Reflections on the Screen (Atria Books), film historian Nick Clooney explores a representative series of brilliant films that altered our perceptions about race, religion, sex, politics, women, and even our definition of humanity – from the ambitiously epic, though inherently racist credo of Birth of a Nation, to the mythic idealism and stunning visual impact of Star Wars. The book won rave reviews in USAToday, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly, and was featured on CNN, MSNBC, and NBC’s The Today Show.

A television newsman and onetime host of American Movie Classics, Clooney has received four Emmy nominations. He resides in Kentucky with his wife, Nina, and writes a regular column for the Cincinnati Post, as well as hosts segments on the ReelzChannel entertainment news program, “Dailies.” He and Nina travel extensively, and Nick often lectures on the topic of Darfur and his 2006 trip to refugee camps in that region.

John Searles’ second novel, STRANGE, BUT TRUE (HarperCollins) became a national bestseller and was critically-celebrated, praised as “a fine, unsettling novel with richly etched characters and a delicious sense of menace” by Dennis Lehane. GreeneStreet Films recently teamed up with award-winning producer Ross Katz to produce Searles’ screenplay based on the novel. Searles’ first novel, BOY STILL MISSING, is a coming-of-age story that won accolades from Wally Lamb, Chris Bohjalian, and Frank McCourt, who wrote: “Once you get into this novel, you’ll forget the world – the book is that seductive, that suspenseful.” Daryl Roth Productions has optioned the film rights to BOY STILL MISSING. Foreign rights have been sold to: Artist House (Japan), B. Wahlstroms (Sweden), Bertelsmann (Germany), Metafora (Czech), Presses de la Cité (France), Random House Mondadori (Spain).

A Masters Graduate of New York University, Searles is the Deputy Editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, where he oversees all book coverage and reviews. He frequently appears on such shows as NBC’s Today, CBS’s The Early Show, CNN, and Live with Regis & Kelly to discuss his favorite book selections. Searles resides in Manhattan with his partner, theater director Thomas Caruso. He recently signed a two-book contract with HarperCollins and is presently at work on his third novel.

As bestselling novelist David Morrell wrote: “If you liked The Da Vinci Code, you’ll love The Intelligencer.” And so this international bestseller grows ever more popular as it is passed on from reader to reader. Author Leslie Silbert was just a twenty-five year old private investigator working in Manhattan at one of the world's top firms when W magazine approached her for an article on female investigators. A Harvard Masters graduate who studied Renaissance Literature at Oxford, she was then in the employ of a former CIA director. Her first novel, THE INTELLIGENCER (Atria Books), was hailed as an expertly-crafted mystery that entwines two stories into one spellbinding narrative – one set in the underworld of sixteenth century espionage, the other in contemporary times.

Silbert is now at work on her second novel, KILLING CARAVAGGIO, and rights for her novels have been sold to: AB OVO (Hungary), Amber (Poland), AST (Russia), Bertelsmann (Germany), City Editions (France), Edicoes Fio da Navalha (Portugal), De Bezige Bij (Holland), Laguna Books (Serbia), Minoas (Greece), Mozaik (Croatia), Salamandra (Spain), Sonzogno (Italy).

With over 7 million copies in 33 countries, Jennifer Weiner has become one of the most acclaimed and successful novelists of her generation. Since the 2001 publication of her sensational debut, GOOD IN BED (Atria Books), a film based on her second novel, IN HER SHOES, was released by 20th Century Fox; her third novel, LITTLE EARTHQUAKES, was optioned by Universal Pictures; her fourth, GOODNIGHT NOBODY, reached #2 on The New York Times bestsellers list; and the title story of her short story collection, THE GUY NOT TAKEN was optioned by DreamWorks Pictures in conjunction with Parkes/MacDonald Pictures.

Foreign rights for Weiner’s books have been optioned by: Alfa-Narodna Knjiga (Serbia), Alma Littera (Lithuania), Artist House (Japan), AST (Russia), BARD (Bulgaria), Belfond (France), Bertelsmann (Germany), Bertelsmann Media (Poland), Damm (Norway), Distribuidora Record (Brazil), Egmont Lademann (Denmark), Flower City (China), Forum (Sweden), Inkilap Kitabevi (Turkey), Kedros (Greece), Kelly KFT (Hungary), Metáfora (Czech Republic), Mirakul (Croatia), Modan (Israel), Nanmee (Thailand), Otava (Finland,) PTGramedia (Indonesia), Piemme (Italy), Presenca (Portugal), Prometheus (Netherlands), Shaanxi University Press (China), Shin Young Media (Korea), S&S (US/UK), Sonia-Draga (Poland), Taitien (Taiwán), Ucila (Slovenia), Urano (World Spanish), WSOY (Finland), Zvagzne (Latvia).

A graduate of Princeton University, Weiner lives in Philadelphia with her family, and regularly contributes to her popular weblog at www.jenniferweiner.com. She is presently at work on CERTAIN GIRLS, which will be released this coming Spring.