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Who is the Book Babe?
Faith Hochhalter, aka “The Book Babe,” has been in the book industry for 10 years. She has worked as a children’s book buyer and as a booking agent specializing in setting up school visits for several authors.
When the publishing community heard that The Book Babe had been diagnosed with breast cancer the response to help her out was overwhelming. A collection of items to auction has been steadily growing. So far over 50 authors from the US and Europe are contributing. Proceeds from the auction and the event on April 4th will help support Faith while she undergoes cancer treatment.
Info from the April 4, 2009 Event:
Click here to see the original event page.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE AUTHORS AND ARTISTS FEATURED AT THE PROJECT BOOK BABE EVENT ON APRIL 4, 2009!
(CLICK HERE to read short bios about each participant)
AUTHORS:
Frank Beddor
-The Looking Glass Wars series
Chris Gall
-There’s Nothing to Do on Mars
P.J. Haarsma
-The Softwire series
Shannon Hale
-The Princess Academy
J.S. Lewis
-The Revenge of the Shadow King
Dean Lorey
-Nightmare Academy series
Stephenie Meyer
-Twilight saga
Brandon Mull
-Fablehaven series
James A. Owen
-Here, There Be Dragons
Janette Rallison
-Just One Wish
Laini Taylor
-Faeries of Dreamdark series
MUSICIANS:
Adam Kump- from Phoenix, AZ.
Adam Watts Band- from Orange County, CA.
ARTISTS:
Shannon Eric Denton
- Graveslinger
Benjamin Glendenning
- Skulljammer
Scott Godlewski
- Mysterious Adventure Magazine
Tony Parker
- Games Workshop
Terry Tibke
- Armageddon: The Battle of Darkening Skies
Comments about The Book Babe and the event:
Stephenie Meyer from www.stepheniemeyer.com:
Hey guys! This is just a heads up about an event I’m involved with here in Phoenix. The plan was for me to go entirely hermit this year (or decade), but there are always those things important enough to pull me out of my burrow. One of my dear friends and mentors, Faith Hochhalter—a truly gifted book buyer who put together some of my most successful events—was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I am not the only author who was helped along by her talent and enthusiasm, and all of us who have enjoyed her influence in our lives and careers are eager to help her through this rough time. To assist with her medical bills, several young adult writers are joining together for a fund-raising event: Project Save the Book Babe. The event will be on April 4th in Tempe, AZ; it will include live music, a panel discussion with the attending authors, and an auction of some fun and/or rare items from each author. All the information about the event and the authors attending can be found at ProjectBookBabe.com. Personally, I’ll be auctioning some ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies) of my books, an early marked up manuscript or two, my dress from the Eclipse prom, and the fluffy original epilogue to Forever Dawn, along with signed books, of course. We’re still in the process of putting this together, so more info will be forthcoming over the next week. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday the 17th) so if you’re interested in attending and helping us save our Book Babe Faith, hurry over to the site and check it out.
Thank you!
Steph
Read James A. Owen’s blog post about the event. Read his blog post about The Queen of the Book Babes and how she got her nickname.
Read Laini Taylor’s blog post about the event.
Read Shannon Hale’s blog post about the event.
Read Robin Brande’s blog post about the event.
Read about Project Book Babe on Ben Glendenning’s website.
Read Dean Lorey’s blog post about the event.
Read Aly Carter’s blog post.
Listen to Jon Lewis being interviewed about Project Book Babe by Paul Atkinson for KJZZ.
*CORRECTION* In the interview, Paul Atkinson states that lunch with Stephenie Meyer will be raffled at the event. This is not correct. As stated on this site, the lunch will be auctioned at the event.
