Pics of the Week, 4/16/07

Baldacci on 'Today'
The Today Show traveled down to David Baldacci's Northern Virginia office last week to do a feature on the bestselling author slated to air April 22. Here Baldacci signs a copy of his newest, Simple Genius (Warner), for Today Weekend host Lester Holt.

From Tube to Page
Mike Farrell, star of M*A*S*H and author of Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist (Akashic Books), stopped at Magers & Quinn in Minneapolis Friday night, where he spoke to an SRO crowd of nearly 200. Pictured here (l. to r.) are: Denny Magers, M&Q's owner; Farrell; and David Unowsky, M&Q events coordinator and former owner of the Ruminator Bookstore.

Presidential Home on the Range
First Lady Laura Bush was recently in Los Angeles promoting the National Junior Rangers Program, an effort from the National Park Service to generate interest among kids in the country's national parks. At Northridge's Balboa Magnet Elementary School, Mrs. Bush was presented with The Santa Monica Mountains: Range on the Edge (Angel City Press), written by Mathew Jaffe with photographs by Tom Gamache. Mrs. Bush is pictured here (l. to r) with Rangers Judy Lively, Michael Seacord and Lisa Okazaki.

Oh Yoko
Yoko Ono stopped by Larry Kane's Comcast TV show to discuss her husband and the subject of Kane's new book, Lennon Revealed (Running Press).

'Demons' in Illinois
Author Kim Harrison stopped by Borders in Oak Brook, Ill., to sign copies of her book For a Few Demons More. Pictured here (l. to r.) are: bookseller Nancy Davis; bookseller Susan Reid; Harrison; and sales manager John Conger.

Boy, and Girl, of Summer
Monday night Yogi Berra was one of the baseball stars at a "homecoming dinner" celebrating opening day, and the release of Sally Cook's picture book, Hey Batta Batta Swing (Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing).

Spin and Sign
Author Liam Callahan worked up a sweat at an unusual event promoting his new novel, All Saints (Delactore), in Glendale, Wisc. Callahan visited the local Le Sports Club where he combined a signing with a spin class. He's pictured here, center, on his bike with his book.
Photo credit: Christi Clancy

Double Bill at Warwick's
Indu Sundaresan (r.), author of The Splendor of Silence (Atria), and Tingloong Choong (l.), author of Firewife (Nan A Talese), were recently at Warwick's in La Jolla, Calif., for a joint signing. The writers are pictured here, flanking their agent, Sandy Dykstra.

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