Nelson DeMille—one of the top three bestselling male authors in the world, with more than 50 million books sold—has a record fourteen Main Selections of the Book-of-the-Month Club and Literary Guild and regularly sets new records for commercial success, here and abroad. His most recent novel, The Gate House, now available in paperback, is a sequel to the DeMille’s classic bestseller The Gold Coast. The Gate House had a first printing of 1.3 million and hit #1 on The New York Times, as well as regional lists around the country. Nelson DeMille novels are continually in high demand in Hollywood—Mayday appeared as a CBS-TV primetime movie in November 2005, and The General’s Daughter was one of the top grossing films in Paramount’s history. Film versions of a number of DeMille’s novels are in the works, including The Gold Coast, starring Richard Gere, and The Charm School, to be directed by Ericson Core (Invincible).  His upcoming novel, The Lion, is a sequel to his classic The Lion’s Game. Visit the author’s website at nelsondemille.net.

Christopher Moore—Bite Me: A Love Story is the third book in Chris’s vampire series after the original Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck: A Love Story, which reached the #1 position on the Book Sense Bestseller list in hardcover fiction, as well as appearing on the New York Times bestseller list.  In his recent novel, Fool, Chris Moore’s work reaches a new height of epic hilarity and brilliance. A story of a bawdy and lascivious—but quick as a whip—court jester in Elizabethan England, both story and prose attain a level of sophistication in scope and style that reaches beyond Chris’s now famous works.  The novel spent over 25 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list; was #1 IndieBound pick; #1 in  20 major cities; including San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Portland.  With seven of his nine books currently under film option, Christopher Moore has been hailed as “deft and funny” by The New York Times Book Review, “as funny as writing gets” by the Toronto Star, and as “the 21st century’s best satirist” by the Rocky Mountain News. Visit the author at ChrisMoore.com

Alan Weisman—in his new book, Countdown, Alan Weisman will probe as a journalist, not preach as an activist one possible, controversial solution to save the planet.  That option: gradually and non-violently reducing our numbers to an optimum level so that the dangerous human output of CO2 from our activities, industries, and lifestyles does not continue to threaten our existence. One of the most brilliant journalists and environmental writers in the world, Alan Weisman is writing what will surely be an instant classic and his most important book to date.  Alan Weisman’s hugely successful The World Without Us spent 26 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller list and considers what would happen if human beings disappeared due to climate change, disease or war.  The book was selected as Nonfiction Book of the Year by Time and Entertainment Weekly; Best Book of the Year by Salon, Mother Jones, Canada National Post; #1 Nonfiction Audio Book of the Year by iTunes; and a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was an international bestseller, with over two million copies sold in over 30 languages.

Jeff Lindsay— Dexter by Design, the fourth in the highly successful series, debuted at #8 on The New York Times Bestseller list in September ’09, coinciding with the fourth season of Showtime’s #1 ranked cable TV show, “Dexter.” Eight million viewers tuned in to see Michael C. Hall as Dexter in Showtime’s Season Four debut.  The New York Times named Darkly Dreaming Dexter as one of the Top Ten books of the summer in 2004, raving “demonology has a dastardly new darling.”  Jeff’s second novel, Dearly Devoted Dexter was met with the same enthusiasm and success and his third book, Dexter in the Dark, debuted at #7 on The New York Times Bestseller list.  Foreign sales remain particularly strong.

Sarah Dunn—With both wit and deep insight into the human condition, SECRETS TO HAPPINESS is a major novel as well as a magnificent tour de force. Its humor is at once ribald and subtle; her examination of modern relationships is slyly brilliant. Time magazine writes, “Dunn is a wise and brilliant writer who doesn’t sacrifice emotional complexity for low humor—she gives you both.” The New York Times lauded her debut novel, THE BIG LOVE as “Charming. There's genuine wit at work here… The Big Love has a worried, wisecracking voice.” Likewise, Time acclaimed it as “Perfect.  Like a highlights reel from Sex and the City. It's that funny.”  Visit the author at SarahDunnBooks.com.

Charles Wohlforth—The Whale and the Supercomputer is an exceptional non-fiction book, has been alternately hailed as “beautifully written” by Publishers Weekly in its starred review and “a fascinating narrative” by Men’s Journal.  The bookwas awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & Technology and the Whitman Bassow Award from the Overseas Press Club of America for best reporting in any medium on international environment issues.  Charles’ upcoming book, The Fate of Nature: Recovering Our Inborn Ability to Rescue the Earth,will explore the human heart and learn why the oceans are dying, with hope to redeem nature and ourselves, and will be published as a lead title from St. Martin’s Press. Visit the author at Wohlforth.net

P.T. Deutermann is one of the fastest rising stars in the pantheon of suspense novelists, and his novels are regularly on the USA Today Bestseller list. His latest book, The Moonpool, is the third in his Cam Richter series, which Publishers Weekly says “thriller fans will look forward to.” The Cam Richter series has previously been praised in starred Publishers Weekly review for “Well-drawn characters, intelligent, realistic dialogue and top-notch writing."  His previous novel, Firefly, was called “addictively enthralling” by Entertainment Weekly.  Visit the author’s website at PTDeutermann.com.

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason reached #2 on The New York Times bestseller list as well as dozens of regional bestseller lists around the country.  Hailed as “profoundly erudite” (The New York Times) and “an astonishingly good debut” (Kirkus Reviews), The Rule of Four is in production at Warner Brothers Studios.

Emily Benedek is the author of The Red Sea, a gripping and intelligent thriller set in post-9/11 Israel and America. The Red Sea will be published as the lead trade paperback for St. Martin’s Press for Fall 2009, and has been lauded by Library Journal as “densely plotted and cagily realistic.”

Nancy Geary, a former Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, achieved major commercial triumphs with her first three novels, Misfortune, Redemption, and Regrets Only.   All three novels were brilliantly received both here and abroad and earned Nancy People’s acclaim as a novelist who “picks apart every flake of the upper crust.”  In a departure from her celebrated novels of suspense, Nancy made her fiction debut with   Being Mrs. Alcott, which Booklist hailed as “an equally exquisite study of human nature.” Visit the author at NancyGeary.com

Thomas Christopher Greene’s impressive debut novel, Mirror Lake, earned accolades both here and in the UK.   His second novel, I’ll Never Be Long Gone, preempted by William Morrow/HarperCollins, was published in October of 2005 and sold to Random House UK for six-figures.  With The Envious Moon, a classic story of great love and great tragedy, Tom earned an international following that continues to grow. Visit the author at ThomasChristopherGreene.com