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Bantam Dell now offers Author Chat, a program that provides book clubs the opportunity to have a featured author participate in an upcoming meeting via telephone. Interested? Simply fill out the form below, being sure to indicate which of the available authors you'd be interested in hosting. Bantam Dell publicity will contact you in the upcoming weeks.*

Author Chat requests are currently being taken for:

Angela Davis-Gardner, author of Plum Wine
Pamela Duncan, author of The Big Beautiful
Laura Fitzgerald, author of Veil of Roses
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, author of Little Heathens
Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack, authors of Literacy and Longing in L.A.
Sandra Kring, author of The Book of Bright Ideas
Maggie Leffler, author of The Diagnosis of Love
Monica Pradhan, author of The Hindi-Bindi Club
Kris Radish, author of The Sunday List of Dreams
Ellen Shanman, author of Right Before Your Eyes

NOTE: Authors will not be available until a minimum of two weeks after the on sale date given above.

In order to be considered for an Author Chat, your book group must:

Have a minimum of ten members
Agree to have all participants read the author's book in advance
Agree to focus conversation on the author's book/books/oeuvre
Have a speaker phone available for the meeting
Abide by a 60-minute time limit

Only author requests submitted using the form below will be considered. If you have program suggestions or questions, please email BDauthorChat@randomhouse.com.

Name:
E-mail:
Phone:

Author you'd be interested in hosting (choose one only)
Day of the week on which you meet?
Time of the day at which you meet?
How many members does your book club have?
How often does your group meet?
Do you meet year round?
Please tell us a little about your book club...
What is the average age of your membership?
Where does your group meet?
How long has you group been meeting?
How do you select your titles?
Our preferred book edition is:
Where does most of your group get copies of the selections?
In general how many copies of the selection does your group purchase?
Our group generally reads (check the one that most applies):
Do you use reading group guides or other supplemental materials?
If you do use reading group guides, where do you get them?
* All Author Chat requests will be considered. Due to author availability and scheduling constraints, Bantam Dell cannot guarantee that all will be fulfilled.