The literary lions of New York joined mediabistro for an evening of beers, books, and free passes to see The Constant Gardner. The warm light, sparkling views, and chic furnishings in the Ava Lounge helped keep all our guests cool in the sweltering August heat.
At Ava Lounge, August 15, 2005
Photos by Dannida Hodge
Void Magazine editor-in-chief Chris Steib, Harper Collins's financial analyst Tara Feehan, and communications manager Erin Crum with Simon and Schuster specialty wholesale assistant Helen Wu
Harper Collins HR gurus Mindy Mersel and Lauren Stein
Literary blogger Sarah Weinman and Harlequin Books editors Allison Lyons and Abby Zidle with art director Karen Hudson
IntART art director Olga Ast, Harper Collins assistant editor Katherine Nintzel, Random House associate editor Emmanuelle Alspaugh, and Harper Collins associate editor Joelle Yudin
August Agency's agent Jeffery McGraw and foreign rights manager Gerardo Reyes with Joelle Yudin
William Morris assistant agent Charlotte Wasserstein, HarperCollins rotational associate Benjamin Adams, HarperCollins assistant editor Jeremy Cesarec, and Designe Atelier's Anna Ahlk
John Wiley & Sons editorial systems/process analyst Steven Peterson and John Wiley & Sons project editor Jennifer Battista
Random House senior designer Jane Archer, Simon & Schuster editorial assistant Jodi Lipper, Atria Books associate editors Sarah Branham and Suzanne O'Neill, and McGraw Hill senior designer Margaret Gallagher
The Robbins Office's Cheryl Vandrey, Harper Collins editorial assistant Noa Walsky, William Morris Agency assistant to director of international rights Jon Baker, Lowenstein-Yost Associates literary agent/rights director Julie Culver, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates literary agent Daniel Jacobson
Hartcourt Trade Publishers duo Kent Wolf and Karen Zeman
Freelance journalist Susan Karlin and Time Warner Book Group senior copywriter Christopher Graham
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Simon & Schuster assistant production manager Michael Homolka, Random House editorial assistant Lindsey Moore, and Simon & Schuster sales assistant Kate Smyth
Random House associate publicist Sabrina Evan, Penguin publicist Beth Parker, Random House assistant editor Signe Pike, and Random House domestic rights assistant Tara Hoffman
Simon & Schuster executive assistant to publisher Kitt Reckford and Atria Books editorial assistant Krishan Trotman
Simon & Schuster's Meghan Stevenson and Jamie McDonald with Genoveva Llosa
The Stonesong Press book producer and literary agent Alison Fargis, Infinity Publishing author Todd Sundell, and Black Dog Leventhal senior editor Judy Pray
