Elizabeth Kerri Mahon, president of the New York City chapter of the Romance Writers of America, sent me some pictures from Tuesday night's reception honoring the winners of the chapter's annual Golden Apple Awards. Here, from left to right, are Kensington Books editor-in-chief John Scognamiglio, Lifetime Achievement winner Wendy Corsi Staub, Dorchester Books publisher John Prebich, author of the year Caridad Pineiro, bookseller of the year Stacey Agdern from Posman Books, and librarian of the year Joanne Tropiano of Nutley, New Jersey.

"It was THIS big!" Novelist Eloisa James makes an expressive point with Sara Lindsey, one of the six winning co-authors of last year's "FanLit" novella from Avon Books. Inset: Allison Brandau and R. Leis Pedersen of the Berkeley editorial team in a quiet conversational moment.