Scene @ Random House Summer Showcase

Last Thursday night, the Random House Publishing Group had a cocktail party in an upper-floor room at Sardi’s to introduce the media to six writers the various imprints are positioning for success this summer. At left, Heather Terrell explains the plot of her debut Ballantine thriller, The Chrysalis, to honorary GalleyCat (and critically acclaimed novelist) Shari Goldhagen. If you look over Terrell’s left shoulder, you can see the big ol’ nametag for Cameron Stracher, whom I convinced later in the evening to pose in front of the big blow-up questionnaire for his Random House memoir, Dinner With Dad—which started out as a blog although he rebooted the site late last year.

Also on hand: Jonis Agee (The River Wife, Random), Katherine Center (The Bright Side of Disaster, Ballantine), Kaui Hart Hemmings (The Descendants, Random), and Naeem Murr (The Perfect Man, Random).

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