Book People

Petra Nemcova, left, and Carmen Electra attend The Gap & Vanity Fair's party in New York on Sept. 12, 2006, to celebrate the launch of the book "Individuals."

Lewis and Clark author and historian Carol Lynn MacGregor, left, and Idaho Gov. Jim Risch are shown on Sept. 12, 2006, in Boise, Idaho, in front of a bronze statue depicting the meeting of the Nez Perce Indian Tribe in northcentral Idaho and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, after its unveiling. MacGregor's books include "Shoshoni Pony," about the arrival of horses to Lewis and Clark.

David Hasslehoff signs copies of his new book, "Making Waves," at Borders Book Store on Oxford Street in London on Sept. 11, 2006.

Author Tara Moss attends the launch of her new book, "Hit," in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 12 2006.

Author and political commentator Ann Coulter speaks at a luncheon hosted by Bay Area Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Sept. 6, 2006.

Jean Chatzky, an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and noted financial coach, has signed on to host a daily show for XM Satellite Radio's exclusive "Oprah & Friends" channel. The show debuts on Sept. 25, 2006.

Sandra Howard, wife of the former leader of Britain's Conservative Party, poses for a photograph at the launch of her book "Glass Houses" in London on Sept. 5, 2006.

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis attends a book-signing in New York for her latest book, "Is There Really A Human Race?" on Sept. 5, 2006.

Nobel Prize-winner Gunter Grass introduces his new book, "Skinning the Onion," to the public in Berlin on Sept. 4, 2006. In the book, he reports on his time as a soldier of the German Weapon SS Division "Frundsberg."

Children's author Michelle Paver launches her latest book, "Soul Eater," with wolf cub Torak at Waterstones on Oxford Street in London on Aug. 30, 2006.

Jim Stovall, author of "The Ultimate Gift," poses near a poster advertising the book's movie adaptation in his office in Tulsa, Okla., on Aug. 25, 2006. The Tulsa author's book created a buzz in the financial industry with its simple message about life's greatest gifts. It has been made into a feature film starring Norman, Okla., native James Garner.

Patrick Letellier, an advocate against gay domestic violence, holds a book he wrote about his experiences in an abusive relationship on Aug. 24, 2006, at his home in San Francisco.

Turkish author Elif Shafak talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Istanbul on Aug. 22, 2006. In September, the University of Arizona literature professor gives birth to her first child and starts her trial on charges of "insulting Turkishness" in her novel, which deals with the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. If convicted Shafak, could face three years in prison.

Michelle Slatalla, author of "The Town on Beaver Creek," holds the book at her desk, with Kentucky postcards and images in the background, on Aug. 22, 2006 at her home in Mill Valley, Calif.

"The Apprentice's" Kelly Perdew displays his new book, "Take Command," at the launch of Cynthia Garrett and QVC's "Love Conquers All" jewelry line at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Aug. 22, 2006.

Author and Princeton student Daphne Oz poses on campus in Princeton, N.J., in March 2006. Her book, "The Dorm Room Diet: The 8-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works," is about how she lost weight in her freshman year at Princeton. It arrived on Sept. 6, just in time for the new crop of students arriving at college.

Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., left, smiles during a book signing, moments before the screening of a segment of the Spike Lee documentary called "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, Mass., on Aug. 23, 2006. The screening was followed by a panel discussion of prominent black professors.

Author Ann Patchett of Nashville, Tenn., speaks to the incoming freshman class in Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C. on Aug. 22, 2006. Patchett, author of "Truth & Beauty," a book that was part of Clemson University's Summer Reading Program, spoke about the popular and controversial book and offered advice to the freshman class.

Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth leans on a stack of his latest book, "Faith and Politics," in his office in St. Louis on Aug. 18, 2006.

Author Harlan Coben stands by the fireplace in the living room of his Victorian house in Ridgewood, N.J., on Aug. 3, 2006. Coben, 44, has made a career of exploring a well-manicured terrain, plumbing the depths of middle-class angst in his 13 books set in and around the Jersey suburbs where he lives.

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