return trip to Detroit, but his new
hook isn't done yet.
Returning for the second year in a
row is Brad Meltzer, an attorney who
writes thrillers a la Scott Turow.
Michael Bar-Zohar, an Israeli author
who visited Detroit two years ago, will
be back this year to speak about his
book Beyond Hitler's Grasp.
While there is no specific theme
for this year's event, many books at
•
the fair will center
around Israel's 50th
birthday. "There were
very few celebrities
and Jewish books
written last year,"
Gotlieb noted. "All
the books on Israel
were being held off
until this year."
Competition for
Dr. Ruth as well as
other authors is high,
Saturday, Nov. 7:
since many of the
Diane Von Furstenberg,
Jewish book fairs
Signature Life, 8 p.m.
occur about three
weeks
before
Sunday, Nov. 8:
Chanukah.
Dr. Steven Parker,
"The 'big guns'
Dr. Spockt Baby and Child Care, 11 a.m.
(Houston, Detroit
Naomi Regan,
and Los Angeles) all
The Ghost of Hannah Mendes, 8 p.m.
have their fairs differ-
ent weeks," said
Monday, Nov. 9:
Gotlieb. "Just because
Susan Isaacs,
there are bigger corn-
munities, it doesn't
Red, White and Blue, 1 p.m.
mean they have better
Dr. Ruth Westheimer,
book fairs."
Grandparenthood, 8 p.m.
Book Fair organiz-
ers
use the age of the
Tuesday, Nov. 10
,Detroit fair — it is
Thomas Cahill,
the oldest in the
The Gifts of the Jews, 8 p.m.
country — and its
reputation to land
Wednesday, Nov. 11:
authors.
Brad Meltzer,
"Publicists want
Dead Even, 8 p.m.
their authors exposed,
and we have a large
and active Jewish
Thursday, Nov. 12:
community," she said.
Howard Blum,
"We also go to the
Gold of Exodus, 6:30 p.m.
annual book expo and
that helps to make
Friday, Nov. 13:
our presence known
Gil Marks,
to publishers."
The World of Jewish Cooking, 10 a.m.
Gotlieb measures
the fair's success not
Saturday, Nov. 14:
only by sales and
Wendy Wasserstein,
attendance — 15,000
An American Daughter, 8 p.m.
last year — but by
visitor reaction.
"Sometimes success
Sunday, Nov. 15:
is
less
tangible than
Shimon Peres,
dollars
and cents," she
8
p.m.
For The Future of Israel,
said.

designer, business owner and child of
Holocaust survivors.
"She hadn't heard of us, but she
agreed to come once we told her who
else was coming," said Gotlieb. "Then
she understood the scope of the Book
Fair."
Celebrities for past opening events
included Kirk Douglas and Neil
Simon. According to co-chair Andi
Wolfe, Simon was expected to make a

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