Norman Rockwell was a surprise luncheon guest at the Abrams table.
At a reception before the luncheon were (l. to r.) Stanton Peckham, book critic of the Denver Post; Lem Wells, publicity director of Crowell Collier Macmillan; Pamela Herr, also of CCM; and Madeline Kraner. arts editor of PW.
Speakers at an authors’ luncheon were (l. to r.) James Dickey, promoting Deliverance (Houghton Mifflin); Santha Rama Rau, who wrote The Adventuress (Harper & Row); and James. W. Gardner, author of The Recovery of Confidence (Norton).
June 1980
Chicago
Attendance was put at nearly 16,500 at the 1980 event, which PW called “subdued.” One source of dissatisfaction ”too few booksellers.”