Paul Bogaards has directed some of the most successful book campaigns of the modern era. His advocacy on behalf of writers and their work is well known. At Alfred A. Knopf, he served as spokesperson and Director of Publicity and Media Relations for three decades, working alongside Sonny Mehta and his successor Reagan Arthur. Colleagues in the media appreciate his candor (they also return his phone calls).

Among the authors he has worked with and campaigns he has worked on: Andre Agassi, Julian Barnes, Lidia Bastianich, Robert Caro, Jim Carrey, John Carreyrou, Julia Child, Bill Clinton, Paulo Coelho, Michael Crichton, Stephanie Danler, Joan Didion, Bret Easton Ellis, James Ellroy, Nora Ephron, Katharine Graham, Garth Risk Hallberg, Tom Hanks, Carl Hiaasen, Kazuo Ishiguro, E L James’s Fifty Shades trilogy, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, Megha Majumdar, Emily St. John Mandel, Cormac McCarthy, Christopher McDougall, Toni Morrison, Jo Nesbø, Diane Rehm, Anne Rice, Sheryl Sandberg, Dani Shapiro, Sonia Sotomayor, Sharon Stone, Donna Tartt, Anne Tyler, Barbara Walters, and Dr. Andrew Weil.

SESSION INFO:
Saturday, October 5, 10:30am at City Center Room 2a: Writing Terror Panel with Daniel Kraus, Clémence Michallon & Paul Tremblay; Moderated by Paul Bogaards
Saturday, October 5, 3:30pm at City Center Room 2b: Fiction: Garth Risk Hallberg & Roxana Robinson; Moderated by Paul Bogaards