figure 1: Gregory Maguire author of "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West".

figure 3: Leighton Gage author of "Blood of the Wicked".

figure 4: Khaled Hosseini sign "the kite runner" at the Boston PUblic Library.

figure 5: Chuck Palahniuk author of "fight club" sign his new book at the Brookline Booksmith.

figure 6: Tom Wolfe author of "the right stuff".