Six distinguished authors to be featured at the AWRT 2006 Author Series Celebration.

American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) will hold its annual AWRT Author Series Celebration on November 9, 2006, at the Beverly Hilton, 9876 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, CA. The AWRT Author Series Celebration is a luncheon designed to showcase women and men in media and entertainment who have recently written books. This luncheon also provides the opportunity to meet and greet the authors through a book signing.

Chickie Bucco, President of AWRT and President, Katz Direct Marketing of Katz Media Group stated, “This year’s Author Series Celebration will encompass numerous literary genres. We are excited and proud to showcase these authors whose works are both pertinent and timely.”

Featured authors are Gloria Allred, Liz Cornish, Giuliana DePandi, Larry Garrison, Lisa Johnson, and Sonia Nazario.

— In Fight Back and Win: My 30-Year Fight Against Injustice — and How You Can Win Your Own Battles, the world-renowned women’s rights attorney and civil rights advocate, Gloria Allred, shares empowering life lessons learned from her career.

— In Hit the Ground Running: the Woman’s Guide to the First 100 Days, Liz Cornish provides the thoughtful whisper in the ear, the reassuring pat on the back, and most importantly, the roadmap to real success during the most exciting but vulnerable stage in your career.

— In Think Like A Guy: How To Get A Guy By Thinking Like One, E! News Anchor Giuliana DePandi distills her dating knowledge into a funny yet effective handbook for women, explaining that to get the perfect guy sometimes you have to think like one.

— The Newsbreaker: A Behind the Scenes Look at the News Media and Never Before Told Details about Some of the Decades Biggest Stories by Larry Garrison is a riveting account of the news behind the news.

— In Mind Your X’s and Y’s: Satisfying the 10 Cravings of a New Generation of Consumers, author and consumer expert Lisa Johnson uses her groundbreaking research to reveal what works for today’s 18- to 40-year-olds’ buying habits.

— In Enrique’s Journey, Pulitzer-prize award-winning LA Times journalist Sonia Nazario recounts the unforgettable true story of a Honduran boy who braves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States.

For more information at http://www.awrt.org/author-series/