The Young to Publishing Group would like to extend a special thanks to our honorary co-chairs for the 2011 NBA House Party:

• Michele Filgate (events coordinator, McNally Jackson)
• Crystal Gentilello and Anne Sage (Co-Founders, Rue Magazine)
• Jes Gordon (celebrity event producer, properFUN; event
planner for Bravo’s competition series “Rocco’s Dinner Party”)
• Eddie Huang (Baohaus chef/owner, author of forthcoming
memoir Fresh Off the Boat)
• Chip Kidd (Knopf Art Director and co-author of True Prep)
• Emma Straub (author of Other People We Married and bookseller, BookCourt)
• J. Courtney Sullivan (New York Times bestselling author of
Maine and Commencement)

Jes Gordon, celebrity event producer, lends her fresh approach to Bravo’s new competition series, “Rocco’s Dinner Party.” Each week, Gordon aids the competing chef’s in creating a memorable dinner party experience that goes beyond the kitchen. Gordon’s namesake company jesGORDON/properFUN, provides high end, personal event design and management with loads of signature style. Her first book, Party Like A Rock Star…The Celebrity Party Planner’s Tips and Tricks For Throwing An Unforgettable Bash, (Globe Pequot Press) enables everyone, regardless of their budget, with the tools to throw the party of their dreams. Jes was just honored as one of the bouquet of the day main installments for the Macy’s Flower Show, 2011. Her unique vision was the talk of the entire show. In 2011, Jes was also inducted into Biz Bash’s Hall of Legends and honored for her creative approach to her designs.

Emma Straub is from New York City. Her debut story collection Other People We Married, was published in February 2011 by FiveChapters Books. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published by Tin House, The Paris Review Daily, Slate, Cousin Corinne’s Reminder, and many other journals, and she is a staff writer for Rookie. She works as a bookseller at Brooklyn’s BookCourt, and her novel, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, will be published next fall by Riverhead Books. Emma lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband.

J. Courtney Sullivan is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels Commencement and Maine. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, New York magazine, Elle, Glamour, Allure, Men’s Vogue, and The New York Observer, among others. She is a contributor to the essay anthology The Secret Currency of Love and co-editor of Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists. She lives in Brooklyn.

If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities for our annual NBA House Party, please contact Kate Childs at (212) 782-9278 or kchilds@randomhouse.com.