Marymount Manhattan Writers' Conference is June 3

Marymount Manhattan is hosting its annual fiction and non-fiction writer's conference on Thursday, June 3, 2010, at the school in Manhattan. Often referred to as "the best small conference in the land," this year's event features best-selling author David Baldacci and Cathie Black, president of Hearst Magazines, as keynoters. It includes a book publicity panel.

Panelists at the conference sponsored by the Parker Pen Company include:

• Nelson DeMille
• Mary Higgins Clark
• Linda Fairstein
• Bruce Jay Friedman
• Ben Cheever
• Patty Marx
• Malachy McCourt
• Daphne Merkin
• Susan Isaacs
• Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
• Cynthia Ozick

The impressive lineup also includes editors, publicists, literary agents, and publishers on a dozen different panels.

Registration fee for the day, including lunch, is $185. Learn more here.