Sunday, February 1, 2009

All-Star Super Bowl Party

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Publisher Phoenix Books will host its 4th annual Super Bowl event at Wolfgang Puck's Spago, Beverly Hills. A tradition once started by Pierre Cossette, this event is guaranteed to be the hottest Super Bowl party in the country.

The Super Bowl bash will celebrate Phoenix Books' relationship with its predominantly high-profile authors and narrators, including Robert Evans, Larry King, Bill Maher, Omarosa, Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed, Carl Reiner and Eliot Tiegel, all of whom have accepted to attend. Also expected at the event are Robert Blake, Susan Estrich, Buzz Aldrin, Rosey Grier and Alexandra Ambrosio.

Phoenix's upcoming and recent releases include: Breakshot by Matthew Randazzo and Kenny "Kenji" Gallo, Duchess of Death: The Biography of Agatha Christie by best-selling author Richard Hack, Gallo Be Thy Name by Jerome Tuccille, Just Desserts by Carl Reiner, Overexposed: The Price of Fame by Eliot Tiegel and Shattered Dreams by Michael Viner.

In the last year, Phoenix Books has seen considerable growth under the ownership and leadership of Chairman Dwight D. Opperman, CEO and President Michael Viner and Executive Vice President Julie Chrystyn.

In June 2008, Phoenix was pleased to announce the arrival of publishing veteran, Gray Peterson, VP of Sales and Marketing. Since his addition to the company, Peterson has spearheaded several innovative and lucrative projects, introducing a children's division currently in development and content-friendly Dove Books, Inc., which will feature two releases this March, The Secret to Life Transformation by Julie Chrystyn and Life Between the Keys by classical music's newest phenomenon, The 5 Browns.

In March, Phoenix will release a new book and audio about two of the biggest headline-grabbing figures in today's news: Catastrophe: The Story of Bernard L. Madoff, The Man Who Swindled the World, which will be the first of five competing biographies about the notorious Ponzi-scheme mastermind to hit stores, and The Obama Revolution, an in-the-trenches look at Obama's campaign, ascent to power, and plans for the future, which offers a "Generation Change"-inspired take on how Obama will bring hope and change to America.