Reality TV stars mixed with celebrity authors and YA's biggest names at the fan-friendly final day of BookExpo America 2014's 'organized chaos'
On Saturday, at the Javits Center in midtown New York, Farrah Abraham, the reality television star of 16 and Pregnant, now 23 and a mother, sat at a table signing autographs. She wore a sleeveless top that sparkled. Two men, sleeveless also, stood behind her Axel, Giorgio. They looked like theyd stepped from the cover of a romance novel. They had. Ive done 18 to 20, said Axel, an exotic dancer from Dallas, who said he was (relatively speaking) new to this. He mentioned his Twitter handle. Two women looked, turned away, turned back to ask for a photo. It was the week of BookExpo America. Abraham, who has appeared in sex tapes, was writing a trilogy about a striver who goes down the same path.
She said: Its pure fiction.
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