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MARCH | PAGE 31 | 2015 Salman Rushdie Inspires at Inprint Gala What: Inprint Poets & Writers Ball. Where: Houston Country Club. Who: Featured speaker/ award-winning author Salman Rushdie; chair trio Jeff Fort, Andrea and Bill White (chairs Joan and Stanford Alexander in absentia); Inprint's board chair Consuelo Duroc-Danner, and director Rich Levy; guests Richard Finger, Gracie Cavnar, Trey Peacock, Mark Wawro, Emily Manderson, Nina and Michael Zilkha, Aline and Collie Wilson. PC Moment: In a grand celebration of the written word, the gala began with salon-style readings from emerging writers Nina McConigley, Kimberly Meyer, and Tiphanie Yanique and ended with Rushdie's electrifying talk on Eastern "wonder tales" and the imaginative importance of fiction. Anne Lee Phillips Adam Hockensmith, Tran Le Karen Caldwell, Terry Wayne Jones Carolyn Davis MICHELLE WATSON FOR CATCHLIGHT GROUP Tiphanie Yanique, Kimberly Meyer Nina McConigley Richard Finger Margot Williams, Emily Manderson Kate Vickery Rich Levy Marc Grossberg, Brooke & Dan Feather Jim & Kelly Higgason Carolyn & Chris Dorros Sannam Warrender Irene & Ron Johnson Gracie Cavnar, Albert & Anne Chao Michael Zilkha Chairs Andrea & Bill White Christina Bryan, Salman Rushdie Consuelo Duroc-Danner Sanford & Susie Criner Kristina Van Dyke, chair Jeff Fort Katharine Barthelme H A M P T O N L A N E C O L L E C T I O N . C O M The design, inspired. The craftsmanship, impeccable. The result, unprecedented. E X Q U I S I T E N E W H O M E S I N T A N G L E W O O D A N D R I V E R O A K S