kim talks to booktv at bookexpo america, the publishing industry's annual trade show held at the javits convention center in new york city. >> author suki kim, where are you from? >> guest: i'm from south korea originally. i was born and raised there, and i came to america when i was 13. >> host: why did you come to the states? >> guest: long story. you know, as all immigrants do, there was a lot of tush lends, and then i ended up in queens originally, new york, without a word of english. >> host: what do you do for a living today? >> guest: i'm a novelist and a journalist, so i published novel, literary novel was how i began writing, and then i'm coming out with a book, actually. i've been a journalist for about, since the first time i went into north korea in 2002, and that's when i first went into north korea, and then that is what i've been covering, more or less. >> host: well, that's why we invited you on booktv, to preview your book that's coming out in the fall of 2014, "without you there is no 40 us: my time with the sons of north korea's elite." how did you get a job in north

. >> we ran into each other at bookexpo. i said come on the show.ere you are. >> my publisher said, okay, we'll second you to l.a. >> thank you for my ticket. >> i'm glad you got to l.a. i wonder if i might ask you to read one paragraph for me. >> i'm happy. >> you need your glasses? >> i think i can do it. i just had cataract surgery so i'm good. as i now reflect on what daring means in my life, i realize it's how i survive. when i fear what i do is dare. fear immobilizes. daring is action. it changes the conditions. startles people into different reactions. it's a crap shoot, but it can be the prowess to empowering one's self. >> how did you learn that? >> by trial and error. when i was immobilized by fear, i might have a panic attack. i've had a couple of panic attacks in my life, and i learn that if i walk through that, walk through the fear and came out the other side, i used to be a swimmer when i was a kid, so i would dive off the end of the diving board. i would have in a. i would dive off the end of the diving board. i'm not going to be wor

. >> host: this is booktv at bookexpo america. >> up next on booktv, david cross recounts his road trip to all of the presidential libraries. he speaks from the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york, which is home to the annual roosevelt reading festival. this is about 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. good morning, everyone. my name is bob clark, and i'm the deputy director here at the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum, and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 11th annual roosevelt reading festival. you know, when fdr established the first presidential library here at his home in hyde park, he envisioned it becoming the premier research center for the study of the roosevelt era. and we're consistently one of the busiest research rooms in the entire presidential library system. and one of the reasons why we love this base so much is we get to see the fruit of the labors of all the people who use our research room throughout the year. so it's our pleasure to have you here. let me quickly go over

. >> book tv is on location in new york city at the publishers' annual trade show called bookexpo america, and one of the things we like to do is talk to the publishers about some of the books they have coming out in the fall. cynthia sherry is the publisher of a group called chicago review press. tell us, first of all, about chicago review press, cynthia. >> guest: we're an independent publisher who's been publishing for about 40 years. we celebrated our anniversary last year in the fall, so we've been in business since 1972, and we published an eclectic range of nonfiction titles. >> host: i want to ask you about this one, "reporting under fire." >> yeah, this is part of our women in action series, and it looks at women and young girls of courage and conviction throughout the ages around the world. and this book is looking at four journalists, female journalists. and throughout all the different wars, you know, going back to world war i and all the way up to today. >> host: who is carrie logan holihan? >> guest: she's one of our authors who is published other books for us. >> host: lizz

kim talks to booktv at bookexpo america, the publishing industry's annual trade show held at the javits convention center in new york city. >> author suki kim, where are you from? >> guest: i'm from south korea originally. i was born and