Elie Wiesel, Michael Alexiades, Sophia Alexiades, Gregory Alexiades

Dr. Noel Armanakes, Dr. Macrene Armanakes Jill Lynne, Anthony Haden-Guest, Rodney Hilton Brown Maggie Norris, Carter Smith, Debbie Dickinson Bob Kandel, Kristi Witker

Elie Wiesel Introduces
Night Harvest Tome

STORY BY JASON GRANT
PHOTOS BY JIMI CELESTE/PATRICK MCMULLAN

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HEN Elie Wiesel, author of 36 books, praises a book, attention must be paid. The Nobel laureate hosted a party for the launch of Michael Alexiades’s Night Harvest, saying that "all those who love medical thrillers will find in Michael Alexiades’s first novel a source of great pleasure and satisfaction."

Alexiades writes about what he knows. He is an attending orthopedic surgeon at three of New York’s top hospitals: Special Surgery, Weill-Cornell Medical Center and Lenox Hill. He is also an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Cornell Medical School. .

The publication day signing was held at Weill Cornell Medical Center’s Griffis Faculty Club with 120 fans.

When it came to reading a selection from the thriller, Alexiades nodded to his literary agent, Marianne Strong, and said, "She advised me to read something provocative." And he did. But every time came to the "f" word he apologized. "My parents are here," he said.

Among those celebrating were Anne Eisenhower, Anthony Haden-Guest, Maggie Norris, Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman, Alyce Faye Cleese, Anita Meltzer, Dr. Noel Armanakas and his wife Dr. Macrene Armanakas (sister of the author), film producer George Stephanopoulos and wife Elena, dress designer Carter Smith with public relations executive Debbie Dickinson, Patty Owen the fashion model who has just finished penning her memoirs, Massey Knakal’s Robert Burton, Iris Gordon Rossi, Lord Colin Campbell, Jill Lynne, URN’s Marcy MacDonald, Pierre Van Goethem, the author’s parents Sophia and Gregory Alexiades, and the author’s wife Dr. Patrice Buonocore.

When the dapper doctor is not in the operating room, teaching, or writing he can be seen tooling around on his Ducati.