Charitable authors brandish literary license, auction off rights to name book characters, places

Charitable authors brandish literary license, auction off rights to name book characters, places: "Charitable authors brandish literary license, auction off rights to name book characters, places

Heidi Benson, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Joey Shoji of Berkeley won the right to have his father's...

Joey Shoji made a bid for immortality -- and won.

Now, the name of his beloved father, who died July 4, will appear in the next book by best-selling Bay Area author Lemony Snicket."