Authors

Author List

Authors

At the AJC Decatur Book Festival Presented by DeKalb Medical, 200 world-class authors of all genres will participate in readings, signings, and panel discussions. Our confirmed authors include:

• Charles Frazier, National Book Award winning author of Cold Mountain
• Kinky Friedman, author, singer/songwriter, politician, iconoclast, and raconteur
• Terry Brooks, bestselling fantasy/science fiction writer
• Roy Blount, Jr., author, humorist, and regular NPR panelist
• Natasha Trethewey, 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry for Native Guard
• Norman Pearlstine, former editor of Time magazine
• Chuck Klosterman, pop-culture journalist, critic, humorist, and essayist
• Sherman Alexie, poet and author/screenwriter of Smoke Signals
• Diana Gabaldon, New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander and Lord John series.
• Melissa Fay Greene, two-time National Book Award finalist; author of There Is No Me Without You, One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children.