Authors!

The festival will feature lectures and signings from 300 national and local authors, including award-winning and best-selling authors representing all genres of books. Confirmed authors include:

  • Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers
  • Robert Olen Butler, author of A Small Hotel
  • Howard Wasdin, author of Seal Team Six
  • Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia
  • Cheryl Tan, author of A Tiger in the Kitchen
  • James Swanson, author of Bloody Crimes
  • Patti Callahan Henry, author of Coming Up for Air
  • Joshilyn Jackson, author of Backseat Saints
  • Blake Butler, author of There Is No Year
  • Shirley Strawberry, author of The Strawberry Letter

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